Beneath the surface, Groundhog Day’s deep roots predate Punxsutawney Phil
Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the year and the ...
A deadly flight out of Wichita has one of America’s most historic aviation cities reeling
When American Eagle Flight 5342 took off from Wichita, the Midwest city with a proud aviation history was glowing from a big ...
Rubio is off to Central America with the Panama Canal and immigration top of mind
Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, heading to Central America to press President Donald Trump’s top priority — curbing ...
Colleges around the US cautiously navigate Trump’s DEI crackdown
In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a program for underrepresented students, emphasizing “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to ...
An air ambulances has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport
A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames. The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a ...
A small plane has crashed in Northeast Philadelphia, governor says
A small plane has crashed in Northeast Philadelphia as crews respond to a fiery scene late Friday, Pennsylvania’s governor said. The crash site is less than 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from Northeast ...
CBS agrees to hand over ’60 Minutes’ Harris interview transcripts to FCC
CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications ...
Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied ...
McColl leaders discuss moving town forward after mayor’s death
From not having town audits, dealing with sewer issues and no one on their police force, McColl leaders say they’re working to move the town in a better direction ...
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find ...
Robeson County murder suspect arrested after 18 years on the run
A Robeson County murder suspect has been arrested after 18 years on the run, the sheriff’s office said Friday. Omar Gray was ...
Trump vows sweeping tariffs on oil, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors
President Trump on Friday vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on semiconductor chips, pharmaceuticals, steel and aluminum and oil and gas. “We’ll be doing pharmaceuticals. Importantly in ...