4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (695+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (290+ words) WAUSAU, Wis. — A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse…...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1107+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Ever since Democrat Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump two years ago, political strategist Khalil Thompson has been traveling the country to figure out why Black men inched toward a white Republican rather than a Black…...

10+ hour, 6+ min ago   (834+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (569+ words) The self-storage business in the region looks poised to grow in the western end of Westmoreland County, as an independently owned business plans to expand operations along Route 30 in Irwin. Conley Self Storage plans to add 54 units to the business…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (744+ words) For many of us, the summer is ending in a paroxysm of grief. Perennials we believed would last forever have perished. Over mere weeks, we lost a legendary performer, a feminist trailblazer and a living memorial. I never met Dolly…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (242+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA official found with $40 million of gold bars in his home has reached a tentative plea agreement after being charged with theft for fraudulently inflating his salary, according to court records. A federal judge on Friday…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (808+ words) Eight years ago, a blue wave swept dozens of Democrats into Congress, making them heroes of the resistance to President Donald Trump. But as quickly as tides roll in, they roll back out. It’s been a decidedly mixed bag since…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (158+ words) I am Roman Catholic. The church’s teachings have answers for a beautiful but troubled world; the message of hope, and a road map for life’s journey. But Pope Leo XIV comments that a culture that “rearms minds, words, nations” was…...