Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported today. Japan’s global trade deficit totaled $37 billion for the ...

Russia’s Supreme Court today lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist organization more than two decades ago. The move was a diplomatic victory for the ...

Crews worked early today to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout that hit the entire island affected the main international airport, hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers. The ...

A police official reported a huge uptick in traffic stops at a regular meeting Tuesday. While acting police Chief Michael Orr noted a one-crash decrease and a two-arrest increase from last month, he ...

Kent State University School of Fashion will have its Annual Fashion Show April 24 to 26 in Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus. The fashion show features 161 looks from 41 designers whose collections ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are ready to give their fans another brick in the wall. Almost literally. Pirates president Travis Williams announced Wednesday that the team is working on a new permanent ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council authorized a final settlement agreement to a multi-million-dollar wastewater improvement dispute with the federal government. Council voted 7-0 Wednesday to permit the board ...

Farmers National Banc Corp. (FMNB) on Wednesday reported a first-quarter profit of $13.6 million. The Canfield-based bank said it had earnings of 36 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for ...

With city council members objecting to large overtime payments to Youngstown police officers, police Chief Carl Davis said he ...

Youngstown police served a search warrant on a home and shed on Pointview Avenue on the South Side on Wednesday, near the home where a 3-year-old boy was shot Monday and later died. Detectives and ...

The two greatest presidents died in April, 80 years apart, one 80 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, 56, was slain while enjoying a comedy at Ford’s Theatre. After 12 years of a crisis presidency, Franklin ...

The Rotary Club of Youngstown honored five Youngstown high school students Wednesday with a $1,000 scholarship each to attend ...