WARREN — “Mo’ Musky” is swimming where a giant once slept. Warren artist Aaron Chine painted a 100-foot, brightly colored muskellunge fish (commonly called a musky) on a retaining wall near the Mahoning River that is visible to an estimated 9,000 motorists each day driving on the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East on Thursday threatened to slow the global flow of crude. At the same time, sharp drops for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked the U.S. stock market to its worst loss in a month. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and is on track for its first back-to-back weekly loss since March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 506 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 2.2%. Stocks fell under the pressure of rising oil prices, which raise costs for ...
YOUNGSTOWN — About a year from now, Barb Ewing hopes to have additive manufacturing companies move into the new Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace & Defense, located downtown in the former Vindicator building. Thursday was the symbolic shovel-turning in front of the 130,000-square-foot structure that formerly housed The Vindicator newsroom and printing facilities. Remarks by Ewing and many local leaders took place from a tent in the parking lot. Among the things many local officials talked about was how hard they worked to raise the matching funds needed to turn the hub into a ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Cinerama Dome, a landmark Hollywood theater shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, will be restored and reopen. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will operate the massive 86-foot-wide curved dome theater and an adjacent 14-theater complex. Alamo’s owner, Sony Pictures Entertainment, announced the plan to restore the Dome and reopen it in early 2028. Alamo’s plan will preserve the distinctive Cinerama Dome’s geodesic exterior and large logo that have been a Hollywood landmark since the theater opened in 1963. The dome will not have in-theater dining, as is common ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have made false statements to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, referred Smith to the Justice Department for possible prosecution related to closed-door testimony about whether he had obtained records of lawmakers while investigating Trump’s ...
A bill, sponsored by state Rep. Tex Fischer, would prohibit public officials from putting their name or likeness on any signs, markers, building exteriors or other public locations. Fischer, R-Canfield, said: “It’s one of the many small things I see that help incumbent state and local government officials get help on the taxpayers’ dime.” The No Free Advertising for Politicians Act, which is co-sponsored by state Rep. Mark Hiner, R-Howard, would ban public notices such as the names of the governor and lieutenant governor on signs welcoming people to Ohio and the names of ...
