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Average mortgage rate churns upward to 7.28%

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NEW YORK (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate jumped this week to its highest level in nearly three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.28% from 7.03% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday, the biggest leap in four years. A year ago, the average rate was 6.34%. It is the sixth consecutive week that mortgage rates have increased. The average rate is now the highest it’s been since Nov. 22, 2023, when it reached 7.29%, and it’s not climbed this fast week-to-week since October 2022. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate ...

Anne Allen was first woman indicted for murder in Mahoning County

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125 Years Ago, 1901, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Murder in first degree the indictment returned against Anne L. Allen. First time in history of Mahoning County that such a count has been returned against a woman.” “Murder in the first degree. For the first time in the history of Mahoning County a grand jury has returned such an indictment against a woman. “Such a bill was found in the case of Mrs. Anne L. Allen, who is charged with the killing of her husband, James Allen, on August 7 of the present year. The indictment reads ...

G7 nations will release 100 million barrels of oil, diesel after prices soar

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States. President Donald Trump said the diesel release would happen “immediately,” echoing a G7 promise to start “immediately” with a “frontloaded substantial release” of diesel within the next 20 days and the rest over four months. Trump and his Republican Party face pressure to address surging prices ...

Property transfers

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Property transfers recorded Sept. 21-25 in Trumbull County: Bazetta Karen A. Bugansky to Michael Richard Limperos and Samantha Springer, 3386 North Park Road, $207,500 Brookfield Sue Valent Bouslough to Ralph Shingledecker, 5771 Merwin Chase Road, $125,000 Richard A. Simmons to Curtis LLC, 700 Owsley Road, $47,700 Carmine G. Trenga II to Kathleen Deloia, 656 Hazelton St., $54,000 Richard A. Simmons to Curtis LLC, 678 Owsley Road, $90,600 Richard A. Simmons and Carrie Simmons to Curtis LLC, 6825 Wood St., $157,600 Peace Valley LLC to Curtis LLC, 1990 Sharon Hogue Road, ...

Senate Republicans move cash from purple North Carolina to red Kansas

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TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in North Carolina and pouring money into Kansas, a striking shift that shows how the party’s plan to keep its majority has turned into an increasingly defensive fight ahead of November’s midterms. The decision by the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with top Senate Republicans, was disclosed Friday by four people with direct knowledge of the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal strategy. The shifting resources signal a lack of confidence that Michael ...

Grand jury refuses to indict northern Trumbull man on rape charge

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WARREN — A Trumbull County grand jury on Wednesday refused to indict Andrew A. Miller, 41, of Park Avenue in Bloomfield Township, on a first-degree felony rape charge but did indict him on two low-level felonies of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Miller was charged with the single count of rape Aug. 18, the same day he was arrested and taken to the Trumbull County jail. The alleged victim told Trumbull County Sheriff’s deputies Miller raped her multiple times over a few months when she was 14 or 15 years old in 2006. She said Miller was 21 years old. She said when her ...