Colombia government, rebels sign revised peace agreement
BOGOTA, Colombia: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a revised peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel movement on Thursday, making a second attempt within months to end a...
View ArticleDeath toll in construction accident in China rises to 74
BEIJING: The death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China rose to 74, state media said Friday, in the country’s worst work-safety accident in more than two...
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Powerball prize tops $400 millionThe jackpot is on the upswing again, growing to an estimated $403 million. The next drawing is scheduled Saturday night, and the jackpot could grow in the...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Nov. 25
BARBERTONSeniors strip for charityBARBERTON: A group of naked seniors are once again showing some skin to raise money for children in need.The past two years, the Magic City Kiwanis Esther Ryan Shoe...
View ArticleThings to Do, Nov. 25: ‘Christmas Story’ opens at Play House; Beethoven’s...
‘A Christmas Story’ liveThe smoking furnace. The shedding Christmas tree. The Chinese turkey. “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.” Relive all the classic scenes and punch lines of that holiday favorite, A...
View ArticleMilitary parade for Donald Trump has come early
WASHINGTON: The military parade for Donald Trump has come early. Two months before Inauguration Day festivities, an extraordinary number of recently retired generals, including some who clashed with...
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Channing Frye's father dies less than a month after death of his mother
Cavs center Channing Frye is dealing with the death of another parent. Less than a month after his mother died, Frye wrote on his Instagram account Thanksgiving Day that his father has died, too. “On...
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FOOTBALLState SemifinalsDivision I(Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday)Cle. St. Ignatius (12-1) vs. Powell Olentangy Liberty (13-0) at Mansfield Arlin StadiumPickerington Central (12-1) vs. Cin. St. Xavier (8-5)...
View ArticleTyronn Lue wants to get Kevin Love going earlier in games
CLEVELAND: From the time Tyronn Lue took over as head coach, one of his top priorities was finding ways to make Kevin Love more comfortable in the Cavs’ system. To that end, Lue acknowledged after...
View ArticleNew Akron Children’s Museum filled with smiles and laughter
Nine-year-old Alaina Abood is considering becoming a veterinarian when she grows up.She also loves pretending to be a doctor.So she was right at home Friday morning at the grand opening of the new...
View ArticleWaiting until morning on Black Friday leaves chance for family bonding,...
Barb Oostdyk remembers the first time she and her daughter went shopping on Black Friday.“We stood in line together to get VCRs at Circuit City,” she said, guessing it was over a decade ago.On Black...
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LeBron, Love, Irving stay hot in 128-90 blowout of Mavericks
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue warned for weeks that the Cavs weren’t playing up to their potential, that despite the gaudy record there was still room to improve. They were missing too many open looks that...
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State Semifinals(All games at 7:30 p.m.)Division ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Powell Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27———Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Nov. 26
AKRONHealth information breechAKRON: A company that contracts with Cleveland Clinic Akron General to provide remote monitoring services to patients notified 730 Akron General patients this week that...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications — Nov. 26
The incorrect Word Game appeared in Friday’s classified advertising section. Both Saturday’s and Friday’s games and answers are published on Page D4.
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Nov. 25
Next first lady will live in NYCPresident-elect Donald Trump will move into the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and son Barron, 10, plan to remain in...
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Seagal gets Russian passportPresident Vladimir Putin gave a Russian passport to U.S. action film star Steven Seagal, calling it a sign of a thaw in relations with the United States.The actor, 64, has...
View ArticleThings to Do, Nov. 26: Welcome Santa in Akron; ‘Nutcracker’ at Civic;...
Santa Claus is comingThe Welcome Santa Holiday Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday in downtown Akron. The parade features more than 75 units including marching bands, floats, costumed characters,...
View ArticleWave of Mexico violence reveals hidden graves, severed heads
ACAPULCO, Mexico: Soldiers and police fanned out Friday across the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, chasing a wounded gang leader and trying to quell a wave of violence that included the discovery...
View ArticleDeath toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73
MOSUL, Iraq: The death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group rose to 73 on Friday, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims, as Iraqi forces fought house to house to...
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