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President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. Biden has begun three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania in his childhood hometown of Scranton. The Democratic president is using the working class city of roughly 75,000 as the backdrop for his pitch for higher taxes on the wealthy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden uses tax-the-rich mantra in appeal to Pennsylvania’s working-class voters

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A steel worker manufactures 155 mm M795 artillery projectiles at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2023. One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can’t get enough of — and that the U.S. can’t produce fast enough. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Unprepared for long war, U.S. Army under gun to make more ammo

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure plan and his domestic agenda during a visit to the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden makes pitch for economic agenda in childhood home of Scranton

By Jeff Mordock and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Kindergartener Audry Sylvain is helped by Audrey Golosky with school work at The United Neighborhood Center in Scranton, Pa. Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. As virtual learning continues in much of northeast Pennsylvania, including the Scranton School District, families struggle with technology issues and child care and worry about children falling behind. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Non-English speakers face challenges in virtual learning

By SARAH HOFIUS HALL and The (Scranton) Times-Tribune - Associated Press

Ex-mayor of Scranton sentenced to 7 years for corruption

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President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters at the Yuma International Airport Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Bidding for Pennsylvania, Trump trolls Biden in old backyard

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

This in Jan. 28, 2019 photo, Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright departs from a funeral service for a Scranton Police patrolman at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton, Pa. Mayor Bill Courtright wrote City Council members to say he was stepping down Monday, July 1, 2019, a day before he's scheduled to appear in federal court in what prosecutors said is a corruption investigation. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Ex-mayor pleads guilty to corruption day after resignation

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

In this July 31, 2017 photo, Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright speaks to the media at Scranton City Hall in Scranton, Pa. following a grant presentation ceremony. Mayor Bill Courtright wrote City Council members to say he was stepping down Monday, July 1, 2019, a day before he's scheduled to appear in federal court in what prosecutors said is a corruption investigation. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Feds accuse Scranton ex-mayor of using office to take bribes

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia on May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Joe Biden fundraising off Donald Trump’s charge he ‘deserted’ Pennsylvania

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania dioceses outline child sex abuse victim funds

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

A statue of the late Rev. Patrick Peyton at the Saint Peter's Cathedral Prayer Garden in Scranton. The young Irish immigrant who arrived in Scranton and found work as a custodian at St. Peter's Cathedral in 1928 could not have known he was about to embark on a path that would make him one of the most influential and beloved Roman Catholic priests of the 20th century. Ninety years later, that road has led the late Rev. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., to the threshold of sainthood.(Butch Comegys/The Times &amp; Tribune via AP)

Priest with Scranton ties a step closer to sainthood

By DAVID SINGLETON and The (Scranton) Times-Tribune - Associated Press

Women in pink caps look on as a women's march of tens of thousands begins to pass Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Seattle. Women across the Pacific Northwest marched in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington and to send a message in support of women's rights and other causes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Pennsylvania priest sorry for sharing ‘fat women’ meme deriding Women’s March on Washington

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden arrive at a campaign event at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pa., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Joe Biden rips Donald Trump for putting U.S. troops at risk with Islamic State comments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton speaks to the reporters at United Nations headquarters in this March 10, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Hillary Clinton’s father’s gravestone toppled in Pennsylvania

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Explosive Nest Egg Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEPHEN MOORE: The coming pension meltdown

By Stephen Moore

An honor guard carries the casket of Pennsylvania State Trooper Cpl. Bryon Dickson from his funeral service, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Scranton, Pa. Dickson was killed on Friday night in an ambush shooting at the state police barracks in Blooming Grove Township. Authorities are looking for 31-year-old Eric Frein, of Canadensis, who has been charged with killing one trooper and wounding another outside the barracks. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Pennsylvania police: Ambush suspect probably hiding in woods

By Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Trial ordered for Pa. priest in 1998 assault case

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Boy charged in cabbie’s murder saw triple homicide

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Pennsylvania man guilty of murder in SUV body case

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Art project uses potholes for inspiration

By SARAH SCINTO - Associated Press