The miners use mercury to separate gold from sediment, then dump the sludge back into rivers, where it enters fish eaten by people and dolphins. Rising global gold prices have fueled a mining boom, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Marilyn Hagerty, a North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden restaurant became a social media sensation, died Tuesday. She was 99.

In a statement sent to The Associated Press, ARB recognized the disappointment for past winners that it said was caused by the bankruptcy process — and noted that it was “committed to restoring and ...

Updates on Phillies top prospects Andrew Painter and Aidan Miller plus others ahead of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ final series of the 2025 season.

PHOENIXVILLE — The Phoenixville Area High School Marching Phantoms will host the annual Phestival of Bands, a Cavalcade of Bands competition, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Washington Field.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police on Tuesday were investigating the death of a Black college student found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University in Mississippi, stirring online rumors ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled Tuesday a stopgap spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Nov. 21, daring Democrats to block it knowing that the fallout would likely ...

What began with a proposal to honor a former resident revealed rising tensions during a recent Norristown council meeting.

Montgomery County is home to some of the most generous, nicest, kindest people that just want to help…” Hilghman said.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim in the South ...

AMBLER — Following in the fallout of Ambler Tax Collector Jennifer Stomsky’s social media comments that resulted in her resignation from her Democratic party position, leaders are now calling for her ...

Kamehameha Schools was founded by the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of King Kamehameha I. When she died in 1884, her will directed the establishment of schools that give ...