How a small asteroid may answer big questions about the solar system
Get ready for an interplanetary treasure hunt. On Thursday, NASA will launch its first mission to visit an asteroid and bring precious samples back to Earth.OSIRIS-REx, set to launch at 7:05 p.m., will...
View ArticleAleppo bombed as U.S. and Russia plan Syria talks
BEIRUT: An airstrike near the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria killed at least 10 civilians Wednesday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to...
View ArticleRussian fighter jet flies within 10 feet of Navy aircraft
WASHINGTON: A Russian fighter jet flew within 10 feet of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft, in what American officials called an unsafe intercept over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday.Navy...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Sept. 7
WASHINGTONCancer panel issues reportA new report outlines a scientific road map for the White House’s cancer “moonshot” initiative — urging research to harness the power of immune-based therapy, and to...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Sept. 7
MEXICOPresident’s adviser resignsOne of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s closest advisers, Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, has resigned in a move seen as linked to the unpopular decision to invite...
View ArticleOhio medical marijuana highlights
Ohio medical marijuana at a glance • The state law went into effect on Thursday. Full implementation will be no later than September 2018.Qualifying condition to get medical marijuana include:AIDS,...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic Akron General gets new president; hospital emerges as anchor...
Cleveland Clinic Akron General is about to get a new president and a new role as the hub hospital of what the Cleveland Clinic calls its Southern Region. Dr. Brian Harte, who has overseen two of the...
View ArticleEmployers figuring out how to deal with Ohio’s newly legal medical marijuana
Medical marijuana just became legal in Ohio.But while Ohio’s medical marijuana law is in effect as of Sept. 8, don’t expect pot to be available for at least a year — and perhaps two years — as the...
View ArticleDonald Trump levels harsh criticism against U.S. military generals
NEW YORK: Leveling unusually harsh criticism against the military, Republican Donald Trump said Wednesday night that America’s generals have been “reduced to rubble” under President Barack Obama and...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Sept. 7
Trump promises military boostThe GOP candidate vows to boost defense spending and deploy more active troops, fighter planes, Navy ships and submarines; savings and new revenue would offset the...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Sept. 8
AKRONFamily holds 2nd protestAKRON: For the second time in two weeks, the family of shooting victim Marcus Glover protested Wednesday morning in front of the Akron Police Department and Summit County...
View ArticleThings to Do, Sept. 8: ‘Glass Menagerie’; take action for hunger; learn to...
Watch ‘The Glass Menagerie’Did Laura Wingfield, a sensitive young woman who collects glass animals, have autism? That’s the premise behind a production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie by the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 7
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleAkron man going to prison for not paying more than $60,000 in child support
An Akron man is heading to prison for failing to pay child support.How much does he owe? More than $60,000.Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Lynne Callahan sentenced David Godbee, 36, of Douglas...
View ArticleLocal officials say no to selling, growing or processing marijuana in their...
Officials in three Akron-area communities took action this week to prohibit the growing, selling and processing of medical marijuana in their towns.While marijuana remains illegal at the federal law,...
View ArticleA formal welcome to new UA students is a change from the past
The University of Akron is taking a more formal approach to its annual welcoming ceremony for students at Friday’s convocation at the E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.Although students are not expected...
View ArticleArea deaths — Sept. 9, 2016
MEDINABrezina, Wayne L., 71, of Seville. Died Sunday. Cox-McNulty, Wadsworth.STARKDimitroff, Thomas E. “Tugboat,” 64, of Massillon. Died Monday. Paquelet.
View ArticleKevin Thompson, PNC regional president, selected for civic honor by local Red...
Kevin Thompson, an Akron native and PNC regional president, has been chosen as the 2017 H. Peter Burg Award recipient by the local Red Cross.The Red Cross of Summit, Portage, and Medina counties...
View ArticleLibertarian Gary Johnson takes heat for ‘What is Aleppo?’ blunder
DENVER: If it was greater attention Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wanted, he got it — but probably not the kind he wanted.As part of a media blitz in New York to try to raise his...
View ArticleForum puts focus on how Clinton is judged compared to Trump
Associated PressWHITE PLAINS, N.Y.: For months, Hillary Clinton’s supporters have griped that she’s held to a higher, harder standard than Donald Trump. After Wednesday night’s forum on national...
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