Congress hears group's report
CHICAGO — The report to Congress was blunt: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had failed to regulate pollution from the nation’s live...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shell Oil is downsizing its plan for off-shore drilling in the Arctic this year amid delays completing a spill containment barge required by the fede...
Zinnia, vinca tolerate heat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s hot. It’s dry. Your garden resembles a moonscape.
This isn’t fair. There’s still two months of summer left. You need a...
Dumping claims refuted
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department has granted a request from Whirlpool to impose tariffs on washing machines imported from South Korea and ...
Postal service billions short
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for its first default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncert...
FULTS, Ill. — As he watched his 10-year-old son ease a tractor across a soybean field, Dennis Mosbacher acknowledged the risks of farming.
But Mosbacher said the U.S. La...
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — Gray’s Store in Adamsville village brought in customers for years with its old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Membership renewal for North Country Brewing’s “mug club” has been suspended indefinitely.
Owner Bob McCafferty said the company initially delayed member...
WASHINGTON — U.S. economic growth slowed to an annual rate of just 1.5 percent from April through June, as Americans cut back sharply on spending. The weaker growth adds...
A local dentistry company is changing its name after 33 years.
Dental Systems Inc., based in Butler, has changed its name to All About Smiles.
The locations in Butler Co...
