National news briefs — compiled Nov. 19
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.New weather system in orbitThe most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save...
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MONGOLIADalai Lama risks China’s furyThe Dalai Lama preached to thousands of Buddhists in Mongolia despite demands from China that the visit by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader be scrapped, at a...
View ArticleMan, 69, sets himself on fire in Highland Square moments after ranting about...
A 69-year-old Akron man wearing a U.S. Marines uniform doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze on a Highland Square street Saturday morning.Witnesses said the self-immolation occurred moments...
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FOOTBALLRegional FinalsSaturday’s ResultsDivision IIIRegion 9Archbishop Hoban 34, New Philadelphia 3Region 10Toledo Central Catholic 19, Lexington 0Region 11Columbus St. Francis DeSales 49, Columbus...
View ArticleCavaliers guard J.R. Smith moving up all-time 3-point shooting list but yet...
CLEVELAND: J.R. Smith is healthy again and on the move. Whether or not he’ll get that long-awaited invitation to New Orleans remains to be seen, but he isn’t optimistic about it.Smith made three...
View ArticleTrump and Romney, once bitter rivals, smile and shake hands
BEDMINSTER, N.J.: President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire’s golf club in New Jersey, putting a year of conflict aside for a smiling handshake — though they did not...
View ArticleTop Senate Democrat serves notice to GOP, Trump on priorities
WASHINGTON: Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is threatening political payback if congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump try to undo President Barack Obama’s major...
View ArticleMcCain warns Trump: Waterboarding won’t be reinstated
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia: A leading Republican voice on national security matters said Saturday he doesn’t care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not reinstate...
View ArticleWhat more to discuss? For Obama and world leaders it’s Trump
LIMA, Peru: Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.Global...
View ArticleChrist Child Society celebrates 47th annual event in style
WKYC’s Betsy Kling and Sara Shookman were celebrity models for the Christ Child Society’s 47th annual boutique and style show Saturday afternoon at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn.Akron Chapter President Peg...
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The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank kicked off its holiday food drive last week with a $10,000 donation through the Citizens Bank Carving Out Hunger program that will provide 512 Thanksgiving turkeys...
View ArticleLocal Development Finance Authority having trouble raising money for economic...
A new fund designed to spur economic development in Akron is having trouble attracting donations and hasn’t yet gotten off the ground.The Development Finance Authority of Summit County, (DFA) a...
View ArticleSkaters embrace the season’s first snowfall as Lock 3’s rink opens
“Look, I have an ice beard!” exclaimed 7-year-old Elliot McCubbin after he dove into a pile of snow and emerged covered from his face to his ice skates at Lock 3 on Sunday afternoon.The park officially...
View ArticleTamir Rice’s mother remains frustrated 2 years after death
CLEVELAND: Samaria Rice is trying to find a path forward for herself and her family two years after her 12-year-old son, Tamir, was fatally shot by police while holding a pellet gun at the city...
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San Antonio Police officer shot, killedA San Antonio police officer writing out a traffic ticket to a motorist was shot to death in his squad car Sunday outside police headquarters by another driver...
View ArticleFrance’s Sarkozy loses primary with hard-line on immigration
PARIS: Former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his populist, hard-line stand on Muslims and immigration went down in defeat Sunday in France’s conservative primary for president. Two ex-prime ministers...
View Article127 dead as train derails in north India
PUKHRAYAN, India: Rescuers finished searching the last of 14 mangled train carriages that derailed in northern India, killing at least 127 people and leaving about 150 more injured, police said early...
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SyriaProposed truce rejected The Syrian government refused the U.N. envoy’s latest proposal for a truce in Aleppo on Sunday, calling on insurgents to withdraw and saying it would not grant autonomy to...
View ArticleObama: I’ll push back on Trump if needed to defend U.S. ideals
LIMA, Peru: President Barack Obama said Sunday he doesn’t intend to become his successor’s constant critic — but reserved the right to speak out if President-elect Donald Trump or his policies breach...
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Criminal charges detailed Ex-Republican congressman Aaron Schock’s charging documents for allegedly using government and campaign money to subsidize a lavish lifestyle included an allegation that he...
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