Things to Do, Oct. 24: ‘Major League’ in theaters; play about rubber and...
‘Major League’ is a hit with Tribe in seriesThe Indians created a shrine to Jobu in their locker room and “sacrificed” a chicken to try to help Yan Gomes break out of a slump. Obviously something...
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AKRONTrick or Treat Trail for kidsAKRON: Children 11 years old and younger are invited to the Trick or Treat Trail from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM High School, 123...
View ArticleFear and questions hang over doomed French migrant camp
CALAIS, France: Migrants prayed, plotted and played soccer together Sunday, a day before France starts clearing them by the thousands from a makeshift refugee camp that is doomed for destruction.But...
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TRENTON, N.J.‘Ballot selfie’ is risky actYou probably already know whether you’ll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into...
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VenezuelaLeaders: Coup was stagedVenezuela’s congress on Sunday declared that the government had staged a coup by blocking a drive to recall President Nicolas Maduro in a raucous legislative session...
View ArticleWomen, Trump fans, Protestants grow increasingly disgusted
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerLinda Wattley has one word to describe America’s most reviled pair of major-party presidential candidates.“Disgusting,” the Akron woman said. “They have...
View Article3 of 4 Ohioans say Trump is disrespectful to those unlike him
Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up. Basket of Deplorables. The tone of the 2016 presidential race may be the most uncivilized and disrespectful in recent American history.But something else is different too:...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Jason Kipnis has ankle sprain from celebrating, Danny...
CLEVELAND: Sometimes, celebrating is a contact sport. And because of it, Jason Kipnis is currently dealing with a sprained left ankle. As the Indians clinched a World Series berth in Toronto, Kipnis...
View ArticleIndians react to facing Chicago Cubs in World Series; Corey Kluber to start...
CLEVELAND: The 2016 World Series is set. The Indians will go head-to-head with the Chicago Cubs, owners of the best record in baseball this season. The Cubs tore through the National League en route to...
View ArticleFrance moving more than 6,000 migrants from makeshift camp
CALAIS, France: France began the mass evacuation Monday of the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle,” a mammoth project to erase the humanitarian blight on its northern border, where thousands...
View ArticleFirst transgender soldiers seek formal Army recognition
PARIS: Within weeks of the Pentagon allowing transgender service members to serve openly, Army officials said 10 soldiers have formally asked to be recognized as their new, preferred gender.The small...
View ArticleKeep baby in parents’ bedroom — but in separate bed, pediatricians say
PITTSBURGH: To further reduce the risk of sleep-related deaths in infants, children’s health experts on Monday issued updated safe sleeping guidelines that emphasize the importance of a baby sleeping...
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IraqSpecial forces near MosulU.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought their way inside two villages Monday as they crept closer to Mosul a week into an offensive to retake the Islamic State-held city, but they...
View ArticleObama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
WASHINGTON: Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That’s sure...
View ArticleOne-fourth of U.S. cancer deaths linked with one thing: smoking
CHICAGO: Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict.The...
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LOS ANGELESFamed activist Hayden diesIn one of the most dramatic transformations in American politics, Tom Hayden went from being a famed 1960s and 1970s student radical to a mainstream elected...
View ArticleTrump rejects ‘phony’ polls, insists ‘we are winning’
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.: A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the...
View ArticleInternational observers see no evidence of rigged election — but they’ll...
WASHINGTON: The team of international election experts invited to keep an eye on the U.S. election has not seen any evidence of a potential “rigged” outcome, according to their director.Donald Trump...
View ArticleNAACP seeks federal probe after noose put on black student
WIGGINS, Miss.: The president of the Mississippi NAACP is demanding a federal hate crime investigation after the parents of a black high school student said as many as four white students put a noose...
View ArticleTicket prices are going, going gone for this World Series
This World Series is shaping up to be a historic matchup, and this milestone has nothing to do with the players on the field.When the Indians and the Chicago Cubs take the field Tuesday night, some of...
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