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Hubbard assisted by other departments at weekend fire

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HUBBARD — The Eagle Joint Fire District was assisted this weekend at a house fire in the 100 block of Christian Avenue. When fire crews arrived at the scene, there was heavy smoke that could be seen coming from the roof of the structure. Hubbard crews were able to get the fire under control with the assistance from numerous other departments. The fire district’s social media site lists fire crews from Brookfield, Coitsville, Fowler, Girard, Liberty, Shenango (Pa.), Vienna and Youngstown for their mutual aid help on the structure fire Reports indicate there was damage to the ...

How the No. 2 pencil became an American school supply staple

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For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping lists, it outlines a child’s first letters, erases their mistakes and lets them doodle in the margins when they daydream. For decades, sweaty hands clutched the ridged yellow wood on test day. “Bring two sharp No. 2 pencils,” generations of Americans were told, as they prepared to fill in bubbles on the SATs and other standardized tests that might shape their futures. Whether it’s true that Scantron machines could only read No. 2 ...

Supreme Court sides with Trump on mail voting restrictions

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump’s order, and other similar cases have already been filed. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to ...

Firefighters make progress against Nevada wildfire

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RENO, Nevada (AP) — Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nevada, that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to dense neighborhoods, officials said Monday. Containment reached 27% and there was no new growth of the Hawk Fire, which has held steady at about 23 square miles since it burned out of control on Sunday, authorities said at an afternoon news briefing. “We are making progress,” said U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Matt Zumstein. The number of residents under evacuation orders and warnings was reduced ...

Trump treats threats as warnings for countries to sever ties with Iran

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States. President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Tehran turned out to be new warnings to cut off Iran from the rest of the global economy. Asked why the U.S. was not imposing secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent told reporters he wanted countries to have an opportunity to ...

Man charged with firing weapon during dispute in Warren

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WARREN — Darrin F. Wilson II, 36, of Fifth Street SW pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Warren Municipal Court on misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing, using weapons while intoxicated and discharging firearms on school premises, in a school building or within 1,000 feet of the boundary. The charges stemmed from a Saturday night incident at an apartment in the 1400 block of Fifth Street in which he is accused of firing a gun during a dispute. Police were called there for a 10:30 p.m. disturbance with shots fired and found nine bullet shell casings in front of an ...