10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (327+ words) Some 15 to 20 people per 100,000 Bucks County residents, and 12 to 18 per 100,000 in Montgomery County, make up the current weekly number of new COVID-19 cases in each county, according to the Pennsylvania Health Department, calling the rates “significantly above” the statewide average…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (421+ words) By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ALI SWENSON The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections and as affordability has become a central issue for…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (595+ words) NORTH WALES — Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis visited North Wales Elementary School to highlight a new requirement for recess in elementary schools. The state’s 2026-27 education budget established a requirement that all Pennsylvania students in kindergarten through grade…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (297+ words) As the Pennsylvania Health Department reported 540 measles cases across 36 counties, schools across Bucks and Montgomery counties issued protocols for protection against the highly contagious virus that has killed two people since the outbreak began in April. Among the district is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (780+ words) I inherited a “fat gene” from my mother. She was maybe 5’4” or 5’5”. When she got married in 1943, she weighed 103 pounds. When she died in 1990, she weighed over 300 pounds. Her younger brother was in ROTC in college, so he couldn’t have…...