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Democrats try to present a united front in Michigan after bitter primary

National News August 8, 2026

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrats on Friday urged voters to rally behind their statewide candidates, three days after a bitter U.S. Senate contest highlighted divisions between the progressive and moderate wings of the party. A slate of nominees and other notable Democrats spoke to a crowd of more than 1,000 voters. The crowd cheered the loudest for Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who narrowly beat establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in a contentious and closely watched primary for an open Senate seat. “Michigan, we will fight to build the America we are proud ...

Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook

National News August 8, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied. The justices, in a 5-4 decision in June, said Cook, who was nominated to the Fed’s Board of Governors by President Joe Biden, could remain in her post at least as long as her lawsuit challenging her firing goes on. The Trump administration is appealing a lower-court ruling in Cook’s ...

City man convicted in bomb threats indicted in robbery

Local News August 8, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Dion L. Taylor, 32, of East Lucius Avenue, was indicted Thursday on two counts of aggravated robbery with firearm specifications, two counts of kidnapping with firearm specifications and single counts of escape, grand theft of a motor vehicle and felony theft in the alleged armed robbery of a cell phone store on Mahoning Avenue in the city June 24. Taylor is also the same man who was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison in August of 2021 for making multiple bomb threats regarding downtown Youngstown buildings Dec. 2, 2019, leading to the evacuation of one of the ...

Gateways to Better Living receives donation through Cockeye Cares Pint Program

Community News August 8, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Gateways to Better Living is pleased to announce it has received a donation of $1,084.50 from Cockeye Creamery through its Cockeye Cares Pint Program, representing proceeds from sales of the exclusive Banana Cream Pie ice cream flavor during the second quarter (April through ...

Brothers don’t feel stuck

Biztown gives students real-world experience

Business News August 8, 2026

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a technical error, portions of the following story were omitted.) NILES — Above the Eastwood Mall’s food court and out of sight of most shoppers, a new kind of classroom is taking shape in the form of a miniature town where students can be bank tellers, high schoolers manage payroll and students learn how a paycheck becomes a balanced budget. The BizTown and Finance Park, opening in the spring, at combines two educational simulations under one roof giving learners from grades 4 through 12 a hands-on introduction to jobs, civic roles and personal finance. ...