Syrian forces squeeze Aleppo, bring new wave of evacuations
BEIRUT: Nearly two weeks into a crushing blitz, Syrian forces and their allies have taken control of nearly all of what was once an opposition stronghold in eastern Aleppo, touching off a new wave of...
View ArticleLarge crowds to celebrate South Korean president’s impeachment
SEOUL, South Korea: Large crowds were expected to gather in South Korea’s capital on Saturday to celebrate the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye over an explosive corruption scandal that saw...
View ArticleNo mercy for Ronald Phillips: Execution recommended for Akron child rapist...
The Ohio Parole Board has recommended that Gov. John Kasich move forward with the execution of Ronald Phillips, an Akron man convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl.Phillips’ friends and...
View ArticleAll-American Soap Box Derby hopes to steer students toward STEM careers with...
The All-American Soap Box Derby is bringing the thrill of the hill to the classroom with a STEM curriculum it has developed and is selling to schools. The goal is to help steer more students toward...
View ArticleHero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Ohio
COLUMBUS: John Glenn will lie in state in Ohio’s Capitol before a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.The public viewing at the Ohio...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsBrookside 79, Black River 71Buchtel 85, North 56Canton McKinley 85, Perry 55Columbus St. Charles 66, Archbishop Hoban 60Copley 78, Barberton 74Coventry 76,...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Channing Frye excused from team to attend father’s funeral
Cleveland: Channing Frye has been excused from the Cavaliers to attend his father’s funeral. Frye missed Friday’s game against the Miami Heat, and he is expected to miss Saturday’s home game against...
View ArticleFormer Browns and Patriots executive Mike Lombardi thinks Cleveland will...
Former Browns and New England Patriots executive Mike Lombardi believes the two teams will likely agree to a trade in the offseason to send quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to Cleveland.“The next...
View ArticleCavaliers 114, Heat 84: LeBron James moves into ninth place on NBA’s all-time...
CLEVELAND: Dwyane Wade is gone and Chris Bosh’s career is likely over.So, too, is any remaining feud between the Cavaliers and the Miami Heat. LeBron James scored 27 points against his former team to...
View ArticleAdding 200 more troops to Syria, U.S. deepens involvement
MANAMA, BAHRAIN: Drawing the U.S. deeper into the Syria conflict, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Saturday he is sending 200 more troops to accelerate the push on the Islamic State’s...
View ArticleAs 114th Congress limped to a close, uncertainty is ahead
WASHINGTON: The 114th Congress has limped to a close, two years of partisan acrimony punctuated by the occasional burst of bipartisan deal-making in the waning days of Barack Obama’s presidency.Ahead...
View ArticleNon-OPEC oil producers to cut output 558,000 barrels a day
VIENNA: OPEC has persuaded 11 nonmembers to cut oil production, a move aimed at draining a worldwide oil glut and boosting low prices that have squeezed government finances in Russia and Saudi...
View ArticleColombia’s Santos accepts Nobel, urges shift in drug war
STOCKHOLM: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, saying it helped his country achieve the “impossible dream” of ending a civil war that lasted half a...
View ArticleKKK, other racist groups disavow the white supremacist label
PELHAM, N.C.: In today’s racially charged environment, there’s a label that even the KKK disavows: white supremacy.Standing on a muddy dirt road in the dead of night near the North Carolina-Virginia...
View ArticleCubans stream to U.S. before Trump decides what to do
WASHINGTON: The surge of Cubans fleeing to the United States could grow as uncertainty swirls around the island about whether Donald Trump will end the still nascent U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba...
View ArticleSouth Koreans rally again, this time to celebrate impeachment
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: The previous time South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach a president, ruling party lawmakers sobbed and hurled ballot boxes, a man set himself on fire in front of the National...
View ArticleCIA has “high confidence” Russia hacked election to help Trump; Trump team...
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republican. A top...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Dec. 10
Trump near naming top diplomatThe president-elect moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state Saturday, a decision that would bring a business leader with close ties...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Join the conversation in Voice of the People
Letters to the editor of the Beacon Journal — published on our editorial pages in the Voice of the People column — do not actually go to the editor. They go to the editors who are responsible for the...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Dec. 11, 2016
AKRONServices set for fire victimsAKRON: Funeral services are schedule for two adults and two girls killed in a North Hill fire last weekend at an East Tallmadge Avenue home.Visiting hours for Omar...
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