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CLAIRTON — For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pitt...
February 14, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Gov. Josh Shapiro implored Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week to reconsider converting warehouses in Berks and Schuylkill counties into mass immigration de...
February 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Butler County residents can contribute to an online survey seeking input on how the state can improve traffic safety and continue to decrease the amount of traffic fatali...
February 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill into law Wednesday, Feb. 11, that will mandate cursive handwriting be taught to students in Pennsylvania. The bill, sponsored by state Rep...
February 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Two Butler County infrastructure projects will receive a total of nearly $1.2 million in funding through Automated Red Light Enforcement program grants. Penn Township wil...
February 11, 2026 Government
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National News
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after ...
February 17, 2026 National News
MADISON, Wis. — Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 6...
February 16, 2026 National News
A glove containing DNA found about two miles from the house of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her fro...
February 16, 2026 National News
BOSTON — More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolutio...
February 16, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfa...
February 16, 2026 National News
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International News
This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics...
February 16, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Saturday reported a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed tw...
February 14, 2026 International News
BILZEN-HOESELT, Belgium — European Union leaders broadly agreed Thursday on a plan to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy to make it more competitive as they face an...
February 12, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday as Ukrainian President...
February 12, 2026 International News
MILAN — The Minions made it. After a music rights dispute that took over the Winter Olympics, Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate donned his yellow-and-blu...
February 12, 2026 International News
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