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FDA OKs pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to improve survival

National News August 27, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of cancer. FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It’s an approach that previously eluded drugmakers for decades. The daily pills will be sold by Revolution Medicines under the brand name Rasonque. A one-month supply ...

Maryland court rules redistricting amendment cannot go on November ballot

National News August 27, 2026

A Maryland court has ruled against a proposed constitutional amendment that could have paved the way for Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2028 elections. The ruling Wednesday by a judge in the state’s capital city marks another setback in Democrats’ national attempts to counter a Republican redistricting movement pushed by President Donald Trump ahead of this year’s elections. The judge ruled that the amendment cannot appear on the November ballot, but he paused the effect of that ruling to allow for an appeal to the state Supreme ...

Truck driver found guilty in rape trial

Warren man arraigned after high-speed chase into North Jackson

Local News August 27, 2026

WARREN — A city man was charged with several offenses after a Sunday night incident that began with police trying to pull over a car for dark window tint at Front Street and Nevada Avenue Southwest that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in gunfire hitting a house. Freddie T. Washington, 19, of Parkman Road NW was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on charges including felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor hit-skip. The chase ended in North Jackson about 15 miles away. There were four men in the ...

Agenda

Community News August 27, 2026

• MILTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at the township hall for an executive session on employment issues. • PUBLIC LIBRARY OF YOUNGSTOWN/MAHONING COUNTY will have a joint meeting of the Executive and Building and Sites Committee at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the main library room to discuss matters related to a land donation from Struthers city.

On the record Weathersfield

Local News August 27, 2026

Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: • Approved seeking bids for the planned $1.2 million addition for Seaborn Elementary School. Officials have said because of increased enrollment and plans to house special needs students within the district instead of at other locations throughout the county, the board approved moving forward with a 2,500-square-foot addition to Seaborn. Dohar said the enrollment for grades kindergarten to sixth who are housed at the school has ...