A tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire is faltering after Israel pounded Beirut and as Iran maintains its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while truce talks remain uncertain. Both Tehran and Washington are claiming victory and exerting pressure, with talks on a permanent deal set to begin soon in ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A large section of bricks on the exterior of the city-owned 20 Federal Place, a shuttered nine-story downtown structure, fell off and landed on the roof of a nearby structure. It’s the latest problem for the mothballed building that has sat empty for close to four ...

STRUTHERS — Shane Newman allowed a hit to the first batter he faced. But after that, he shut down the Chaney lineup. Behind Newman’s pitching performance, the East Palestine baseball team beat Chaney 12-1 on Thursday at Bob Cene Park to win its second straight game. Newman struck out 10 ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council is being asked to spend $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for a potential business at an industrial park though the request may be rebuffed. Legislation sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell requests council at its Wednesday meeting allow the board of ...

Melania Trump steps up to deny any knowledge of Epstein crimes WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has delivered a statement at the White House denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes. In the extraordinary moment on Thursday, the first lady denied any association ...

HOUSTON — 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 only swaths ...