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The ACLU is suing Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state and former leader of Donald Trump's disbanded voter fraud commission, over his state's restrictive voter registration rules.

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan says he won’t manage a declining city, planning instead to increase population and support entrepreneurs. The first-term mayor delivered his state of the city address on Wednesday, saying Akron must innovate while remaining financially stable. The Akron Roundtable hosted the event. “Akron needs to be a city that thrives and not just survives,” Horrigan told his audience at the John S. Knight Center. Horrigan said he would focus resources on neighborhood commercial areas in a new program called Great Streets Akron.

Canada and the province of Ontario recently released their plan to combat toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. Phosphorus is the primary cause of the blooms that turn parts of the lake green most summers. The U.S. and Canada hope to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie by 40 percent, from 2008 levels. It’s all part of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

China announced new tariffs on U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Chinese products.

Ohio gas prices have jumped 35 cents a gallon in the last month, but are still two cents lower than what Ohio drivers were paying a year ago. So why are…

Arguably the dominating narrative of the U.S. Open was 27-year-old golfer Jason Day's ongoing struggle with benign positional vertigo.

Hundreds of Confederate memorials and markers dot the South and beyond. Even as far north as Missouri, two memorials have become flash points.

The Labor Department's June report showed decent job growth, with unemployment dipping to 5.3 percent. In fact, 2015's first half was fairly good. But economists see dangers lurking in the back half.

Researchers say they've come up with a 30-minute test that can predict a child's language skill and diagnose learning disabilities.

If the president's Clean Power Plan survives legal and political challenges, the nation's electricity industry will have 15 years to remake itself and reduce CO2 emissions by a hefty margin.