2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (752+ words) Ryan Arcangeli recalled a television set being whisked into his ninth-grade woodworking shop and all machines immediately spinning to a complete stop. Dave Bench watched in disbelief. For Mark Lavine, the impact hit close to home. Bill O’Gurek and his…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (217+ words) The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from high-profile operations in large American cities that sparked a public outcry to arrests that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (693+ words) The spend of nearly $830,000 came as Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman wrapped up their compressed campaigns to win South Carolina’s GOP nomination in a special primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots. Tuesday’s Senate runoff tests…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (367+ words) Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. On Aug. 23, 2003, former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (494+ words) In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have found to be extremely rare. Trump’s Truth Social post…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) In 2022, the federal agency had imposed a ban on imports of sugar and other products made by Central Romana Corporation, Ltd., accusing the company of isolating workers, withholding wages and fostering abusive working and living conditions. The ban, however, was…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (701+ words) The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% and is on track for a fourth loss in the five days since setting its all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 344 points, or 0.6%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (270+ words) Hazleton City Police recently arrested a man wanted in connection with a prior incident involving fleeing and eluding police. Ray Tineo, 20, of Hazleton, was arrested around 11:26 p.m. on Aug. 14, police said. The original incident occurred at approximately 11:33 p.m. on an earlier date,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1094+ words) Well, bad news: Bedbug infestations are increasing. This is the time of year when they tend to be at their worst. And some scientists think the reviled pests might be capable of spreading an antibiotic-resistant infection called MRSA. For centuries,…...