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Demonstrators march during a protest against Cornell University's handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

Crowd of students protests Cornell’s response to gang rape complaint

October 6, 2026 at 6:24 a.m.

Cornell’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken overnight as student groups planned a protest Monday over the university’s handling of the alleged 2024...

Glenwood Pysher III, watches as pallbearers carry a casket containing the remains of his son Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV who was killed by police, in Pottstown, Pa., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student

September 1, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student that had ended up at the wrong house late at night and was waiting for friends to pick him...

FILE – Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

February 2, 2026 at 8:34 a.m.

Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what’s already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United...

Peeps marshmallow treats move through the manufacturing process at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pa., Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Inside the factory where Peeps are made

April 17, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

How many Peeps are made each year? On average, about 5.5 million are made each day.

Woodstock Willie is held by his owner Mark Szafran while Groundhog Day actor Stephen Tobolowsky, left, looks on after reading the prognostication that the groundhog did not see his shadow and spring will come early this year in Woodstock Square at Groundhog Days on Feb. 2, 2025, in Woodstock. Woodstock Willie is just 8 months old. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

February 2, 2025 at 1:44 p.m.

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and is predicting six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced Sunday from Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania.

Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports

October 1, 2024 at 5:38 p.m.

With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper hand in their standoff with...

Wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests on the container ship Dali, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

An alternate channel is being prepared for essential vessels at Baltimore bridge collapse site

April 1, 2024 at 8:26 a.m.

The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing a temporary, alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening...

Coach Ekkapol Janthawong, center, and members of the rescued soccer team attend a Buddhist ceremony that is believed to extend the lives of its attendees as well as ridding them of dangers and misfortunes in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, July 19, 2018.

After returning to families, rescued Thai soccer boys pray for protection at temple

August 22, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

The Thai soccer boys and their coach began their first day back home with their families since they were rescued from a flooded cave with a trip to a Buddhist...

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