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Area students among Great River Connections Academy graduates

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COLUMBUS — More than 250 graduating seniors from across the state recently received their high school diplomas as members of Great River Connections Academy’s Class of 2026. The tuition-free online public school celebrated this year’s graduates during its commencement ceremony that was ...

US issues demand for Iran to open waterway

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is demanding that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked anymore, senior U.S. officials said Friday, adding that internal Tehran power struggles have made it difficult to reach ...

As summer temperatures rise, data center debate heats up

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LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Eileen Castle’s swimming pool, one of the only ones for blocks around, was once a refuge for neighborhood children on hot summer days. But even as temperatures soared this week, Castle, 82, said she won’t be filling the pool — not with the data center behind her ...

City council to act on $170M water project

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YOUNGSTOWN — With an estimated $170 million wastewater improvement project expected to commence in the fall, city council will be asked Wednesday to permit the purchase of property and easements for the work. The work is for an 80-million-gallon-per-day wet weather facility. The structures ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 11-12

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Trump lets major housing bill become law without signing it WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has chosen not to sign a sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill on Friday, in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that does not have enough support to pass. ...