PITTSBURGH (AP) — Karen Baldridge rolled up her sleeve to get her covid-19 booster vaccine.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A state court ruling will allow a plywood box to remain — for the moment — over a statue of Christopher Columbus that the city has been trying to remove from a south Philadelphia park since the explorer became a focus amid nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic has kept its grip on the economy, with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs.

Preparing for a baby doesn't just stop at picking the name or setting up the nursery. It also requires a lot of financial planning.

The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies.

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings shot higher on Monday, setting the stage for another week of roller-coaster trading in shares of the theater chain operator and other retail investor favorites.

Worker shortages that are slowing the recovery from the COVID-19 recession largely have been blamed on generous unemployment benefits and people caring for kids and sick relatives. But there’s another reason companies are struggling to find workers to meet a historic boom in customer demand: Many Americans have started their own businesses. Continue reading >

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the sixth straight week as the U.S. economy, held back for months by the coronavirus pandemic, reopens rapidly. Jobless claims fell by 9,000 to 376,000 from 385,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The number of people signing up for benefits exceeded 900,000 in early January ...

Many Americans who moved last year relocated to areas where homes were, on average, bigger and less expensive.

The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a resolution that terminates Gov. Tom Wolf's disaster emergency declaration.

If TV reruns of “Midsomer Murders” are no longer filling your thriller needs, consider a new book that may keep you on the edge of your seat. Written by two brothers who grew up in Cumberland County – Tom Dardick, who lives in Enola, and Chris Dardick, now of Charles Town, West Virginia – “Sudden Onset” is a mystery with ...