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Mack Trucks is recalling more than 20,000 of its vehicles across the country, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The company is recalling certain model year 2012-15 Granite (GU), Pinnacle (CHU, CXU), TerraPro (LEU, MRU), and Titan (TD) and model...

When it comes to being healthy, Chester County residents take the cake — or perhaps, the carrot, since they tend to be more health-conscious than their fellow PennsylvaniansA new ranking released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute...

VILLANOVA — Riding momentum from his first primary win in his home state of Ohio, John Kasich today brought his campaign to Villanova University in the Philadelphia suburbs.It's an area of the state filled with the moderate Republican and Democratic voters Kasich's backers say he would appeal to...

BETHLEHEM -- Joe Pearl is a little rattled over what his neighbor is keeping next door.There are dozens of milk, rat, king and other non-venomous snakes being raised in the basement of 125 E. Third St. and mice to feed them. The smell coming from the property strikes Pearl as not fitting next in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is suggesting that he may sign at least part of Republican lawmakers' spending legislation that could arrive on his desk by the day's end.Wolf for a second day Wednesday wouldn't say whether he'd sign or veto a $6 billion spending bill. It's designed...

NAZARETH — Nazareth teachers, working without a contract since August, plan to strike Friday after the district failed to accept their latest offer for an agreement.In a brief news release, union President Adele Mitch said educators wanted to make sure parents had time to make whatever arrangements...

TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday tried to refocus his attention on New Jersey amid criticism for his decision to skip the funeral of a state trooper to campaign for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, who also took a swipe at Christie for the amount of time he spent...

Easton Area School District officials released a draft policy Tuesday that would allow for searches of students' lockers, automobiles, electronic devices, purses, backpacks and clothing. The district has been working with solicitor John Freund for several months to create an updated search policy....

Pennsylvania's U.S. senators have touted an amicable, bipartisan relationship in recent years when it comes to choosing and advancing nominees for the federal bench. But now Republican Sen. Pat Toomey say that process has broken down, blasting the White House for what he describes as a "partisan,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For anti-Trump Republicans, and there are plenty of them, the pressing question a day after the latest round of primaries is: What do we do now? A guide to what to watch for on Wednesday, after contests in five big states pushed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton closer to their...