Corrections and clarifications — Sept. 21
■ In an article in Sunday’s newspaper about 13 hero zones at this year’s Akron Marathon, Kevin Mizer, the father of hero Caroline Mizer, was incorrectly identified. Also, Caroline’s condition was...
View ArticleEarly ballots: Clinton sees strength in N.C. but lags in Iowa; record number...
WASHINGTON: Seven weeks before Election Day, the earliest numbers from advance voting for president show initial strength for Hillary Clinton in swing state North Carolina, good news for Donald Trump...
View ArticleThings to Do, Sept. 21: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ on screen; Grace Potter in Canton;...
Gotta love this strange film“You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!” See the black Cold War comedy Dr. Strangelove on the big screen. (If you only know Peter Sellers as the bumbling inspector...
View Article2016’s hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment?
WASHINGTON: This summer’s weather was relentless and hellish, crowded with the type of record-smashing extremes that scientists have long warned about.The season ends Wednesday, and not a moment too...
View ArticleCourt papers: Suspect vowed ‘bombs will be heard’ in streets
NEW YORK: Championing jihad, bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and he’d hoped in a handwritten...
View ArticleTraffic disruptions — Sept. 21
Here is a list of road and lane closings in the Akron area:Major highways abruptly closed: None.AKRON:• Interstate 76 lane restrictions and ramp closings: Until late November, I-76 between Grant Street...
View ArticleIndians 2, Royals 1: Brandon Guyer’s walk-off double lowers Indians’ magic...
CLEVELAND: The Indians were quiet at the plate all night until the bottom of the ninth, when they again found some Progressive Field magic to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Tuesday.With two on and two...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 20
FOOTBALLComputer ratingsDIVISION I(Top eight in each region qualify for playoffs)Region 1: Stow (4-0) 9.625, 2. Jackson (4-0) 9.275, 3. Canton McKinley (3-1) 8.7, 4. Lakewood St. Edward (3-1) 8.6, 5....
View ArticlePartisan election officials clash over providing more parking for voters
Summit County election officials took the partisan fight over early voting to the parking lot Tuesday.Republican officials challenged a proposal made by Democratic chair Bill Rich at the agency’s...
View ArticleVandals soak firefighting gear with suspected urine, damage Macedonia substation
Police are investigating after vandals apparently urinated on firefighting gear and left taunting messages at the former Northfield Center/Sagamore Hills Fire District substation over the weekend.The...
View ArticleAkron Marathon: Who’s Racing? A photo launched Amy Zarembka’s journey
Wherever Amy Zarembka goes, she carries a photo from five years ago in her planner.It’s a picture of her and her daughter, Madelynn, at Hocking Hills State Park where they vacationed with her husband,...
View Article‘8 Mile’ director, Oscar-winning writer Curtis Hanson dies
LOS ANGELES: Curtis Hanson, who won a screenwriting Oscar for L.A. Confidential and directed the psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Eminem’s tale of Detroit hip-hop 8 Mile, has...
View ArticleIndians 2, Royals 1: Ryan Lewis’ 19 Walk-Off Thoughts on Josh Tomlin, 11...
Here are 19 Walk-Off Thoughts on the Indians’ 2-1 win against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday night. 1. The Indians have now walked-off more than any team in baseball this season. With two on, Brandon...
View ArticleIRS chief tells House panel he does not deserve impeachment
WASHINGTON: The chief of the IRS fended off Republican demands Wednesday that he should lose his job, telling the House Judiciary Committee that he’d made statements about missing emails that later...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Sept. 21
Oldest Catholic bishop diesThe Rev. Peter Gerety was the world’s oldest at 104. He served as the archbishop of Newark, N.J., from 1974 until he retired as archbishop emeritus in 1986. Greenland losing...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Sept. 22, 2016
AKRON Two stabbings unrelatedAKRON: Police said women in two separate incidents stabbed men on Tuesday over relationship issues.Authorities allege 40-year-old Jenny Marie Lenihan stabbed a man on Park...
View ArticleThings to Do, Sept. 22: ‘Miss Saigon’ on screen; ‘Thousand Clowns’ at Coach...
See ‘Miss Saigon’ anniversaryAfter the rousing success of Les Misérables, its creative team went on to produce Miss Saigon, a retelling of Madam Butterfly set during the last days of the Vietnam War....
View ArticlePeople in the news — Sept. 21
Rapper killed in car crashAtlanta rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The 2016 Audi struck a couple of trees,...
View ArticleBill Clinton delivers emotional defense of charitable work
NEW YORK: Bill Clinton delivered an emotional defense of his family’s charitable foundation Wednesday, applauding contributors for having “validated hope and possibilities.”The former president spoke...
View ArticlePolice: two asphyxiated kids among four dead in Detroit area
DETROIT: The bodies of two young children and two teenagers were found at a Detroit-area home early Wednesday after a man called 911 to report that he had killed them, police said.The same man, Gregory...
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