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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) opened applications for the fifth class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute (AL...

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...

More than three quarters of nonprofit U.S. hospitals invested less in their communities than they received in tax benefits, including UPMC Presbyteria...

It’s a sad time in American history when the Biden administration is more focused on destroying a former president than on the serious problems our co...

It was news everywhere, from CNN to “Saturday Night Live.” The principal of a Tallahassee charter school was fired after a photograph of an iconic mas...

The Fireside Pumpers of the Penn Brad Oil Museum will meet for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. with the program to begin at 8 a.m, Wednesday, April 12 at Togi’...

The same schools dominate the Big 30 wrestling All-Star selections seemingly every year. When star wrestlers graduate, new ones fill their spots. The ...

In 1896, the body of a baby, wrapped in a bag, was fished out of London’s Thames river. An investigation led to the hanging of Amelia Dyer, a “baby fa...

“Community” is one of those words that have been hijacked and ruined like “preferred,” “appropriation,” and “equity,” among many others. In the wake o...

As Pennsylvania’s population shrinks or stagnates in many areas, state lawmakers say they don’t want to leave housing policy up to local governments a...

ANNVILLE — The Pennsylvania Department of Veterans and Military Affairs’ Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy will hold virtual meetings to recruit volunt...

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

PHILADELPHIA — The race is underway to fill a Pennsylvania House vacancy in Delaware County created by Rep. Mike Zabel’s resignation earlier this mont...

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 s...

We are going to look back years from now and wonder how we failed young girls so badly. Between social media and fashionable gender theories, we are m...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ilya Lyubushkin citied an anti-gay Kremlin law and fears of retribution at home in Russia for electing not to participate in the ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — U.S. college students’ knowledge of bees focuses primarily on honey bees and pollination services, according to Penn State researche...

I have written to state Reps. Martin Causer and Mike Armanini and state Sen. Cris Dush to express my strongest disagreement with the proposals to move...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — One of the best things to happen to rebranded RFK Racing came exactly one year ago when NASCAR found an illegal part on Brad Ke...

Access to quality healthcare is a struggle across the nation and especially for rural communities. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has ...