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A new Trump proposal would require tax filers to disclose citizenship status

Business News October 2, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration would require U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS as part of a proposed change to the annual tax form that nearly all workers file each year. Administration officials argue the new requirement will help the federal government stop immigrants lacking permanent legal status from collecting federal benefits they are not eligible for, potentially saving taxpayers up to $2 billion. But taxpayer and privacy advocates say the data could be used to help find and deport those people. Most Americans ...

Not your everyday coffee in this Serbian cafe. Enjoy it in the company of alpacas

International News October 2, 2026

STAJICEVO, Serbia (AP) — A cafe in northern Serbia has unusual hosts: six alpacas. The South American animals, of various sizes and colors, roam among the tables at the Tiganjica Ethno-Village resort near Stajicevo, north of Belgrade, happy to interact with the guests. The Alpaca Cafe here opened only a week ago and is a rare sight in Europe. Tiganjica resort owner Zoran Ostojin said he got the idea in Slovakia. “My wife and I were in an Alpaca cafe in Slovakia and we were fascinated,” Ostojin told The Associated Press. “We wanted people in our country to get to know ...

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Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

National News October 1, 2026

After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. The nonprofit running the longstanding contest announced that the bear, known for his pacifist nature, was the winner Tuesday with more than 100,000 votes, giving him a close win over Bear 910 with just over 50% of the poll. The contest, which is in its 12th year, celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the state’s southwest corner toward the ...

Ohio minimum wage to increase by 3.5% in 2027

Local News October 1, 2026

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance’s Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration announced this week that the state’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1. The adjusted amounts, $11.40 per hour for nontipped employees and $5.70 per hour for tipped employees, represents a 3.5% increase from the current 2026 rates of $11 for nontipped employees and $5.50 for tipped employees. The change reflects the mandate of the Constitutional amendment, passed by Ohio voters in November 2006, which states Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on Jan. 1 each year by the ...

YSU senior details atrocities of Islamic Republic

Local News October 1, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Negin Mirzade bitterly recalled the day police arrested her at age 14 while she waited for her sister to pick her up from a class. Mirzade's "offense?" Wearing a light-blue pair of shoes the police claimed would attract male attention to her. "The police called me names, ...