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ALMEDIA – A man stabbed his mother multiple times, killing her Wednesday afternoon at her Scott Township home, police said.James Cosper, 60, fatally stabbed Bonnie Lou Cosper, 82, at 3630 Old Berwick Road around 1 p.m.

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Story Body The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory.With international pressure for a cease-fire building, top U.S. officials were meeting with Israel’s minister for strategic affairs Tuesday at the White House in Washington.Residents reported shelling and

FRANKLIN TWP — Thousands of gallons of fuel gushed from a tanker truck after its driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed Wednesday morning.The crash closed a third-of-a-mile stretch of Route 487 from Southern Columbia High School to Hemlock Road for hours while crews cleaned up the flammable mess.Firefighters were not able to stop the spill, so instead they lined up in a

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom again.In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of war, the Taliban announced that girls were barred from

THE LERWICK Lifeboat crew has again entered the festive spirit by mapping out an outline of a Christmas tree while on a navigation exercise at sea. The crew carried out the task earlier today (Saturday) east of Quarff and Fladdabister. The crew often map out the tree outline...

A WOMAN who behaved aggressively towards police officers and staff of a Lerwick pub after being reminded she was barred from entering the premises has been fined £600. Lindsay Desvaux, of Dunrossness, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at the Thule bar on 25...

DANVILLE — Danville Area High School students will attend class on their computers today, unable to go to school in-person because of a water main break.Assistant Superintendent Jason Moser said the district first became aware of the break at about 3 p.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. Now it's parting ways with him, and throwing years of plans for its cinematic universe in disarray.Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped Majors from all future projects following the actor's conviction for assault and harassment on Monday, according to a person close to the studio

TWO MEN from the Central Belt who committed a violent assault on two people working in Shetland have avoided prison sentences - but have been ordered to pay £8,000 in compensation between them. Steven Hazel and Craig Donaldson were both given community payback orders when they...