The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers.

HARRISBURG — The latest U.S. Census data shows the counties encompassing Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were among the top 10 nationwide that shrank in population last year.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, has introduced two bills to support senior economic security across the nation, including protections from workplace age discrimination and increased access to healthy, affordable meals for older…

SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank sponsored by Saint Elizabeth Church and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie will be held on Tuesday, April 11 at Saint Elizabeth Church in Smethport for McKean county residents who fall within the financial guidelines.

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Horse racing’s new anti-doping program has been put on hold for 30 days. A federal judge in Texas ordered the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to stop enforcing its rules involving medications and illegal drugs until May 1. The National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and the state of Texas had sought an emergency injunction. Those groups argued that typically there's a 30-day waiting period before new rules are implemented. U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix agreed. HISA had begun enforcing the new rules this week, but now must hold off.

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania will work with Ohio to start testing tissue from animals that might have been affected by environmental fallout from last month's Norfolk Southern train derailment.

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The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will dedicate its new $24.5 million George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building in a ceremony March 31.

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I missed Tuesday night’s meeting of the program to save Bradford Regional Medical Center due to illness. However, when I read Wednesday’s article in The Era, the group needed a strong voice about important things that are happening at BRMC.

The philosopher Eric Hoffer famously wrote, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

Israel was on the brink, but stepped away from the cliff's edge at the last moment. Though this development is welcome, the nation's spate of problems have only been put on hold and could well resurface.

HARRISBURG — The latest U.S. Census data shows the counties encompassing Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were among the top 10 nationwide that shrank in population last year.

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