U.S., U.K. say support is weak for military action against Syria
LONDON: The United States and Britain on Sunday acknowledged the Western world’s weak support for any military action against Syria’s government as they sought ways to pressure President Bashar Assad...
View ArticleThings to Do, Oct. 17: Talk about folklore and weather; author appearances;...
Can woolly bear foretell wild and woolly weather?Do woolly bear caterpillars or abundant acorns really foretell the severity of the winter ahead? Find out at Folklore Forecasting, a talk at 7 p.m. at...
View ArticlePolice: Drunken driver hits, kills Northeast Ohio pedestrian, drives home
CLEVELAND: Police say a drunken driver has been arrested after they say she hit and killed a pedestrian in Northeast Ohio and didn’t stop.Police say the 20-year-old woman struck the 56-year-old man...
View ArticlePence says GOP ticket will ‘absolutely’ accept vote outcome
WASHINGTON: Mike Pence said Sunday he and Donald Trump will abide by “the will of the American people” on Election Day, and suggested that Trump’s claim of a “rigged” election stems from his belief the...
View ArticleRavenna man killed in crash in Pennsylvania
A Ravenna man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pa.Jeffrey Polichena, 28, was traveling eastbound in the left lane at 10 a.m. when he traveled...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron looks to hire Matthew Wilson as permanent president
The University of Akron may take the interim tag off President Matthew Wilson’s title.The Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to consider hiring Wilson as the school’s...
View ArticleMan gets 20 years for shooting at George Zimmerman’s vehicle
SANFORD, Fla.: A Florida man who fired at George Zimmerman’s vehicle during a road-rage confrontation has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.The Orlando Sentinel reports that at the sentencing...
View ArticleCourt hearing set on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo
TORONTO: A Toronto court will hear arguments on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario.The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes...
View ArticleThings to Do, Oct. 18: ‘Akron Anthology’ release party; more author talks;...
‘Akron Anthology’ release partyThe publisher of The Akron Anthology, a collection of essays about everything from Mr. Bilbo’s to Market Street, throws a release party from 6 to 8 p.m. at the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 17
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleIndians’ rotation for Games 4, 5 dependent on Game 3; Ryan Merritt in line to...
TORONTO: The shuffling of the Indians’ rotation continues. And now it involves contingency plans. Indians manager Terry Francona said rookie left-hander Ryan Merritt — not Mike Clevinger as originally...
View ArticleHigh school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent
WASHINGTON: The nation’s high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal...
View ArticleTupac Shakur, Pearl Jam lead rock hall of fame ballot
NEW YORK: The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Nine of the 19...
View ArticleFugitive task force looking for Akron man who escaped from corrections center
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a man who escaped last month from a community-based corrections center in Akron.Channing...
View ArticleBrunswick motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle crash
PORTAGE TWP.: A Brunswick man was killed at 5:30 p.m. Monday in a two-vehicle accident in Sandusky County.David Burns Jr., 31, was on a motorcycle southbound on Gill Road just south of state Route 163...
View ArticleFire leads to evacuation of Shearer’s Foods plant in Massillon
MASSILLON: The Shearer’s Foods plant on Millennium Boulevard Southeast was evacuated Monday night as a precaution because of a small fire, the Massillon Independent reported.No injuries were reported,...
View ArticleOfficial: 139 animals seized from Ohio ‘farmyard of horrors’
FAYETTEVILLE, OHIO: Officials say they’ve seized more than 130 animals from a home in a southwest Ohio village in a case they’re calling a “farmyard of horrors.”Barb Ashmore, who is the deputy dog...
View ArticleSocial Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits
WASHINGTON: Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a monthly increase in benefits of just 0.3 percent next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to...
View ArticleNTSB LIVE: 'Litany of failures' resulted in fatal Akron plane crash
The four-person NTSB board is presenting its findings about the Nov. 10 plane crash in Akron. The crash killed all seven passengers and the pilot and co-pilot in the corporate jet operated by...
View ArticleLooking for a political getaway?
Looking to get away from the presidential election, maybe a place to brush up on northeast Ohio election lore? Ann Watercutte of TourismOhio has assembled a list of Akron's nearest political...
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