Michael Rubinkam

Associated Press

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September 5, 2025

The west front of the Capitol, Washington, Sept. 11, 2025.

Unemployment, Inflation, GDP Growth to Be Worse than Projected, Budget Office Says

September 15, 2025

A Mexican flag hangs at the National Palace, where a portrait of former Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hangs, as President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers her first state-of-the-nation address in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.

Mexico Proposes New Import Taxes on 1,400 Products to Boost National Production

September 12, 2025

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Metalworking Machinery Orders Up More than 20% in July

September 11, 2025

Capacity Planning: 10 Essential Steps for Manufacturers

Capacity Planning: 10 Essential Steps for Manufacturers

When demand spikes, some manufacturers end up scrambling. Others handle the surge without breaking a sweat.

September 10, 2025

'Ghost guns' are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco, Nov. 27, 2019.

2 Top U.S. Gun Part Makers Agree to Temporarily Halt Sales in Philadelphia

The companies are accused of making and selling untraceable, self-manufactured weapons commonly known as "ghost guns."

April 12, 2024

This is the Keystone Generating Station in Shelocta, Pa., on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

Pennsylvania's Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases, Boost Renewables in Big Energy Producer

It is drawing fierce opposition.

March 14, 2024

Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., March 25, 2023.

Gas Leaked from Bad Fitting in Chocolate Factory Explosion

One of two leaks at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant was traced to a gas fitting installed more than 40 years ago.

July 18, 2023

Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., March 25, 2023.

Workers: 'Rotten Egg' Smell Before Chocolate Factory Blast

A preliminary investigation confirmed earlier reports of a natural gas odor at the R.M. Palmer plant.

May 3, 2023

A drilling rig is seen on Oct. 14, 2011, in Springville, Pa.

Public Utility to Pipe Water to Residents of 'Gasland' Town

They haven't had a clean, reliable supply of drinking water for 14 years.

November 23, 2022

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Turkey Farm Workers Charged with Cruelty Caught on Video

They worked at one of the nation's leading turkey producers.

October 6, 2022

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, at podium, speaks during a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Shapiro filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia.

Pipeline Developer Charged Over Systematic Contamination

The spill contaminated wetlands, a stream and part of a 535-acre lake.

October 6, 2021

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Contract Tracing Breach Exposed Private Info for 72,000

Workers “disregarded security protocols."

April 30, 2021

A stay-at-home order in response to the new coronavirus has meant little traffic on Pittsburgh's busiest streets, as seen with this sparse assortment of cars on the Parkway North during rush hour on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Pittsburgh.

Pa. to Seize Medical Supplies

Officials will be permitted to commandeer N95 face masks, ventilators and other crucial medical equipment.

April 9, 2020

Chad Butters, founder of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, poses for a photo at their facility in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. Butters, who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer, has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.

Distilleries Are Making Hand Sanitizer

Production lines are being converted to make alcohol-based disinfectant.

March 17, 2020

This Feb. 4, 2018, file photo shows Ray Kemble speaking with reporters outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa. Houston-based Cabot Oil Gas Corp pulled out of settlement talks aimed at resolving its $5 million lawsuit against Kemble whose drinking water was contaminated and who has spent years bashing the energy industry. Cabot says it pulled out of a settlement conference scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2020, because there has been no progress in talks.

Gas Driller Pulls Out of Talks

His drinking water was contaminated and he has spent years bashing the energy industry.

March 6, 2020

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Pipeline Company Fined $30M, Resumes Construction

Energy Transfer violated numerous regulations during construction of the Revolution pipeline in western Pennsylvania.

January 6, 2020

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PA to Study Fracking Health Impacts

Pennsylvania's governor is taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state.

November 22, 2019

This file photo from July 14, 2010 shows smoke pouring from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. A fire at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline Monday, June 17, 2019. It triggered a health warning as officials monitored the air around the plant for signs of a release of toxic sulfur dioxide. It was the second fire since December at the coke works, the largest facility of its kind in the United States. The plant turns coal into coke, one of the raw materials of steel.

2nd Fire at Steel Plant

The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours.

June 18, 2019