Boyertown Unity Tree lighting ceremony set for Friday night
The seventh annual Unity Tree lighting festivities in Boyertown are set for Friday The lighting ceremony, which formally kicks off the holiday season in Boyertown, will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. at...
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Tower Health announces leadership transition
After fours year leading Tower Health through a difficult but so far successful financial turnaround, Chief Executive Officer P. Sue Perrotty has decided to step away from her position. The health...
View ArticleUS military takes pride in religious diversity. Would things change if Pete...
By PETER SMITH It was a history-making event: In a chapel at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, 2nd Lt. Khady Ndiaye stood proudly — wearing a hijab – as she became the first Muslim woman commissioned by...
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US senators grill airline officials about fees for seats and checked bags
By DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer Members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee took aim at airline executives Wednesday for using an expanding menu of fees to charge customers for early boarding, better...
View ArticleExeter's Jayden Zandier is the BCIAA football Player of the Year
Exeter senior running back Jayden Zandier was voted the football Player of the Year by the BCIAA coaches, it was announced Wednesday. Zandier gained 2,093 yards rushing on 183 carries for an...
View ArticleLehigh Valley billionaire-astronaut Jared Isaacman is Trump’s pick to lead NASA
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire and Lehigh Valley resident who bought a series of spaceflights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and conducted the first private...
View ArticleShock martial law edict in South Korea follows chaotic recent history: A look...
By FOSTER KLUG TOKYO (AP) — It may seem that the wild predawn scenes in Seoul, with hundreds of armed troops and frantic lawmakers storming South Korea’s parliament building after the president...
View ArticleOpenAI Sam Altman ‘not that worried’ about rival Elon Musk’s influence in the...
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, said he is “not that worried” about Musk's influence in the incoming Trump administration....
View ArticleTrump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission....
View ArticleFrench lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful...
By TOM NOUVIAN and SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime...
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States poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding
By Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is back on the...
View ArticleUnited Healthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Even though Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S., he was largely unknown to the millions of people affected by his decision-making. Wednesday’s fatal...
View ArticleIsraeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people, hospital says
By WAFAA SHURAFA DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian health official said Wednesday that at least 21 people were killed by an Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced people in Gaza. Atif...
View ArticleSouth Korean President Yoon’s martial law declaration raises questions over...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours, but experts say it raised serious questions about his ability...
View ArticleAustralia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work...
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have...
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Berks high school boys basketball: Team profiles, top players to keep an eye on
Basketball is back in the Berks Conference with several returning all-conference players looking to help bring home titles to their programs. In Berks I, Wilson, the reigning BCIAA champion, will look...
View Article3 ways to earn an extra $500 for the holidays
By Tommy Tindall, NerdWallet The holiday season can add up. On average, shoppers are expected to spend a record $902 per person on holiday purchases this year, according to the National Retail...
View ArticleDon’t overdo it: Here’s what not to fix when selling a house
Mia Taylor | (TNS) Bankrate.com Before putting your home on the market, it’s important to make it look its best for prospective buyers. Getting a home in show-ready shape might involve decluttering the...
View ArticleA twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who...
By MARIA CHENG and MARIA VERZA MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV...
View ArticlePowell: Fed’s independence from politics is vital to its interest rate decisions
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve’s ability to set interest rates free of political interference is necessary for it...
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