US fires on merchant vessel trying to breach its blockade IRBIL, Iraq — The U.S. military has fired on a merchant vessel attempting to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf on Friday night. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia ...

President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents’ dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition. Said the president: “As I said three months ago, the show must go on.” Trump entered the ballroom to polite applause, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Marjorie Hartman Family Foundation has made a $1 million gift to Youngstown State University’s Kilcawley: Centered on the Future campaign — something that has added a major boost to the student center, as well as efforts Tina Costarella began a decade ago. “In ...

The Associated Press The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in nearly 12 months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers at a time when rising oil prices are already squeezing household budgets. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage ...

Because Ashtabula County residents with measles were at a July 18 horse sale auction in Bloomfield, the Trumbull County Combined Health District is warning of a potential exposure to what it calls “a highly contagious respiratory virus.” The Ashtabula County Health Department ...

Property transfers recorded July 13 to 17 in Mahoning County and July 13-16 in portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Victoria M. Flick to Dennis J. Bowers, 4480 Viall Road, $91,050 John M. Smith Jr. to Preston Smith, 5711 Colgate Ave., $200,000 Christine Stacy to REMD Investments 2 ...