The Hamas delegation in Egypt has made “noticeable progress” in ceasefire talks, after months of deadlock, according to Egyptian media. The Egyptian state Al-Qahera news announced on Saturday that Hamas and Israel had reached a consensus on many of the disputed points, though it didn’t elaborate on what those were. Other sources dispute this, including […]
Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway submitted to the idea of early voting, despite her previous stance against it. She acknowledged the GOP could “die politically” by opposing it. Conway appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to make her new stance clear ahead of her former boss President Donald Trump’s election in […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed another a bill to advance domestic energy production, this time in response to cries for help from an indigenous community living in the Alaska North Slope. The bill’s cosponsor, a Democrat from Alaska, did not vote for her own bill. It passed with the support of five […]
(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania officials are stepping up their efforts to control the spongy moth to prevent its spread. The invasive insect, formerly called the gypsy moth, has established itself in the commonwealth and its numbers fluctuate. This year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will spend $2.4 million to spray 124,000 acres, up from 109,000 acres last […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘s allegations that several pro-Palestinian campus protesters were outside agitators have proven to be not as numerous as claimed. A review of police records and interviews from the New York Times showed that just nine people out of the dozens of protesters arrested at Columbia University had no ties to […]
(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission looks ahead with a new executive director, but recent turmoil has legislators even more skeptical of the agency’s competence. The commission has its sights set on tightening up policies and working more with the legislature, but critics want deeper changes. “Priority No. 1 for me is to […]
(The Center Square) – Lawful immigration cooperation by North Carolina sheriffs with federal agents, with clarity in detainer and arrest warrant language, could soon be law. Recently, there’s been a gap in communication and handling of cases by sheriffs, mostly by Democrats in urban areas, and U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, known as ICE. House […]
(The Center Square) – North Carolina education perspectives at opposite ends of thought do not show signs of meeting in the middle. Republican lawmakers led the state Senate’s approval of $500 million to erase the waiting list for Opportunity Scholarships on Thursday evening. Gov. Roy Cooper has sought a moratorium. “This is catastrophic for the […]
When 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday called President Joe Biden the “spoiler” of the election, the independent was referring to a campaign poll suggesting that only he could beat former President Donald Trump in the fall. Most of the headlines focused on the “spoiler” comment and Kennedy’s challenge to Biden to […]
(The Center Square) – More than five weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, the remains of a fifth construction worker were recovered on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Md., state officials said in a news release. Gonzalez was one of six workers who went missing […]
