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HARRISBURG — Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in special elections Tuesday, wresting partial power from Republicans for the first time ...

A big fireball and billowing smoke rose into the sky when officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train in an Oh...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — A lot of places offer a money-back guarantee. Tools, clothing, mattresses — if you aren’t satisfied with many products or services, ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Tax filing season is a ripe time for scammers to try to trick people to turn over sensitive and personal information that can cost ...

HARRISBURG — Trout season in Pennsylvania opens statewide April 1, following a Mentored Youth Trout Day March 25. As it has done through the past deca...

After warning of a greater cancer risk for some Butler County residents, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public meeting to explain how the ...

The two most common themes of MAGA sorehead emails I received last year were the inevitability of an anti-Biden landslide in 2022, and the certainty o...

There is little doubt that, as state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor recently reported, some public school districts move around money to avoid reporti...

ST. MARYS — Michelle A. Muccio of St. Marys, has announced her candidacy for re-election for Elk County Coroner. Muccio is a lifelong resident of the ...

BOSTON (TNS) — Reports that Labor Secretary and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is a finalist for the head of the National Hockey League players’ unio...

For the people on the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28, 2022, the unthinkable happened in a heartbeat. There was a banging sound. There was...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady’s future figures to be busy. The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback’s retirement announcement ended speculation ab...

OLEAN, N.Y. — A federal equal opportunity agency has accused the local Domino’s Pizza franchise of illegally allowing race-based harassment against em...

HARRISBURG — Legislators in Pennsylvania traditionally spend off-session weeks in their districts, but this time the “work” of constituent relations i...

Perhaps because the state Legislature traditionally has been an overwhelmingly male bastion, it has an equally long history of failing to take serious...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A new report on Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage recommends sweeping changes, affecting how teachers are prepared, paid and retain...

How did this happen? Those of us who are paying attention find ourselves in a country we no longer recognize. How did unelected bureaucrats get the po...

HARRISBURG — The rank-and-file Democrat who was unexpectedly elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House as a compromise candidate earlier this month is...

CARE for Children is again a recipient of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Seal of Excellence for successfully completing thei...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged ...