KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ...
The merger of the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company with the Newburg Volunteer Fire Department of Logan Township will result in Pinecroft’s property no longer functioning as a fire station; in the Pinecroft firefighters who’ve transferred to Newburg becoming regular firefighters in that ...
Sydney Webb scrimped and saved to pay for an eight-week certified nursing assistant program at a North Carolina community college. On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope, special shoes and a state ...
LAS VEGAS — A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades. The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and ...
The 2024-25 state budget included a provision allowing employers to claim a tax credit if they contribute toward the cost of daycare for their employees. Despite skyrocketing childcare costs and concerns about worker shortages, the response from the business community was less than thunderous. Just one company claimed the tax credit in 2025. While state officials had estimated that the tax credit would cost the state $8 million a year in lost revenue in its first year, the price tag was just $619. Now lawmakers are going back to the drawing board to try to make the tax credit more ...
As Pennsylvania braces for stricter Medicaid rules to go into effect, one health system wants to help patients keep their insurance coverage. Guthrie, a nonprofit with facilities in Pennsylvania and New York, is expanding its volunteer program to help patients who may need to meet the new 80-hour monthly community engagement requirement, which can be fulfilled through school, work, training, or volunteering. The new Medicaid requirements, which take effect in January, were approved as part of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill in July 2025. The community ...
