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Answer is: Mahoning Valley firsts

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Taking an enjoyable dive into the area’s past, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society hosted its January “Bites and Bits of History” lunchtime program with a focus on “Made in the Mahoning Valley: Local Firsts” Thursday afternoon at Tyler History Center. The event corresponds with ...

Penguins blow out Flyers, 6-3

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PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby scored one of Pittsburgh’s three power-play goals and the Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Thursday night. Crosby also had an assist to become the eighth player in NHL history with at least 19 50-point seasons. Crosby, who reached 50 for the sixth ...

Ohio AG rejects pot referendum to kill changes in Senate Bill 56

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Staff report COLUMBUS — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office rejected the summary language for a proposed statewide voter referendum aimed at repealing Senate Bill 56, which authorizes many changes to the state’s medical and adult-use marijuana laws. The Attorney General’s Office ...

Talk addresses blacks’, Jews’ shared history

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YOUNGSTOWN — As she scanned her audience, Cryshanna Jackson Leftwich was pleased to see diversity staring back at her. “We are bonded by similar exclusions by American society,” Jackson Leftwich, a Youngstown State University professor of politics and international relations, ...

Blue Jackets take down Canucks for 3rd win in a row

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COLUMBUS — Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson each had a goal and an assist, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets over the skidding Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday night for their third straight win. Charlie Coyle scored for the third time in three games and Zach Werenski added his ...

Defense in trial questions officers’ actions night of murder

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YOUNGSTOWN — The attorneys for Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 23, called two Youngstown police officers to the witness stand Thursday as the final witnesses of Carter and Hopkins’ murder trial to raise questions about whether officers followed proper protocols when handling ...