The Newark Advocate

4 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Abbey Roy

In the spring of 2020, amid pandemic pandemonium, I wrote a column meant to encourage local congregations whose weekly services had been canceled or moved online because of COVID. The gist of that piece was that a worldwide pandemic is a perfect opportunity for a church — rather, The Church (with a capital C) — to be an active presence in its community, and in general, it was well received.

6 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Mike Stone |Marisa Taylor

Mike Stone, Marisa Taylor Reuters SpaceX is leading a bid to build Golden Dome with startups Anduril and Palantir, six people said The SpaceX-led group is pitching the Pentagon on a 'subscription model' for missile defense, sources said SpaceX proposes a constellation of 400 to more than 1,000 missile defense satellites, sources said WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile...

6 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Eric Lagatta

A U.S. citizen was shot and killed Thursday after hijacking a small airplane in Belize at knifepoint and stabbing three people on board, officials in Belize and the U.S. confirmed. The man brandished a knife while the Tropic Air plane was airborne while demanding that the pilots take him out of the country, Police Commissioner Chester Williams told journalists, according to Reuters. The man was identified Thursday as Akinyela Sawa Taylor, a U.S. citizen and military veteran, Williams added.

1 week ago | newarkadvocate.com | Bailey Gallion

Traffic camera footage shows motorists aggressively driving on Interstate 70 in the minutes leading up to a road rage shooting that injured one and shut down the interstate during the April 15 morning commute. Dewayne Pittman, 33, was charged with felony assault in the shooting. Police say he was driving a gold Chevrolet Equinox and fired at a man in a black pickup truck, injuring him, at about 7:06 a.m. on westbound I-70 near Mound Street.

1 week ago | newarkadvocate.com | Kelly Byer

Canton-area residents report care delays because of prior authorizations and denials. The Ohio State Medical Association has recognized physicians' growing discontent with third-party administrative burdens. The Ohio Association of Health Plans disagrees with prior authorization criticisms but agrees in principle about the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. Joanna Escobar was in and out of the hospital between 2022 and 2023 because of Crohn's disease.