How much does Instacart pay? I became a full-service shopper to find out
By Tommy Tindall, NerdWallet I tried the Instacart full-service shopper side hustle for a week and didn’t hate it. I found the level of activity involved — shopping and loading at grocery and other...
View ArticleUS will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons in push to bolster...
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much...
View ArticleState football rankings: Exeter jumps into the Top 10 in Class 5A
After an impressive win over previously unbeaten Conestoga Valley in the District 3 football playoffs, Exeter is getting statewide attention. The 12-1 Eagles, who play Bishop McDevitt Friday night at...
View ArticleMinnesota coach P.J. Fleck expresses admiration for Penn State offense
P.J. Fleck played wide receiver at Northern Illinois and coached the position as an assistant before becoming head coach at Minnesota, so he knows a few things about offense. In preparing the Golden...
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Reading announces holiday parade and tree lighting ceremony
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Reading as the city prepares for the upcoming holidays. The festivities will begin Saturday with the city's annual holiday parade on Penn Street,...
View ArticleON LEADERSHIP: Cultivating curiosity in the workplace
How curious is your organization? In today’s business environment, innovation is key to staying competitive. At the root of innovation is curiosity. But while fostering curiosity among employees can...
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Biden appeals to world leaders to stay in the climate fight as Trump shadows...
By AAMER MADHANI RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Joe Biden made an urgent appeal to fellow world leaders Tuesday to surge money to developing nations to curb climate change as he wrapped up his final...
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Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for...
View Article‘Bomb cyclone’ threatens Northern California and Pacific Northwest
By HALLIE GOLDEN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be a powerful storm, with heavy rain and winds...
View ArticlePa. mail ballot fight is latest example of messy disputes over election rules
The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a...
View ArticleTrump interviewing candidates for FBI chief, Vance says in later-deleted...
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director, incoming Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday in the clearest...
View ArticleMultiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from...
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, JOHN HANNA and AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was...
View ArticleGOP senators divided on release of Gaetz ethics report as Trump pressures...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Republican senators are divided over how...
View ArticleHouse Republicans support proposal banning bathroom access for 1st...
By FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress —...
View ArticleTexas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons
By NADIA LATHAN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades,...
View ArticleWhat to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary
By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for...
View ArticleNew eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the delight of global viewers
By STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed by the live-streamed collapse of a nest housing two birds and their chick will get another viewing opportunity when...
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Boyertown’s General Spaatz Museum celebrates Veterans Day
BOYERTOWN — The General Carl Spaatz National USAAF Museum celebrated Veterans Day with a Thrivent-sponsored event to help area veterans. Clients of the Thrivent Herald Financial Group were invited to...
View ArticleSpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster...
By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown...
View ArticleWhat to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the...
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