The superintendent search at Northwest Area School District is nearing completion, Superintendent Joseph Long said at Thursday’s school board meeting. “The Board of Education is confident that we will ...

Israel pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified attacks Thursday on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf, raising the stakes in a war that has ...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump’s next homeland security secretary after a Senate committee Thursday narrowly advanced his nomination.

A roller-coaster day for oil prices showed how they’re dictating where financial markets and maybe even the global economy are heading. Stocks tumbled in Europe and Asia when oil prices shot higher ...

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration ...

It ends today. No more watching the days get shorter, the temperatures get colder or the risk of serious snowstorms get ...

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-16-6-2) started its week-long trip through Canada by letting a promising first few minutes slip ...

Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation posted virtual plans displays online for various projects. The virtual plans displays will be available through April 3. The community is encouraged to ...

For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at every turn, determined to pull off the rarest of ...

A man who was suspected for decades — before another man was charged — in the 1979 disappearance of New York first grader Etan Patz has died, authorities said this week.

The Greater Wilkes-Barre Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 80th Anniversary dinner was held March 13, at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with more than 360 guests in attendance.