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Trump cancels impending strikes on Iran

(Editor’s note: Information regarding a final deal with Iran was not available at press time. Stay tuned for further coverage.) Strikes planned against Iran for Thursday evening have been canceled by President Donald Trump, citing a deal with the Islamic Republic close to being finalized. “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” the president posted on ...

Inflation spikes to 4.2% in May, highest in three years

U.S. inflation rose by 0.5% in May, coming up to 4.2% over the past 12 months, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday. The inflation rate is now the highest it has been in the past three years. The index for energy prices rose by 3.8% in May after rising 3.8% in April and 10.8% in March. The energy index accounted for more than 60% of all monthly item increases. Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, pointed out that the inflation rate in February, before the U.S. conflict with Iran, was at 2.4%. “Americans are getting ...

Outdoors calendar

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman’s Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

Summer light show leaves lasting impression

[Editor’s Note: This is part one of the May 12 program for the Towpath Naturalist Society of Mifflin and Juniata County]. LEWISTOWN — Jen Moore still remembers the moment the forest went quiet, then brightened in a way she had never seen. She walked into the PA Firefly Festival expecting a routine outreach assignment. She walked out with a new understanding of Pennsylvania’s night landscape and a calling that would shape her work for years. Moore, now an environmental education specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at the Greenwood Furnace State ...