Things to Do, Sept. 16: Free music all day in Kent; drive-in fun in Ravenna;...
See double bill of two iconic moviesThere’s nothing like a drive-in movie. Pack some snacks and indulge in the nostalgia with a double bill of Back to The Future at 8 p.m. and Jaws at 10:05 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleRepublican deal averts vote on impeaching head of IRS
WASHINGTON: A last-minute deal between conservatives and GOP leaders in the House averted votes expected Thursday on a measure to impeach the commissioner of the IRS.Instead, IRS Commissioner John...
View ArticleReflective Clinton returns to campaign trail after pneumonia
GREENSBORO, N.C.: Back on the campaign trail, a reflective Hillary Clinton said Thursday her three-day, doctor-mandated break gave her new perspective on why she’s running to be president. She vowed to...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Sept. 15
MyanmarEconomists welcome U.S. decisionMyanmar economists and businessmen on Thursday welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will lift economic sanctions and restore long-lost...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Sept. 15
CHICAGOSettlement in woman’s jail deathThe mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her...
View ArticleSyrian military begins to withdraw from vital Aleppo road
BEIRUT: Syria’s military began withdrawing from a major artery to Aleppo late Thursday as the U.N. envoy accused President Bashar Assad’s government of obstructing aid access to the contested city.A...
View Article‘Miracle on the Hudson’ safety advice not carried out
WASHINGTON: In the seven years since an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, there’s been enough time to write a book and make a movie, but apparently...
View ArticleWitness says Philippine president ordered killings
MANILA, Philippines: A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Mirror images leave earth together
They lived next door to each other.They died on the same day. At the same age.They had huge families.They were college-educated professionals, as well as stay-at-home moms.Their husbands were prominent...
View ArticleCircumstances examined in Columbus police shooting that stirs echoes of Tamir...
COLUMBUS: A black boy. A white Ohio police officer. A pellet gun that looked like a real weapon. And a deadly shooting.In a killing with unavoidable echoes of the Tamir Rice case out of Cleveland, a...
View ArticleLocal educators call state report cards ‘seriously flawed’
Local school leaders want parents and communities to know that the 2015-2016 School Report Cards released on Thursday do not represent the progress being made by their districts.“We, as responsible...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBALLScheduleWeek 4Thursday’s ResultsSt. Thomas Aquinas 12, Canton Central Catholic 10Euclid 47, Mentor 37———Friday’s Games(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)Non-leagueBlack River (2-1) at Brooklyn...
View ArticleBrowns nose tackle Danny Shelton takes step in right direction: ‘He is...
BEREA: As Browns nose tackle Danny Shelton repeatedly knocked back Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, the 2015 first-round pick knocked some sense into the critics who have already written him off...
View ArticleBrowns running back Isaiah Crowell aiming for breakout performance on day Jim...
BEREA: Isaiah Crowell thinks it would be fitting if Browns running backs were to flourish Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens after a statue of NFL icon Jim Brown is unveiled outside FirstEnergy...
View ArticleMike Napoli powers Indians to 11-4 win against Detroit Tigers
In one of the bigger individual games this season, the Indians grabbed an early lead and held the Detroit Tigers down in an 11-4 win Friday night that added clarity to the American League Central...
View ArticleNovelist W.P. Kinsella, author of ‘Shoeless Joe,’ dies at 81
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 81.His literary...
View ArticleA shrinking Army aims to keep citizen-soldiers combat ready
FORT STEWART, Ga.: Before citizen-soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Georgia National Guard troops spent months training away from their families and...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Sept. 16
Violence delays aid convoysTrucks carrying humanitarian aid to Syria’s besieged rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo were held up for yet another day as heavy fighting broke out Friday on the edges of...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Sept. 17, 2016
AKRONInfertility awareness walkAKRON: The first Sweet Dreams 5K Walk for infertility awareness will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron. One couple or person struggling with...
View ArticleMichelle Obama makes campaign trail debut for Clinton
FAIRFAX, Va.: Stepping deeper into the political fray, Michelle Obama on Friday warned young voters against being “tired or turned off” in the 2016 election. She urged them to rally behind Hillary...
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