1+ week, 2+ day ago   (455+ words) The referendum petition to repeal Luzerne County’s nondiscrimination ordinance has 8,971 signatures with deficiencies, a challenge filed Friday with the county election board claims. The petition filed on Aug. 10 included 15,405 signatures, and 11,615 valid signatures from registered county voters are required. Seven…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (367+ words) Platner, who won the nomination in June but dropped out in July after Politico reported that a former girlfriend said he sexually assaulted her, had been scheduled to speak Monday at the rally in Ellsworth, near his hometown of Sullivan....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (478+ words) Carney said U.S.-Canada trade talks could resume if Washington became serious about negotiations, but he also accused the United States of pursuing terms that he said could leave Canadian industries “gradually wound down in Canada and wiped out.” “When the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) The referendum petition to repeal Luzerne County’s non-discrimination ordinance has officially met the signature threshold, and a 10-day period to challenge signatures will now start. Clerk of Council Sharon Lawrence notified repeal committee leader Walter Griffith on Tuesday that the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas next month. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are both set to headline…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (435+ words) By JACQUELINE GANUN and DAVID COLLINS Nessel, a Democrat in her final term, said the report is meant to be a thorough public account of the criminal investigation, and she regretted that the details were never presented in court to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (209+ words) The suspect was found dead in his car in Enumclaw, Washington, about 187 miles north from where the bodies were found in Forest Grove, Oregon. Police believe the suspect, 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker, killed himself. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (402+ words) After nearly a month of testimony, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are hearing Tuesday from the final witnesses in a case that has largely been about her mental state when she strangled her three young children. Testimony resumed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (352+ words) Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2026. There are 128 days left in the year. On Aug. 25, 2001, R&B singer Aaliyah (ah-LEE’-yah) was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas; she was 22. In 1875, Matthew Webb became…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (282+ words) Karen Solomon, an advocate who called for improvements and greater awareness of police mental health problems, had disappeared after Kurt Solomon, who served 31 years with Worcester police, was found dead at their home Tuesday morning. Officials had named Karen Solomon…...