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Summers on the farm transition into school

I always struggle with what to write for this column because we’re not quite at the point in the year when I can be excited for fall and summer is almost over. It’s that weird limbo time of the year similar to spring where it’s not winter, but not yet summer either. Yet, it is back-to-school time, so I thought I’d write about the struggle of going back to school. See, there is only one problem with being a teacher and it’s the start of school for me, which stems way back to when I first entered kindergarten. Ready to journey back a long, long time ago? Here we go. So as ...

Iran dismisses US economic threats

Iran on Thursday dismissed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump of economic pain and isolation for the country, while six European nations condemned Israel over a settlement project. Doctors Without Borders criticized the decision by Israel’s military not to investigate two fatal attacks ...

Nation at a glance

Investigators seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search WASHINGTON — Justice Department investigators have sought to interview law enforcement officials related to the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a Florida-based inquiry aiming to establish a conspiracy against the Republican president, multiple people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The requests for interviews, made in recent weeks, suggest that a conspiracy investigation that had mostly appeared focused on the decade-old question of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election ...

New World screwworm outbreak puts Texas pet adoptions on hold

Adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm, an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years. The flesh-eating parasite threatens the nation’s $113 billion beef industry, prompting federal officials to close the border to cattle movements. Because the screwworm also can infect pets, most states have restricted the movement of animals from infested areas of Texas, leading to crowded ...

Trump appears on Michael Cohen’s radio show after detente

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared Thursday on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen’s radio show, holding a stunning public reunion with the man who once called him a “Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain” and testified against him both in court and before Congress. For ...

YSU ignites the semester

YOUNGSTOWN — Incoming Youngstown State University freshman Adrianna Holden hopes to major in studio art, and she wasted no time cutting to the colorful chase. “I hope someday to become a storybook artist,” Holden, of Youngstown, said. “I really like the art program here.” She was ...