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Norfolk Southern tops third-quarter expectations with a boost from insurance and rail sales

Oct. 22, 2024 08:28 AM EDT

Norfolk Southern's streamlined operations delivered strong earnings last quarter, even excluding boosts from insurance payouts related to the disastrous derailment in East Palestine and the sale of two rail lines. The Atlanta company recorded a $287 million gain on the sale of rail...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania on Election Day

Oct. 22, 2024 07:13 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania voters are almost sure to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature in the balance. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is the largest prize...

Harris bets her policies can attract Latino voters while Trump touts his time as president to them

Oct. 22, 2024 06:51 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump see economic policy as their best chance to win Latino voters. But their approaches are very different. In an interview with Telemundo on Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Harris plans to highlight how her agenda would create...

In hard-fought Pennsylvania, fast-growing Hispanic communities present a test for Harris and Trump

Oct. 22, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The sun was creeping over the horizon on a recent morning in Pennsylvania’s erstwhile steel country, but inside a house next to two radio towers, Victor Martinez stood with a microphone, ready to broadcast his views to thousands of Spanish-speaking listeners. ...

Mideast conflict looms over US presidential race as Harris and Trump jostle for an edge

Oct. 22, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House, with one candidate struggling to find just the right words to navigate its difficult cross-currents and the other making bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can...

The Latest: Trump and Harris make final pushes in key battleground states

Oct. 21, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states. The Republican nominee made three North Carolina stops Monday, including a visit to see...

Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in the US

Oct. 21, 2024 18:36 PM EDT

SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing unproven accusations that he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died. The Alliance for Shared Values, a New York-based group...

McDonald's agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate

Oct. 21, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race. Trump staffed the fry station at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday before answering...

CNB: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 21, 2024 16:17 PM EDT

CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) — CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) — CNB Financial Corp. (CCNE) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $14 million. The bank, based in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, said it had earnings of 61 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of...

Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats

Oct. 21, 2024 14:56 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump. It's in her Facebook feed. It's in the discomfort she observed during a question-and-answer at a recent Democratic Party...