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2020

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What now? Slumping Steelers searching for answers
Sports · Wire

What now? Slumping Steelers searching for answers

· December 22, 2020

PITTSBURGH Mike Tomlin, to borrow a phrase, trusts the process. So does Ben Roethlisberger and everyone else on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Our View: Death stats underscore how devastating COVID-19 could still be
Opinion · Wire

Our View: Death stats underscore how devastating COVID-19 could still be

· December 22, 2020

There have been many comparisons between this year s coronavirus outbreak and its infamous historical predecessor, the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.

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Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water

· December 22, 2020
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Chiefs lead AP Pro32 poll; Bills at No. 2, Packers at No. 3

· December 22, 2020
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Israel heads to new elections as government collapses

· December 22, 2020
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
Sports · Wire

Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping

· December 22, 2020

WASHINGTON A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t

Times Leader P.M. Update: Tuesday, Dec. 22
Local

Times Leader P.M. Update: Tuesday, Dec. 22

· December 22, 2020

Kevin Carroll is here with your P.M. Update previewing Wednesday s stories: Looking to attend Christmas church services? Better plan ahead if you want to get in. That, plus holiday table settings, NBA

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EU-UK leaders seek way out of Brexit trade impasse

· December 22, 2020
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US population growth smallest in at least 120 years

· December 22, 2020
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Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary

· December 22, 2020
‘Pull out the best stuff, the family heirlooms’
Features

‘Pull out the best stuff, the family heirlooms’

· December 22, 2020

Maybe Aunt Ethel and Uncle Fred will be admiring your golden brown, fresh-roasted turkey via Zoom.

H.S. Sports: PIAA reduces the required number of practices needed for all winter sports
Sports

H.S. Sports: PIAA reduces the required number of practices needed for all winter sports

· December 22, 2020

The PIAA Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the minimum number of practices for winter sports before holding a competition.

Your view: Animals are not meant to be used by fashion industry
Letters

Your view: Animals are not meant to be used by fashion industry

· December 22, 2020

Animals are not born to be our handbags, coats, shoes, and furniture. They are sentient beings with the ability to feel pain, fear and death just like humans. They are poisoned, inhumanely trapped, pa

Jay Ambrose: Russia’s cyberattack no small thing
Op-Ed

Jay Ambrose: Russia’s cyberattack no small thing

· December 22, 2020

This is the 21st century, so far a frightening age, and we ve just had an act of modernistic war, a hacking attack through which Russia now knows gobs about our government, such as useful details abou

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South Carolina governor tests positive for the coronavirus

· December 22, 2020
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Stocks drift after stimulus deal as virus worries still loom

· December 22, 2020
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AP source: Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis

· December 22, 2020
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NWHL semifinals, final to air live on NBCSN in February

· December 22, 2020
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Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff

· December 22, 2020
Holidays come early for Wilkes, King’s hockey
Sports

Holidays come early for Wilkes, King’s hockey

· December 22, 2020

It has been a long couple weeks for area college ice hockey players since the Middle Atlantic Conference announced that the fate of the 2021 season was going to be left up to the United Collegiate Hoc