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Here are the winning numbers for the $1.7B Powerball jackpot
Someone could wake up as a big winner on Christmas Day.
Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide attack. Police said that 35 people were also injured in the attack. Nahum Daso, spokesperson for police command in the surrounding state of
Dilapidated Oles Ave apartment may finally come down
The abandoned apartment building at 1893 Oles Avenue was declared a nuisance by the fire department and boarded up earlier this year after repeated zoning violations and years of warnings. Now, it'll be sold at an auction.
North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull, as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a shipyard to
Trump warns against infiltration by a ‘bad Santa,’ defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad. Vacationing at his Mar-a-Lago estate
Tito Brown looks back on 8 years as mayor
As he now looks back, Brown says one of his biggest accomplishments was getting Youngstown a seat at the table.
Luminaries light path to togetherness in Struthers
Neighbors on Overlook Boulevard in Struthers have been lining their street with luminaries every Christmas Eve since 1975.
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the
Creative Classroom: Brookfield teacher’s cancer battle prompts project
A Brookfield teacher is the recipient of the WKBN 27 First News Creative Classroom award.
Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza. At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his