NEW YORK — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago this week, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the ...
LONDON (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets $2.3 billion in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification. “The automotive industry faces significant challenges, with technological change amidst intense competition and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty,” chief executive PB Balaji said in a statement.
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization is preparing events, activities and gatherings for Ohio Nonviolence Week that gets underway early next month. Nonviolence Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10, will begin with the 16th annual Nonviolence Parade and Rally, set for 3 ...
GIRARD — For the past six years, residents off West Prospect Street near the former Hartzell Park have come together for an annual neighborhood block party. The event took place Sunday and brought current and past neighborhood members together for a day of celebration. Andrea Daniels, an event organizer, said the idea for the event is based on African-American families who moved to Ohio as part of the Great Migration in the 1900s and settled in the western Girard neighborhood. She said people shared their stories of living in Girard and conducted a tribute for those from the ...
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council plans a community outreach event 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Edward Church, 240 Tod Lane, Youngstown. Volunteers from the St. Columba Cathedral Parish and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will offer guests a free to-go meal, free groceries and free bags of clothing on a first-come, first-served basis. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council also provides a free meal six days a week at its 430 Williamson Ave. dining hall location in Youngstown, daily bread and other groceries at the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran “will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out.” The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, who boasted of new missile capability and claimed it had been “tested” against a U.S. warship. But it was not clear whether what was tested was the missile the new report described, the ...
