Princeton Daily Clarion

(MEDFORD, MA) When António Guterres steps down as United Nations secretary-general at the end of 2026, he will leave his successor with plenty to do. Many challenges will remain, including the animosity among members and myriad global challenges, from ongoing wars and economic shocks to the worsening effects of climate change. But the next U.N. chief faces the additional woes of an international body starved of cash and at odds with its most powerful member: the United States.

Home insurance companies are handling fewer claims, but the ones they do pay are far more expensive than a few years ago, a new industry report indicates. This shift affects renewal notices and premiums, even for homeowners who’ve never filed a claim, experts say.

(The Center Square) – The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced a record-breaking first-year class for the third straight year. School officials said freshman enrollment for fall 2026 grew to 9,332 and brought total student enrollment to 61,060 students, topping the 61,000-mark for the first time in university history.

(The Center Square) - Brian Montgomery remembers riding in the presidential motorcade in Sarasota, Fla., on a warm and sunny morning of what would become one of America’s darkest days. “As we’re pulling up to Emma Brooks Elementary School, the gentleman sitting behind me in the motorcade car sat up, leaned forward and said, ‘A plane just hit the World Trade Center,’ ” said Montgomery, who oversaw President George W.

Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pa. Department of Health (DOH) today announced that 624 measles cases have been confirmed across 37 counties in Pennsylvania so far this year. The DOH continues to lead Pennsylvania’s response to the ongoing measles outbreak by providing the public with updated information on cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.

(The Center Square) – A powerful U.S. House committee is advancing an ongoing investigation into surveillance pricing, where companies will use consumer data to secretly charge some customers higher prices than others for the same product or service. Major corporations – including Amazon, Walmart, Lyft and Target – currently buy or directly harvest consumer behavioral data.

(The Center Square) – As fuel prices remain on an incline across the nation, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that fuel prices will fall after the midterm election, blaming efforts by Iran to harm his popularity before Nov. 3. One federal agency projects a smaller decrease over a longer period, however. According to AAA gas price data, the price for a gallon of regular gas in Illinois was $4.41 on Wednesday, more than 12 cents higher than a week ago and up nearly 97 cents one year to date.

E-Edition  | Subscribe | Buy Photos | Place an Ad What was it like inside the room when President George W. Bush learned that America was under attack on September 11, 2001? In this firsthand account, we hear what happened as President Bush arrived at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of 9/11. While preparing to speak to a classroom of students about education, Bush was informed that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.

(The Center Square) – Recent flare-ups in Iran serve as a reminder that the largest terror sponsor has wreaked havoc on the U.S. nearly two years before the terror attacks of Sept. 11. Soon after President Donald Trump gave a speech on the Ellipse as part of the Steel Across America presented by Tunnel to Towers, the U.S. targeted five Iranian oil tankers attempting to attack U.S. warships. Iran responded by attempting to launch missile strikes on American troops in Jordan – unsuccessfully.

(The Center Square) – A day after launching a new political action committee to support Democratic Party candidates around the country, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Texas Democrats at an event in Dallas on Wednesday. Pritzker spoke just hours before Republicans opened a two-night convention in Dallas and said the GOP is clinically deranged and out of touch. “And of course, we have Donald Trump himself, a president suffering from dementia,” Pritzker said.