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President Biden invoked a Cold War-era law in a surprising move Friday to pour taxpayer funds into domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, an alternative to gas-powered residential furnaces. In a joint announcement with the White House, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the federal government would award a "historic" $169 million for nine projects across 15 sites nationwide in an effort to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing. The significant level of funding was made possible after Biden utilized the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of green energy technologies. Under the actions announced Friday, the DOE...

<p>On Saturday July 8, Sterling Miller Jr. was at his usual spot, under a tree near the intersection of West Market Street and Richland Avenue, west of York, holding a cardboard sign that asked those stopped at the traffic light to contribute to his sustenance.</p>

York County didn't qualify to receive low-interest loans to help residents and businesses impacted by severe weather earlier this month. The announcement came after a federal survey team from the U.S. Small Business Administration visited the county this week to assess damage caused by tornadoes and severe storms on Aug. 7. The SBA didn't say why York County didn't qualify for assistance. The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down – one in Manheim Township and the other in East Hopewell Township. Thousands of people were without power for up to a week. Some families said it will take...

The Duchess of York met with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 even though he was still under house arrest for having sex with underage girls, files obtained by DailyMail.com indicate. The pedophile's private calendars from March that year reveal that he would make room in his schedule for Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew. At the time Epstein still had five months of house arrest left for admitting to soliciting a minor for prostitution, an offense for which he served a 13-month jail sentence and was labeled a registered sex offender. Epstein told his assistant: 'Duchess anytime.' .....

But the one-semester class has gone full-time because of “strong demand from students to make this a year-long course,” Peng said. Peng’s course has been such a hit that state lawmakers are considering making it mandatory, statewide. What grabbed Peng’s eye in 2021 was an editorial in the school paper written by Anisha Singhal, who asked, “Calculus Before Checkbooks?” When Peng introduced the class in 2022, it was so popular that even Singhal ended up on a waitlist to get in. The class covers mortgages, tax returns, student loans, and more. Singhal said that “If there was an empty seat...

The Church of England’s Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, responded to pressure to answer whether homosexuality and same-sex marriage are sinful by saying the CofE's new stance on the issue is that it's OK, as long as couples are in "committed, stable, faithful relationships," adding that same-sex married couples will be "welcomed fully into the life of the Church, on their terms."This comes on the heels of the denomination’s recent decision not to officiate same-sex marriages but to offer blessings for same-sex couples in civil partnerships within its churches.BBC Radio Four’s William Crawley asked the archbishop whether the CofE’s recent...

Twenty days out from the general election, Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina took Democrats and the media to task for trying to sweep an incident, in which Democrat U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman held an innocent black jogger at gunpoint, under the rug. "I can't even believe it," Scott said during a town hall hosted by Sean Hannity in York, Pennsylvania, that was broadcast on Fox News Channel. "A person puts a shotgun in a man's chest — an innocent man," Scott noted. "Imagine it being a white Republican putting a shotgun in the chest of a black...

Dr Jane Kershaw from Oxford University, who is leading the dig, said it may have been used by the famous commander Halfdan to launch attacks on the Picts.A number of objects have been found there over the years, using metal detectors, such as lead gaming pieces and copper coins known as stycas.'Incredible finds'Volunteers are also working at the field, which Dr Kershaw believes could have been home to a "town of tents" in the 9th Century."They found some incredible finds that can really only belong to the Viking Great Army and their activities in the 870s ," Dr Kershaw told...

Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in Wyoming's much-watched Republican House primary. Hageman, who will surely trounce token Democratic opposition in the general election, is now getting ready to take office. She was in Washington this week — not for that preparation but to argue in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over its disastrous actions causing the Gold King Mine disaster in Colorado in 2015. That's the kind of thing she does in her life as a lawyer. While in Washington, Hageman sat down with me to record an...

York officials on Friday said police officer Clayton Swartz will receive an $82,000 settlement after agreeing not to return to work for the city. In 2020, Swartz was accused of reenacting the death of George Floyd during a party. A police department trial board found him not guilty and he was never charged with a crime. However, the city planned to take the case to Commonwealth Court before recently concluding the trial, scheduled to start next week, would cost the city more than $250,000, according to a news release. In the news release, Mayor Michael Helfrich said, “I stood my...

