On Memorial Day of 1889, western Pennsylvania was caught by a massive storm, unprecedented in the state's history. Heavy rains brought the South Fork dam above the city of Johnstown to the brink of ...

Medicaid, an $880 billion program, is financed mostly by federal taxpayers, and makes up for around 80 percent of costs for some states, according to AP.

Agricultural group representatives met Treasury minister James Murray as anger over the proposed changes to farm inheritance tax continues.