Online threats prompt league to cancel autograph sessions with Akron Racers...
The National Pro Fastpitch softball league has canceled postgame autograph sessions with the Akron Racers and other teams until further notice because of threats made to players and staff on social...
View ArticleNightclub shooter was a body builder, security guard
FORT PIERCE, Fla: He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and wanted to become a police officer.Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a...
View ArticleTeen suspected of drowning in southwest Ohio lake identified
TROTWOOD, Ohio: Authorities say a teenager died after going underwater in southwest Ohio.Authorities were called to Madison Lakes Park Sunday evening and searched for the teen in a cliff area of the...
View ArticleFiery Wayne County crash kills three
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle crash late Sunday in Wayne County that killed three people.Ronald J. Pesicek, 73, and Sylvia P. Pesicek, 70, of Wooster; and a motorcyclist...
View ArticleBodies removed from Orlando nightclub after worst mass shooting in U.S. history
ORLANDO, Fla.: he last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 911 to profess allegiance to the Islamic...
View ArticleOhio middle school principal admits wallet theft, resigns
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Officials say an Ohio principal has resigned after she pleaded guilty to stealing a thrift store worker’s wallet last summer.Authorities say surveillance footage shows Nicole Edwards...
View ArticleMicrosoft to buy networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
NEW YORK: Microsoft says it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion.LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, California, has more than 430 million members. Users can...
View ArticleAs mass shootings plague U.S., survivors mourn lack of change
DENVER: The deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history has people around the world wondering why mass violence keeps happening in America.For those who have lived through mass shootings, and for the law...
View ArticleFuneral scheduled for former GOP senator and Ohio governor George Voinovich
CLEVELAND: The city of Cleveland will hold a public viewing for former Republican U.S. Sen., Ohio Gov. and Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich.The 79-year-old Voinovich died in his sleep Sunday at his...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kevin Love returns to starting lineup for Game 5
OAKLAND, CALIF.: Kevin Love’s career as a backup lasted exactly one game. Love was reinserted into the starting lineup for Monday’s NBA Finals Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors. The absence of...
View ArticleThings to Do, June 14: Donate blood; Motley Crue in theaters; music, swimming...
Donate blood to help othersIn the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, many people lined up to donate blood to help survivors. It’s a good thing to do anytime, and today is World Blood Donor Day, so why...
View ArticleOrlando killer appears to have been ‘homegrown extremist’
ORLANDO, FLA.: The gunman whose attack on a gay nightclub left 49 victims dead and wounded 53 appears to have been a “homegrown extremist” who espoused support for a jumble of often-conflicting Islamic...
View ArticleKyrie Irving, LeBron James make NBA Finals history as first teammates to...
OAKLAND, Calif.: Kyrie Irving and LeBron James made history Monday night and afterward James called Irving’s effort “probably one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen live.” Ponder for a moment...
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Cavs 112, Warriors 97: Jason Lloyd's 30 thoughts on LeBron James, Kyrie...
OAKLAND, CALIF.: Thirty thoughts for 30 shots from LeBron James in Monday’s 112-97 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the NBA Finals…. 1. Before Klay Thompson poked fun at his...
View ArticlePolice shoot dog while responding to scene of fatal shooting in Ohio
DAYTON, OHIO: Police say a man died in a shooting in Southwest Ohio and a dog was killed by responding officers when it tried to attack a police dog.Officers responded to the scene Monday night in...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court to hear arguments on police video case
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Supreme Court is hearing arguments over access to police body camera videos.News organizations including the Associated Press sued Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters last year...
View ArticleObama: Anti-Muslim rhetoric from Trump ‘not America we want’
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American...
View ArticleNew Ohio law bans minor drug charges for 911 callers, drug users in overdose...
Starting in mid-September, 911 callers in Ohio who report a friend or family member is overdosing on drugs will be immune to criminal prosecution — and so will the person who’s overdosing. The bill,...
View ArticleHillary Clinton wins D.C. primary as she meets with Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation’s capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to set a tone of...
View ArticleDemocratic Party’s computers breached by Russian hackers
WASHINGTON: Sophisticated hackers linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the Democratic National Committee’s computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition...
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