Panel urges better cybersecurity to President-elect Trump
WASHINGTON: A presidential commission on Friday made 16 urgent recommendations to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, including creating a nutritional-type label to help consumers shop wisely and...
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HONOLULUSummits could get snowThe summits of Hawaii’s Big Island could get more than 2 feet of snow, with a winter storm warning in effect through Saturday. Yes, it snows in Hawaii, Matthew Foster, a...
View ArticleStow’s Wrayco Industries notifies employees of company closure in 60 days
Wrayco Industries, a Stow manufacturer that specializes in leakproof vessels for heavy construction equipment such as fuel and hydraulic tanks, has notified its employees that it is shutting down in 60...
View ArticleTrump speaks with Taiwan’s president, risking China tensions
TAIPEI, Taiwan: President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a U.S. president or...
View ArticleSummit County police agencies regroup after Shop With a Cop scandal
Each holiday season, Akron-area officers raise money to take hundreds of children shopping for toys and gifts they otherwise couldn’t afford.The actions of one officer, who was convicted Thursday of...
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FOOTBALLState Finals(All Games at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)Friday’s ResultDivision ICincinnati St. Xavier 27, Cleveland St. Ignatius 20 (2OT)Division IVColumbus Bishop Hartey 24, Steubenville 21Division...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Veteran James Jones planning to retire after 2017-18 season
CHICAGO: LeBron James has made it clear James Jones has a place on his team as long as he wants to keep playing. Jones has now decided when that will be. Jones told the Beacon Journal he will retire...
View ArticleBulls 111, Cavaliers 105: Bulls dominant in paint, hand Cavs their third...
CHICAGO: LeBron James dismissed any problems facing the Cavaliers following their second troubling loss in as many games Thursday when the Cavaliers lost to the Clippers. Lose three straight, James...
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Bulls 111, Cavs 105; Jason Lloyd's 13 thoughts on the end to the Cavs'...
CHICAGO: Thirteen thoughts for 13 baskets by LeBron James in Friday’s 111-105 loss to the Chicago Bulls, extending the Cavs’ losing skid to three… 1. When the Cavaliers smashed the Detroit Pistons...
View ArticleThe Scene: Sugar Plum Tour for Gay Community Endowment Fund
The 15th annual Sugar Plum Tour drew more than 1,200 people in the holiday spirit Sunday afternoon, viewing homes decked out in Christmas finery. Steve Williams chaired the event, which benefits the...
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AKRONNeighbor faces rape chargeAKRON: Police arrested a 19-year-old man last week on charges that he raped his neighbor after climbing through her bedroom window in September.Billy Gene Patterson of...
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Warehouse fire death toll hits 36A sheriff says he doesn’t believe more bodies will be found, but cautions it can’t be known for sure until the recovery effort is complete. Prosecutors say murder...
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MARIETTA, GA.Father sentenced to lifeA judge on Monday sentenced a Georgia man to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury found that he intentionally left his toddler son in...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 6: ‘Once’ at E.J. Thomas; historian signs book at Perkins...
Romance of ‘Once’ at E.J.The musical Once lands at E.J. Thomas Hall for performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, part of the Broadway in Akron series. Based on the award-winning indie film, it...
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MEXICOMinimum wage gets boostMexico has increased its minimum wage to just over 80 pesos a day, though its dollar value is down due to the peso’s devaluation. The minimum wage this year was about 73...
View ArticleTech companies move to target terrorist propaganda online
WASHINGTON: Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda and prevent it from spreading online.The new program announced Monday...
View ArticleJapanese leader Abe to visit Pearl Harbor with Obama
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of this month, becoming the first leader of his country to go to the site of the Japanese...
View ArticlePolice: Fake news story led gunman to popular D.C. pizzeria
WASHINGTON: The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child...
View ArticleState rejects execution delay for Ronald Phillips, Akron man who raped,...
COLUMBUS: The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.Assistant Ohio Attorney...
View ArticleHudson officer on paid leave after fatal shooting of motorist who fled off...
A Hudson police officer is on paid administrative leave following the fatal shooting of a motorist who fled the scene after causing a car crash on the Ohio Turnpike on Sunday afternoon.Neither the...
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