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To prevent blackouts, Trump administration keeps another aging power plant online through summer

HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered another power plant, this time an oil and gas plant in Pennsylvania, to keep its turbines running through the hotte...

June 02, 2025 Pennsylvania News

Philly a ‘welcoming’ city as the Trump threatens funding cuts

Philadelphia — A Philadelphia that proudly stood among the strongest of sanctuary cities has formally discarded the name. It’s now a “welcoming city.” That’s according to...

May 31, 2025 Pennsylvania News

Trump tells U.S. steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel from 25% to 50%

WEST MIFFLIN, Allegheny County — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up pri...

May 30, 2025 National News

Ex-Pennsylvania judge gets prison term for shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend as he slept

HARRISBURG — A former district judge convicted of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept has been sentenced to 13 1/2 to 30 years in prison. Sonya...

May 29, 2025 Pennsylvania News

Cranberry Township native gives back to alma mater

Cranberry Township native and Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate Dennis Popovec is continuing his decades worth of contributions to his alma mater with the creat...

May 29, 2025 Business

Philadelphia honors Quinta Brunson with key, mural at alma mater that inspired ‘Abbott Elementary’

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma...

May 28, 2025 Arts & Entertainment

Pa. man who killed 3 of his relatives in armed rampage sentenced to life in prison

PHILADELPHIA — In the span of a few hours last year, Andre Gordon killed three of his loved ones in Lower Bucks County, leaving a trail of bloodshed across two states. An...

May 28, 2025 Pennsylvania News

2 killed and 9 injured in a Memorial Day shooting at a Philadelphia park

PHILADELPHIA — There are no excuses for violence like the Memorial Day shooting at a Philadelphia park that killed two people and injured nine, the city’s mayor said Tues...

May 27, 2025 Pennsylvania News

U.S. government to have control in Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal, Trump and Sen. McCormick say

HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick said Tuesday that an arrangement that will allow Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel will guarantee an American CEO, a ...

May 27, 2025 Pennsylvania News

Trump says U.S. Steel will keep HQ in Pittsburgh in a sign he'll approve bid by Japan-based Nippon

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “planned partnership” that seemed to ...

May 23, 2025 Pennsylvania News

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