4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (214+ words) I’ve written about how to decide how much to set aside for long-term-care expenses for people who have decided to forgo insurance. But where and how should those funds be invested? You don’t have to maintain a separate account for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (442+ words) As of Wednesday morning, Apple Maps displayed “Lake America” for U.S. users looking at the lake that sits between the state of New York and Canada’s Ontario province. Users outside of the U.S. still saw the Lake Ontario…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (681+ words) Stubbornly high prices are shaping up to be a key issue in the midterm elections, now just 10 weeks away, particularly as the Iran war keeps gas prices high, President Donald Trump is threatening new tariffs on Canada and China, and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND ROB GILLIES Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The United States and Canada are…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (326+ words) thereporteronline TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (649+ words) By JOCELYN NOVECK and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency’s demand for early review…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (571+ words) LANSDALE — A zoning change needed for a complex of 70-plus townhouses near Pennbrook Parkway is nearing another approval. Council members heard an update in early August on a code change requested by developer W.B. Homes for a project within the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (806+ words) LANSDALE — With no end in sight to talks about traffic and parking in and around Lansdale, two residents may have found a new tactic. Could a formal town traffic committee help tackle traffic topics throughout the town? “Last month, we…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago   (549+ words) LANSDALE — Could another new tactic be applied in Lansdale to help spur a hoped-for town turnaround? The borough council and a committee have taken up talks on whether it could be a benefit to the borough and what local fixtures…...