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AP: Trump says US is ready to act alone on North Korea

Jim O'Connell April 2, 2017

President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea's nuclear program.Trump's comments in an interview with the Financial...

Colombia Deadly River Overflow

Fernando Vergara / AP Photo April 2, 2017

Rescuers search for survivors in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters,...

Gilbert Baker

Anthony Behar / SIPA USA April 2, 2017

Gilbert Baker, Rainbow Flag Creator, poses at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, NY, on January 7, 2016. Gilbert Baker, openly gay artist and and civil rights activist designed the Rainbow flag...

AP: Desperation sets in as flood death toll in Colombia tops 200

Alba Tobella April 2, 2017

Townspeople desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, causing more than 200...

Cheers and Jeers

April 2, 2017

Cheers to ... Opening Day. The MLB started its season on Sunday with a game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays.Jeers to ... public humiliation. A Houston man needed help from police after...

AP: Creator of rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, dies at 65

Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died. He was 65.Baker was found dead Friday at his New York City home. The city medical examiner's...

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REVIEW: ‘Power Rangers’ delivers on nostalgia and action

Michael Nied March 26, 2017

It’s morphin’ time, and the beloved Power Rangers are ready for action.March has truly shaped up as a month of nostalgic releases harkening back to the ‘90s. As “Beauty and the Beast” continues...

Rae Sremmurd performs at FlashFest in the M.A.C. Center on April 23, 2015. FlashFest is hosted annually by Undergraduate Student Government.

Rae Sremmurd to return for next month’s FlashFest

Benjamin VanHoose March 22, 2017

Rae Sremmurd will return to campus Thursday, April 20 to headline this year’s FlashFest.The hip-hop duo performed during FlashFest two years ago alongside Jeremih and a then-less ubiquitous Chainsmokers....

A Somali refugee protests outside a government building in Florence on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. She and many others had been displaced from an apartment building with no notice given by the government.

Perspectives: Faces of Florence

David LaBelle March 21, 2017

Film and television producer Irvin Kershner once wrote, “There’s nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.” I couldn’t agree more.While many are drawn to Florence’s Renaissance...

AP: No promises and no one above law, Supreme Court pick says

Mark Sherman and Erica Werner Associated Press March 21, 2017

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch declared Tuesday he's made no promises to President Donald Trump or anyone else about how he'll vote on abortion or other issues and testified he'll have no trouble as...

Kent State students in Professor Ron Russo’s Adult Swim class listen to Seth Green in a live Google Hangout chat in Franklin Hall on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Some students dressed in costumes representative of characters in Green’s work.

Seth Green chats with students in Adult Swim class

Benjamin VanHoose March 21, 2017

Technical issues weren’t enough to keep actor and comedian Seth Green from fielding questions from Kent State students Tuesday.As part of the “ST: Cartoon Network / Adult Swim” course (JMC 40095),...

Students crowd the Stopher/Johnson Hall basement on March 1, 2017, during the tornado warning. 

Ohio issues statewide tornado drill

Sarah Heber March 21, 2017

The State of Ohio is holding a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday in honor of spring severe weather awareness week. Sirens across all counties will go off at 9:50 a.m., according to the Ohio Committee...