Author: Marc Levy
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Stranded travelers scramble to make new connections as war shuts much of Middle East to air travel
Hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers scrambled to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel. Tourists and business travelers crowded hotels and airports, with no word on when many…
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Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — A thunderous explosion Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside, authorities said. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference several hours after the explosion that at least two had…
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Trump says he’s fixing affordability problems. He’ll test out that message at a rally
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event. The trip comes as polling consistently shows that public trust in Trump’s economic leadership…
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Fetterman expected back ‘soon,’ but no certain timeline yet
HARRISBURG, Pa. • Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s office said Thursday that he is expected to return soon to the chamber, although Democratic leaders are giving no timeline five weeks after he sought inpatient treatment for clinical depression. Fetterman, 53, was weeks into his service in Washington and still recovering from the aftereffects of the stroke…
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Fetterman’s rocky debate raises anxiety among Democrats
HARRISBURG, Pa. • Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman’s rocky debate performance fueled concern inside his party on Wednesday, as leaders assessed whether it would significantly shift a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate and the future of Joe Biden’s presidency. Appearing on stage five months after his stroke, Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s 53-year-old lieutenant governor,…
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Oz wins Pa. Senate primary ahead of showdown with Fetterman
HARRISBURG, Pa. • Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate primary Wednesday, narrowly defeating former hedge fund CEO David McCormick after a dayslong recount. Oz will face Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in November in a race that could help determine control of the…
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Court battles go down to count deadline in Pa. Senate race
harrisburg, pa. • Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick went to Pennsylvania’s highest court Tuesday in an eleventh-hour bid to help him close the gap in votes with celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate. McCormick’s request for the state Supreme Court’s intervention came less than four…
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Dueling Trump-Biden events offer contrasting virus responses
LANCASTER, Pa. • A presidential campaign that has largely been frozen for several months because of the coronavirus took on a degree of normalcy on Thursday when President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden swung through critical battleground states presenting starkly different visions for a post-pandemic America. Touring a shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Trump…
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Catholic priests molested 1,000 children in Pennsylvania, report says
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused…
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Report IDs more than 1,000 victims of priest abuse
HARRISBURG, Pa. • More than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury report released Tuesday. The grand jury said it believes the “real number” of abused children…