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Youngstown teacher attends C-SPAN educators conference

NILES — It’s been proven that power is in numbers, but that observation also leaves lots of wiggle room for other things such as pride, excitement and a liberal helping of humbleness for Kayla McCann. “I had a friend who teaches in the district in the area who was at last year’s ...

Mahoning County courts: Marriage licenses, divorces, dissolutions

Marriage licenses Marriage licenses granted July 27-31 in Mahoning County: Andrew Joseph Cerritelli, 38, New Middletown, and Sara Elaine Cummings, 34, New Middletown Gino Raphael Beato, 29, Poland, and Carly Marie Amendola, 26, Poland Eric Matthew Rebic Sr., 48, Struthers, and Shannon Marie Minick, 46, Struthers Abraham Santana Jr., 48, Poland, and Geri Lynn Romito, 37, Poland Charles Richard Wiesensee Jr., 51, Canfield, and Rhonda Michelle Kratko, 43, Canfield Kevin Jason Tenecela, 24, Boardman, and Guadalupe Amanda De Gaona Jimenez, 25, Piscataway, New ...

Appeals court: Trump can’t build White House ballroom without congressional approval

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project, a decision he blasted as “unjust” while vowing to appeal it to the nation’s highest court. Trump doesn’t have the unilateral authority to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the White House’s East Wing stood before he ordered its demolition last fall, according to the decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...

AI boom

With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence. But the senior at Virginia Commonwealth University began to see it differently as she looked into graduate psychology programs that ...

Blanche wins support for attorney general from GOP Sen. Cassidy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said on Friday that he will back Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche’s confirmation to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. The Louisiana senator announced his support on the Senate floor after Blanche’s confirmation was thrown into doubt over opposition from two other Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. Cassidy said Blanche “is not perfect,” citing concerns over a proposed $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies, a tax ...

Rapist to get parole hearing

Staff report WARREN — A woman serving a 15-years-to-life prison sentence for the rape of an 8-month-old girl that was captured on her own cellphone is eligible for parole for the first time this month and Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins penned an 11-page letter earlier this week asking the parole board to deny it. The letter was cowritten by Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman, who focuses on the prosecution of child sex and child pornography crimes as part of the Child Assault Division of the prosecutor’s office. Felicia Banks Beemer, now 36, was ...