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PHILADELPHIA — The eastern U.S. sweated through a second day of early-season heat Wednesday, with some schoolchildren being sent home while others stayed in sweltering cl...
May 20, 2026 National News
Jason Richey beat John Ventre in the race to be the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor by a significant margin. Richey took just shy of 65% of the vote compared ...
May 19, 2026 Local News
WARMINSTER TWP, Bucks County — Democrats in Pennsylvania settled primary fights Tuesday to shape their congressional slate for the fall election, in which they hope — wit...
May 19, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — Democratic voters in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary will pick their nominees to flip four seats seen as critical for the party to retake the U.S. House in No...
May 18, 2026 Pennsylvania News
(The Center Square) — Both longtime and relatively new incumbent state lawmakers will face primary election challenges on May 19 as the journey toward remaking the legisl...
May 17, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — Republican senators are considering whether to drop a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ball...
May 20, 2026 National News
BOSTON — At Harvard University, earning straight A’s is about to get harder. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that it would limit the number of...
May 20, 2026 National News
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. — Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified sub...
May 20, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest sales of stock to the public ever for a space company currently losing billions of dollars year. Doc...
May 20, 2026 National News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The runoff field for a U.S. Senate seat was set Wednesday in Alabama, a state that also will have a high-profile race for governor this fall and congre...
May 20, 2026 National News
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International News
BRUSSELS — The European Union approved Wednesday a tariff deal with the United States to cap tariffs on most EU exports at 15%, avoiding a direct clash with President Don...
May 20, 2026 International News
MIAMI — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles a...
May 20, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American block...
May 20, 2026 International News
Iran warned it would retaliate beyond the Middle East if the U.S. or Israel restart attacks on the Islamic Republic, following renewed threats from President Donald Trump...
May 20, 2026 International News
BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days a...
May 20, 2026 International News
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