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It certainly is on its way to become the “it” phrase of 2025: data centers. The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has fueled the rush to build data centers to crunch all the algorithmic permutations that are part and parcel to AI. And all that crunching takes a lot of ...

EDITORIAL: Don’t get ‘tick’ed off

Sunshine and warmer temperatures mean more time outside, but a pest about the size of a sesame seed can bring a halt to the summer fun and have a potentially lifelong impact. Lyme disease, transmitted by a tiny deer tick, can affect both humans and their furry friends. While ticks can ...

Republican Commissioners Nick Sherman and Electra Janis like to boast about the projects they have initiated since taking over county government in January 2024. What they fail to explain is that the funding for their spending binge came from congressional legislation designed to save local ...

When nearly half of Pennsylvania’s third-graders can’t read at grade level, we don’t have an education gap; we have an emergency. It doesn’t matter if a child lives in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia or a small town like Cecil or McDonald – if they can’t read by third grade, the odds of ...

OP-ED: In defense of pessimism

Optimism is not going to see us through these trying times. There is no reason to believe that things will suddenly get better, not when the Trump administration seeks to alter or terminate many of our most revered institutions and traditional American values. In a few brief months, the ...

Saturday marked a meaningful anniversary for one Pennsylvania family. A year ago, Bryan Hagerich was finally released from wrongful detainment in Turks and Caicos and reunited with his loved ones. Bryan was among several Americans targeted by the Turks government after accidentally having ...