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National Weather Service, NOAA layoffs hit hundreds of federal workers

Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service employees were laid off Thursday in the latest round of federal workforce cuts un...

February 27, 2025 National News

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to...

February 27, 2025 National News

Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children

WASHINGTON — This year’s harsh flu season — the most intense in 15 years — has federal health officials trying to understand if it sparked an increase in a rare but life-...

February 27, 2025 Health

Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?

NEW YORK — A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group's founder se...

February 27, 2025 Business

In-person classes to resume at Seneca Valley

In-person classes will resume Friday in the Seneca Valley School District for grades 7 through 12 following the repair of a leak in a natural gas line outside of the seni...

February 27, 2025 Education

Gene Hackman was more than an everyman

2-time Oscar winner found dead at age 95

February 27, 2025 Arts & Entertainment

Hiker rescues pup from abandoned coal pit after frigid weeklong search in Pennsylvania

POTTSVILLE, Pa.— A Pennsylvania hiker had followed his dog off a mountain trail this week when he glanced toward a deep coal pit below and saw a tail move near a pile of ...

February 27, 2025 Pennsylvania News

In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate

HARRISBURG — A spike in demand for electricity from tech companies competing in the artificial intelligence race is upending forecasts for natural gas-fired power in the ...

February 27, 2025 National News

Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for March 4, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports fro...

February 27, 2025 National News

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog are found dead in their New Mexico home

SANTA FE, N.M. — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the c...

February 27, 2025 National News

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