PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s president moved to assure the public on Friday that critical ports at both ends of the Panama ...

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using.

POTTSTOWN — Pottstown Beacon of Hope has been awarded a $1,500,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh to ...

Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump Thursday to separate funding for the Homeland Security Department ...

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This week we talk with Ramona “Ra” Leap, Co-owner of One Spark Fitness in Phoenixville, with her sister, Jolie Martinez, who we recently profiled in a My Fitness Journey Q&A.

Elsewhere on Thursday, Phoenixville boys basketball concluded a 10-0 PAC Frontier schedule, Phoenixville swimming swept Upper ...

ROYERSFORD — With a unanimous vote Thursday, the Spring-Ford Area School District Board of School Directors appointed Dr. Jay Burkhart as Spring-Ford’s new Superintendent of Schools. This appointment ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine waited for signs on Friday that Russia is abiding by a commitment that U.S. President Donald Trump said it made to temporarily halt attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, as ...

The first 7 Brew in Berks opened in October 2023 at the Spring Market Shopping Center, 3582 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring. When it opened in 2023, it was Pennsylvania’s first 7 Brew. In August 2025, a ...

An East Greenville man, a member of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, was ordered to stand trial on charges he conspired ...

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