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nobel prize Americans win economics award for work on climate and growth

Associated Press STOCKHOLM Just a day after a United Nations panel called for urgent action on

‘Hero Heart’ mug

‘Hero Heart’ mug CORTLAND Now through Oct. 31, you can buy a “Hero Heart” mug for $5 at local

Facebook launches device intended to make video calls easier PORTAL

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its

Officers wear pink badges for breast cancer awareness

Officers with an Ohio city police department are wearing pink police badges this month to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Police: Dog is rescued with opioid reversal drug

Staff report AUSTINTOWN Township police Chief Robert Gavalier said Monday his officers have

Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh, family

Associated Press WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in – again, for the

Trump calls on Chicago to embrace stop-and-frisk policing

President Donald Trump drew an enthusiastic response from a law-and-order crowd Monday, advocating the use of “stop and frisk” policing and saying he has directed the Justice Department to work with local officials in Chicago to stem violence in the nation’s third-largest city.

DeWine, Cordray spar over their records

Associated Press CLEVELAND Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray repeatedly faulted

Civil-rights icon and longtime social activist visits the Mahoning Valley

40 people came to Monday evening’s Mingle with Minni gathering at Flambeau’s restaurant

Police chase ends in suspect crashing car, dying

Police in Ohio say a man they were chasing in an alleged shoplifting case crashed into a garbage truck and has died.

Openings slated in homicide trial in woman’s Lake Erie death

Opening statements are slated Tuesday in the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she’d accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat.

Astros victory at Progressive Field in Game 3 of ALDS series

Houston Astros ahead for keeps in Monday’s 11-3 victory at Progressive Field in Game 3 of the ALDS series

Civil-rights icon and longtime social activist visits Mahoning Valley

40 people came to Monday evening’s Mingle with Minni gathering at Flambeau’s restaurant

Substance turned a Canfield Township stream a cloudy white

As of Monday evening, officials had yet to locate the source of the substance

Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican opponent Chris DePizzo discuss differences

Rep. Tim Ryan and his Republican opponent Chris DePizzo discussed their differences in a candidate forum

United Methodist Community Centers are closing

Services were suspended effective Sept. 15 and the centers are likely to be officially closed at the end of October

Pa. animal welfare workers save 71 beagles crammed in small home

Animal welfare workers removed 71 beagles from a cramped house in rural Pennsylvania, where officials say a woman had been breeding them without a license before she died last month.

Social media lights up with SpaceX satellite launch

When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up.

Lowellville's wild, wicked past chronicled

The author has a book-signing tonight.

Trumbull County property revaluation shows first increase this decade