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Flagship RAM adds luxury with performance

While loyal Hemi engine owners were able to convince parent company Stellantis to keep its throaty 5.7-liter V8 for a time, the new twin turbo powerhouse has proven to be quicker and more economical. Our top-of-the-line RAM 1500 Tungsten Crew Cab was outfitted with the new 3.0-liter Hurricane high output inline-six cylinder mated with a smooth shifting eight-speed tranny The posh Tungsten is a full-size pickup featuring a 540-horsepower engine with 520 pounds per foot of torque in its High Output version. A Standard Output makes 420 ponies and 469 pounds per foot of torque — take ...

Mortgage rate hits highest level in 14 months

The Associated Press Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, pushing the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in over 14 months. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%. Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting home buyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can also lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying a home, one reason U.S. home sales remain largely stagnant again ...

9/11 victims with ties to Mahoning, Shenango valleys

Five people with close ties to the Mahoning and Shenango valleys were among the nearly 3,000 killed in the terror attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. They are: •Terence Michael Lynch, 49 — A Youngstown native, graduate of Ursuline High School and Youngstown State University. ...

Nation and world at a glance for September 12

Saudi Arabia shuts down pipeline as Houthi rebels seize key island CAIRO — Saudi Arabia has shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said, opening a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis made their biggest territorial gains in years along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s key shipping lanes. The gains could boost Iran’s strategy of driving up world oil and gas prices to pressure the United States. Saudi Arabia ...

Reflections on Sept. 11 shared at Mahoning Valley's ceremony

AUSTINTOWN — The choir members who sang the national anthem and “God Bless the USA” were made up of students who have no memory of Sept. 11, 2001. They’ve simply grown up in a country that has been shaped by it for 25 years. The guest speaker at the annual Mahoning Valley 9/11 ...

Brother and sister carry on the breast cancer fight

CANFIELD — In 2024, Canfield graduate Nick Folsom teamed up with then junior Hadley Moser to put on the first Pink Out Pickleball Tournament at Greasel Park. The idea behind the event was to raise funds for Salem Regional Medical Center to be used in the fight against breast ...