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Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland is firmly against the rollback.


Superseding indictment issued in murder case

Jurors could not reach a verdict in first trial


BUSINESS DIGEST || Science of Brewing

Science of Brewing YOUNGSTOWN The seventh annual Science of Brewing event at OH WOW! The Roger &


MAHONING indictments

The grand jury also indicted these people on these charges: Marquise Thomas, 23, Market Street,


METRO DIGEST || Liberty board OKs levy for ballot

Board OKs levy for ballot LIBERTY The school board approved a renewal levy for the November


WORLD DIGEST || Brakes fail on ride at Kennywood Park

Brakes fail on ride at Kennywood Park WEST MIFLIN, Pa. Several people became nauseous after


Parents of teen fatally shot fleeing traffic stop file suit

Associated Press PITTSBURGH The parents of an unarmed black teenager fatally shot while fleeing


Pope rules out death penalty in change to church teaching

Associated Press VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible”


Abortion-rights activists brace for new restrictions

Associated Press NEW YORK Abortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier


OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS President Donald Trump is siding with House Republicans in the showdown over


At Pa. rally, Trump trashes press as ‘fake, fake disgusting news’

Associated Press WILKES-BARRE, PA. Thundering that the media is the “fake, fake disgusting


As car sales continue to slide, Brown proposes incentive

Small-car sales decreased to represent about 31 percent of the auto market, analysts said.


Yavorcik asks Ohio Supreme Court to reject prosecutors’ appeal

Prosecutors ‘relied upon an unfair and unsubstantiated allegation’ that they couldn’t receive a fair trial in Mahoning County, Yavorcik's attorney wrote.


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Mientkiewicz elected Niles mayor in 6-5 Democratic Party vote

Councilman Steve Mientkiewicz, 34, said being part of “the younger generation,” experienced, educated and having a “common-sense approach” made him the right person to serve as Niles mayor.


Hubbard trustees: We need to pass this police levy

The trustees may put a 3.5-mill police levy on the November ballot.