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Bears, beets, and bogus unemployment claims? Not even Jim Halpert — the top prankster (and, depending on who you ask, bully) on NBC's The Office...

Follow us Get news via Twitter Become a fan Join us on Facebook Subscribe Net News via RSS Entercom Renews Affiliations With Bloomberg Radio March 10, 2021 at 5:22 AM (PT) Entercom Renewal ENTERCOM has renewed its deal with KEY NETWORKS to carry BLOOMBERG RADIO reports and features on most of its 26 News-Talk stations and some of its Sports stations. ENTERCOM stations carrying BLOOMBERG reports include News WINS-A/NEW YORK; News KNX-A/LOS ANGELES; News WBBM-A-WCFS/CHICAG...

PHILADELPHIA, PA (WHYY) — Montgomery County real estate developer and GOP fundraiser Jeff Bartos, 48, is the latest candidate to join the race for Pennsylvania’s open 2022 U.S. Senate election. Bartos, a Republican, ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2018, hitching his wagon to former State Sen. Scott Wagner, a York County waste management millionaire who pitched himself as a Donald Trump-like figure. The Wagner-Bartos ticket lost badly to incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf. Scott Wagn...

Visitors to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, from left, Philip Bianco of Scranton and Terrence Howard and his wife, Nenita Howard, both of New York City, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Visible in background is the closed Cliff Street tunnel underpass that eventually will reopen for use as a pedestrian access walkway into the federal site, which also contains the Electric City Trolley Museum. JIM LOCKWOOD/STAFF PHOTO

Mar. 1—West Scranton junior Victoria Watkins won her second straight District 2 diving title, capturing the Class 3A gold medal with a personal-best score of 413.05. She was the Class 2A champion last year. Here is more from her Athlete of the Week interview: ------ Family: Father, Jimmy; mother, Julie; sisters, Jenna, Caitlin Other sports I play: Football cheerleading. My freshman year I did ...

The snowstorm is over, but dont forget about the year-long allergy suffering. Dr. Kirk Waibel, an allergist with Aspire Allergy & Sinus, told MySA.com he wasnt surprised to see San Antonio land in the Top 20 of The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Americas annual ranking of the most challenging places to live with allergies. The Alamo City came in at No. 14, dropping seven spots from its 2020 rank. It may seem like the drop in ranking is a good thing, but San Antonios overall score wasnt far fr...

Provided by Binghamton University Currently, only Pennsylvanians that fall into the commonwealth’s Phase 1a of vaccine distribution can schedule an appointment through a select group of providers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Though that includes health care workers, people who are 65 and older, and those with underlying health conditions like heart disease, the Wolf administration has for weeks blamed a supply shortage as the reason it hasn’t been able to expand the eligibility pool yet. ...

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) –– Data from last year’s census may not be ready until September, but data and legislative affairs experts say some aspects of the redistricting process can begin before then. Lawmakers questioned two panels of experts during a hearing Wednesday, aiming to find out how the once-in-a-decade process of Congressional and statehouse district map drawing will be affected by the data delay. The panels delivered some bad news: the final maps cannot be drawn until that data ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden is still getting used to...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent for Christians, will look different this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.