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TOKYO — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven y...
December 22, 2025 Health
The county commissioners awarded a bid for electrical upgrades in Alamada Park after the bid was scrutinized. The $308,000 bid was awarded at the Wednesday, Dec. 17, comm...
December 22, 2025 Government
A Parker Township resident found himself displaced but uninjured after an overnight fire at his trailer on Parker Pike. Although fire departments responded quickly, the t...
December 22, 2025 Local News
Saxonburg is one step closer to realizing its goal of restoring its founder’s original workshop to its former glory. On Thursday, Dec. 21, the borough learned that it was...
December 22, 2025 Local News
Child welfare advocates fear this number will grow as federal requirement changes go into effect for Medicaid next year
December 22, 2025 Local News
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Business News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — To tax tips or not? That is a question that will confront lawmakers in states across the U.S. as they convene for work next year. President Dona...
December 22, 2025 National News
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the United States, Walmart is trying to build up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving, re...
December 22, 2025 Business
On a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree branches. They worked on a custom-made machine that...
December 22, 2025 National News
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State News
PHILADELPHIA — Days before his memoir is set to hit shelves Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will kick off his book tour at Philadelphia’s Parkway Central Library on Jan. 2...
December 22, 2025 Pennsylvania News
Charges against a former Penn Christian Academy teacher were held for court at a preliminary hearing held Monday, Dec. 15, in Harmar Township. Sean M. Dicer, 53, of Brack...
December 17, 2025 Pennsylvania News
OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their worke...
December 17, 2025 National News
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National News
From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to...
December 22, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what it ...
December 22, 2025 National News
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensif...
December 22, 2025 National News
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International News
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is gathering with top national security officials on Monday, a meeting that comes as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts ...
December 22, 2025 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv’s demands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Mon...
December 22, 2025 International News
A White House envoy said Sunday he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between...
December 22, 2025 National News
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