Training program

Training program

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership, 1325 Fifth Ave., has scheduled the dates and times of information sessions for the Employment Skills and Training Program. They are 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, next Tuesday, March 23 and 24.

The information sessions give an outline of what is covered in the six-week class, details of the program and what is expected from each participant. Candidates interested in the April 4 class must attend only one of the informational sessions. Class space is limited.

The six-week class runs through May 12 at MYCAP. For information about the program, call MYCAP’s Youngstown office at 330-747-7921, ext. 1190, or ext. 1724. The office is open Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Discussion on TPP

FARRELL, PA.

The United Steelworkers said Monday that union workers and retirees will join elected officials and community leaders for a town-hall meeting to outline the consequences for Pennsylvania workers and businesses if the U.S. enters the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement among 12 nations that Congress is charged with accepting or rejecting.

The event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at the Farrell City Building, 500 Roemer Blvd., is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition and Mercer County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and will feature workers from area companies whose jobs are threatened by unfair trade.

Stabbing probed

TORONTO

Toronto police are looking into whether a double stabbing at a military recruitment center might be terror related.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said a man walked into the center in the northern part of Toronto about 3:30 p.m. Monday, pulled out a knife and attacked a uniformed Canadian Forces member at the front desk.

Saunders said others were able to take down the suspect, but a second Canadian Forces member was stabbed in the process. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

He said the suspect made unspecified comments that led police to look into a possible terror connection.

Train derails in Kan.

CIMARRON, Kan.

An Amtrak train carrying more than 140 people derailed in rural Kansas early Monday, moments after an engineer noticed a significant bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes, authorities said.

At least 32 people were hurt, two of them critically, authorities said.

A federal transportation official said the investigation would focus on the condition of the rails. Local authorities said they were checking whether a vehicle crash may have damaged the track before the accident.

Staff/wire reports