Tuesday’s Smart Talk includes conversations with two candidates for office this fall. Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District race is one of the amostly closely watched in the nation this year. That’s because Democrats think they have an opportunity...

The general election is a little more than a month away. Smart Talk‘s Election 2020 coverage begins with a conversation with Democratic candidate Dr. Gary Wegman DDS, who is running for Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District.

Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC say they have discovered antibodies that may be able prevent and treat COVID-19. The antibodies have worked in laboratory animals but human trials may not begin until early next year.

WITF-TV will air a feature length documentary Thursday night that investigates the cultural practices, beliefs and policies that impact Black girls in America’s schools. PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS underscores the challenges ...

A police officer in Lancaster shot and killed a man who was charging him with a knife Sunday afternoon. The family of the man who was killed — 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz — said he suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and had stopped taking h...

In early August, President Trump signed a memorandum allowing for the deferment of employees payroll taxes. This action was intended to “put money directly in the pockets of workers,” while Congress deliberated a new stimulus package.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others are suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency saying EPA failed to require Pennsylvania and New York to develop plans to reduce pollution in the bay under two agreements. According to CBF,

The Centers for Disease Control warn that it is likely the flu virus and COVID-19 virus will both spread this fall and winter; a worse-case scenario as the nation battles the pandemic. In the U.S., flu season typically peaks between December and Februa...

Pennsylvania’s restaurants and taverns are struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. First came stay-at-home orders in March. Then, customers could dine outdoors and eventually seating for a limited number of customers indoors was permitted....

The general election is less than two months away and the stakes have never seemed higher. Election security has taken on a new urgency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and on-going questions about mail-in ballots. The