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Valley gets $270K in grants to connect opioid survivors with help

Local News September 1, 2026

Staff report Agencies in the Mahoning Valley will receive more than $270,000 in state grants to help connect survivors of opioid addiction to treatment and recovery programs. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson has announced the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office will be awarded a grant of $144,943 and the Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board will receive $126,198, part of $2.5 million in those grants statewide. “Overdose survivors need urgent, hands-on support to break the cycle of addiction,” Wilson said. “These grants empower local law enforcement and ...

US military has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, top general says

National News September 1, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections, addressing concerns among Democrats that the Trump administration could use the military to interfere with the vote. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the statement in a letter to Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who recently asked Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm they won’t send troops to the polls. “The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal ...

Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sue Amazon over inflated advertising prices

Business News September 1, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states filed a lawsuit against online retailer Amazon on Monday claiming that it defrauded advertising customers. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington, claims that Amazon overcharged 1.2 million advertising customers by misleading them on prices for online auctions for ads. The complaint says Amazon said it was offering competitive prices on several ad products when it was actually inflating auction prices. “When one of the world’s largest online retailers engages in unfair and ...

Judge says Smucker’s lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen PB&J can proceed

Business News September 1, 2026

A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming Trader Joe’s committed a trademark violation when it introduced frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the same round shape and crimped edges as Uncrustables. The lawsuit further alleged that Trader Joe’s put its crustless PB&Js peanut in packaging that too closely resembled the coloring of an Uncrustables box and featured a ...

House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of priorities

National News September 1, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of business is most likely a vote on a stopgap spending bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, ...