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9/11 memorial events

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The following events are planned to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in Washington, D.C., New York City and Shanksville, Pa.: Thursday • AUSTINTOWN — The annual Patriot Day event will be at 6 p.m. at Quaker Steak & Lube on Patriot Boulevard in Austintown. Guests will hear the stories of 11 military honorees and hear patriotic music from the Austintown Fitch High School concert choir. World champion skydiver Jim Drummond will land in the parking lot. The public is invited. Friday • AUSTINTOWN — The Mahoning Valley 9/11 Memorial ceremony will ...

Thieves steal four Renoirs from a French museum

International News

PARIS (AP) — Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said. Investigators launched a national search for the perpetrators. The whole operation took less than three minutes and targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last ...

Public session planned for skilled trades expo

Business News

Staff report Public hours are returning to the seventh annual Mahoning Valley Skilled Trades Expo this year, giving anyone curious about a hands-on career the chance to pick up a tool, meet the pros and explore what’s possible. The community may attend from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Michael Kusalaba Event Center, Building 36, Canfield Fairgrounds. Enter through Gate 9, off state Route 46. No registration is required, and admission and parking are free. More than a dozen building construction trades will be on display through hands-on exhibits and live demonstrations. ...

Sharon man accused of driving while under influence

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LIBERTY — A Sharon man faces charges after Liberty police said they observed him committing multiple traffic violations and striking a divider Saturday. David Gammon, 44, pleaded not guilty to two charges of operating a vehicle while impaired and a charge of open container in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on Tuesday morning. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue near Interstate 80 noticed a white Kia Soul leaving the highway onto Belmont, heading northbound. The vehicle crossed both lanes and struck the center curb ...

Singapore man pleads to orchestrating $240M bitcoin theft from DC resident

International News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident — one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history — and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly didn’t immediately schedule Lam’s sentencing ...