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Hiroshima Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Aging Survivors Worry About Growing Nuke Threat
The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more.
AP
August 6, 2025
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Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered
Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found.
Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News
August 5, 2025
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Machine Malfunctions Rarely Get in the Way of Voting, Pennsylvania Reports Show
Counties with traveling technicians can get problems at polling sites fixed quickly.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
August 5, 2025
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FACT FOCUS: Trump Says He’s Cut Drug Prices by up to 1,500%. That’s Not Possible
Cutting drug prices by more than 100% would theoretically mean that people are being paid to take medications.
AP
August 4, 2025
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Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
Caroline Craig
August 4, 2025
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DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
Jonathan Shorman, Stateline
August 4, 2025
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‘They Roll Right Over’: Many Democrats Call Their Party Weak and Ineffective, AP-NORC Poll Finds
About 15% described it using words like “weak,” or “apathetic,” while an additional 10% believe it is broadly “ineffective” or “disorganized.”
AP
August 3, 2025
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New Pennsylvania Project Opens Office in Bensalem, Its First in Bucks County
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
Naomi Weiss
August 2, 2025
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After Being Defunded by Congress, Targeted by Trump
The closure is expected to have a profound impact on the journalistic and cultural landscape — in particular, public radio and TV stations in small communities across the United States.
AP
August 1, 2025
AARP Co-Hosts Free Document Shredding Event April 11 in Bristol
Melinda Rizzo
April 5, 2026
“This event offers Bucks County residents a safe, convenient way to dispose of sensitive documents and take a meaningful step toward safeguarding their personal information,” said AARP Pennsylvania’s Yocasta Lora.
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