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Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal...

December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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President Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen and interpreter killed in Syria as they return home

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian de...

Rob Reiner and his wife found dead with stab wounds in Los Angeles home

December 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in LA. #robreiner
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the in...

December 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM

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Gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration

SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ...

President pledges retaliation for US service member deaths

December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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Sports Talk Early Basketball Season Insights

December 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM

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Sports Talk in the studio tonight!
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December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM

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Schwarber signs 5-year deal with Philadelphia

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber is going back to Philadelphia. Multiple outlets reported on Tuesday that Schwarber had agreed to a $150 million, five-year contract with the Phillies. ESPN was the ...

December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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$12B aid package for farmers hit hard by trade war with China

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package on Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the pres...

December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida can be released, judge rules

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday gave the Justice Department permission to release transcripts of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of underage girls in Florida — a...

December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing is postponed because he’s sick

NEW YORK (AP) — A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said. The hearin...

December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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$6.25 billion donated to ‘Trump Accounts’

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children create...

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December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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Trump says he’ll release MRI results; he doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” the president sa...

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December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM

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Two injured in crash with deer on West Fourth Street

The woman driving this Ford Escape and a male passenger were both treated at UPMC Williamsport for injuries they suffered when their car struck and killed a deer on West Fourth Street, just east of th...

Best Sports Movies of All Time

December 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM

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November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM

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Immigrant with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is detained by ICE

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on her way to pick ...

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November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM

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Joint Base Andrews Golf Course improvements for “very little money”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews — adding a site long known as the “president’s go...

November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM

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President signs legislation to release “Epstein hoax” files

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his ...

November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM

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Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remar...

Sports Talk-Fall Sports Wrap Up

November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM

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The sports guys were busy in the studio this evening. #hssports #sportstalk
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November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the form...

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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wego...

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November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM

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President to speak to business leaders

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump is in Miami on Wednesday — the anniversary of his reelection to a second term — to speak to a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as hi...

November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM

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Voters decline to retain Lycoming County Judge Nancy Butts

Voters declined to retain long-time Lycoming County President Judge Nancy Butts during Tuesday night’s election, according to unofficial vote totals posted to the state election returns website. Butts...

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November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM

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Judges order administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergenc...