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Associated Press NEW BERN, N.C. The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers

Mangkhut heads toward China

Typhoon Mangkhut roared toward densely populated Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday after ravaging across the northern Philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain that left at least 12 dead in landslides and collapsed houses.

Judge denies injunction against HomeGoods project

A judge struck down a legal challenge to a project to bring a HomeGoods distribution center to Lordstown.

Sen. Sherrod Brown touts bill to help newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal

Brown expects the bipartisan legislation to be approved Monday by the Senate.

Library board takes first steps to renovate main library

Aimee Fifarek’s vision for the branch includes the restoration of historic elements, more natural light and a 21st century technology infrastructure.

Suspect in Poland jogger attack indicted in Portage County

The defendant faces 14 new rape and kidnapping charges involving two attacks at Berlin Lake.

Looking into Youngstown schools' grades

Youngstown City Schools officials say looking beyond the district’s overall F grade on the state report card reveals several areas of academic progress.

Protection order issued against cop facing sex charges

Carter is free on bond as case is pending in common pleas court.

Henri Bendel, 123-year-old luxury retailer, closes the doors

The luxury retailer Henri Bendel, which opened its doors in New York’s Greenwich Village at the end of the 19th century, is closing.

FDA plans meeting to discuss safety data on breast implants

U.S. health regulators say they’ll convene a public meeting of medical advisers next year to discuss new science on breast implant safety, including an independent analysis that suggests certain rare health problems might be more common with silicone gel implants.

$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute

A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, a federal anti-discrimination agency said Friday.

Weathersfield injection well owners appeal ruling to Ohio Supreme Court

The owners of a closed injection well on state Route 169 in Weathersfield Township just north of Niles have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling keeping the well closed.

Ex-Sebring water supt. convicted of reduced charge, avoids prison

James Bates, 62, former Sebring water superintendent, pleaded no contest and was found guilty Friday of one count of sending notifications to Sebring water customers seven weeks late in 2015 to tell them there were high lead levels in their drinking water.

MAHONING COUNTY | New citizens

Fourteen Mahoning County residents became U.S. citizens Thursday at a naturalization ceremony.

Ferocious typhoon plows through rain-soaked Philippines

Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines’ northeastern coast early Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught.

Everyone wants answers: State, feds hunt for gas blast cause

Investigators worked Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his car just hours after he got his license, injured at least 25 others and left dozens of homes in smoldering ruins.

Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel’s Trump-Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal crimes and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to more time in prison.

Local Red Cross volunteers to help with relief effort

In this image from video, residents carry cats they rescued by boat in floodwaters in Jacksonville, N.C., Friday. Blowing ashore with howling 90-mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday.

Chorus anniversary

Chorus anniversary YOUNGSTOWN The male chorus of Mount Zion Baptist Church, 827 Wilson Ave.,

Home invasion

Home invasion WARREN A Northfield Avenue Northwest woman reported she was awakened at 1:18 a.m.