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Most airports operating smoothly on Real ID 1st day
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
Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment
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
Suit claiming Burger King showed misleading photos of burgers can go forward, judge rules
A class-action lawsuit accusing Burger King of misrepresenting the size of its Whopper sandwiches in advertisements and in-store menu boards is moving forward after a fed...
May 07, 2025 Business
Blown lightbulb prompts multiple department response to Clearview Mall Wednesday afternoon.
Multiple fire departments were dispatched to the Clearview Mall Wednesday, May 7 after a call indicated there was a fire in the mall’s ceiling near the Armed Forces Recru...
May 07, 2025 Local News
Butler Memorial nurses vote puts strike option on table
Butler Memorial Hospital nurses announced Wednesday, May 7, that a membership vote gives their bargaining unit the power to call a strike. According to the Pennsylvania A...
May 07, 2025 Local News
WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden
NEW YORK — WeightWatchers said Tuesday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to eliminate $1.15 billion in debt and focus on its transition into a telehealth ...
May 07, 2025 Business
Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot
A combination shot for flu and COVID-19 using messenger RNA generated antibodies in a study, but U.S. government regulators want to see data on whether the new vaccine pr...
May 07, 2025 Health
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Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
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
An alligator kills a Florida woman after tipping over her canoe, investigators say
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
Hiker dead after fall at Utah's Arches National Park
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
Feds to seek death penalty for federal inmate charged with murdering his cellmate
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
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
SALT LAKE CITY — The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their stat...
May 07, 2025 National News
Vance says Russia was 'asking for too much' in its initial Ukraine peace offer
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
Ukrainian drones target Moscow as foreign leaders arrive for Red Square parade
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
Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive
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
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
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
Sports
Knoch boys basketball standout Jackson Bauman transferring to Moon for senior season
Junior Knoch boys basketball standout Jackson Bauman and his sophomore brother, Brody, are transferring to Moon. The family’s move is for father Alan Bauman's job, he sai...
May 07, 2025 Sports
High school roundup: Karns City softball no-hits Forest; Mars baseball wins on walk-off
Karns City bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to Moniteau with a comfortable 12-0 win in five innings over Forest on Wednesday evening. Abigail Dunlap and Lyrik Reed combin...
May 07, 2025 Sports
North Catholic boys tennis claims first WPIAL team championship, joining girls team’s fall title
North Catholic’s boys tennis team may have surprised some people when it defeated top-seeded South Park in Monday’s WPIAL Class 2A team semifinals, but the best was y...
May 07, 2025 Sports
ACC cuts 20-game men's basketball slate to make room for more nonconference games
The Atlantic Coast Conference is reducing its 20-game men’s basketball schedule to 18, giving teams two more spots for marquee nonconference games in a bid to boost a lea...
May 07, 2025 College
Pirates slide extends to 7 games as Cardinals shut out, sweep NL Central rival
ST. LOUIS — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 Wednesday for their fifth straight vict...
May 07, 2025 Sports
Butler golf courses 2025: What to know about public, private clubs in county
Check the forecast, schedule those tee times and break out the clubs. It’s golf season. With weather warming — although acting it’s typically volatile spring self — golfe...
May 07, 2025 Sports
Steelers trade WR George Pickens to Cowboys for draft picks
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have run out of patience with wide receiver George Pickens, agreeing Wednesday on a trade that sends the talented but mercurial 24-ye...
May 07, 2025 Sports
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