WASHINGTON (AP) — Stocks are near record highs. Growth was surprisingly strong last year, and once-hot inflation has begun to cool. Yet so far, U.S. adults are feeling only slightly better about the economy. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 35 percent of U.S. adults call the [...]
A Lancaster state senator is championing a resolution to urge President Joe Biden, the U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs and members of Congress to tackle the problem of long processing times for veterans’ disability benefit claims. Sen. Tim Schaffer, a Republican, recently offered testimony in support of Concurrent Resolution 8 to members of the Senate [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — In the wake of a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine last week recommended more training, driver benefits and safety features — but not a seat belt mandate. How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual school districts, [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A closely watched housing market barometer shows home prices in November posted their biggest annual gain in more than a year. S&P Dow Jones Indices' CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index rose 5.1 percent over the 12 months ended in November. That's the index's fifth straight annual gain and the biggest [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray told House lawmakers last week in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing’s global ambitions. Underscoring the threat, the Justice Department and FBI announced just before [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Stung by the pullout of the world's largest offshore wind developer from two projects off the New Jersey coast last fall, state energy regulators recently approved two new wind farm projects, saying they remain committed to making the state a leader in the nascent industry. Both the projects chosen by the [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Talk about high drama. By the time the first pitch is thrown at the Cleveland Guardians' home opener on April 8 at Progressive Field, fans will have seen something more unusual than a no-hitter, more rare than a perfect game and astronomically more exciting than an unassisted triple play. It will be [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew in the final three months of last year at the slowest pace in two and a half years, a trend that could affect the Federal Reserve’s decision about when to begin cutting interest rates. Compensation as measured by the government’s Employment Cost Index rose 0.9 [...]