A two-week break played to Allen’s women’s basketball team advantage. The Red Devils defeated Connors State College of Warner, Okla., 64-52, Tuesday at home. With the layover between games, it was expected that the Lady…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession.…

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old woman. I recently fell in my house doing housework and surprisingly broke my left hip. Before the fracture I was in excellent health and extremely active. I walked…

As a writer, podcaster and economist — not necessarily in that order — I receive numerous emails asking for advice. People ask for my opinion not only on economic questions, but also about what kind…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sure, Stephen Curry would have loved to set the career 3-pointer record at home, even if it would have been one heck of a feat. He tried mightily to do it.…

Ten months after his right leg was badly damaged in a car crash, Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week with 12-year-old son Charlie in the PNC Championship. “Although it’s been a long and…

LOS ANGELES — Citing mounting evidence of ongoing harm, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday issued a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting youth, a rare warning and call to…

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech…

Allen County is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, with numbers nearly double from last week. The county had 123 active cases as of Monday, up from 59 last week. Many of those cases are…

Shirley Ann (Fox) Strack, 86, passed away Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, at her home in Gardner. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Dec. 9, at Bruce Funeral Home in Gardner. Memorial…