Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots
ATLANTA — The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in mailed ballots last year, raising concerns that a flood of first-time absentee voters would...
McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79
JOHANNESBURG — Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...
Democrats bank on relief aid to win back wary working class
JEANNETTE, Pa. — When Joe Biden visited this corner of southwestern Pennsylvania in the final weeks before the election, his goal wasn't to win...
‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast.
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Immigrant crime victims hope for change to visas under Biden
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both...
Medically vulnerable in US put near end of vaccine line
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Ann Camden learned last month that her 17-year-old daughter got exposed to the coronavirus at school and was being sent...
Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to...
State to pay $475K to family of pot suspect killed by dozer
READING, Pa. — The state of Pennsylvania will pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania State...
Amtrak worker accused of stealing, selling 77 chain saws
NEWARK, N.J. — A longtime Amtrak employee in New Jersey stole several dozen chain saws and hundreds of parts from the railroad and sold...
Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort
NEW YORK — They're just your regular neighborhood pharmacists, but some now wear superhero capes.
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