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Community News July 31, 2026

CARS IN THE PARKS: The annual summer Cars in the Park will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Boardman Park. The event, which is hosted by the Mahoning Valley Olde Car Club, will take place rain or shine. The event will also include a flea market. CENTER CLOSES EARLY: The D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center and Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park will be closed to the public beginning at 2 p.m. today for the annual Summer Garden Party fundraiser. The proceeds from this event support Fellows Riverside Gardens and is hosted by the Friends of Fellows Riverside ...

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Mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

National News July 31, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas. Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before it was eradicated in 1980, largely thanks to vaccination. For centuries, the virus had killed about one-third of the people it infected and left most survivors with deep and sometimes disfiguring scars. Outbreaks struck Asia and Europe and eventually spread to the Americas, where colonial writings, administrative records and missionary reports documented how it killed ...

June unemployment rises in Valley

Business News July 31, 2026

The Mahoning Valley’s unemployment rate rose in June, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Trumbull County had a rate of 4.1% in May and 5% in June. The city of Warren saw its 5.9% rate in May swell to 7.1% last month. Mahoning County’s 3.8% unemployment rate for May hit 4.6% in June. Youngstown’s rate bounced from 5.3% in May to 6.5% in June, according to the state. The rates have not been seasonally adjusted. They also do not reflect people who are not part of the labor force. The Youngstown-Warren-Salem statistical area has a population of ...

Deal reached for Hamas to disarm, Israel to withdraw

National News July 31, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indication that they had agreed. The White House announcement comes nine months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was signed. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas had largely deadlocked over the implementation of its second phase, including the disarmament of Hamas and the reconstruction of ...