WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding a still-healthy 164,000 jobs to an economy that appears poised to extend its decade-plus expansion. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7% for a second straight month. Average hourly earnings increased 3.2% from a year ago, up from annual gains of 3% in June.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has published new laws that loosen restrictions on women by allowing them to apply for a passport and travel freely. The development ends a long-standing guardianship policy that had controlled women’s freedom of movement and is a potential game-changer for Saudi women’s rights. Still in place, however, are rules that require male consent for a woman to marry. Women still cannot pass on citizenship to their children and cannot provide consent for their children to marry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States plans to test a new missile in the coming weeks that would have been prohibited under a landmark, 32-year-old arms control treaty that the U.S. and Russia ripped up on Friday. Washington and Moscow walked out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987, raising fears of a new arms race. The U.S. blamed Moscow for the death of the treaty.

BEIJING (AP) — China has threatened retaliation if President Donald Trump goes ahead with planned tariff hikes on Chinese goods. Trump stepped up a dispute over Beijing’s trade surplus and technology ambitions by announcing 10% tariffs effective Sept. 1 on $300 billion of Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry said Beijing would be forced to take unspecified ‘necessary countermeasures.’ The ministry said Trump violated an agreement with President Xi Jinping in June to revive negotiations.

A former McGuire Home employee is facing new charges in an ongoing investigation.

Beaver County Radio News Correspondent, Sandy Giordano, has more on the story…

The Pittsburgh International Airport has just unveiled a new technology that will make traveling easier than ever.

Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details..

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rule changes that environmental watchdogs say would weaken critical safeguards on the storage and use of coal ash, the toxic byproduct of burning coal to generate electricity. Andrea Sears reports…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan budget and debt deal has passed the Senate and is heading to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature. Trump’s allies and adversaries have set aside ideology in exchange for relative fiscal peace and stability. The measure would permit the government to resume borrowing to pay all its bills and would set an overall $1.37 trillion limit on agency budgets approved by Congress annually. It would remove the prospect of a government shutdown in October.

ALIQUIPPA COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A POLICE OFFICER’S FULL-TIME STATUS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

This morning on ‘Ask the Commissioners’ on Teleforum on Beaver County Radio, the hot topic was the new voting machines in Beaver County. Beaver County Radio News Intern Christina Sainovich has more…

You can view the entire “Ask the Commissioners” segement below as it streamed Live on Facebook by pressing the play button.

The Commissioners will make their next appearance on  “Ask the Commissioners” on October 03, 2019 at 9:10 a.m..

“Ask the Commissioners” is presented in part by Beaver Valley Auto Mall, located near the Beaver Valley Mall in Center Township.

“Ask the Commissioners” is presented in part by Beaver Valley Auto Mall, located near the Beaver Valley Mall in Center