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Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps

CHICAGO (AP) — A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. Nearly 130,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after 1 p.m. ET. New reports have since fallen from that peak, but many said they couldn't send and receive emails, or had trouble loading their inboxes altogether. Thousands also reported issues with Microsoft's workplace messaging app Teams, as well as its AI assistant Copilot and ...

The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, which manages America Makes and the Youngstown Innovation Hub, has been awarded a task order valued at $7.5 million, it was announced Wednesday. As the prime contractor, NCDMM will partner with Michigan-based Automation Alley to advance secure, distributed additive manufacturing capabilities that strengthen the defense supply chain’s resilience. Administered through NCDMM’s indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, the effort supports the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities by demonstrating how intellectual ...

National average falls 16 cents in one week

Gas prices are 31 cents lower in Northeast Ohio this week at $3.874 per gallon, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is down 16 cents from last week to $4. Gas prices have been going down for nearly two weeks, as crude oil has dipped back into the high $80 — low $90 per barrel range. But pump prices remain the highest they’ve ever been during this time of year. Before 2026, the national average had never gone above $4 per gallon during the month of November. Currently, the national average is more than ...

Mahoning, Trumbull snare federal tax credit designations

The Western Reserve Port Authority’s continuing push to attract investment was rewarded last week when the state announced the sites eligible for Opportunity Zones 2.0 program designation. Starting Jan. 1, investments made in the zones are eligible for federal tax incentives, the Ohio ...

Community leaders back data center development

BOARDMAN — Don’t be quick to dismiss data centers. There’s room for talk, understanding and opportunity. That's the message from an organization of business, union and educational leaders that emerged Monday to promote data center development in the Mahoning Valley. The co-founders of ...

Low interest in Valley’s high unemployment rate

In a few weeks, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will release its monthly ranking of unemployment rates for the state’s 88 counties. Barring a seismic economic shift, Trumbull and Mahoning counties will find themselves atop the list for October. And the news, like each release ...