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North Hills grad to star in national 'Cabaret' tour

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 50 minutes ago North Hills High School alumna Leigh Ann Larkin is starring in a national...

Stormwater management to be addressed before Hampton Place construction can move forward

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 50 minutes ago Hampton Place, an upcoming, 39-single family conservation subdivision, will be able to start...

Toronto Zoo visitors got into way more accidents in 2016 (but most had nothing...

Visitor accidents at the Toronto Zoo were way up in 2016, but zoo authorities say there’s nothing to worry about.Of the 1.3 million people...

The city wants to help more paddlers and kayakers get out on the lake...

Paddlers and kayakers will enjoy more access to the waterfront if council supports the plan at their meeting in March.The city’s parks and environment...

Accounting giant now PricewaterhouseBloopers after Oscar blunder | Toronto Star

What went wrong?Hollywood and movie lovers were reeling on Monday, trying to understand how PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm that oversees the voting, mistakenly allowed...

Brunswick Deaf Socials Make Lasting Impression on the Hearing

By Jiya Doshi, BEAT reporter Brunswick High School (BHS) has offered an American Sign Language (ASL) class to students...

Willy Wonka Returns to Brunswick

By Teodora Iovi, BEAT reporter With just a few more months until the end of the school year, and...

Newly promoted Cleveland police officer still has open case against city for suspension over...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Cleveland police officer promoted on Monday still has a pending federal court case against the...

Rikers anti-violence consultant’s bill balloons despite spike in assaults

The payout to an outside consultant hired to stem the violence at Rikers Island has ballooned from $1.7 million to $27.4 million in less...

City registers largest number of office workers in history

New York City has become boomtown, USA — registering the largest number of office workers in its history and nearly tripling the office space...

Deadly Yemen raid produced no significant intelligence: report

The US commando raid in Yemen, which left one Navy Seal and dozens of innocent civilians dead, was reportedly unsuccessful at capturing significant intelligence...

Baltimore senator says he didn't sponsor voter ID bill introduced under his name

State Sen. Nathaniel Oaks, an African-American lawmaker from Baltimore, says a bill filed under his name that many of his fellow Democrats say would...

Leaders of Morgan State, Bowie met with Trump to discuss HCBUs

Leaders of the nation's historically black colleges and universities want President Donald Trump to increase federal investment in their schools and take a more...

Sessions questions DOJ reports on Ferguson, Chicago policing

Newly minted Attorney General Jeff Sessions questioned reports published by his agency about policing in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, describing "some of it"...

Green Ride takes over SuperShuttle airport routes in Loveland, Fort Collins (updated)

Loveland-based Green Ride Colorado will take over airport shuttle service in Fort Collins and Loveland from SuperShuttle, the two companies announced Monday.The news comes...

Employee substance abuse problems putting public at risk, TTC warns | Toronto Star

The TTC’s workforce has a substance abuse problem that could put passengers and the public at serious risk if it’s not immediately addressed, according...

About 4,000 people are homeless in Metro Vancouver, study says | Toronto Star

BURNABY, B.C.—A task force says there are more than 70 homeless camps in Metro Vancouver, as it estimates about 4,000 people are in immediate...

Minister calls rate of First Nations fire deaths ‘horrific,’ says feds will take action...

The federal government will once again track fire-related deaths in Canada’s First Nations communities, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said on Monday.She also committed...

Bill Paxton’s best movie: ‘Aliens’ or ‘Twister’?

Acclaimed actor Bill Paxton passed away due to complications from surgery at 61-years-old. Although Paxton is gone, his film legacy will...

No. 3 Euclid girls basketball advances to Perry district finals, wins 43-42 against No....

PERRY, Ohio – The Euclid girls basketball team escaped with a close 43-42 victory defeating Brush in the Perry...