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Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District Debate
Thursday, October 29th at 7pmWVIA will host a debate for PA's 8th Congressional District seat. Participants will be Incumbent Congressman Rob Bresnahan (R) and challenger Paige Cognetti (D). The debate will be broadcast live on WVIA-TV, WVIA Radio and live-streamed on WVIA.org, and the station’s YouTube channel. The moderator of the debate will be Tracey Matisak.
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We'll host political experts who will offer a local perspective on the 2026 midterm election.
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Beneath the streets of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, lies a world forgotten by time.
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Meet apprentice mechanic Aidan Morrow and see what it takes to keep a factory running. -
Jim Van Laak worked on the front lines of NASA and was a key player in establishing the ISS.
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Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, faces a severe water crisis as Houthi rebels backed by Iran tighten their encirclement. The city has struggled with water issues for over a decade, but the situation has worsened in recent weeks. -
Intense rainfall slammed the Four Corners region late this week. As rivers flooded, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues. -
The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI capabilities that officials say don't always closely adhere to the agency's own guidelines for AI, according to a congressional watchdog report published in October. -
Ohio has been a reliably red state for several elections but it's competitive this year. If Democrats want to prevail, they'll have to win people who have backed Republicans, like rural voters. -
Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback. -
This week, the White House said 290 miles of new barriers have gone up at the border since President Trump’s return to office. -
All week, we have been hearing different explanations for what is happening with Ukraine’s access to the military version of Starlink, the Pentagon-funded system used to intercept Russian attacks.
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Republicans have long accused the FBI of mishandling the laptop and the investigations into the younger Biden.
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