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U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% only because Americans left the job market. The July jobs numbers from the Labor Department Friday marked a sharp reversal for the American labor market and amount to a political setback for President Donald Trump less than three months before his Republican party seeks to keep full control of Congress in the upcoming midterm election. Forecasters had expected job creation to approach 100,000 last month.

Severe storms moving through the Susquehanna Valley on Friday led to a flood warning from the National Weather Service.

LEWISBURG — Geisinger officials and local leaders gathered Thursday in East Buffalo Township to observe the opening of the Danville-based health care system’s $32 million cancer center along Route 15.

SUNBURY — Principals across various Shikellamy School District buildings spoke in favor having a school police officer inside their buildings following a presentation on adding a third member to the department.

DANVILLE — The Danville SPCA is offering adult cats for $25 adoption fees effective immediately through Sunday.

Tom Horner arrived at Ground Zero when it was still a shocking scene of destruction and death. Horner, then a member of the Johnstown Fire Department, arrived mere hours later, on Sept. 12, when the World Trade Center site was filled with building debris, mangled vehicles and still-unsettled dust.

SUNBURY — Two out-of-state individuals accused of releasing 683 mink from a Northumberland County fur farm in 2024 will head to trial in December.

SUNBURY — Pennsylvania reported 24 new confirmed measles cases on Friday, increasing the state total to 226, according to updated data from the Department of Health.

MIFFLINBURG — A registered Megan’s Law offender from New Columbia was charged in Union County after an online sting conducted by the civilian group that gathers evidence of adults seeking sexual activity with children, according to state police in Milton.

SELINSGROVE — Snyder County is one of 20 in the state with a nontransferable liquor license up for auction by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.