AKRON, Ohio — A 1-year-old child has died following a shooting Sunday night in the 1200 block of 5th Avenue in Akron.

Officers responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m. where they say an unknown suspect fired shots at a home, striking the child. The child was taken to a n...

Many Ohioans are still waiting to receive benefits from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS). However, for some, that wait time just got a little longer.

On Friday, ODJFS announced that it has placed temporary fraud alerts on 270,000 unemployment clai...

Mayor Dan Horrigan and the Water Supply Bureau are proud to announce record low lead levels in City of Akron drinking water for the 2020 testing period.  Akron is reporting lead at 0.00155 milligrams per liter which is 90% below the EPA action level. The EPA action lev...

Not that anybody is surprised, but President Donald Trump says he will not visit the body of John Lewis, who is lying in state in the Dome of the Capitol.

“I won’t be going. No,” President Trump told reporters at the White House before he left for North Caroli...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The first 2020 presidential debate will take place in Cleveland, hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic.

The partnership stepped in after the University of Notre Dame withdrew from hosting the Sept. 29 debate because of “th...

Bernell Trammell, a well-known Black supporter of Donald Trump, was shot to death in broad daylight on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The motive for his murder is unclear and Milwaukee police are seeking what they described as “unknown suspects.” 

Locals are now...

Around 500 armed demonstrators wearing all-black uniforms marched with the “Not Fucking Around Coalition” Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, drawing hundreds of onlookers and rival militia counter-demonstrators.

The NFAC describes itself as an all-black militia group com...

Mike Ditka is back railing against athletes who kneel during the National Anthem to protest police brutality and systemic racism.

The NFL dinosaur tells TMZ Sports that he wouldn’t allow any kneeling during the anthem in his new women’s football league, the tackle-footb...

Former first lady Michelle Obama has filmed and posted a video reminding voters that we’re just 100 days away from the 2020 election that “could not be more important for the future of our country.”

“We’ve only got 100 days left … and we’ve got to direct every ounc...

July 25, 2020 (Washington, DC) — Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) announced today that he and the NNPA have agreed to assist the efforts of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, majority owner of EquiTrust, the na...