Three arrested in alleged bomb plot targeting Somalis in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan.: Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that’s home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden...
View ArticleSouth Sudan starves as aid blocked, money spent on fighting
AWEIL, South Sudan: The mother faced an anguished decision: choosing which of her children to save.With hunger gripping this remote region of South Sudan, Elizabeth Athiel could either get urgent...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 14
FOOTBAllScoreboardFriday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 21, Walsh Jesuit 0Ashland 23, Clear Fork 14Aurora 42, Copley 28Avon 30, Amherst Steele 0 Barberton 28, Kent Roosevelt 14Beachwood 60, Painesville...
View ArticleCavaliers sign free-agent guard J.R. Smith to four-year deal
CLEVELAND: The final piece to the Cavaliers’ championship defense is in place.The Cavs and J.R. Smith agreed to a four-year deal Friday that could be worth $57 million, according to a league source,...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Indians carrying 12 pitchers, two catchers in ALCS; Rajai...
CLEVELAND: In part due to the impending pitching situation forced by Game 4, the Indians are carrying 12 pitchers and two catchers through the American League Championship Series against the Toronto...
View ArticleIndians forced to juggle rotation after Trevor Bauer cuts finger working on...
CLEVELAND: The Indians’ wounded pitching staff added a few more stitches to it Friday. Trevor Bauer has been pushed back to start Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Monday after he...
View ArticleALCS/Indians 2, Blue Jays 0: Francisco Lindor, Corey Kluber lead Indians over...
CLEVELAND: Francisco Lindor delivered the one big hit that was needed and Corey Kluber put together another outing befitting an ace, and the Indians topped the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 in Game 1 of the...
View ArticleAccidental shootings kill a child every other day
Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Iron Man, the Hulk and all the Avengers. Now, as Bryson Mees- Hernandez approached death in a Houston hospital room, his brain swelling through the...
View ArticlePresident Obama delivers blow to Trump and elected officials who support him
In what was likely his final appearance in Cleveland as president, Barack Obama condemned elected Republicans who support presidential nominee Donald Trump while urging attendees to vote for Democratic...
View ArticleAce Corey Kluber delivers as Indians beat Blue Jays 2-0 for 1-0 lead in ALCS
CLEVELAND: For nearly seven innings, he dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged. Corey Kluber did Friday what aces do.On a night he didn’t have his best stuff, on a night he struggled to put hitters...
View ArticleIndians 2, Blue Jays 0: Ryan Lewis’ 19 Walk-Off Thoughts on Lindor, Kluber,...
Here are 19 Walk-Off Thoughts after the Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series Friday night. 1. The Indians’ pitching staff stifled another...
View ArticleU.S., S. Korea say latest N. Korea missile launch fails
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea and the U.S. said Sunday that the latest missile launch by North Korea ended in a failure after the projectile exploded soon after liftoff.The South Korean Joint Chiefs...
View ArticleAmerican aid worker kidnapped in Niger, official says
BAMAKO, Mali: Gunmen stormed the house of a longtime American aid worker in Niger, killing two people before fleeing with the man toward the border with Mali, authorities said Saturday.It is believed...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Oct. 15
BOLIVIAU.S. man arrested with goldBolivian police said they detained a 76-year-old U.S. citizen with more than 121 pounds of gold. Anti-narcotics chief Santiago Delgadillo said Robert Agnew Meyer also...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Oct. 15
LOS ANGELESThree killed in gunbattleA gunbattle at a Los Angeles restaurant left three people dead and 12 others wounded early Saturday, prompting a massive police dragnet for suspects. “It’s a bloody...
View ArticleInvestors anxious as Oregonians again vote on marijuana
AURORA, Ore.: Last year, Golden Leaf Holdings, a leading cannabis company, paid $3.3 million for almost 100 acres of land in Oregon to build a marijuana growing, processing and research site.The future...
View ArticleRoad to recovery could test patience of Hurricane Matthew victims in U.S.
TARBORO, N.C.: Tiajuana Williams lives in a one-story apartment building in Princeville, N.C., that was flooded by a river bulging with rainwater from Hurricane Matthew. Before driving out of town in...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Oct. 15
Truck plunges off bridge, kills 4Four people are killed and nine injured after an out-of-control pickup truck plunges off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and plows into a crowd gathered at a festival...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Oct. 16
AKRONNeighborhood meetingAKRON: The Fairlawn Heights Neighborhood Association will host its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Resnik Community Learning Center, 65 N. Meadowcroft Drive.The...
View ArticleThings to Do, Oct. 16: ‘Taxi Driver’ in theaters; David Sedaris at Civic;...
Watch a Robert De Niro filmIf you only know Robert De Niro from the goofy comedies he’s mostly gravitated to over the last two decades, check him out as Travis “You talkin’ to me?” Bickle in the 1976...
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