Health | Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company By Tribune News Service April 17, 2024 at 2:16 p.m. The panel voted almost unanimously that the benefits of the device outweigh its risks.
Health | FDA announces recall of heart pumps linked to deaths and injuries By Tribune News Service April 17, 2024 at 2:13 p.m. The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems with the HeartMate II...
National Politics | Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights By Associated Press April 17, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormones...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | Philadelphia man sentenced for road rage shooting on Whitemarsh highway By Carl Hessler Jr. April 17, 2024 at 1:39 p.m. A Philadelphia man faces up to four years of court supervision for firing a gun...
Man charged in transport of Masters golf tournament memorabilia taken from Augusta National By Associated Press April 17, 2024 at 2:02 p.m. A man has been charged in federal court in Illinois in the transport of millions...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Four men arrested following investigation into sexual abuse of 12-year-old boy in Upper Gwynedd By Keith Heffintrayer April 17, 2024 at 12:33 p.m. As the investigation unfolded, police said they conducted a forensic download of the boy’s phone...
House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job By Associated Press April 17, 2024 at 2:14 p.m. House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead toward a vote later this week on a...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Local News | West Reading chocolate factory explosion: Federal judge orders Pa. Public Utilities Commission to turn over inspection reports to federal investigators By David Mekeel April 17, 2024 at 2:19 p.m. The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission and National Transportation Safety Board had been at odds over...
National News | Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll By Associated Press April 17, 2024 at 11:47 a.m. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more likely...
UN appeals for $2.8 billion to help 3 million Palestinians in desperate need of food and other aid By Associated Press April 17, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. The UN stressed that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but...