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Boardman voters will face safety services levy in fall

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BOARDMAN — Township trustees have unanimously voted to place a 2.75-mill, five-year additional tax levy on the November ballot for the exclusive use of safety services. Trustees also announced a slew of new businesses coming to the township at its meeting Monday. Trustees Steve Yacovone, Matt Gambrel and Larry Moliterno agreed to place the property tax levy on the Nov. 3 ballot to ensure adequate operations in the police and fire departments. “This is necessary just to maintain services,” Yacovone said in a phone interview after the meeting. It will not be used to greatly ...

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EASTERSEALS OPEN HOUSE: Easterseals of Northeast Ohio, 200 Edwards St., Youngstown, will have an open house 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. The public will have the opportunity to see client artwork, meet the staff, visit program tables and have a chance to win raffle prizes. For information, call 330-743-1168 or neo.easterseals.com. ITALIAN FEST: The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest will take place Friday to Sunday in downtown Youngstown. The festival runs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Sunday, and 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5, with children under 12 free. There will be food vendors, ...

Johnson & Johnson agrees to $5.5 billion talc settlement

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade, said that the settlement is conditioned on at least 95% of remaining claimants participating. A U.S. bankruptcy court judge denied a $9 billion settlement proposed by company subsidiary Red River Talc last year that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history. Johnson & Johnson decided not to appeal that ruling and instead fight on in court. A ...

Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, was eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Graham’s flag-draped ...

Mediators report progress toward ending Iran war

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CAIRO (AP) — Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions. Saudi Arabia said it had shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq that had targeted its petroleum facilities. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen meanwhile claimed to have attacked Saudi oil facilities as part of a separate but related conflict. It was unclear ...

$100K bond set for suspect in trooper’s death

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YOUNGSTOWN — Ryan Rach, 36, who was indicted last week on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide in the Oct. 16 crash that killed Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Cayton, was arraigned on the charges Monday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Rach, of Canfield, who ...