Associated Press
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Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman. One of Them Is Stepping Up
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ENOLA, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania isn’t even up for reelection until 2028, but already a one-time primary foe, former U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, is crisscrossing Pennsylvania and social media, looking and sounding like he’s preparing to challenge Fetterman again. At town hall after town hall across Pennsylvania, Democrats and allied…
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U.S. Steps Into War Between Israel and Iran, Strikes 3 Iranian Nuclear Sites
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel ’s war aimed at destroying the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. President Donald Trump said Iran’s key nuclear sites…
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Weeds Aren’t Just Nuisances, They’re Messengers. Here’s What They Can Tell You
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Got weeds in your lawn? Me too. And although it’s tempting to reach for a spray bottle, that shouldn’t be our first impulse. Believe it or not, weeds aren’t just freeloaders crashing our garden party. They’re messengers with important information that requires our attention. We just have to learn to speak their language. What common lawn weeds…
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Student Loan Payments Have Restarted. Here’s How to Manage the Impact to Your Credit Score
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NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores drop now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. But there are things you can do to help your score rebound. Courtney Alev, consumer advocate at Credit Karma, said it’s understandable that people have missed payments because of the mixed…
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Talks in Pa. Are at Crunch Time Over a Budget, Legalizing Marijuana and Taxing Skill Games
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat’s spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsylvania the 25th state to legalize marijuana for adult use, raise the minimum wage and slap taxes on slot machine-like…
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Finding a Strong Candidate for Governor in Pa. May Help GOP Protect Its U.S. House Majority
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Job No. 1 for Republicans in Pennsylvania is to scrounge up a candidate to contest next year’s reelection bid by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro — if only to run interference for other Republicans on the ballot who are clinging to seats in Congress. In other words, the unalluring mission of next year’s Republican…
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Pa. House Advances Bills to Let Child Sexual Abuse Victims Sue Despite Time Limits
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Proposals that would let survivors of childhood sexual abuse file lawsuits in Pennsylvania beyond the state’s current statute of limitations passed the state House on Monday, the latest development in a yearslong lobbying campaign. One of the two bills is a common piece of legislation that now heads to the GOP-controlled…
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153 NCAA Rules Had to Be Eliminated to Clear the Way for the House Settlement. Numbers to Know
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The groundbreaking case leading to the transformation of college sports in the United States comes nearly five years after Arizona State swimmer Grant House and Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince filed a complaint against the NCAA and the five most powerful conferences alleging they were unfairly being denied of pay for use of their name,…
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Federal Judge Approves $2.8B House v. NCAA Settlement, Paving Way for Colleges to Pay Athletes Millions
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A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.…
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Pennsylvania Sues USDA Over Cutting Funding to $1 Billion Food Aid Program for States
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, saying the agency, under President Donald Trump, had illegally cut off funding to it through a program designed to distribute more than $1 billion in aid to states to purchase food from farms for schools, child care centers and food banks. The…