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NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high on Friday. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and finished just 0.3% shy of its record closing level, which was...
December 05, 2025 Business
Harmony resident Ron Lalonde extended his “Jeopardy! winning streak to a third game in a show broadcast Friday night, Dec. 5. Lalonde — who is following in the footsteps ...
December 05, 2025 Local News
Longtime friends announce plans for Hop Car Brewing
December 05, 2025 Local News
NEW YORK — Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring toge...
December 05, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Two of the most popular streaming services have agreed to combine, in a move that could change the streaming service landscape. Netflix said Friday it will...
December 05, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're...
December 05, 2025 National News
HARRISBURG — U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds. The company shut down the last blast furnac...
December 05, 2025 Business
Officials said a three-alarm house fire Friday, Dec. 5, along Eakin Road in Venango Township destroyed the structure, but reported no injuries. The residents and their pe...
December 05, 2025 Local News
A Johnstown man was sentenced Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court for forgery and bad checks charges filed by Adams Township police and state police, and a resis...
December 05, 2025 Crime & Courts
A mother and daughter from Kittanning were sentenced to serve a year of probation Thursday after pleading guilty to charges state police filed for abandoning six dogs, in...
December 05, 2025 Crime & Courts
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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ mayor-elect said Friday that a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm as encounters between masked agents and...
December 05, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on...
December 05, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U...
December 05, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from “everyday Americans.” The White House launched a web portal...
December 05, 2025 National News
Sports
CHERRY TWP — The first quarter Friday night at Moniteau didn’t sit well with Karns City senior Naomi Venesky. “They came out with a lot of energy,” Venesky said of the Wa...
December 05, 2025 Sports
Butler dropped 26 first-quarter points on host New Castle and cruised to a 60-19 girls basketball victory Friday night. Eva Stutz scored 16 points to power the Golden Tor...
December 05, 2025 Sports
Joe Rapp hardly ever leaves the golf course, according to Union/A-C Valley boys coach Leo Marron. “I’m not exaggerating. I live on Foxburg (County Club), he lives on Foxb...
December 05, 2025 Sports
Riley Kontul booked her second ticket to the PIAA Class 2A girls golf individual championships this season. For as talented as she is on the links, her approach as a team...
December 05, 2025 Sports
MADISON, Wis. — Pittsburgh and Wisconsin have mutually agreed to cancel their scheduled 2026 matchup. The teams were scheduled to face off at Wisconsin on Sept. 19. Wisco...
December 05, 2025 College
The United States could hardly have asked for a better draw at the 2026 World Cup. The co-host should expect to stick around at its own party until at least the round of...
December 05, 2025 Professional
Mike Tomlin isn’t just hearing “Fire Tomlin!” chants from Steelers fans. A couple of the franchise’s greatest players are saying Pittsburgh needs to make a coaching chang...
December 05, 2025 Professional
WASHINGTON — Argentina and Lionel Messi will start their World Cup title defense against Algeria, while the U.S. was drawn Friday to open against Paraguay as soccer’s qua...
December 05, 2025 Professional
Penn State is in talks to name Iowa State’s Matt Campbell as its next head football coach, according to reports. Multiple outlets, including The Athletic and ESPN, citing...
December 05, 2025 College
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Imagine sitting down after a few glasses of eggnog and flipping through every saccharine holiday movie on cable, but then, suddenly, the remote is stuck, the plots are me...
December 05, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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