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Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny as Norway seeks temporary ban

A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norway’s government wants to get a handle on both the promise and peril of AI glasses and is proposing that parliament enact a temporary ban on them in some places. It’s the latest sign of growing concern in many countries about new technologies that are fundamentally changing the way people live. Some governments have banned the ...

Glidewell hopes to return pride to county agencies

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioner unanimously voted Wednesday to hire Matthew Glidewell as the director of Job and Family Services and the Child Support Enforcement Agency. Glidewell will be paid $99,450 per year in his first year. After his one year probationary period ends, Glidewell’s pay scale will progress annually. He will begin Oct. 19. “I am very excited to start work right away,” he said. “I know there are challenges ahead of me and I will work quickly to understand the challenges ahead of me.” He noted he has a vast background in government finance that ...

Arbitrator rules against paying city detectives stand-by pay

WARREN — An arbitrator ruled in September that language in the collective bargaining agreement covering Warren police detectives was never fully enforced during its 28 years on the books and was not a good reason to uphold a police detective grievance. The grievance was mentioned in a letter former Warren police Chief Eric Merkel filed with the Warren Civil Service Commission Sept. 1 when Merkel asked the commission to reinstate him to his position as police chief. Earlier this week, the commission voted 3-0 against reinstating Merkel. Merkel’s Sept. 1 letter stated that the city ...

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•TRUMBULL CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the board meeting room at the center.

Mia Goth files for divorce from Shia LaBeouf

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mia Goth has filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf nearly 10 years after the two actors were married. The petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court says the 32-year-old Goth and the 40-year-old LaBeouf have been separated since July 2025. The two met and became a couple while filming “Nymphomaniac: Vol. II” in 2012, and married in 2016. They had previously split and said they were divorcing in 2018, but remained legally married, reunited in 2020 and had a daughter in 2022. Goth is seeking primary legal and physical custody of the 4-year-old, ...

Man pleads guilty to murder in April stabbing death

WARREN — Nazeer S. Buckley, 29, of Oak Street SW in Warren, pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the April 19 stabbing death of Billy Anderson, 20, at an apartment on South Feederlee Drive SE. Buckley was indicted on charges of aggravated murder and felonious assault, but his plea agreement eliminated the felonious assault charge and reduced the potential penalty he faces for the murder compared to aggravated murder. Family members of Anderson said prosecutors will be recommending that Buckley get 15 years to life in prison. Buckley will be sentenced Oct. 21. During the hearing, ...