YOUNGSTOWN — Most people’s housekeepers are hired to perform duties such as mopping floors, dusting furniture, changing bed linens and vacuuming the carpeting, but Erika T. Gold’s family’s domestic worker’s primary duty was far more consequential. “She let us in because we had no ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday gave new life to President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction, ordering a lower court to reconsider its decision to keep the case in state court instead of moving it to federal court. A three-judge panel in the 2nd ...

This year, the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) football playoffs featured a bye, with the top-four seeds in each region taking off the first round. When the bye was announced in June as part of the OHSAA’s change from a 16-team postseason to 12, coaches were mixed on the idea. ...

The McDonald and Warren John F. Kennedy High football teams took completely different paths to the playoffs. McDonald raced off to a 5-0 start to its season, and was atop the Division VII, Region 25, standings from start to finish. The Blue Devils (10-0) went on to log the 17th undefeated ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County is making more use of opiate settlement money to serve those suffering from substance abuse disorders. On Thursday, county commissioners approved $120,000 in opiate funding to the Western Reserve Port Authority. The Port Authority owns and oversees the Campus of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics. Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly ...