LHASA, China (AP) — A brisk wind ruffles yellow prayer flags as dozens of Tibetans, some on crutches, circle a shrine in a time-honored Buddhist ritual. Across the street, a red banner spells out a new belief system, one being enforced with increasing fervor, of China's ruling Communist Party.

Eight members of the Class of 2021 have received $1,000 each toward their continued education from the Team Emma Forever Scholarship.

By Michael Roknick

The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies.

When U.S. Catholic bishops convene virtually for a national meeting Wednesday, they will be divided ideologically as well as physically. They’re split over whether to press ahead with an initiative that could — at least implicitly — rebuke President Joe Biden for receiving Communion while su…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a pandemic labor crunch mean that many fewer young campers will attend, and those who do will have to observe coronavirus precautions for the second consecutive year.

Last week, I got a scam call. I can’t really say it was a scam call, because I didn’t pick it up.

You know, I almost missed it. This is the Year of the Sunflower and like most everything else in my life, I forgot all about it.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St. Louis organization that she now says had “an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past.”

By JOCELYN NOVECK

Although located at the library, the  Little Free Pantry’s offerings don’t have to be returned.

BY SEAN P. RAY

For the last 15 or so months, one of my jobs at The News has been updating our daily COVID-19 article. 

NEW YORK (AP) — Couples in the U.S. are racing to the altar in a vaccination-era wedding boom that has venues and other vendors in high demand.

By Michael Roknik 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For all the love Wawa has gotten thanks to the HBO hit TV show “Mare of Easttown,” the popular Pennsylvania convenience store chain is giving a little back.

The Governor’s STEM Team from Neshannock HIgh School was named second runner-up in the 2021 Pennsylvania Governor’s STEM Challenge.

Westminster College’s  Center for the Environment  kicks off its summer educational programming series with “Forest Therapy: Science Fact or Fiction?” at 9 a.m. Saturday at the college’s outdoor Field Station located at 937 Fayette-New Wilmington Road in New Wilmington.

•EVA MARIE FANDOZZI has been accepted to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s physician scientist training program.

It was a romance that went from the mailbox to a shoebox.

 Did you know that, on average, women live longer than men?

By Michael Roknick

No matter what side of the political fence you are on, or even if you're sitting on the fence, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that we are living in troubling times.

Whoever said "you can't take it with you" was not aware of Don Parshall and his peonies.

Birthdays are a funny thing. 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ten years after their first date, Debby Neal-Strickland put on a cream-colored lace gown and married her longtime sweetheart at their Florida church. Two days later, she put on a hospital gown and donated a kidney to Mylaen Merthe — her new husband’s ex-wife.

GROVE CITY – In what is likely to be Mercer County's first major summer festival to return post COVID, Grove City Strawberry Days Festival is fired up for its triumphant return.

NEW YORK (AP) — Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Now that it's getting safer to assemble, the Avengers are at last descending on Disneyland.

By Janelle Stecklein and Reese Gorman

HERMITAGE — At this time last year, the COVID-19 pandemic was forcing the cancellation of a growing list of summer events.

 NEW YORK (AP) — Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, federal health officials said Friday.

Memorial Day weekend traditionally has been Conneaut Lake Park’s opening, but the new ownership is now targeting July 4 weekend instead with one of its nostalgic rides gone.