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Russian strikes snarl traffic on 3 Kyiv bridges

International News October 3, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure Friday of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s top diplomat said officials have received separate proposals for a partial truce with Russia from the United States, India, Turkey and Egypt. The proposals envision halting attacks on energy infrastructure, which have caused fuel shortages in Russia and power outages in Ukraine, and on Black Sea shipping needed to get vital grain exports to ...

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Speaker discusses Wright brothers at Warren library

Local News October 3, 2026

WARREN — The first airplane was flown in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, but it was actually created in Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright Brothers gathered data and conducted experiments for their flying machine. The inventors of the original motorized airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright, grew up and lived their adult lives in Dayton. During his Thursday talk, “The Bishop’s Kids: The Wright Family and the Birth of Flight” at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, Tom Crouch, curator emeritus of the aeronautics division at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, discussed ...

Howland business fire causes interior damage

Local News October 3, 2026

HOWLAND — Township fire officials confirmed no one was injured Thursday as automatic mutual aid responded to a small business. According to a news release, the department was called to Big Daddy’s Smoke Shop on Niles Cortland Road NE, noting that dispatchers said the business’s rear was on fire and smoke and flames were visible. The release states township fire personnel arrived minutes later and quickly began an offensive fire attack, having the fire under control within minutes. The release states mutual aid companies from the Cortland Fire Department and the Youngstown ...

Arkansas gem hunter finds a diamond he claims could be worth $1 million

National News October 3, 2026

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jack Pearadin is the first to admit that his diamond-hunting hobby hasn’t paid off, despite sifting rocks for more than a dozen years. But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he’s found over 300 gems so far. And this one is like nothing he’s dug up before — Pearadin claims collectors have told him it could be worth $1 million. At least one experienced appraiser told The Associated Press that a diamond of such size and quality could be worth a fourth of that — still an ...

High airfares could last even if jet fuel prices fall

Business October 3, 2026

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say. The price of jet fuel shot up after the Iran war began and retreated sharply in the spring before surging again as the summer went on. Such fluctuations make it ...