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More than 160,000 pounds of meat bearing false USDA inspection labels recalled

Business September 25, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 83 tons of meat are being recalled across the U.S. because the products were not properly inspected by federal authorities and were shipped out with falsified inspection stickers, the Department of Agriculture said. Star Meat Delivery Inc., based in Lucama, North Carolina, is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of raw pork, beef and goat nationwide. The USDA said that number could grow as it continues its investigation. Food produced without inspection may contain undeclared allergens, harmful bacteria or other contaminants, the agency said Tuesday in ...

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TCESC Career Navigator program expands

Local News September 25, 2026

Staff report NILES — Trumbull County’s educational service center is seeing its Workforce Development and Career Pathways Department as a response to a growing interest in districts seeking opportunities for students to explore careers and connect with employers. The Trumbull County Educational Service Center’s governing board approved hiring Steve Beshara as a career navigator at Monday’s meeting, according to a news release. Beshara joins Skyler O’Donnell, providing the department with additional capacity to deliver Career Navigator services to 11 school districts ...

Residents want an independent assessment of McDonald Steel property

Local News September 25, 2026

McDONALD — While village residents thanked council for placing a one-year moratorium on data centers, they want officials to next prepare a strategic plan and have an independent environmental assessment done on the former U.S. Steel property to determine what business would best be suited there. Oppidan officials last week conducted a presentation at McDonald High School and showed proposed plans of wanting to locate several data centers on the property off Ohio Avenue. Residents are now asking for an environmental assessment to explore the effects that many data centers would ...

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive at Atlanta’s zoo in the coming days

National News September 25, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. China and the zoo had said in April that Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, would go to the United States. But Xi’s announcement at the White House, in opening remarks before talks with President Donald Trump, marked the first public confirmation of the timing. Beijing had reclaimed four pandas from Atlanta in 2024, the last of the ...

‘Catman’ to the rescue, as man pulls stuck Long Island pet to safety after long ordeal

National News September 25, 2026

He doesn’t wear a mask or cape, but John DeBacker is a hero to one Long Island family. Wearing his “Catman” T-shirt, DeBacker pulled off the intricate rescue of a frightened and exhausted cat named Lola who had spent about five days trapped, likely upside down for most of that time, behind a wall in her family’s old home in the New York City suburbs. Lola’s ordeal began about two weeks before the rescue, when she ducked under a floorboard while the family was moving out of their second-floor apartment in Franklin Square. That’s when DeBacker and his team were called ...