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Wean Foundation to host night market

Community News July 14, 2026

NIGHT MARKET: The Wean Foundation will host a night market 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Avon Oaks in Girard. The free outdoor event will feature local vendors, handmade goods, produce, food, music and more. CHAMPION FOOD TRUCK NIGHT: The Champion Township food truck night will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the township administration grounds, 249 Marshall Ave. There will be cornhole and live music. Those attending can bring a lawn chair. PASTA PALEONTOLOGY: The McKinley Memorial Library will have Kids Club: Pasta Paleontology at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the McKinley Birthplace Home. Children ...

Agenda

Community News July 14, 2026

• WESTERN RESERVE PORT AUTHORITY will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna. • TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds historical stage by Gate C. • McDONALD VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • MATHEWS BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. • NEWTON FALLS COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • HOWLAND ZONING COMMISSION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration ...

Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies

International News July 14, 2026

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s cruel husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. His death was “sudden and unexpected,” the statement said, adding that he “remained ...

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12 states challenge Paramount’s takeover of Warner

National News July 14, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve states sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81 billion merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers across the U.S. “Audiences on every sofa and in every movie (theater) seat would feel the impact of this unlawful merger,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the case, said in a news conference from Los Angeles. He said the deal would result in higher prices, fewer movies and TV shows and lower quality of content overall. A ...

Judge: Trump IRS lawsuit was filed for ‘improper purpose’

National News July 14, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose,” a judge said Monday as she referred one of his lawyers for potential disciplinary action and characterized the $10 billion complaint as an exercise in self-dealing. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams accused Trump and his lawyers in a scathing ruling of having manipulated the court system when he sued a federal agency under his control, bypassing a requirement that parties in a lawsuit must have adverse interests. The ...