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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

Should hospitals be required to have a certain number of nurses?

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Should hospitals be required to have a certain number of nurses?

ABRAHAM GUTMAN The Philadelphia Inquirer

May 04, 2023

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a bill that would require hospitals to meet staffing minimums for nurses to improve patient c...

Customs officials discover 22 snakes in woman’s checked bags at India airport: reports

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Customs officials discover 22 snakes in woman’s checked bags at India airport: reports

EMILYANN JACKMAN pennlive.com

May 04, 2023

A bizarre scene unfolded at an airport in India where 22 snakes of various species and a chameleon were seized by custom agents after the animals were...

Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

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Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press

May 04, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot t...

Justice Clarence Thomas let GOP donor pay tuition: Report

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Justice Clarence Thomas let GOP donor pay tuition: Report

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May 04, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican megadonor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who did...

Coroner: 4 dead in killings in south Georgia town

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Coroner: 4 dead in killings in south Georgia town

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May 04, 2023

MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — Four people were killed Thursday in a small city in rural south Georgia, including a fast food worker and two relatives of a gunm...

RTS – Older Americans Month

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RTS – Older Americans Month

May 03, 2023

WISDOM: With time comes wisdom — and so each year, in May, the AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, recognizes older ...

Casey bill would produce more accessible, affordable housing

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Casey bill would produce more accessible, affordable housing

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Apr 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — Less than six percent of housing is designed to be accessible, according to a 2011 study from HUD. That’s not good enough, said U.S. Sen....

Fetterman gets back up to speed in first week back in Washington

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Fetterman gets back up to speed in first week back in Washington

JONATHAN D. SALANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Apr 22, 2023

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman didn’t need an acceleration lane to get up to speed after returning to Capitol Hill this week following a ...

Applications open for T.H.R.I.V.E. training

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Applications open for T.H.R.I.V.E. training

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Apr 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the opening of the 2023 application for a redesigned c-suite level training program for ...

Suit: Chocolate maker ignored natural gas alert before blast

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Suit: Chocolate maker ignored natural gas alert before blast

MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

Apr 11, 2023

A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a natural gas leak at its chocolate factory and bears responsibility for a subsequent explosion that ki...

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack

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Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

Apr 11, 2023

A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years i...

Police: 4 killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building

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Police: 4 killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building

DYLAN LOVAN and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press

Apr 10, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others Monday, police said. ...

California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients

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California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients

HAVEN DALEY and ADAM BEAM Associated Press

Apr 07, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — This Easter, Americans will devour more than 1 billion Peeps — those radiant marshmallow chicks whose appearance on store sh...

Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps US

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Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps US

MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer

Apr 07, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Dust off your eclipse glasses: It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America. On April 8, 2024, the moon wi...

What’s next for Tennessee’s expelled lawmakers?

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What’s next for Tennessee’s expelled lawmakers?

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Apr 07, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling fo...

Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose luxury trips

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Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose luxury trips

MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Apr 07, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday he was not required to disclose the many trips he and his wife took that were paid...

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges

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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges

MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, JENNIFER PELTZ and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Apr 04, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — A stone-faced Donald Trump made a momentous courtroom appearance Tuesday when he was confronted with a 34-count felony indictment char...

USDA accepting applications for energy improvements

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USDA accepting applications for energy improvements

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Apr 01, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is accepting applications for $1 billion in grants to help agric...

Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

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Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press

Mar 30, 2023

NEW YORK — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence...

Bauer sentencing moved to May 30

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Bauer sentencing moved to May 30

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 25, 2023

A sentencing hearing for Pauline Bauer in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., for her part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been postponed. Bauer, ...