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What’s Up, NEPA? — Week of Monday, Feb. 02, 2026

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FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

US applications for jobless benefits jump by 22,000 to 231,000 last...

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Performers take the stage at the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday in Milan. Susana Vera | AP photo, pool

Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony

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Dumba scores hat trick as WBS Penguins outlast Phantoms

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Local roundup: Wilkes wrestling continues dual streak with win over King’s

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Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba talks to media this week ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl. Smith-Njigba broke franchise records for receiving yards (1,793) and receptions (119) and was named AP Offensive Player of the Year. Brynn Anderson | AP photo

How will the Seahawks win: Top NFL receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba

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Mike Vrabel has authored one of the biggest turnarounds in NFL history as the first-year coach looks to lead the Patriots to a title just one season after they lost 13 games. Charlie Riedel | AP photo

How the Patriots will win: Vrabel’s leadership, underrated offense

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Trader Joel Lucchese, right, and colleagues wear ‘DOW 50,000’ caps on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow Jones Industrial Average intra-day number topped the 50,000 level for the first time on Friday. AP Photo

US stocks soar to their best day since May as the...

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Former President Barack Obama talks with then President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump reads the funeral program before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 9, 2025. AP File Photo

Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White...

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Remember When: ‘Long Johns’ used to be neat to eat

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Medallic artist Eric David Custer at his workstation, showing his design for the tails side of the semiquincentennial dime on a computer screen. Asha Prihar | For Spotlight PA

Creating art for US coins is tricky. These Pa. artists have...

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Sonny Jurgensen looks to pass against the Giants during a game in 1974, his final NFL season. A Washington legend who began his career with Philadelphia, Jurgensen has died at age 91. AP file photo

Sonny Jurgensen, the strong-arm QB whose personality made him a beloved...

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FILE - Bitcoin tokens are seen on April 3, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File

Bitcoin price falls below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below...

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FILE - A SpaceX logo is displayed on a building, May 26, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File

Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them...

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Board Vice President Bill Rigotti and Treasurer Michael Dougherty are shown at the 2025 “Show Must Go On” fundraiser at the Valley Country Club in Sugarloaf. The Pennsylvania Theater of Performing Arts will present the fundraiser again this year, on Saturday, Feb. 21. Submitted Photo

PTPA announces season lineup

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Shown from left are Anne Bray, 2026 Co-Chair, Nick D’Alberto, The Honesdale National Bank Moscow Branch Manager, and Maura Farr, 2026 Co-Chair. Submitted Photo

Mini Golf Classic will benefit North Pocono Library

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Helen Zughaib will be on hand at the Sordoni Art Gallery, where her work is on display. Submitted Photo

Sordoni Art Gallery to host micro-residency with ‘Migrations’ artist Helen Zughaib

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What’s Up, NEPA? — Week of Monday, Feb. 02, 2026

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Cochling

Opinion: Affordability tops the list of state priorities for 2026

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McFadden

National Wear Red Day drives home importance of women’s heart health

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Diamonds & Coal: A history trail, frigid weather, smartphone ban, and...

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Drake Maye has led the Patriots to the Super Bowl in his second season, winning his first three playoff starts heading into Sunday against the Seahawks. Charlie Riedel | AP photo

Patriots QB Drake Maye credits his success partly to competing with...

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Team USA’s Hayley Scamurra, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring her side’s fifth goal during their opening game at the Winter Olympics on Thursday. Petr David Josek | AP photo

US women’s hockey wins as Olympics open in Italy

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Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will remain in Milwaukee for the rest of the season after the trade dealine passed on Thursday without a deal. Morry Gash | AP photo

Giannis remains with Bucks as extremely hectic trade deadline passes

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