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When you think about careers in health care, you might name doctors and nurses, lab workers and respiratory therapists — but don’t forget security officers and a dog like Jäger. A position restructuring is underway in Luzerne County’s election bureau to increase accountability and sustainability, the administration sai
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US stocks jump after oil prices ease
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (828+ words) By STAN CHOE Associated Press Inflation update comes in near expectations A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 21. NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rebounded Friday and regained much of their losses…...
US home sales weaken to slowest pace in more than a year as mortgage rates, home prices climb
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (857+ words) By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Luxury homes are under construction in a subdivision, May 22, 2007 in New Albany, Ohio. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers…...
Inmate charged with stalking probation officer
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (196+ words) WILKES-BARRE — An inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility was arraigned Wednesday on allegations he sent unsolicited letters to a county adult probation officer. Korey Mitchell Fegely, 30, address listed as Mary Street, Ashley, was picked up by a female probation…...
Forty Fort Borough rejects settlement demand from reinstated civil service members
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1040+ words) Following a judge’s ruling that ordered the reinstatement of two previously ousted Forty Forty civil service commission members, borough council at Tuesday’s regular meeting rejected a settlement demand from those members, which would have included the awarding of $60,000 of attorney’s…...
US military says it destroyed 5 more Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (642+ words) By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Monday. WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response…...
Hanover Twp. man charged with threatening ex-girlfriend with firearm
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (253+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A Hanover Township man remained jailed Tuesday after being arrested Friday on allegations he threatened an ex-girlfriend with a firearm in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre City police apprehended Jabri Mikah Henderson, 22, of Fellows Avenue, during a traffic stop in the area…...
America In Focus: US hiring bounces back in August; mortgage rates climb
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (849+ words) By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press A hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store in Vernon Hills, Ill., on April 15. Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, stands before a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of Coherent’s manufacturing facility…...
Stocks fall after a surprisingly strong jobs report raises prospects of an interest rate hike
1+ week, 1+ day ago (951+ words) By ALEX VEIGA Associated Press Specialist James Denaro works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 27. U.S. stocks fell and Treasury yields rose Friday after the government reported that employers unexpectedly added 162,000 jobs last month, a development…...
Action Together challenges 8,917 signatures, triggers formal review of Luzerne County anti-discrimination ordinance repeal referendum petition
1+ week, 1+ day ago (785+ words) Friday was the deadline to challenge the petition. Citizens submitted 15,405 signatures seeking the referendum on the 2027 primary election ballot, which was well above the 11,615 signatures required by Aug. 8, prior county controller Walter Griffith, who heads the citizen petition committee, has…...
Kingston man admits to endangering boy injured in shooting
1+ week, 4+ day ago (239+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A Kingston man pled guilty to endangering a 7-year-old boy who was injured in a shooting in March. Kayne Dahjir Burton, 25, of East Grove Street, pled guilty to four counts of recklessly endangering another person before Luzerne County Court of…...