Democrats plot ‘collision course’ with Trump’s tax plan
WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats say they’ll try to thwart Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code by portraying them as a boon for the rich that betrays President-elect Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleLongest-serving counsel at the University of Akron to retire
For more than half a century at the University of Akron, its chief in-house legal counsel has seen the ups and downs of the university from both sides. In those 50-some years, Ted Mallo has been at the...
View ArticleUnusually warm weather melts ice at Lock 3 rink, but doesn’t keep skaters away
’Twas the day after Christmas, but it didn’t look or feel that way.With a high of 61 degrees, the Akron area fell just short of the day’s record high of 63 in 1982. Monday’s high was more than double...
View ArticleChaos erupts at Beachwood Place mall
BEACHWOOD: Police say officers used pepper spray to disperse a large crowd following a fight at the upscale Beachwood Place shopping mall.Cleveland.com reports the fight broke out Monday evening,...
View ArticleObama vs. Trump: Dispute erupts over who would have won
HONOLULU: In an alternate universe in which President Barack Obama ran for a third term against Donald Trump, who would have won?No surprise: The president and the president-elect disagree.A fresh...
View ArticleTrump said he’d never kill us, but he left a mark
It’s not easy for a journalist to conduct interviews in a crowd while the speaker at the podium is pointing, telling everyone that reporters aren’t to be trusted.“I hate some of these people, but I’d...
View ArticleYour chance to advise the media
In the 2016 Your Vote Ohio project, Ohioans said they want the news media to view voters as participants not only in democracy, but in journalism.Ohio news organizations will meet soon to discuss how...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Missed ref calls restart debate
By Jason LloydBeacon Journal sports writerAUBURN HILLS, MICH.: Richard Jefferson should’ve been called for a foul on the game’s final play Sunday and LeBron James should’ve been whistled for a...
View ArticleOhio State football: With Luke Fickell perhaps poised to cede defense to Greg...
COLUMBUS: Greg Schiano wasn’t looking for an endorsement, just as he said he’s never looked for a coaching job.But he received one earlier this month, anyway, when All-America safety Malik Hooker said...
View ArticleAfter fighting back tears amid losing, Browns coach Hue Jackson lets them...
Beaten down by losing, coach Hue Jackson fought back tears after the Browns fell to 0-12 on Nov. 27 against the New York Giants.But with the Browns prevailing for the first time this year and avoiding...
View ArticlePistons 106, Cavaliers 90: No LeBron, no win
AUBURN HILLS, MICH.: When Kyrie Irving returned to Monday’s game with 10:51 to play and the Cavs down 14, the opportunity was there to do it again. Twenty-four hours after Irving and LeBron James...
View ArticleOhio governor vetoes bill making renewable mandates optional
COLUMBUS: Ohio Gov. John Kasich issued a series of vetoes Tuesday, including one to a bill that would have made compliance with the state’s renewable energy mandates optional for the next three...
View ArticleOhio Turnpike cutting back on construction zones next year
The Ohio Turnpike is cutting back on its construction spending next year, saying motorists complained that there were too many orange barrels on the highway this year.“We did hear from customers about...
View ArticleWoman charged with stealing Santa Claus statue from Barberton movie theater
A Doylestown woman has been charged with theft after returning a Santa Claus statue she’s accused of stealing from a Barberton movie theater following a complaint she had with service there.Barberton...
View ArticleAkron teen sentenced to eight years in prison for burning 4-month-old daughter
An Akron teen is heading to prison for burning his 4-month-old daughter in scalding water.Demetrius Ford, 18, was convicted by a Summit County jury in November of felonious assault and two counts of...
View ArticleGeorge M. Thomas: Carrie Fisher’s death is latest shock in somber 2016
Yes, 2016, get the hell out of here.I can’t say it any plainer than that.In my 20-plus years of reviewing films for the Beacon Journal and now online and interviewing the occasional celebrity, I never,...
View ArticleMumps spreads on college campuses
Caroline Brown, a sophomore at the University of Missouri, got a fever over Thanksgiving break. Soon it became painful to bite down, and her cheek began to swell. A trip to her physician confirmed it:...
View ArticleOhio evangelicals overwhelmingly favored Trump
By Laura A. BischoffDayton Daily NewsColumbus: New polling data show evangelical Christian voters in Ohio overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump and he won a majority of mainline Protestants as well —...
View ArticleTrump signals shift from Obama’s focus on multilateralism
For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the world on its own, it rarely should.“Multilateralism...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/Norton 63, Manchester 60: Norton holds off Manchester...
New Franklin: Having a smart point guard with a high basketball IQ is essential to success in high school basketball.Having two is a luxury.And after Christian Cheatham and Jourdain Roberts-Lane seemed...
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