For middle-class U.S. households, child care costs typically range from 8% to 19% of household earnings per child, according to Labor Department estimates, above the federally recommended 7% maximum.

Political leaders in Alaska have welcomed President-elect Donald Trump's pledges to expand oil production. They hope he will ...

Democrats faced heavy losses nationwide on Election Day, with many districts turning away from the party as Republican Donald ...

Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button ...

although no language is currently circulating, so it may have to wait. Gov. JB Pritzker was asked about this topic last week and said he’d met with his senior staff about the concept.

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As of Thursday afternoon, Yakima County elections officials had counted 54,377 ballots, with about 24,000 on hand left to count. Yakima County Auditor Charles Ross said it the count could take ...

Catherine Phillipson (“Exemplary new town — this one founded in 1220!”, Letters, October 26) overstates the fascinating history of Salisbury’s development by claiming it as the earliest ...

What kind of sign language is it when you do not sign pure American Sign Language (ASL) with its own grammar or use signed exact English? It is called pidgin signed English or PSE. A more recent term ...

Garcia, 53, is a Grand Island native who retired as a special agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and now runs a private investigations and language interpretation business. He defeated ...

Territories Guam and Puerto Rico also did not sign on. The association said the ... been taken to improve travel on the busiest days. U.S. News // 1 hour ago Alabama set to execute third inmate ...

Except for Native Americans, we are all immigrants or descended from immigrants. Were your ancestors law-abiding citizens? Are you? Most of today’s immigrants are. What country would you be in ...