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Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Business News September 23, 2026

The Associated Press Google has been fined $463 million for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users’ Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history, and in their Location History, a service that maps places they’ve been with their mobile phones. Regulators also found the company failed to be lawful, fair and ...

On the record: McDonald

Local News September 23, 2026

WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Nick Gall, Jessica Krumpak, Kristina Merola, Michael Morris and Donna Shields The board: • Approved a three-year contract with Amanda Latell as treasurer of McDonald schools at a salary of $79,000 for 260 work days effective Aug. 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. • Approved an agreement with All Ways Construction LLC to have designated property at the athletic facility to establish district bus parking at a cost of $82,870. • Renewed an agreement with PureResults water treatment program with Gardiner for the two school ...

Government to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

National News September 23, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist. Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for hundreds of thousands of people from the exchanges, part of an administration-wide crackdown on fraud, would result in $2.2 billion in cost savings. “We’re actually making sure that the people receiving Obamacare subsidies are actually ...

NATO: Putin is becoming more cavalier as Ukraine war drags on

National News September 23, 2026

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming “increasingly cavalier, dangerous and risk accepting,” as his war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies, NATO’s deputy commander in Europe said Tuesday. Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer spoke to The Associated Press at a security conference in Estonia amid warnings from some European leaders that Moscow is planning to test NATO’s collective defense pact with bolder attacks that have already included sabotage and espionage. Stringer warned that NATO members need to be aware of the ...

YSU president: University is doing well

Local News September 23, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — When it came to assessing Youngstown State University’s state of affairs, YSU President Bill Johnson left the starting gate not with a trot but with a gallop. “I’m glad to share with you that the state of Youngstown State University is very, very good,” he said. That ...