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When the first passenger trains rolled into Mahanoy City in 1863, the town was in its infancy. The area’s population was small but growing as anthracite demand soared.

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The arresting historical vignette of Darwin’s fraught meeting with Bradlaugh and Aveling at his country retreat would doubtless make for a good TV docudrama.

When Locust Lake State Park opened in June of 1972, it cost $1.75 to rent a campsite for the night. There wasn’t a camp store at the time, and visitors would have to wait another few years for a beach...

The big news on the Supreme Court this term wasn’t that the justices were again weighing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act or that Roe

Print The big news on the Supreme Court this term wasn’t that the justices were again weighing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act or that Roe vs. Wade is in jeopardy or that religious freedom and pandemic restrictions were clashing. The big news was that Clarence Thomas was talking. That’s right. The Supreme Court justice who once went 10 full years without asking a single question at oral arguments — the justice who sits so quietly staring blankly at the ceiling that he mad...

Column: What does it mean that famously silent Justice Clarence Thomas is suddenly garrulous? Nicholas Goldberg © Provided by The LA Times Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 2020. (John Amis / Associated Press) The big news on the Supreme Court this term wasn’t that the justices were again weighing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act or that Roe vs. Wade is in jeopardy or that religious freedom and pandemic restrictions were clashing. The big news was tha...

Months talk about the importance of not being civil to another political party. ive seen politicians encourage folks to get in the face of senators. try to disrupt their meals, harass them every way you can. my point is, theres plenty of blame to go around, im not saying the president has not used political rhetoric, and i dont think hell stop. hes an unconventional president. >> political rhetoric is not the standard. youre very folksy, you have a great turn of phrase. youre a plain speaker. th...

Saying the president has not used political rhetoric, and i dont think hell stop. hes an unconventional president. >> political rhetoric is not the standard. youre very folksy, you have a great turn of phrase. youre a plain speaker. the president does something else, senator, and you know it. im not telling you anything you dont know. whether its mcconnell -- i know youre not in the leadership yet. mcconnell, ryan, quiet. ryan is leaving. he was at a rally today in wisconsin. nothing about the p...

Pre-politics career as well. it seemed to me listening to talking to people around the white house and some of his support e supporters they were getting applause from the people they wanted applause from. >> i dont know, some of the republicans on the hill i talked to immediately -- >> the white house, itself, this is the president being president, trump being trump, hes a plain speaker. >> thats how they are spinning it. is that he is just sticking up for the same kind of system that many othe...