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Elections often have consequences, something Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Jones (R-York) is experiencing after the May 17 primary. Jones defied the Republican establishment by endorsing two Republican challengers who ultimately defeated longtime incumbents Stan Saylor and Keith Gillespie in the primary. Jones endorsed competitors Joseph D’Orsie and Wendy Fink at York’s Round the Clock Diner a week before the May primary. “When York Couty needed them the most, Stan Saylor and Keith Gillespie were sitting at home,” Jones said at the time by claiming Saylor and Gillespie didn’t stand up to COVID-19 rules and shutdowns. “They’re my friends. I tried...

Bill Clinton used to say that all elections are about the future. It's true. Voters want to know what candidates will do in office -- how they will fix problems -- and if they can be trusted to handle the unexpected developments the future brings. But now, in Washington, we have significant elements of both major parties obsessed with the past. One party wants to make the upcoming midterm elections about the 2020 presidential election, and the other party wants to make the elections about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. It's a crazy situation. Start with the Democrats, the party...

For the last year, we've heard one commentator after another tell us that American democracy is in crisis. The source of that crisis, we are told, is a hard core of the Republican Party that believes the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and that Joe Biden, therefore, is not a legitimate president. It's true that a significant number of Americans do not accept the results of the election. But is that something new, as the Trump-focused analyses would have us believe? No, it is not. Yes, these days, it is Republicans who doubt the results of a presidential...

For the second year in a row, the city of York’s annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade has been canceled for 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of volunteers. Organizers said in a press release that “while COVID-19 is the main reason we have decided to cancel the upcoming parade, the underlying problem of not having enough people to assist with putting it on was a major factor.” “For years, a small group of devoted residents have brought the parade, and numerous corresponding events, to fruition on a shoestring budget,” the statement read. “Unfortunately, a small group...

York’s New Year’s Eve White Rose Drop and the city’s New Year’s Eve Children’s Balloon Drop have been canceled, York Mayor Michael Helfrich announced on Friday. City officials said they are canceling large city-sponsored public events due to the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 caseloads, and York and Memorial hospitals being near or above 100% capacity. “While we know that these events are community favorites, these events have the potential of bringing very large crowds together to celebrate, exacerbating this fourth surge of COVID-19,” city officials said in a news release. “High inpatient volumes create delays in the start of...

A Pennsylvania elementary school teacher has been arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot district officials because janitors removed a plastic barrier he set up in his classroom to protect against the spread of COVID-19, reports say. Chad Gerrick, an educator at Sinking Springs Elementary School in York, is now charged with one misdemeanor count of terroristic threats, according to Fox43. Last Friday, a cafeteria worker said she heard Gerrick threaten to “shoot all them f—–s” at the district’s administrative offices, the station reported, citing a criminal complaint affidavit filed by Northern York County Regional Police.

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — The York County Republican Party has voted to censure South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham following his votes concerning the American Jobs Plan in July and August. In the resolution, the York County Republican Party claims Graham violated "most basic tenants" of the South Carolina Republican Party with his votes, claiming it "opened the door for the budget resolution which could reshape the American economy and expand the Government’s control over many areas of people’s lives in a way that will have lasting effects."

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting at a crowded York County park on Monday night. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. near the basketball courts at Cousler Park on Church Road in Manchester Township. Northern York County Regional Police said one victim, who had been shot at least once in the torso, was taken to the hospital, where he died. A second victim showed up in a private vehicle. Police said he had a non-life-threatening wound to his leg. Investigators said it appeared the victims were targeted.

York County commissioners cited a few factors contributing to ballot shortages at several of the county’s polling places in Tuesday’s primary election. They pointed to high voter turnout, especially among Republicans. Some voters surrendered their mail-in ballot to vote in-person on Tuesday. County officials said Wednesday they intend to take a deep dive to find what led to the shortage that left voters standing in lines waiting for more ballots to arrive. But as York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler said, “What happened yesterday was unacceptable and we need to put measures in place to fix it.” York County wasn’t...