“The more Epstein documents get released, the more we see how he had so many powerful friends, and that’s ultimately what helped him,” commented U.S. lawyer Lisa Bloom in an interview with the Guardian. As Bloom, who represents 11 of Jeffrey Epstein’s dogged and brave victims, notes: ...

The recent opinion piece characterizing the Trumbull County Democratic Party as being in “free fall” may make for a provocative headline, but it misrepresents what is happening in local and state politics, and why potential Democratic candidates and anyone who believes in fair competition ...

There’s a 36-year-old song that talks about the value of hard work. “I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail,” the chorus goes, “Learn how to use my hands, not just my head. I think myself into jail. Now, I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful ...

We’ve been here before, dealing with the shock and sadness that comes when lives are cut short in the streets by unimaginable violence. Sometimes these are lives that haven’t really begun yet. Often, the casualties of gun violence in the Mahoning Valley are still kids and almost as often, ...

Presidents Day editorial cartoon

On the night of Sept. 21, 1788, Austrian hussars scouting for the Ottoman Army stumbled upon gypsies who offered them schnapps. The Austrians got drunk, encountered part of their infantry, refused to share the alcohol and a fight broke out. One soldier fired his gun; the rest of the army ...