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PennDOT temporarily prohibits truck travel on Route 6

December 26, 2025

Due to the severity of Friday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is temporarily prohibiting trucks heavier than 1...

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January 2, 2026

Social Security Matters: Can wife get spouse benefit while I’m still alive?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

DEAR RUSTY: A friend of my wife told her, and she believes, she could receive a Social Security bene...

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New drug giving patients, doctors hope regarding pancreatic cancer

By KAYLA YUP The Philadelphia Inquirer

January 2, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to sta...

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New year, old challenges as AI faces uncertain path to power

By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square

January 2, 2026

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time t...

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Pennsylvania’s power plan battles rage on in 2026

January 2, 2026

HARRISBURG – Officials in Pennsylvania spent much of 2025 grappling with ways to modernize the state’s energy mix while preparing for a surge of new d...

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Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker

As sales fall for second year in a row

By PAUL HARLOFF and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press

January 2, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing poli...

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U.S. House contests to decide control of Congress in 2026

By ANDREW RICE The Center Square

January 2, 2026

WASHINGTON — The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress. All 435 seats...

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