Navy secretary says need for new shipbuilding is a 'national emergency' at local visit
NORFOLK, Va. — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, sworn in less than a month ago, visited shipyards in Norfolk and Newport News on Wednesday as part of a tour that’s taken him around the country.
Speaking to media at ...Read more
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family share new details about the arson attack at a luncheon thanking first responders
HARRISBURG — Yelling. Banging. Smoke.
Those were the first few moments that made Gov. Josh Shapiro hop out of bed and begin evacuating his family from the Pennsylvania governor’s residence on Sunday, after a man broke...Read more
Chicago economist Anna Paulson will take over Philly Fed as Trump pressures central bank to cut the price of money
Anna Paulson, a career economist at the Federal Reserve's Chicago bank, will take over as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the bank said Thursday morning.
An insurance scholar, Paulson, 60, cowrote a...Read more
Trump's trade war may trigger a global recession and undermine the U.S., experts say
As President Donald Trump pushes the United States into a trade war with China, the trade-offs are often described as higher consumer prices and inflation versus the potential to bring back manufacturing jobs that ...Read more
Georgia Democrats press GOP on culture-war issues
ATLANTA — Grassroots Democrats in Georgia and across the country have spent the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term imploring their elected officials to be more aggressive in their opposition to the ...Read more
Victoria's Secret ignored sexual harassment, Philly ex-employee alleges
A former Victoria’s Secret employee said she was sexually harassed by the lingerie department manager at a Philadelphia store, according to a lawsuit. And when she reported her experience, she alleges, she was retaliated...Read more
Boeing sets new values after 'brutal' employee feedback
Boeing employees don’t trust senior leadership and don’t feel their contributions are recognized or valued, according to the results of an internal survey that CEO Kelly Ortberg shared at staff meetings this week.
The...Read more
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes school funding boost
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday vetoed a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula.
The Alaska Legislature narrowly passed House Bill 69 on Friday ...Read more
Karen Read murder trial: Judge releases rulings on dog bite expert testimony
DEDHAM, Mass. — The judge in the Karen Read case unleashed a flurry of final motions rulings ahead of the trial’s start on Tuesday.
Read, 45, of Mansfield, is accused of striking Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, ...Read more
Second DOGE letter demands more info from Florida local governments
ORLANDO, Fla. — Local governments across Florida are grappling with a response to a second letter from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ DOGE team that seeks detailed information to help the squad in its hunt for cost savings and ...Read more
New Jersey sues Discord, a popular chat app, claiming it is 'not safe for children'
New Jersey is cracking down on the popular chat app Discord after a string of incidents involving children across the state.
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced a lawsuit against Discord on Thursday, claiming ...Read more
Mangione attorneys: Restrain AG Bondi from speaking about him, death penalty
Luigi Mangione’s attorneys want a federal judge to restrain Attorney General Pamela Bondi from making statements that could prejudice a jury against the Towson native charged with murdering a health insurance executive, ...Read more
FDA covered up E. coli outbreak that killed 1 person, spread to 15 states
The federal government covered up an outbreak of E. coli that killed one person and spread across at least 15 states, according to a report published Thursday.
A series of E. coli cases was first reported in November in ...Read more
Scientist find strong evidence of alien life on faraway planet
Scientists using The James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered potentially earth-shattering evidence indicating a faraway world could be home to alien life.
A team at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of ...Read more
French university's 'Safe Place for Science' draws US applicants
Aix Marseille University’s “Safe Place for Science” program, which aims to attract top U.S. graduates, claims it’s received nearly 300 applications from scholars “wishing to pursue their research in complete ...Read more
Atlanta church trafficked ministry students, lawsuit alleges
ATLANTA — A woman alleging she was trafficked by Atlanta Dream Center Church and Assemblies of God as a ministry student has sued them in Georgia, claiming they profit off the forced labor of vulnerable Pentecostal youth...Read more
Disney's parks are its economic engine. Tariffs could put a damper on it
As trade tensions and tariff-fueled fears of a recession roil the economy, stock analysts warn that Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks could take a hit.
Typically, amusement park attendance in the U.S. is tied to the health of...Read more
Stocks rebound fizzles as Trump goes on offensive: Markets wrap
A rebound in U.S. stocks evaporated this week after Chair Jerome Powell pushed back on the idea of the Federal Reserve stepping in to bolster markets, rankling President Donald Trump who touted a smattering of deals ...Read more
Supreme Court will hear Trump's proposed limits on birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear arguments in May on President Trump's proposed limits on birthright citizenship.
But it was not clear whether the justices would weigh in on the ...Read more
Hope Florida board meeting canceled after offensive images blasted on feed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— The much-anticipated first public meeting of the Hope Florida Foundation board was canceled about 40 minutes after it started Thursday when participants’ screens were filled with images of swastikas,...Read more
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