National news briefs — compiled May 11
WASHINGTONGang sweep nets 1,300Federal immigration agents helped arrest over 1,300 accused gang members across the U.S. in the last six weeks, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday. The sweep,...
View ArticlePentagon tries to ease Turkey’s concerns with arming Kurds
LONDON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made clear Thursday that America is committed to protecting Turkey after angering its NATO ally with a deal to arm anti-Islamic State fighters in Syria that Turkey...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled May 11
MEXICO CITYReport: Migrants abusedMigrants from Central America’s violence-plagued Northern Triangle region endure harrowing abuses while trying to pass through Mexico toward the U.S., a report from...
View ArticleRepublicans roll back Obama rules
WASHINGTON: Republican efforts to rescind a myriad of Obama-era rules ended with one failure but 14 regulations eliminated from the books.Since Republicans took the reins of government in Washington...
View ArticleMormon church severs some of its ties to the Boy Scouts
SALT LAKE CITY: The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youths from the organization as part of an...
View ArticleHeroin epidemic pushing up hepatitis C infections in U.S.
NEW YORK: The heroin epidemic is driving up hepatitis C infections, with the biggest increase in people in their 20s, U.S. health officials said Thursday.The number of new infections nearly tripled in...
View ArticleGOP officials: Trump finalizing budget with domestic cuts
WASHINGTON: The White House is finalizing a budget blueprint that promises a balanced federal budget within 10 years, doubling down on cuts to domestic agencies and adding a new round of cuts to the...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled May 11
FBI firing account changesChanging his account, Trump declares he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice officials recommended it.New panel on voter...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — May 12, 2017
AKRONShared pot leads to robbery AKRON: Police are investigating the armed robbery of two roommates who said they recognized one of the thieves because they had smoked marijuana together earlier in the...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 12: Jason Aldean at Blossom; Food Truck Frenzy; Alchemy...
See Jason Aldean kick off seasonLights Come On tonight as the Blossom summer concert season kicks off with country star Jason Aldean. The music starts at 7:30 p.m. with openers Chris Young, Kane Brown...
View ArticleCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue praises growth, sacrifice from Kevin Love even as...
INDEPENDENCE: When Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue looks at Kevin Love’s limited number of shots in the first two rounds of the playoffs, he said he sees growth.Growth for Love, a four-time All-Star, and...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Carlos Carrasco pitching like an ace; Yan Gomes heating up...
Coming out of spring training, the Indians admitted there was a bit of concern with how ready Carlos Carrasco was to start the season and handle a starter’s workload. But there was no caution with his...
View ArticleNFL rejects reinstatement bid of suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon,...
Josh Gordon won’t be riding to the rescue of the Browns anytime soon.A source said Thursday the NFL denied the reinstatement petition of the suspended wide receiver, but he can reapply in the fall. The...
View ArticleTrump launches commission to investigate voter fraud
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression, building upon his unsubstantiated claims that millions...
View ArticleJim Midock’s heart-transplant hopes: Former WNIR newsman waits for a...
Jim Midock is hoping for a heart transplant.He and his wife, Jennifer, are waiting by the phone. Bags packed. Midock is being kept alive by a mechanical heart pump with a power cord coming out of his...
View ArticleTrump’s account changes: He was going to fire FBI director even without...
WASHINGTON: Contradicting previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice...
View ArticleThanks to LeBron James, Akron students see Little Tikes factory in Hudson not...
By a show of hands, who has either owned or purchased a Little Tikes product?This is the question Bill Cofield, vice president of operations, casually tossed out to the 150 or so Akron seventh-graders...
View ArticlePolice chief, two nursing home employees killed; shooter dead
KIRKERSVILLE, OHIO: An armed man gunned down a new village police chief on a street Friday and then killed two employees in a nearby nursing home, where he later was found dead, a sheriff said. No...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank exceeds 2017 Harvest for Hunger campaign goal
Community leaders and campaign coordinators rallied Friday at the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank to celebrate the success of the 2017 Harvest for Hunger campaign. The campaign raised $1,262,933,...
View ArticleSummit County clears way to inject $2 million into economic development fund
Summit County officials have completed paperwork to put $2 million of county money into the new Down Payment for Jobs Program announced in April.The $2 million, to be moved from the county’s $300...
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