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Hamas kills 40 in unprecedented, wide-ranging incursion into Israel. Netanyahu says 'we are at war'

JERUSALEM — The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of...

October 07, 2023 International News

Knoch alumnus spends summer building bridge in Eswatini

Former Knoch High School student Justin Tristani came back to Pennsylvania this summer with plenty of stories to tell of what he did and where he went during his holiday....

October 07, 2023 International News

Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says

BEIRUT — A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian city of Homs, killing 80 people and wounding 240, the health minister said, in o...

October 06, 2023 International News

Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a path toward Bermuda, New England and Canada

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Philippe drenched the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Wednesday as it spun away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that woul...

October 04, 2023 National News

U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took aim Tuesday at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and ...

October 04, 2023 National News

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose work led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. As countries prepared to roll out those shots, the...

October 02, 2023 Health

US secures the release of the soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago

WASHINGTON— The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on his...

September 28, 2023 International News

Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds

UNION CITY, N.J. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges on Monday, saying nearly half a million dollar...

September 26, 2023 National News

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens

WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the...

September 22, 2023 International News

Russia has turned food, energy and even children into weapons against Ukraine, Zelenskyy says at UN

UNITED NATIONS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against...

September 19, 2023 National News

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