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Poll: 44% of Pennsylvanians say they're financially worse off now, while a majority oppose AI data centers

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Almost half of Pennsylvania voters say they are worse off financially compared with one year ago, while nearly 3 in 4 say they do not want an artificial intelligence data center in their backyard, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

The Quinnipiac University survey of 895 registered Pennsylvania voters has a 4.3-percentage-point margin ...Read more

Former Pa. man who voted twice for President Donald Trump in 2020 sentenced to six months of house arrest

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A former Bucks County man who voted twice for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election was sentenced Wednesday to six months of house arrest and three years of probation.

Matthew Laiss was found guilty by a jury earlier this year of casting two ballots in the 2020 election: first by mail in Pennsylvania, where he had once lived in Ottsville,...Read more

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has more support among Pa. Republicans than GOP Sen. Dave McCormick, new poll shows

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Sen. John Fetterman has insisted he has no plans to leave the Democratic Party, despite continued attempts to sway him.

“I remain strongly pro-choice, pro-weed, pro-LGBT, pro-SNAP, pro-labor and even pro-rib-eye over bio slop,” he wrote in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post in May.

But if he changed his mind, a new poll ...Read more

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AG nominee Todd Blanche says he’s Trump’s lawyer in slip at Senate confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche fueled widespread concerns about his lack of independence when he committed a gaffe by saying he represents President Trump during a stormy Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination to be U.S. attorney general.

“I’m his lawyer,” ...Read more

Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS

Cases of diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis in Maryland have doubled in past week

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The number of confirmed cyclosporiasis cases, the parasitic intestinal illness that often results in watery diarrhea and explosive bowel movements, has more than doubled in the past week, the Maryland Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.

The total number of cases in the state is now 69, with 65 of those cases occurring since May 1, ...Read more

Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS

State Rep. Fabian Basabe is found liable by jury in sexual harassment case

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A jury found Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe liable Wednesday in a Tallahassee civil trial accusing him of sexual harassment, battery and defamation.

An attorney for the plaintiffs told the Miami Herald after the verdict was read that the total amount the jury awarded in damages was $450,000.

Basabe’s net worth at the end of last year was over $3...Read more

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Senators press UnitedHealthcare and other Medicare Advantage giants over payment denials

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Federal lawmakers are turning up the pressure on UnitedHealthcare and two rival Medicare Advantage insurers over their use of artificial intelligence and their prior authorization rules for post-hospital rehab care.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, sent letters this ...Read more

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State, U.S. laws clash over special election to replace Lindsey Graham on ballot

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The death of longtime U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham triggered a special primary election to replace his name on the November general election ballot.

State law clearly dictates when an election should be held following the death of a party nominee. Under the law, candidate filing opens the second Tuesday after the nominee’s death, and the election...Read more

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Red wolf recovery sees boost as four litters born in Eastern North Carolina

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Four new litters of red wolf pups were born in the wild this spring, giving hope for the conservation of the world’s most endangered canine.

According to recent reports from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program, between 12 and 16 pups have survived their first months, the highest numbers recorded in several years. ...Read more

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NYC Council hears testimony on horse carriages proposed ban at emotional hearing

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The family of the 18-year-old boy killed by a runaway carriage horse last month pleaded with the New York City Council Wednesday to ban the horse-drawn park tours, as lawmakers considered a bill that would wind down the industry.

“I cannot properly describe to you the true fear inside that carriage,” Deepak Mahajan, father of Romanch ...Read more

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US launches fresh strikes on Iran as peril in strait deepens

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The U.S. launched more airstrikes on Iran Wednesday, after President Donald Trump pledged to intensify the bombardment until Tehran stops attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and agrees to open the waterway.

In a 90-minute operation, the American military hit missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island in the Persian Gulf near ...Read more

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Five cases of measles confirmed in Maryland

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Five cases of measles have been confirmed in Maryland residents, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Officials are warning anyone who visited the Carroll Hospital Center emergency department waiting room in Westminster on July 13 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. may have been exposed. All five cases were in people who recently traveled ...Read more

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Report: Pentagon options for potential attack on Cuba include large-scale air assault

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Military planners at the Pentagon have been developing options for strikes against Cuba, including plans for an air assault spearheaded by the 101st Airborne Division involving several thousand U.S. troops.

According to a CBS report on Thursday, in late June the U.S. military held “a concept-of-operations briefing to discuss early-stage ...Read more

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Colorado health official gives Aurora detention center until Friday to open doors to inspectors in tuberculosis probe

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Colorado’s top health official has given the federal immigration detention center in Aurora until Friday to open its doors to outside health inspectors investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis.

In the letter sent Tuesday evening, Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, also...Read more

Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS

Cases of diarrhea-causing cyclosoriasis in Maryland have doubled in past week

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The number of confirmed cyclosoriasis cases, the parasitic intestinal illness that often results in watery diarrhea and explosive bowel movements, has more than doubled in the past week, the Maryland Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.

The total number of cases in the state is now 69, with 65 of those cases occurring since May 1, ...Read more

Kaiden J. Yu/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Donald Trump hits Josh Shapiro, promotes defense investments in Pa. during industry summit hosted by Dave McCormick

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CARLISLE — President Donald Trump — as fighting resumes in Iran and his administration’s request for $1.5 trillion in defense funding stalls in Washington — used a Wednesday appearance at a defense industry summit in Central Pennsylvania to mostly boast about his perceived foreign and domestic achievements, from the oil business in ...Read more

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No Graham heir apparent to help shape Trump's foreign policy

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Some Senate Republicans and Democrats actually agree on one thing: It could take years for another lawmaker to become as big of a voice in any president’s ear on foreign policy as Lindsey Graham was in Donald Trump’s.

In fact, as Trump on Wednesday delivered his first major national security remarks since his informal adviser’s sudden ...Read more

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Gov. Gavin Newsom raised $250K after announcing DOJ probe

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Gov. Gavin Newsom raised $250,000 in the two weeks after he announced the Department of Justice was investigating him and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, according to federal campaign filings and his campaign.

The Newsoms announced on June 15 that federal investigators had approached friends and associates as part of a wide-...Read more

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Vance, House GOP push politically risky Iran war funding

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Congressional Republicans are moving forward with a plan to ramp up spending on President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Iran despite the political risks of backing an unpopular military campaign that has spiked consumer prices.

Vice President JD Vance is meeting privately with House Republicans in a basement room of the Capitol Wednesday ...Read more

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'People don't feel safe': Baltimore County residents demand action on juvenile crime

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BALTIMORE — Baltimore County residents delivered a blunt message to police, prosecutors and state juvenile justice officials Tuesday night: declining crime statistics mean little if neighbors still feel unsafe walking their streets or letting their children play outside.

“You have a full room of people that don’t feel safe,” said Jackie...Read more