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Trump trumpets ‘biggest oil deal in world history’

By AAMER MADHANI The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said ...

Airstrikes by Israel kill 8 in Gaza, W. Bank

Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Meanwhile, thousands of sailors remain stranded in the Persian Gulf by the Iran war, while Iran is touting an energy deal with Russia and the U.S. has imposed restrictions on a major Egyptian bank for its ties with Iran. Two brothers and another relative died in a strike on the family’s home outside Khan Younis, officials at Nasser Hospital said. Israel’s military said it was not aware of a strike in Khan Younis. Two separate Israeli ...

Free bus rides offered to fair

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Western Reserve Transit Authority will once again be providing free shuttle express rides from Federal Station downtown and Southern Park Mall in Boardman to the Canfield Fair. The service will be available Wednesday through Sept. 5. Riders can depart ...

Applicants with ties to prostitutes OK with FBI

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the ...

Hubbard graduate to ‘Dot the I’ in OSU home opener

HUBBARD — Robert Gawdyda spent the majority of his high school band career as a clarinet player, but a request from his band director to compensate for a lack of players changed his future. “For marching band in 10th grade, we had a couple of seniors leave, who were tuba players — I ...

From honey to hockey sticks...

CHICAGO (AP) — Honey. Makeup. Christmas decorations. And hockey sticks. Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump’s administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked in Saturday, are ...