Trump picks labor secretary, heads west to meet OSU victims
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump plans to add another wealthy business person and elite donor to his Cabinet, saying he would nominate fast-food executive Andrew Puzder as labor...
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South Korea Impeachment vote likely South Korean lawmakers are preparing for a likely impeachment vote against President Park Geun-hye that, if successful, would drive her from power amid a corruption...
View ArticleAid groups descend on Indonesia quake zone; deaths reach 102
MEUREUDU, INDONESIA: Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesia’s Aceh province Thursday as the local disaster agency called for urgent food supplies and officials raced to assess the full...
View ArticleU.S. official: 50,000 Islamic State militants killed to date
WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led coalition has killed 50,000 Islamic State militants in the last two years in Iraq and Syria, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday, describing a conservative total that...
View ArticleU.S., Russia agreed to discuss withdrawal of Syrian rebels from Aleppo
BEIRUT: Russia’s foreign minister said Thursday that Moscow and Washington have agreed to meet to discuss the withdrawal of Syrian rebels from Aleppo.Sergey Lavrov, speaking in Germany after talks with...
View ArticleHudson releases video of shooting and name of police officer who killed...
A Hudson police officer who shot a man to death following a weekend crash was identified as Ryan C. Doran, according to city records released late Thursday afternoon.Doran, who joined the department in...
View ArticleLove for Annie, hard work, gentle spirit set John Glenn apart
COLUMBUS: John Glenn’s failure to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 was a rare failure in a life of achievements unmatched not just in Ohio history but probably in the history of the...
View ArticleWitness says truck hit bus, causing 50-car pileup on I-90
Authorities say an interstate east of Cleveland is open again after a pileup of about 50 vehicles in snowy conditions shut down the highway for more than 14 hours.The Lake County sheriff’s office says...
View ArticleCollections taken to support Akron girl who survived fatal fire
An Akron church will collect donations to support a 12-year-old girl who survived a house fire that claimed her family early Saturday morning.Akron Public Schools has announced that Celebration Church...
View ArticleObama orders review of Russian hacking during 2016 election
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has ordered a full review of foreign-based digital attacks that U.S. intelligence agencies say were aimed at influencing this year’s presidential election, a top...
View ArticleTrump returns to campaign trail in Louisiana and Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.: Appearing jovial and relaxed, Donald Trump plunged back into election politics Friday, a full month after he won the presidency, thanking Michigan voters and prodding Louisiana...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Dec. 9
SACRAMENTO, Calif.Judge sides with websiteA California judge rejected pimping charges Friday against the operators of a major international website advertising escort services that the state attorney...
View ArticleDylann Roof laughed during church slaying confession to FBI
CHARLESTON, S.C.: Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he...
View ArticleTraffic disruptions — Dec. 12
Here is a list of road and lane closings in the Akron area:Major highways abruptly closed: None.AKRON:• Interstate 76 lane restrictions and ramp openings: I-76 between South Main Street and the central...
View ArticleCritics: Alabama execution helps case against sedative
ATMORE, Ala.: An Alabama execution in which a prisoner heaved his chest, coughed and appeared to move offers more evidence that a drug used to sedate inmates before they are put to death should not be...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Dec. 9
Obama orders review of hackingThe president tells intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Dec. 10, 2016
AKRONWard 1 & 7 meetingsAKRON: Donnie Kammer will be hosting coffee with a councilman on Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Firestone Park Community Center, 1480 Girard St., for Akron residents in...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 10: TubaChristmas; John Cleese at Civic; parties in Kent,...
Celebrate TubaChristmas at E.J. Thomas HallNothing says the holidays in Akron more than TubaChristmas. Our fair city hosts one of the largest in the country, with hundreds of festively decorated low...
View ArticleArea meetings — Dec. 12-16
MONDAY Summit County Akron Board of Education — 5:30 p.m., Administration Building (Room 200), 70 N. Broadway, 330-761-2851.Akron City Council — 7 p.m., Municipal Building (Council Chambers), 166 S....
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Dec. 9
GAMBIARuler rejects election resultsGambia’s ruler of more than 22 years announced late Friday that he no longer accepts defeat in the presidential election, reversing course a week after he conceded...
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