Senators push to end Congress stock trading
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators from opposite parties are joining forces in a renewed push to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort that has broad public support but has repeatedly
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Pope meets families of Italian victims of Swiss Alps bar fire
ROME (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV sought Thursday to console the families of Italian teenagers who were killed or injured in the New Year's fire in a Swiss ski resort bar, acknowledging their anguish and u
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Schumer: We’re preparing for Trump to disrupt the midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expects Republican President Donald Trump to try to interfere with the midterm elections, and he says raids by immigration agents in major ci
Reader dreams of our future
"The time has long since passed for silence to be acceptable in this country from Republicans." -- an Illinois U.S. Representative after the Renee Good shooting
Relationship withers on the vine
DEAR ABBY: I am a senior woman in great shape. I am active, and I have never had a problem attracting men. Five years ago, I married a man I had known for many years.
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1/07/26 - Just tried something to clean tarnished sterling silver jewelry and it did a wonderful job.
Food giveaway is today
BERWICK -- Not Bread Alone Ministries will give away free food, no questions asked, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. today while supplies last.
Aldi capitalizing on era of higher prices
The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S.
‘Water’ offered great role, friend
Imogen Poots has been thinking about a Sam Shepard quote: "People here have become the people they're pretending to be."