A program that provides free books every month to 3,000 children in Penobscot County will continue thanks to donors who came forward after a state funding cut. Jonathan Ireland and Erica Spencer have ...

PITTSBURGH — After it was announced that Kroger would buy Giant Eagle, the Pittsburgh-based grocery chain is responding. In a news release from Kroger on Tuesday, the company announced a definitive ...

Texas is launching a school-choice program long fought for by Governor Greg Abbott. Public schools around the state are hoping they can avoid a potentially costly student exodus. On Wednesday, 73,000 ...

Two U.S. senators — one a progressive Democrat from Massachusetts and the other a conservative Republican from Ohio — are working on legislation they say would “extend the solvency of Social Security ...

Higher-income Americans should pay more into Social Security to keep the program solvent enough to continue paying full benefits to beneficiaries, according to former Social Security Administration ...

West Virginia's Matthew Graveline (0) celebrates his home run during the fourth inning of an NCAA regional game against Binghamton on May 29 in Morgantown, W. Va. AP file photo OMAHA, Neb. — Oliver ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oliver Luck had a decision to make in the fall of 2011, a few weeks after the Big 12 announced the addition of West Virginia effective the following year. Should he recommend ...