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Northeast Ohio gas prices jump 7 cents

Pump prices remain at four-year highs as the market reacts to news the U.S. and Iran have agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, the organization reported the national average fell for the third straight week. However, in Northeast Ohio, ...

Stocks leap worldwide, and oil prices drop

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets are rallying worldwide Monday, and oil prices are easing after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% on hopes that this ...

It could take weeks or months for oil to fully flow

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The tentative agreement to end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be good news for the global economy. But even as the price of oil dropped Monday, many questions remained about when and how it would start flowing again through the world’s most ...

Fuel prices are shaping summer plans as US boaters get ready to hit the water

DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer. The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a narrow ...

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INTERN PARTICIPANTS NAMED: Twelve business students have been selected to participate in the 2026 Ohio Export Internship Program in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University. Students selected for this competitive program completed specialized coursework ...

Broken speaker? Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods and their owners to a worldwide ...