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Home2 Suites tour

AUSTINTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Home2 Suites, 5580 Interstate Blvd., at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Meander Hospitality is celebrating its newest hotel, Home2 Suites by Hilton Youngstown West/Austintown, with a reception and tour of the facility. The opening is the 139th for the Home2 Suites by Hilton brand, the all-suite hotel brand designed for modern business travelers and extended-stay guests.

The four-story, 87-suite hotel offers suites with fully equipped kitchens and modular furniture, providing guests the flexibility to customize their suite to their style and preference.

Grand opening

HOWLAND

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday for NovaCare Rehabilitation, 140 Highland Terrace Blvd.

NovaCare Rehabilitation is part of Select Medical’s Outpatient Division, a nationally prominent, locally driven provider of outpatient physical rehabilitation.

UK hails man who fled attack holding beer an unlikely hero

LONDON

People in the U.K. have responded to the deadly London Bridge attack with sorrow and distinctly British humor, hailing a man pictured walking away from the mayhem holding a pint of beer as a tongue-in-cheek symbol of defiance.

Television footage of crowds running away from the attack that killed seven includes a man in a red top walking slowly with a mostly full beer in his hand.

A picture of the man was posted on Twitter by Howard Mannella, who tweeted: “People fleeing #LondonBridge but the bloke on the right isn’t spilling a drop. God Bless the Brits!” The comment received tens of thousands of retweets.

Authorities track NC man accused in ax deaths to LA

WILSON, N.C.

A North Carolina man was arrested Sunday in California on a murder charge after authorities said he killed his wife and father with an ax and escaped on a West Coast flight.

Michael Allen Joyner, 38, of Wilson was arrested on two counts of murder, multiple media outlets reported.

“This incident appears to be domestic in nature with an ax being the choice of weapon use to facilitate this crime,” Wilson County Sheriff Calvin Woodard said. “We were able to locate his vehicle as well as gather intelligence as to his whereabouts in California.”

Putin dismisses US claims about Trump, elections

WASHINGTON

Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing as “a load of nonsense” the idea that Russia has damaging information on President Donald Trump and denies having any relationship with him.

“I never met with him. We have a lot of Americans who visit us,” Putin said in an interview with NBC’s “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.” He added: “Do you think we’re gathering compromising information on all of them right now or something? Are you all – have you all lost your senses over there?”

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia meddled in the presidential election to hurt the bid of Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Staff/wire reports