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Focus on breast-cancer risk factors

Opinion: By Michelle Kretzer People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Unless you’ve been studying


What would you think of an individual or a company that earned a pre-tax profit of $29.9 million in

Opinion: What would you think of an individual or a company that earned a pre-tax profit of $29.9 million in


Experience gives Christian edge in judicial race

Editorial: Effective, efficient and experienced justice likely will prevail in Mahoning County regardless of


More disunity needed

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Where’s stalemate when we need it? The other day, by a


Wartime allies deserve US visas

Opinion: Amid all the ugly, anti- immigration talk this election season, at least one category of immigrants


Passing the buck at Wells Fargo

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords “Stumpf” is a German adjective for someone who’s obtuse, slow on the


Traficanti, Ditzler merit the support of the voters

Editorial: Given the black cloud of public corruption that has hovered over Mahoning County government for the


Don’t fall for Obama’s sob stories

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View Barack Obama is at it again, portraying the partisan battles of


Putin is bringing back the 1930s

Opinion: WASHINGTON Vladimir Putin’s serial humiliations of America’s bewildered secretary of state


A coat of many tales

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant Every autumn I look forward to pulling a particular item of


Support property-tax levy renewals for public schools

Editorial: Many voters in the Mahoning Valley may be a bit surprised by what they do not see this fall on


All groups must unite to fight racism in US

Opinion: All groups must unite to fight racism in US As an African- American, I truly do believe that 99


Neither Trump, Clinton shows concern for seniors

Opinion: Neither Trump, Clinton shows concern for seniors I have listened intent- ly to rhetoric from both


Execution of murderer Danny Lee Hill overdue

Editorial: Last week was a good one for Ohioans who believe that as long as the state has a death penalty – and


Portman finally dumps Trump

Opinion: Spend some time talking to U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and one thing becomes abundantly clear: