Prosecutors: Ohioan who plotted attack on U.S. Capitol kept trying to incite...
CINCINNATI: An Ohio man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol during President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address kept trying from behind bars to urge others to violence in support of the...
View ArticleCounty to buy mobile hospital in case of chemical, biological or other...
Local emergency teams may soon have a 20-bed hospital to deploy in the event of a terrorist attack, deadly pandemic, natural disaster or other catastrophe.Purchase of the hospital-on-wheels —...
View ArticleGoodyear blimp base to host Toys For Tots drive this year
Goodyear once again will let visitors into its Wingfoot Lake blimp base early next month for the annual Toys For Tots benefit in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.This will be the sixth...
View ArticleTrump’s team to raise millions for Jan. 20 events
PALM BEACH, Fla.: The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump’s team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for...
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...
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...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
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 Article‘The Brady Bunch’ matriarch Florence Henderson dies at 82
LOS ANGELES: Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in The Brady Bunch, has died at 82.Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in...
View ArticleGreen City Council salaries could rise 89 percent beginning in 2018
GREEN: City Council members whose terms begin in 2018 will ring in that New Year with substantial raises.By a 4-3 vote this week, the City Council approved boosting council members’ annual salaries...
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...
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 ArticleRussian propaganda effort spread fake news leading up to election, report shows
NEW YORK: A new report suggests a “sophisticated” Russian propaganda campaign helped flood U.S. social media with fake news stories leading up to the presidential election.The Washington Post, citing a...
View ArticleScarlet Letter Saturday arrives along with The Game to urge avoiding use of...
First, to all three or four Akron Beacon Journal readers who root for a certain college football team from a state up north: We definitely appreciate your loyalty to this newspaper, but you may want to...
View ArticleWith recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks
MADISON, Wis.: President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern...
View ArticleMan who set himself on fire at Highland Square is an orphan, veteran, opera...
Margaret Ellen Bradford found herself at the Mustard Seed Cafe in Highland Square on Friday for a second time at the same table.A couple of weeks earlier, she gathered with friends to plan a half-mile...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 25
FOOTBALLState Semifinals ScoreboardFriday’s ResultsDivision ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27——Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron will cross item off bucket list when Cavs attend...
CLEVELAND: LeBron James is crossing another item off his bucket list Saturday when the entire Cavaliers team travels to Columbus to watch the second-ranked Buckeyes face third-ranked Michigan. Cavs...
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