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Local News July 13, 2026

Reserve Now: • Free Garden to Table workshop — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, the LEAF, 131 W. Market St., Lewistown. Penn State Horticulturist Leah Fronk will discuss pests and garden problems. Handouts on how to make salsa, dill butter, drying herbs and preserving beets. Open to the public. Space is limited. To register, call (717) 899-6044 or email at rmassie@cpartnerships.com. Today • Job Club — 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza Building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs. • UPS ...

Keystone Pipeline system's operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill

National News July 13, 2026

TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents. The agreement would resolve allegations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas that South Bow, based in Canada, violated U.S. and state clean water laws. The rupture dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a creek running through a rural pasture in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 ...

Iran reports new attacks on military targets on its largest island near the Strait of Hormuz

National News July 13, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States attacked Iran on Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing. Iran responded with attacks on countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman — the nation on the other side of the strait that Tehran has pressed to join in managing shipping traffic. The U.S. struck again later Sunday. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency cited the governor of Qeshm island near the strait as saying projectiles had been fired at military targets, with no casualties. ...

Rapidly growing wildfire in Los Angeles County prompts evacuations in remote high desert

National News July 13, 2026

LOS ANGELES — A fast-spreading blaze prompted evacuation orders Friday afternoon in a sparsely populated area of Los Angeles County. The brush fire sparked around 1 p.m. under dry and scorching hot conditions in a remote high desert region about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of LA, ...

Qatar's former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at 74

National News July 13, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his son, has died, state media reported. ...

Philadelphia area digs out from damage left by a severe series of microburst storms

PA News July 13, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thunderstorms that passed through. The storms, called microbursts, passed through Saturday afternoon, downing trees and power lines, flooding a handful of streets and causing structural damage. A building that collapsed in a West Philadelphia neighborhood threw bricks into the street, crushing cars and blocking trolley tracks. The National Weather Service said at least four of the microbursts brought straight-line ...