Israel pays respects to Peres as leaders arrive for funeral
JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis flocked to parliament Thursday to view the casket of Shimon Peres, paying final respects to the former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of...
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CUYAHOGA FALLS Standoff ends peacefullyCUYAHOGA FALLS: An Akron man who barricaded himself inside a home in Cuyahoga Falls took to social media during a standoff with police Wednesday to let the world...
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Chicago reaches grim milestoneThe city saw 91 homicides in August, its deadliest month in two decades.Gender-neutral toilets approvedGov. Jerry Brown wades further into the national debate over...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 29
FOOTBALLAP pollCOLUMBUS (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the third weekly Associated Press poll of 2016, by OHSAA divisions, with...
View ArticleSocial media “killer clown” threat circulates at Firestone High School in...
Panic on social media over the threat of a clown terrorizing Firestone High School resulted in a short police investigation on Thursday.Facebook users posted that the clown — which Akron police Lt....
View ArticleBob Dyer: ‘Nate the Great’ celebrated at Summit Lake
Sitting in chairs on the gym floor where Akron’s best basketball player learned the game, they came to honor the memory of Akron’s second-best basketball player — and one of its all-time nicest...
View Article1 dead, over 100 hurt in train crash at New Jersey station
HOBOKEN, N.J.: A rush hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100...
View ArticlePositivity goes a long way and gets runner to the finish line
When a Pittsburgh woman hit the 11.4-mile mark of the Akron Marathon on Saturday, she was almost ready to call it quits.But as Barbara Ford, 57, hobbled past one of 13 Hero Zones manned by Akron...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Danny Salazar to ditch third pitch for postseason bullpen role
DETROIT: If Danny Salazar is able to pitch in the American League Division Series out of the bullpen, he’ll do so with a refined pitch repertoire. For the purposes of that role in the ALDS and possibly...
View ArticleCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue hoping to add recently retired Kevin Garnett to...
INDEPENDENCE: Even in retirement, Kevin Garnett is in demand. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue acknowledged Thursday he has discussed the possibility of Garnett joining the Cavs coaching staff in some...
View ArticleIndians, Tigers game postponed, may be made up on Monday in Detroit
DETROIT: The final game of a four-game series between the Indians and Detroit Tigers on Thursday was postponed because of rain and poor field conditions. The game was called after a delay of more than...
View ArticleDuterte ‘happy to slaughter’ drug suspects; mentions Hitler
MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine president has compared his bloody anti-drug campaign, which has left more than 3,000 people dead, to how Hitler massacred millions of Jews, saying he would be “happy...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines landing at Akron-Canton Airport in November, but area is not...
Akron-Canton Airport’s newest airline arriving in November is new to the region, but the region and airport aren’t new to the head of Spirit Airlines.Spirit Airlines Chief Executive Officer Bob Fornaro...
View ArticleLocal Humane Society changes its name for more clarity
PAWSibilities, Humane Society of Greater Akron is changing its name to the Humane Society of Summit County just in time for its Fall in Love Adoption Event on Saturday.“There was a lot of confusion,”...
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ANDERSON, S.C.Teen charged in dad’s deathA South Carolina boy, 14, was charged as a juvenile Friday with murder and three counts of attempted murder after authorities say he killed his father and...
View ArticleOfficials: Zika caused only mild illness in U.S. kids
NEW YORK: A first look at U.S. teens and young children who were infected with Zika suggests the virus typically causes at worst only a mild illness.Zika infection during pregnancy can cause severe...
View ArticleAlabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage
MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench Friday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more than a decade after he was ousted for disobeying a federal...
View ArticleChildren of Syria’s Aleppo bear brunt of violent onslaught
BEIRUT: The 6-year-old girl was found trapped under the rubble of her home, destroyed by an airstrike in Syria’s rebel-held city of Aleppo. “Dust!” she wailed as rescue workers pried away the debris on...
View ArticleNTSB has yet to interview injured engineer in deadly crash
HOBOKEN, N.J.: National Transportation Safety Board investigators held off questioning the engineer in the deadly Hoboken train crash because of his injuries Friday and struggled to lift clues from the...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Sept. 30
MexicoMilitary convoy ambushedThe sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were likely behind a brazen ambush on a military convoy using grenades and high-powered guns that left five...
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