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Taylor Swift announces new song ‘Patient Zero,’ first since wedding

National News September 23, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has announced a new song, “Patient Zero” — her first since her starry wedding this summer. It releases Friday. She made the announcement in true Swift fashion. On Tuesday morning, the pop powerhouse launched a cryptic countdown clock on her website, displayed atop a red curtain and due to end at 2 p.m. Eastern. Her dedicated fans, known as Swifties, quickly got to work attempting to decode whatever news was forthcoming, noting that her official Instagram bio was changed to read “And, baby, that’s sh0w business f0r y0u,” with each “o” ...

Trumbull commissioners considering annual vehicle purchasing program for sheriff

Local News September 23, 2026

WARREN — Trumbull commissioners are considering establishing an annual program allowing the sheriff office to purchase at least four patrol cars per year to replenish its aging vehicle force. Under the proposed program, the county will be able to purchase a minimum of four vehicles per year or one vehicle per quarter. Sheriff Michael Wilson told the commissioners there is a critical need to obtain new vehicles because some of the vehicles in the fleet have more than 200,000 miles on them. “We have 12 vehicles with more than 150,000 miles, 10 with more than 200,000, with five of ...

PUCO staff’s attorney wants requested changes to SOBE rate hike dropped

Local News September 23, 2026

An attorney for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s staff argued that requests for an end date for the major emergency rate hikes approved by the commission for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC and the inclusion of language that the increases are “subject to refund” aren’t valid. The two requests made by the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel in a Sept. 14 joint filing should be rejected by the PUCO “because they are outside the scope of the commission’s rehearing entry,” wrote Julian Johnson, an Ohio assistant attorney general with ...

Community news

Community News September 23, 2026

CRUISE IN AND CRAFTS: Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road Youngstown, will have a cruise in and craft fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds from the 50/50 and basket raffle will be for Zion’s debt reduction. There will be food trucks, basket raffle, 50-50, a classic car cruise and handmade crafts. PRESIDENTIAL SPEAKER: The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Museum will host author Bill Clevelan, who wrote “Presidential Road Trips: 100 Places to Explore and Experience the History of American Presidents.” Clevelan was in Niles a year ago to conduct research for his ...

SOBE sends disconnection notices to four customers

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Business News September 23, 2026

The Associated Press Google has been fined $463 million for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users’ Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history, and in their Location History, a service that maps places they’ve been with their mobile phones. Regulators also found the company failed to be lawful, fair and ...