WJAC • October 8, 2021

Mo-Valley prison to reopen as federal immigrant detention center, commissioners say

Clearfield County took public comment and voted on allowing an area prison to operate as an immigrant detention center. Clearfield County commissioners approved a five-year agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and the privately-run GEO group to operate Moshannon Valley Correctional Center as an immigrant detention center.

WJAC • October 8, 2021

Parents in Bald Eagle school district react to reversal of mask-wearing policy

School districts are struggling with how to enforce mask mandates while keeping their buildings open for in-person learning. Douglas Braff spoke with some concerned Bald Eagle parents where the district announced a tightening of the policy.

WJAC • October 6, 2021

Mobile agriculture lab teaches Wingate kids about farming

Agriculture is vital to Pennsylvania's economy and to this region. That's why teachers say it's important to teach children from a young age about farming and agricultural science. The Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab does just that. At Wingate Elementary, the 40-foot mobile lab is parked just outside the classrooms. On Tuesday, children shuffle in for about 20 minutes to learn about agriculture through wall decorations hung all throughout the lab about various types of food and livestock.

WJAC • October 2, 2021

PSU-Indiana game brings good times for State College community, businesses

Going into Saturday night's game against Indiana University, Penn State's football team is undefeated, and Nittany Lions fans flocked to State College for the hotly anticipated game. And with this came soaring sales for local businesses.

Sara A. Carter • January 25, 2021

Twitter launches Birdwatch, an initiative to combat 'misleading information'

Twitter on Monday launched a new “community-driven” initiative to combat “misleading information” called Birdwatch, and the website is asking for volunteers.

Sara A. Carter • January 20, 2021

Bernie Sanders' inauguration look is getting memed

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is getting memed for his overall dressed-down look at President Joe Biden‘s inauguration Wednesday.

Sara A. Carter • January 15, 2021

Up to 25,000 National Guard troops to be in D.C. on Inauguration Day

Following last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, at least 25,000 National Guard troops will be in the nation’s capital for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next Wednesday to bolster security, the National Guard Bureau (NBG) confirmed on Friday.

Sara A. Carter • January 13, 2021

House votes to impeach Trump, making him first president to be impeached twice

The U.S. House of Representatives have voted 232-197 in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump on the single charge of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for “willful incitement of insurrection” regarding last week’s deadly pro-Trump Capitol riot. There were five no-votes.

Sara A. Carter • December 4, 2020

House passes landmark bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to pass a historic bill that would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level if the U.S. Senate and the president approve it too.

Sara A. Carter • November 24, 2020

Mattis wants Biden to cease Trump's 'America First' policy

Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wrote a Monday op-ed in Foreign Affairs in which he urges President-elect Joe Biden to ditch President Donald Trump‘s “America First” policy when it comes to his national security plan, saying that “the world is not getting safer, for the United States or for U.S. interests.”

Sara A. Carter • November 18, 2020

Gov. Newsom apologizes for attending guideline-breaking party, says it was a 'bad mistake'

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has apologized for attending a 12-person birthday party, which went against his own coronavirus guidelines, after accusations of being a hypocrite.

Sara A. Carter • November 18, 2020

Pelosi is re-nominated for speaker by House Democrats

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was renominated for her position of Speaker of the House of Representatives by the members of the House Democrats on Wednesday after running unopposed, paving the way for a fourth two-year term in the role and securing her another term as the leader of the Democrats in the House.

Sara A. Carter • November 13, 2020

Pro-Trump protesters assemble in DC ahead of march demanding investigation into election fraud allegations

Washington, DC — The aftermath from the 2020 election protests is apparent along the boarded storefronts that line the streets and avenues of the nation’s capital. Even as one man named Ricardo begins to take down the wood off the windows...

Sara A. Carter • November 5, 2020

PA's head of elections: 'We're coming in the home stretch here'

Pennsylvania’s chief election official has suggested that the “overwhelming majority of ballots” have already been counted but that more need to be tallied in order to get a clearer sense of who the winner in the state is.

Sara A. Carter • November 4, 2020

Election 2020 Statewide Referendums: marijuana, mushrooms, wages, state flags, and more

Let’s look over the most significant state ballot measures successfully approved by voters in this election.

Sara A. Carter • November 3, 2020

Election Day 2020: Polling sites in Manhattan not very crowded

I had the opportunity on Election Day to explore Manhattan and visit some of its polling sites. The lines were nonexistent, I found.

Sara A. Carter • November 3, 2020

Election Day 2020: What are we seeing from make or break states?

Let’s go over what will make this election challenging to operate and quickly get the results of as well as which swing states, as of the final polls, will likely have the closest marg

Sara A. Carter • October 29, 2020

Sec. Pompeo condemns arrest of three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, calls for their release

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday morning condemned the arrest of three student pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong by its police force and called for their release in an official press statement.

Sara A. Carter • October 28, 2020

DOJ charges 8 individuals for allegedly 'threatening' Chinese citizens in the U.S. to return to China

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday unsealed a complaint and arrest warrants charging eight individuals with conspiring to act as “illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)” in an “international campaign to threaten, harass, surveil, and intimidate” Chinese citizens residing in the United States to return to China.

Sara A. Carter • October 27, 2020

Bulgaria, N. Macedonia, Kosovo sign 5G security agreements with U.S.

Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Kosovo have all declared in agreements with the United States that say they’ll aim to safeguard their developing 5G wireless networks from Chinese-government influence, welcoming them into what the U.S. calls its “Clean Network” initiative.