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US President Donald Trump speaks following a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas, on January 12, 2021. - Trump on January 13, 2021, became the first US president to be impeached for a second time, when a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to charge him with inciting last week's attack on the US Capitol. One week before Trump is to leave office, a total of 232 lawmakers, including 10 Republicans who broke with the president, voted to impeach the defiant Republican leader for high crimes and misdemeanors on a single charge of "incitement of insurrection." (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Defense Tries To Switch Blame, Saying Democrats Didn't Condemn Looting

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump equated instances of violence and rioting that broke out during protests for racial justice with the Capitol insurrection.

Coronavirus FAQs: If I Have No Post-Vaccine Pain, Is It Working? Plus: Goat Dilemma!

Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask, whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.

WSKG Student Podcast Challenge

This challenge is for students between 6th and 12th grade who reside in the WSKG region. The winning podcast submission will be featured in segments on…

Poeple walk past a guard tower outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US Military's Prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on January 26, 2017. President Donald Trump has said he "absolutely" thinks torture works, but doctors, lawyers for terror suspects, and even fellow Republicans have pledged to oppose any effort to reinstate waterboarding or other banned interrogation techniques. / AFP / Thomas WATKINS (Photo credit should read THOMAS WATKINS/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Administration Aims to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison

Since 2002, the prison has housed members of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. At its peak, Guantanamo Bay had almost 680 people detained at the installation.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, hailed by many for his heroism during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, participates in a the dress rehearsal for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden at the Capitol on January 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. The inauguration will take place on January 20. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

Senate Unanimously Votes To Award Officer Eugene Goodman A Congressional Gold Medal

The award is the institution's highest civilian honor and goes to an officer who is credited with saving the lives of many senators by distracting the mob away from the Senate chamber.

Michael van der Veen lawyer for former President Donald Trump, departs through the Senate Reception room on the fourth day of the Senate Impeachment trials for former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Lawyers for Trump expect to take just a few hours Friday to argue for acquittal in his impeachment trial. Trump's lawyers say they will use as little as three or four hours to state their own case, when under the rules they are allowed up to 16 hours. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JABIN BOTSFORD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

5 Takeaways From The Trump Impeachment Trial As Closing Arguments Begin

The former president is set to be acquitted as soon as Saturday despite a compelling and extensive case made by Democrats, as most Republicans once again circle the Trump wagon.

Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican from Washington, speaks during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said that the CDC is developing a dual flu-Covid test. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Agreement Reached To Avoid Witnesses In Trump's Impeachment Trial

The impeachment managers and the former president's defense team agreed to enter a statement from GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler into evidence instead of calling her as a witness.

Republican US Senator Mitt Romney arrives at the US Capitol for the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump, on February 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. - The US Senate voted 55-45 on Saturday to allow witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial. Five Republicans voted with Democrats in the evenly split Senate. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Impeachment Trial Verdict: How Senators Voted

Democrats did not gain enough Republican support to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection, but seven GOP senators did break with their own party. See the vote breakdown.

States Can Forgive Unemployment Overpayments, But Missouri Demands People Pay Up

More than 46,000 Missourians have received letters demanding repayment. The state says it paid out more than $150 million last year to people who it later determined weren't eligible for the benefits.

Forced To Compete For COVID-19 Vaccines, Some Older Pennsylvanians Struggle To Book Appointments

Social media networks and online research skills give some younger people an edge, even as older people overall face higher risk of hospitalization and death.

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