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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a rec...
May 07, 2025 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports at the collegiate and K-12 lev...
May 06, 2025 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — A barrier described as an “anti-climb fence” is in the works for the Pennsylvania governor’s official residence, the state police chief said Tuesday, less th...
May 06, 2025 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday. Dominique Goods-Burke, who was...
May 06, 2025 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — A consultant paid to review security at the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro after it was firebombed by a late-night intruder said Friday that his tea...
May 02, 2025 Pennsylvania News
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SAN FRANCISCO — Most airports around the United States operated smoothly as new Real ID requirements took effect Wednesday because travelers without the updated document ...
May 07, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the...
May 07, 2025 Business
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an acciden...
May 07, 2025 National News
A 77-year-old man from Germany has died after falling on a hike at Arches National Park in Utah, authorities said Wednesday. Rudolf Peters, from the town of Haltern am Se...
May 07, 2025 National News
OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for an inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at the Federal Transfer Center i...
May 07, 2025 National News
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International News
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to t...
May 07, 2025 International News
Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day on Wednesday as Russia prepared to receive the Chinese ...
May 07, 2025 International News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 92 people, including women, children and two journalists, officials said Wednesday, as Israel prep...
May 07, 2025 International News
VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries...
May 07, 2025 International News
LONDON — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the ...
May 06, 2025 National News
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