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New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.

In today's On the News segment: Scranton, Pennsylvania's mayor cuts police and firefighter pay to minimum wage, record-breaking heat wave can no longer be dismissed as “just summer,” corporations …

President Barack Obama Monday urged Congress to extend for one year Bush-era tax cuts for anyone earning less than $250,000—a plan that reinforces already sharply-drawn battle lines between and …

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Sunday ordered the countryu2019s dissolved parliament back in session in his first public challenge of the ruling military council that some consider an extension of …

When policy makers in Washington worry about Mexico these days, they think in terms of a handful of numbers: Mexicou2019s 19,500 hectares devoted to poppy cultivation for heroin; its …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, investigates employers, requiring I-9 audits to determine whether workers have the correct papers to work in the U.S. The agency tells …

Two years after the Supreme Courtu2019s Citizens United decision opened the door for corporate spending on elections, relatively little money has flowed from company treasuries into u201csuper PACs,u201d which …

While the national climate debate is fixed on whether Earth is warming, climate scientists are focused on understanding how bad it will be.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1900 members claim the failure to restore power outages is due to chronic understaffing and Pepcou2019s shift from hiring union utility workers …

Libyans voted on Saturday in their first election in more than 40 years, in some places braving sporadic gunfire and threats of violence in their determination to conceive a …