But many elderly people do not. Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older. It’s ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation rose last month to its highest level in four months as the cost of gas, food, and groceries rose, ...

POTTSTOWN — Visitors have a more positive perception of downtown Pottstown than residents of the borough, according to the ...

Heavy rain swept across parts of the Northeast on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash ...

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President Donald Trump and Sen. David McCormick of Pennsylvania will jointly announce roughly $70 billion of energy ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private spaceflight featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary came to a close Tuesday with a Pacific splashdown.

East Penn Manufacturing, the Berks County-based manufacturer of batteries and accessories, has announced a change to its leadership team. The new leadership structure has separate roles for chief ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department ...

From the Central Valley of California to Midwestern battlegrounds and suburban districts of the northeast, the new law ...