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Holocaust center in Youngstown rededicated

YOUNGSTOWN — Following extensive renovations, a rededication ceremony took place Tuesday morning for the Schwartz Holocaust and Antisemitism Resource Center at the Jewish Community Center. The center is a premier educational resource dedicated to Holocaust education, the study of ...

School-zone speeding violations in Youngstown soar

YOUNGSTOWN — The number of citations issued from Youngstown’s unstaffed speed cameras in school zones significantly increased during the past school year, but the city is still struggling to find ways to spend the money it generates from collections. The speed cameras in 21 school zones ...

Jackie, the bald eagle who became an internet sensation, dies after illness

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Jackie, the bald eagle who became an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California, died Monday after being treated for an illness at a veterinary facility, her caretakers announced. For more than a decade, nature lovers watched via an online video feed as Jackie and her partner Shadow tended to their nest each year atop trees near Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. The nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley installed the nest camera in 2015 and documented the successes and failures of each ...

Nation and world at a glance for Aug. 12

Threat caused Trump’s odd exit from Air Force One WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump slipped away from Air Force One after a recent summit in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat, he told reporters after a trip to Ohio on Tuesday. Trump’s comments confirmed a report that first appeared in The Washington Post on Monday saying that Trump stowed away in an airport catering container to slip into another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky out of Turkey, essentially as a decoy, just in case Iran made ...

Woman pleads not guilty in Liberty booster scam

LIBERTY — A Youngstown woman is set to appear back in court next month after being accused of using her position to steal from two of the school’s extracurricular booster programs. Christina Merrick, 48, pleaded not guilty to a charge of misuse of a credit card in front of Girard ...

Head of scheme that stole millions to be sentenced

SALEM — Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, who is from the Republic of India, will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland for his role in a three-person scheme that stole millions of dollars from older adults across the United States, including a 77-year-old Salem man. Prosecutors are recommending that he get about eight to 10 years in prison. They say he was the person who directed the scheme. One of his co-conspirators, Trusha Chaudhary, who is not related to Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, will be sentenced for her role in the scheme at 3 p.m. today. ...