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GM must pay Ohio $8M over illegal use of driver data

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson joined a coalition of 36 attorneys general in announcing an agreement Thursday requiring General Motors to pay $220 million over allegations that it illegally sold consumers’ driving behavior and location data to third parties. Ohio will ...

Ramaswamy takes down controversial ad

Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial television ad attacking Dr. Amy Acton, featuring her estranged mother, will no longer appear during the final days of the hotly contested Ohio governor’s race. The ad, originally one minute long and cut to 30 seconds, featured Donna Arthur, Acton’s mother ...

Trump rally assault investigation wrapping up

YOUNGSTOWN – Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene said his department is expected by next week to wrap up an investigation into an alleged assault by three men on a female protester at President Donald Trump’s Oct. 12 rally in Youngstown. Greene’s department identified the victim and the three men – two from the area and one from New Jersey – who were allegedly involved in the altercation. Videos show that at least one man punched the woman in the face and pulled her hair. Greene said his department interviewed the two local men with an attorney present as well as multiple ...

Grave talk covers cemetery markers

WARREN — Hartford resident Tim Strom did not know that his love of history and researching his family’s genealogy would collide when he attended Gavin Esposito’s talk, “The Language of Stone: Elijah Sikes, Gravestone Carver,” on Wednesday at Warren-Trumbull County Public ...

A force for good

WARREN - A recent celebration luncheon at Cafe 422 in Warren marked 40 years of work of the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office’s Child Assault Prosecution Unit. Some 75 people attended, with most having contact with the unit over the decades. Trumbull County Children Services Executive Director Marilyn Pape and Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins honored the work of past and current social workers, professionals, prosecutors, police and victims of crime “who did their jobs and duty to bring justice, sunshine and good outcomes to many in our community.” “The CAP team ...