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Spring Cove School Board OKs resignation

ROARING SPRING — The Spring Cove School Board is currently looking for a new member after Kevin Smith resigned due to ongoing issues with someone else on the board. At Monday’s meeting, the board voted 7 to 1 to approve member Smith’s resignation, with all members voting in favor ...

Altoona Police Department targets e-bike safety

Accidents between the new motorized/electric bikes and larger vehicles have been ticking up in recent months and that has Altoona police on a campaign to educate riders and, when necessary, issue fines. Safety — for the bike riders who are often teenagers and for the general public — is ...

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Nation Pennsylvania Sheeran speaks on Gaza at concert PHILADELPHIA — Ed Sheeran opened a concert Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Sheeran began the concert alone on stage with no opener, but was joined by other musicians later in the show. District of Columbia Trump, Mamdani to meet during UN visit WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump ...

Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ on show ahead of auction

LONDON — Revenge has rarely been so stylish. A striking black dress worn by the late Princess Diana on the day her estranged husband publicly admitted adultery is going up for auction at Sotheby’s, with a presale estimate of up to $300,000. First, the “revenge dress,” as it has ...

Truck driver’s NYC model makes it to a museum

NEW YORK — For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show off the sprawling basement creation — encompassing over ...

Trump: High fuel ‘price to pay’ for war

EDINBURG, Texas — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn’t require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?” asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. “Is it ...