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Iran war peace talks fail; Trump orders blockade of Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S. Navy will “immediately” begin a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. Iran has demanded the right to collect tolls from vessels traveling ...

DARE to CARE

YOUNGSTOWN — Harry Leith quickly drew a parallel between his military duties and helping to disassemble a display. “I was an aircraft mechanic and got the planes ready to fly for someone else; I didn’t fly them. These people needed help to move a display for the next exhibit,” ...

Artemis II crew ends historic moon mission

HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not ...

Peace talks begin to end war in Iran

ISLAMABAD (AP) — With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials that begin Saturday, as Israel and Hezbollah militants traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Many ...

2 Republicans, 3 Dems vie in US House race

Congressman Dave Joyce, a Republican seeking his eighth term in the U.S. House, faces Niki Frenchko, a former Trumbull County commissioner, in the GOP primary with three Democrats running for that party’s nomination in the 14th District. Joyce, of Bainbridge, said he’s effective without ...

Nation and world at a glance for Weekend

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down drones in war in Iran KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader ...