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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left. Jim Prokopiak’s election to the Bucks County seat will give Democrats a 102-100 majority in the House, which they have …

After undergoing a medical procedure, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from the hospital and resumed the responsibilities that he had delegated to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Austin was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Sunday afternoon following symptoms of an “emergent bladder issue,” according to the Pentagon. He underwent what …

One person died and at least five others were injured after a vehicle crashed into a medical center in Austin, Texas, officials said Tuesday. The vehicle crashed into the emergency room at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services posted on social media. Austin’s EMS Chief Robert Luckritz said at a Tuesday evening briefing that officials …