Security force for Trump’s inauguration contemplates truck attacks, dirty bombs
WASHINGTON: Braced for demonstrations by 99 groups and a new “global terrorist environment,” security officials plan to protect the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump with buses, dump trucks...
View ArticleTrump unleashes Twitter attack against civil rights legend
NEW YORK: Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 15: Play at Civic features ‘Idol’ winner; Akron Art Museum...
‘Idol’ winner stars in playAmerican Idol winner Ruben Studdard stars in The Bold and the Sanctified, a play about two small churches — one black, one white — that are forced by financial circumstances...
View ArticleRecession, smession? Signs point toward continued, but slowing, economic...
Courtney Wagner likes what she sees at her family-owned machine and tool shop off Wooster Road West in Norton.Business is good and they are investing in new equipment, she said. She’s president of...
View ArticleExamining the two-year tenure of Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa CEO and president
Tension crackled inside a conference room at Barberton Hospital in early 2015. Several doctors said they remember about 30 members of the hospital’s medical leadership team gathering to hear Summa...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 14
WRESTLINGTOP GUN (At Alliance High School, Alliance)Team Results: 1. Perry 208; 2. Cin. LaSalle 199.5; 3. Marysville 139; 4. Carrollton 137.5; 5. Aurora 133.5; 6. Claymont 123.5; 7. Alliance 119; 8....
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Kyle Korver allows Cavs to take positive steps but finish line a...
SAN FRANCISCO: The wheels of progress are turning, slowly but surely for the Cavaliers. It will be months still before they are whole, before they have all of their pieces in place, but the first two...
View ArticleHigh school wrestling: Hoban’s Lukus Stricker wins second consecutive Bill...
The 30th annual Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament concluded Saturday at Firestone High School with Archbishop Hoban senior Lukus Stricker feeling a sense of déjà vu.Stricker defeated Brunswick’s...
View ArticleMan walking along Lake Erie beach finds body near state line
CONNEAUT: Authorities in Ohio say a man walking along a Lake Erie beach found a partially decomposed body near the Pennsylvania state line.The county medical examiner in Cleveland will attempt to...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Airport to host temporary PreCheck enrollment site for area...
Travelers can sign up for PreCheck — the program that lets them quickly go through security lines at airports — at a temporary enrollment site Feb. 6-10 at Akron-Canton Airport in Green.PreCheck —...
View ArticleLocal history: Was Elvis Presley a menace to society?
If the imminent threats of atomic annihilation and communist domination weren’t enough of a concern during the 1950s, Americans had to grapple with a diabolical menace from within.Girls screamed in...
View ArticleKids aren’t only ones happy on snow days; school officials have a little fun...
Hey, Joe, what do you know? Turns out, quite a bit. Nordonia Hills Superintendent Joe Clark has been busy on Twitter getting to know the students and their families in his district. And other local...
View ArticleEddie Long, megachurch pastor embroiled in scandal, dies
LITHONIA, Ga.: Eddie Long, the flamboyant megachurch pastor whose reputation was tarnished after former congregants accused him of sexual misconduct, has died. He was 63.Long died Sunday after battling...
View ArticleThousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal drive
WARREN, Mich.: Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, one...
View ArticleBody discovered near Doylestown church
DOYLESTOWN: The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a body found Sunday afternoon, Beacon Journal news partner newsnet5 reported. Officials say a man’s body was found behind St. Peter...
View ArticleAttorney General Lynch gives final speech praising Obama for advancing dream...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, praised the work of the Obama administration to advance the dream of justice and said worries of...
View ArticleOutgoing CIA chief rips into Trump over tweets, Russia
NEW YORK: The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect...
View ArticleSumma board to hire executive coach and assume control of doctor contracts...
The Summa Health board of directors is hiring an “executive coach” and taking over approval of all physician contracts after hundreds of doctors voted no-confidence in the health system’s CEO.The...
View ArticleAkron played a role in one of the darkest days in the history of the Ringling...
The announcement that, after 146 years, the “The Greatest Show on Earth” is calling it quits brings back fond memories for generations of Akron residents and also a painful reminder of the city’s role...
View ArticleDespite addition of Kevin Durant, MVP Steph Curry remains focus of Cavaliers...
SAN FRANCISCO: Throughout the last two thrilling NBA Finals, the Cavaliers’ scouting report on the Golden State Warriors started and ended with Steph Curry. For all of the talent gushing out of the...
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