Kirstjen Nielsen says she continues to support President Donald Trump’s goal of securing the U.S.-Mexico border in her first public remarks since her surprise resignation as Homeland Security secretary. Nielsen told reporters gathered outside her Alexandria, Virginia, home on Monday that she will keep supporting “all efforts to address the humanitarian and security crisis” on the border. Nielsen resigned Sunday and is being replaced by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.

Two thieves who snatched a statue of a lion from outside a home in a Philadelphia suburb had a change of heart after police posted surveillance video of the heist. The statute was taken from the West Chester residence on Wednesday. But by Friday, police posted a video of the thieves returning it. They also left behind a bouquet of flowers and a card.

A county tourism group is sticking by its decision to hold a meeting at a historic venue in central Pennsylvania, despite an outcry of the locale’s policy banning same-sex weddings. The Star Barn is a premier wedding spot in Elizabethtown, surrounded by farmland, orchards and vineyards in scenic Lancaster County.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to hold rallies in battleground states this weekend, starting Friday night in the liberal stronghold of Madison, Wisconsin. Sanders announced Monday that he will also hold rallies on Saturday at a community college in Warren, Michigan, and in Pittsburgh on Sunday. His campaign says additional stops in Indiana and Ohio are also planned.

A new study says sniffling, sore-throated kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic. Many of those prescriptions disregarded medical guidelines, raising the risk they could cause side effects or contribute to the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is a front-runner in this presidential campaign. Sanders leads the pack of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in fundraising and is drawing big crowds in early voting states less than two months into his second White House bid. Sanders raised more than $18 million in the first fundraising quarter, far outpacing his rivals.

Democrats’ 2020 presidential primary has a historically diverse field of women and minorities. But in some ways the primary is also testing how the party appeals to white men. Many Democrats went into the last presidential campaign cycle taking little account of white male voters. They banked on a coalition of women and minorities to win. Now Democrats are trying to figure out whether their nominee should target affluent, college-educated, suburban men or Trump’s base of working-class whites.

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It’s been just over two years since Pennsylvania did away with license plate stickers, but one state lawmaker wants to bring them back. Berks County Representative Barry Jozwiak says there are several people who choose not to register their vehicles because there is no way for PenDOT to identify valid registration. He says creating the new sticker will help address that problem.