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Tribes sue to halt drilling near sacred Black Hills site

Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A small group of opponents has been demonstrating at the drilling location and at the mining ...

Actors, studios reach tentative deal

LOS ANGELES — Union board members representing television and movie actors are set this week to review a tentative contract deal with studios and streaming services. While an agreement was announced Saturday, it still must be approved by the board of the Screen Actors Guild-American ...

Briefcase: Sweet Spot Creamery opens

DUNCANSVILLE The Sweet Spot Creamery, 1524 Third Ave., Duncansville, behind Coffee on 3rd, is now open for business. The Sweet Spot Creamery, featuring Penn State Creamery ice cream, is a partnership between the Hollidaysburg Area School District and Coffee on 3rd. The school district ran a ...

Ticker: Shares of eBay take off on $56 billion buyout bid

Shares of eBay are soaring before the opening bell after Ryan Cohen’s GameStop announced an attempt to take over the company for about $56 billion, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant Amazon. GameStop said that its approximately 1,600 U.S. stores could become drop-off ...

Stock market hits record after oil prices ease up, profits increase

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday after oil prices eased and companies kept reporting bigger profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to top its prior all-time high set at the end of last week. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Scholar Hotels announce investment platform

STATE COLLEGE Scholar Hotels and its affiliate, Scholar Hospitality Holdings I LLC, announced the upcoming launch of a real estate investment platform designed to expand access to private market opportunities — featuring a planned minimum investment of $5,000 and a structure intended to ...