High school football: Passing game giving Avon Lake an air of confidence
Nervous? Not Avon Lake’s senior quarterback Mark Pappas and his corps of receivers.
View ArticleHiring slows in August, making Fed hike more likely
WASHINGTON — Hiring downshifted last month as U.S. employers added a modest 151,000 jobs, about half the blockbuster gains of the two previous months.
View ArticleHermine, weakened to tropical storm, makes Florida landfall
CARRABELLE, Fla. — Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida's Big Bend area early Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, bringing soaking rain, high winds and thousands...
View ArticleTrump to visit black church to shore up key constituency in presidential race
ATLANTA — Donald Trump will visit a predominantly black church in Detroit this weekend and, his campaign says, “outline policies that will impact minorities and the disenfranchised in our country.”...
View ArticleCuba making inroads in fight against Zika virus
HAVANA — Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working.
View ArticleKaepernick, some teammates, kneel during anthem at 49ers preseason finale
SAN DIEGO — While a naval officer sang the first notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and dozens of military members unfurled an oversized flag on the football field, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid...
View ArticleJordan adding more shifts, teachers to accommodate Syrian refugees
ZARQA, Jordan — Intissar Ghozlan's two youngest boys haven't been in school since the family fled from Syria to Jordan two years ago. There's no space in local classrooms, and the boys, 12 and 14, can...
View ArticleCrushers keep playoff hopes alive with win over Slammers
AVON — The Lake Erie Crushers played like a team with its back against the wall.
View ArticleHigh school volleyball: Amherst ends Olmsted Falls' long SWC winning streak
OLMSTED TWP. — There’s no doubt it’s a big win when longtime Amherst coach Laurie Cogan gets convinced to dab.
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