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Decoda ensemble, Ringdown vocalists at Recital Hall

UNIVERSITY PARK — Contemporary chamber music collective Decoda will explore the boundaries of classical and folk genres with special guest vocal duo Ringdown. The program, “Reverberations,” will be Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Recital Hall. During the concert, Decoda will perform Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” in a collaboration with students from the Penn State School of Music, a unit of the College of Arts and Architecture. After the performance, the artists will speak with interested audience members. Reserved-seat tickets are $56 for an adult, $19 for ...

Fetterman casts deciding vote advancing Mullin nomination to DHS

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democrat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs who voted to advance the nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, on Thursday morning. “I truly approached the confirmation of my colleague and friend, Senator Mullin, with an open-mind,” Fetterman said in a statement following the vote. “We need a leader at DHS. We must reopen DHS.” “My AYE is rooted in a strong committed, constructive working relationship with Senator Mullin for ...

Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported from the United States to his native El Salvador and whose case became a flashpoint over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, has been moved from a Virginia detention center to a facility in ...

160-mile march for democracy arrives in Washington from Philadelphia

WASHINGTON — Over the span of 14 days, nearly 200 people marched from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., in defense of democracy. From children to the elderly, members of the We Are America march arrived in the nation’s capital on a warm and sunny Friday afternoon, tired but joyous, where ...

U.S. electric grids are changing strategy

HARRISBURG — With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies. Texas moved first, as state lawmakers try to protect residents in the data-center hotspot from another deadly blackout, like the winter storm in 2021 when dozens died. Now the concept is emerging in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid and elsewhere as massive data centers are coming online faster than power plants can be built and ...