Pennsylvania police seek man accused of taking patient at gunpoint
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa.: Police searched Wednesday for a man they said threatened two nurses at gunpoint at a secure mental health care hospital then took off with his girlfriend, who was a patient.Elliott...
View ArticleStudy: Pacific coast was route for colonizing the Americas
NEW YORK: Researchers have found new evidence that the first Americans migrated south from Alaska via the Pacific coast, rather than a route hundreds of miles inland along the Rocky Mountains.The...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Aug. 10
‘Enemy is in retreat ’A U.S. commander says the military campaigns against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield.Wildfires are raging...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications – August 11
■ A portion of the last sentence in the Summit County credit rating story was missing in Wednesday’s edition. It should have read “Any drop could result in a higher interest rate.” A page designer...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Aug. 11, 2016
AKRONTown hall meetingAKRON: Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan will host the fourth meeting in his town hall series at 6 p.m. Thursday at Rimer Community Learning Center, 2370 Manchester Road.He will hear...
View ArticleThings to Do, August 11: Clydesdales in Kent, songwriters at Civic, drum...
Enjoy Canton Bluecoats, other drum corpsThis isn’t your typical marching band show; highly competitive drum corps use choreography, costumes and props as well as complex music. See our Canton Bluecoats...
View ArticlePolice grab man climbing Trump Tower in New York City
NEW YORK: A man who wanted an “audience” with Donald Trump spent three hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower on Wednesday using large suction cups, climbing as high as the 21st floor before...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Aug. 10
WASHINGTONTed Strickland apologizesDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland of Ohio is apologizing for remarks appearing to celebrate the death of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In...
View ArticlePolice: Woman killed by Florida officer in academy exercise
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.: A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration went shockingly awry when an officer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammunition used by...
View ArticleUS: 45,000 Islamic State fighters taken off battlefields
WASHINGTON: The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000, the top U.S....
View ArticleU.S.-backed Libyan forces take over IS headquarters in Sirte
BENGHAZI, Libya: U.S.-backed Libyan forces said on Wednesday they have taken over the Islamic State group’s headquarters in Sirte, the militants’ final bastion in Libya, breaking a weeks-long stalemate...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Aug. 10
BrazilPresident closer to trialThe Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to put suspended President Dilma Rousseff on trial, moving Brazil’s first female leader a step closer to being permanently...
View ArticleScathing report on Baltimore police vindicates black residents
BALTIMORE: With startling statistics, a federal investigation of the Baltimore Police Department documents in 164 single-spaced pages what black residents have been saying for years: They are routinely...
View ArticleNew report will fuel debate over closing Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON: A new report on Guantanamo detainees tells the stories of former al-Qaida bomb makers and bodyguards as well as low-level militant cooks and medics who have been transferred or cleared for...
View ArticleAs voters talk, the collapse of Donald Trump’s support becomes clearly audible
WASHINGTON: Many gauges measure the rapid drop in Donald Trump’s support this summer: Polls show the Republican nominee losing nationally and in most battleground states, prominent Republicans have...
View ArticleAkron wins $4.4 million grant to hire more firefighters
Akron has won a $4.4 million federal grant to hire 25 to 35 more firefighters.The city was notified Wednesday that it will receive the money through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton drive disgusted voters toward alternatives
The unpopular pair of presidential candidates is sending Ohioans in search of alternatives.And nothing will deter voters, not even the argument that a vote for a third-party candidate is a wasted...
View Article10 candidates file to run for U.S. president in Ohio
Ohioans this fall may get to pick from 10 candidates for president, including an Aurora man who’s admitted having no chance of winning in the past but will try again for a fourth time, a Northeast Ohio...
View ArticleOnline petition with 5,700 signatures supports mandatory ‘recovery camps’ for...
Following a huge showing at a heroin awareness rally in Akron this week, an online petition gathered signatures from more than 5,700 people demanding Ohio be placed in a state of emergency to fight the...
View Article2016 Summer Olympic Games: Thursday’s TV schedule
ThursdayNBC:10 a.m.-Noon: Rowing — Semifinals and Finals; Women’s Water Polo — U.S. vs. China (LIVE)Noon-2:30 p.m.: Swimming — Qualifying Heats (LIVE)2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Women’s Beach Volleyball —...
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