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AAA: Crude oil keeps climbing

Gas prices are 33 cents higher in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.432 per gallon, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is a penny cheaper this week at $4.28. The drop is fueled by the transition to winter-blend gasoline, which is cheaper to produce and costs less for consumers. But high crude oil prices are preventing steep declines at the pump. Currently, the price for a barrel of crude oil is over $100 per barrel amid instability in the Strait of Hormuz. This month is poised to set a record as the most ...

When gossip protects … or backfires

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephanie Joseph was working at a television station when someone started a false rumor claiming she and a married colleague were romantically involved. Joseph, then 20, barely knew the man in question and didn’t hear the gossip until a producer told her it was circulating. “I’m thinking to myself, this is crazy,” she recalled. “This particular male co-worker, although he was young, he was married with a family. So that made it even more insulting because I thought, ‘I’m friendly with these people. Don’t they know my character?’” Details about ...

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NETWORK EVENT: Clean Fuels Ohio, the state’s U.S. Department of Energy-designated Clean Cities and Communities Coalition, will present a networking happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at V2 Wine Bar in downtown Youngstown. This will be an opportunity for fleets and organizations in the advanced transportation space to mingle and share ideas in a casual setting. State Rep. Lauren McNally about the latest from the statehouse affecting the transportation ecosystem in Northeast Ohio. The WRTA will share recent developments it is undertaking to improve public transit efficiency in the ...

Doing these 3 ‘wrong’ things with your money? I’m not worried

People who dispense advice to others—financial advisers and pundits who make their opinions known—spend a lot of time and energy criticizing certain financial decisions that frankly, I can’t get too worried about. Here are some of the big ones. 1. PAYING OFF A MORTGAGE EARLY Sure, paying off a mortgage may not offer the best return on mortgage-holders’ capital at the moment, with interest rates on certificates of deposit and high-yield savings accounts above the interest rates on mortgages secured several years ago when rates were lower. I’d also agree that younger people ...

Trumbull County Tourism wins awards

Staff report Trumbull County Tourism earned three statewide honors during 2026 Ohio Travel Association’s Annual Conference. The organization also received Citations of Excellence for Momentum on the Mahoning in the Spirit of Community category and its We Love Trumbull blog series in the Blog category. The RUBY Awards, sponsored by Ohio Magazine, recognize innovative tourism marketing, advertising, promotional work and visitor experiences from destinations and travel organizations across Ohio. Entries are judged on concept, creativity and results. The 2026 awards were presented ...

New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses of AI

The Associated Press The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity. The initiative by the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research plans to launch Thursday, establishing the first international forum for key players to try to tackle the issue. Robin Geiss, head of the Geneva-based institute known as UNIDIR, warned at a U.N. press conference Tuesday that “the margin for human judgment is increasingly narrow, including ...