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Small businesses having a good summer as Americans travel closer to home

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NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they’re seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer, trading overseas travel for road trips, choosing daylong sojourns over extended beach stays, and cooking instead of eating out while on vacation to save money. The reported boost to domestic tourism, though anecdotal, comes as higher airfares and gasoline prices have made vacations more expensive. The FIFA World Cup soccer tournament and celebrations of the nation’s 250th birthday have given some U.S. residents additional incentives to create ...

Charles hosts Prince Harry, family for first time in years

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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit royal life and moved to America six years ago. Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with the king and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, a country estate west of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed. The Duke of Sussex had arrived Monday in his homeland for a number of charity events that were overshadowed by speculation of whether he would meet with ...

Chief of police in Warren resigns

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WARREN — Chief Eric J. Merkel has resigned as the leader of the Warren Police Department, effective Aug. 24. Merkel submitted his resignation letter to Mayor Doug Franklin and Safety Service Director Eddie Colbert on Thursday. Colbert, in a letter to Merkel also dated Thursday, accepted ...

Supercar adds a hybrid note

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Named after a swift British naval warship, the Corvette has been synonymous with speed and agility since its striking debut in 1953. Seventy years later, its two-seater sports car added a hybrid motor powering its front wheels along with a thunderous 6.2-liter V8 providing unsurpassed traction to its wide rear wheels. Together the all-wheel drive E-Ray Coupe 3LZ with its combined 655 horsepower reaches 60 miles per hour in a scant 2.5 seconds. On track with Porsche 911 Turbo S, BMW M4 and Acura NSX, the E-Ray shares performance and prowess for relatively similar coin while other ...

Storms close Mill Creek’s golf courses

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BOARDMAN — Mill Creek MetroParks’ nationally renowned North and South golf courses will be out of bounds to golfers for several months as park officials and insurance adjusters assess damage caused by Sunday afternoon’s storm. Originating in the area of Tippecanoe and Shields roads in Canfield Township, an EF-1 tornado developed and was shortly joined by a macroburst. The storm devastated park-owned property south of Shield Roads and north of U.S. 224 buffered between Lockwood Boulevard and East Parkside Drive. In addition to two 18-hole championship golf courses, a 1½-mile ...