WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump formally kicked off celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary on Wednesday night by working to get the country excited again — about himself. The president hosted a rally on Washington’s National Mall, including a series of flyovers by ...
WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday that will reduce the amount of taxes that county property owners will have to pay by 2.5%. In making the vote, the commissioners acknowledged the decision likely will not be popular with school leaders and other elected officials because it will hurt their financial bottom line because of the reduced amount they will receive. However, the commissioners said it is time to help residents who feel burdened by escalating property taxes. Commissioner Denny Malloy noted this decision will not only ...
A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess. The LineShine computer in Shenzhen, China, displaced top-ranked U.S. computer El Capitan in the latest version of the TOP500 ranking announced Tuesday. It was the Chinese computer’s debut on the list. Scientists behind the TOP500 project said the LineShine computer at China’s National Supercomputing Center achieved 2.198 exaflops, meaning it can ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump berated Senate Republicans face to face on Wednesday for allowing a vote to block his war in Iran, further escalating a feud that has diverted GOP efforts to focus on election-year affordability issues and brought much of the chamber’s business to a halt. Invited by Florida Sen. Rick Scott to speak at a GOP luncheon in the Capitol, Trump had signaled ahead of time that he would use the closed-door meeting to push senators to pass his proof-of-citizenship voting bill. But the conversation was more focused on Tuesday’s vote to approve the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the shot optional for the military at the end of April. The development, confirmed to The Associated Press by a Pentagon official, comes amid a growing, weekslong, flu outbreak at the U.S. Air Force’s boot camp at Lackland Air Force Base that has sickened nearly 300 people. However, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not cleared for public release, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The jury in the Keontae Thomas rape, kidnapping and aggravated robbery trial found Thomas guilty on all counts and specifications Wednesday in a verdict that left prosecutors happy that they had obtained justice for a woman who endured a number of challenges to get to that ...
