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Domestic-violence seminar set June 22

Opinion: The seminar will be at Rising Star Baptist Church on the city’s East Side


We must protect the innocent

Opinion: By Christine Flowers Cagle Cartoons Fifty years ago this summer, Charles Manson went on a


A time when abortion was illegal

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons HARRISBURG, Pa. Jessica Marquez-Gates is old enough to


Trump tariffs on Mexico invite more pain for US

Editorial: New York Times: So we’re going to tax Americans until Mexico stops allowing people from Central


Abolish time limits for prosecuting sexual assault

Editorial: Marietta Times: Gov. Mike DeWine is asking Ohio lawmakers to consider abolishing the state’s statute


Trump in a bind on Iran

Opinion: By Noah Habeeb OtherWords In the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump was quick to


Presidential candidate Ryan has chance to strut his stuff Sunday

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan gets a huge moment for his presidential campaign Sunday with a town hall on CNN.


Avoid added pain, losses in recovery from storms

Editorial: The stretch of U.S. Route 224 from Canfield to Poland is best known as the largest retail and dining


Farmers receiving billions in aid because of Trump’s protectionism

Opinion: WASHINGTON The cascading effects of U.S. protectionism on U.S. producers and consumers constitute


Trump’s journey to Japan not reassuring to US ally

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” foreign policy resonates with his supporters, but has


MLB players getting beaned

Opinion: By Brian Wakamo OtherWords Major League Baseball has a problem on its hands: Teams are making


No such thing as internet privacy

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons Internet privacy. Forget about it. It’s another of those oxymorons


President Trump goes on strike

Opinion: By E.J. DIONNE JR. Washington Post WASHINGTON It’s often said that when our founders wrote the


Ohio should strike balance between gun rights, safety

Editorial: Akron Beacon Journal: Democrats in the Ohio House are all but certain to encounter the same obstacle


We all want a safe haven

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons MARYVILLE, Tenn. Lawmakers in this rural corner of Tennessee near