Heat wave and high humidity will blast much of the eastern US this week

June 29, 2026

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it. Already, parts of the U.S., especially Phoenix and central Texas, and much of the Southwest were experiencing temperatures around 100 F (38 C) on Sunday, while the weather service warned of severe wildfire conditions developing across much of the West as new fires popped up across the region. On Sunday, well ...

Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE

June 29, 2026

A poll worker said two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. Paigelynne Gonyea said the confrontation happened Tuesday ...

US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait

June 29, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched a second round of airstrikes Saturday targeting Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction as Tehran hit both Bahrain and Kuwait, underscoring rising tensions that threaten the interim deal between the two nations to stop the war. The attack on Kuwait early Sunday was the first since the two sides signed a deal that aimed to halt fighting, and came as a multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route near Oman in the strait to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic ...

Swept away: The missing history of Sulphur Spring

June 27, 2026

Just inside the Loganton Borough line, right outside of town, is a historic landmark that almost every Sugar Valley resident passes daily, but never pauses to think about — Sulphur Spring. To most, it just looks like a simple four post pavilion that sits alongside Mill Creek. ...

Flemington Boro seeks to aid fire company, update ordinances

June 27, 2026

FLEMINGTON — Flemington Borough Council continued work on several ordinances while also focusing much of its second June meeting on efforts to assist the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company as officials work to stabilize the organization’s finances and operations. Solicitation ordinance moves closer to adoption Council’s Community Development Committee, led by councilmember Stephen Hoy, reported that they reviewed solicitation ordinances from neighboring municipalities, including Mill Hall, Avis, Lock Haven, Murrysville and Beech Creek, to help select the framework for ...

Pennsylvania’s fossil fuel tax revenue lags far behind other energy states, report says

June 27, 2026

Pennsylvania’s natural gas, coal and petrochemical industries are taxed too little, and they are now declining so cannot be expected to rescue the state from growing budget deficits, according to a new analysis of the fossil fuel industry and its effect on the state’s worsening fiscal ...