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Woman told Cornell investigators she ‘felt like bait’ during alleged gang rape

A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school’s investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation. The documents, reviewed Friday by The Associated Press, include excerpts of interviews Cornell’s investigators did with the woman and the men she accused and shed more light on the university’s handling of the case. While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a ...

Groups sue Trump administration over rollback of vehicle fuel economy rules

DETROIT (AP) — A group of environmental organizations sued the Trump administration on Friday over its recent relaxation of key vehicle fuel economy rules, a decision that the group says will make vehicles less efficient, contribute to more pollution and increase gas consumption. On Monday, the Trump administration lowered Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards that set out how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline. The announcement was made as the Trump administration negotiated with Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the ...

Agenda

• BAZETTA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have an emergency meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday at the township hall to accept a grant for emergency drainage improvements along Timber Creek Drive. •TRUMBULL COUNTY DATA PROCESSING BOARD will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the third-floor IT training room at the county administration building. • CORTLAND CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. • VIENNA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • ...

Officials predict strong voter turnout

With high-profile and competitive races for governor and U.S. senator on the ballot, election directors in Mahoning and Trumbull counties are predicting good turnout. Tom McCabe, Mahoning County Board of Elections director, said he expects turnout for the election in his county to be more than 55%. Stephanie Penrose, director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections, predicts turnout to be nearly 60% in her county. McCabe said: “People are talking about the races for governor and senator. People will be more motivated to vote this time than four years ago” when all of the ...

Warren man charged with vehicular homicide and assault in fatal crash

By ED RUNYAN Staff writer WARREN — Warren police filed aggravated vehicular homicide and drunken driving charges against Brandon Greathouse, 32, of Vine Avenue Northeast Friday in the April 27 head-on crash on Market Street near the former Trumbull Regional Medical Center that killed his wife, Jessica Mason-Greathouse, 32, of Niles. Police also filed three counts of aggravated vehicular assault against Greathouse for the serious injuries to the driver of the other car and the two children in her car. Brandon Greathouse is apparently not in custody, and he presently has no ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Banner Supply Company celebrated its 100th anniversary with a celebration Sept. 25. The event was open to the public and was attended by many of Banner Supply’s regular customers and former employees. A family-owned provider of building materials, roofing supplies and ...