Rick Steves: Old Germans, a New Wall, and Tears

Motley Crue put on quite a spectacle Monday to open the formal celebration of Sands Bethlehem Event Center's first anniversary. It was easily the biggest stage production of the venue's first year -- with a wall of lights behind the band as well as ...

Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan is poised to continue his unfettered rise through the ranks of Lehigh Valley politics, easily sidestepping Glenn Reibman's hopes for another shot to be Northampton County executive. Political observers forecasted a ...

Assailants threw rocks at three Israeli vehicles near Bethlehem in the West Bank on Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the attacks, however the vehicles were damaged. IDF forces were searching the area for the suspects. JPost Community Share ...

Hundreds of Palestinians have rallied in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to mark the 65th anniversary of the Nakba Day, also known as the Day of Catastrophe. According to the reports, Zionist regime troops attacked the protesters with tear gas and ...

It stood as an ornate symbol of steel industry might and job opportunity. But as the Bethlehem Steel Administration Building languished for decades -- empty and without purpose -- it became a different symbol altogether for Lackawanna. A sad shell ...

Strap on your dancing shoes for the first Pulaski Polka Fest noon-6 p.m. Sunday at the Sun Inn courtyard in Bethlehem. The accordion-heavy event celebrates Polish military-officer-turned-Revolutionary-War-hero Casimir Pulaski's stay at the inn in ...

Bethlehem Area School District's tentative 2013-14 budget calls for a 2.1 percent tax increase, but the hike could be higher if all nine school board members show up for the June 17 meeting. Before adopting the increase Monday, the board voted 4-4 ...

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli soldier was killed on Tuesday after a mine exploded in the occupied Golan Heights, Israel's army said. "While clearing out minefields in the southern Golan Heights an IDF soldier was killed by an explosion and the ...

Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces near Bethlehem a day ahead of the anniversary of what Palestinians refer to as "nakba." It commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians following the creation of Israel in 1948.