Frustrations with the moribund inertia of Congress are justified. As the Associated Press and Williamsport Sun-Gazette reported in Friday’s edition, congressional efforts to revise and improve train safety regulations are now deadlocked. About six months have passed since the East ...

Education is a touchy subject in Pennsylvania. There is the question of funding for state-related universities. There are the concerns about tuition; Penn State just opted to increase the cost of attending its main campus yet again. There are school vouchers. The tug of war over them is ...

Imagine that one day your entire world is disrupted. Your comfortable habits upended; your friends taken away from you. Your job altered or lost. In some cases, a loved one is taken from you. You don’t have to imagine it. You’ve lived through it. COVID-19 has killed 7 million people ...

For better or worse, Americans accumulate a lot of stuff. It can create clutter in our dwellings, but it also keeps the economy rolling — deciding to get a better grade of toaster or grab one of those shirts that look good on the store mannequin is helping to keep money circulating and people ...

Remember how your mother always told you to be careful crossing the street? That advice is more relevant than ever right now. While the overall number of traffic fatalities is starting to inch back down following an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of pedestrian deaths in the ...

No one can say for sure how long it might be before a Forever postage stamp costs a dollar — up from the current 66-cent price that went into effect on July 9. But more and more, it seems that the $1 first-class stamp price is destined to happen perhaps even five or more years before this ...