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States across the East Coast, including North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont, are expected to see wintry conditions that could lead to power outages and slippery roads.

The Masters is one of the most prestigious and exclusive golf tournaments. Most sporting events these days are overpriced. Especially inside the venue. But not at the Masters. Sandwiches start at $1.50. Soft drinks are $2 and beer is $6.

The Wilkes-Barre City Health Department is partnering with a local university to help enhance the quality of life for seniors who live in area high rises.Misericordia University students enrolled in the doctorate degree physical therapy program will guide seniors through a 6-week physical activity and wellness program.The students will provide a supervised evaluation and exercise wellness class for residents at the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority high rises.Free balance screenings, blood pressure checks, diabetic foot screenings and nutritional information as well as low impact physical therapy group sessions are part of the weekly one-hour program.The next Free and Fun Wellness & Physical Activity Check is on Monday, March 13, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at East End Towers Community Room on Scott Street in Wilkes-Barre.For more details, contact the city’s health department at 570-208-4287 or 570-208-4653.

Former President Donald Trump will be at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. on Saturday for a rally.Doors open for the event at 2 p.m. with Trump expected to speak at 7 p.m.Wilkes-Barre Twp. police say the parking lot of the arena will open at 8 a.m. and they recommend non-arena traffic use alternate routes. Highland Park Boulevard will be closed to traffic during Trump’s arrival and departure, and police say to expect congestion and delays throughout the day on the boulevard and Mundy Street around the Wyoming Valley Mall.They recommend anyone headed to the area from Spring Street or Kidder Street use the arena access road on Mundy Street rather than Highland Park Blvd.PennDOT is warning travelers to expect traffic disruptions on I-81 southbound between exit 180 and exit 168 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; and I-81 northbound between the same exits from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. The drop in job creation reflects a slowing economy, but a strike at General Motors was also a factor.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with the International Rescue Committee's country director of Afghanistan, Sherine Ibrahim, about the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern mountainous region.

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

The rare speech at the Justice Department comes as the Trump administration has spent the last several weeks trying to reconfigure the agency, including demoting attorneys who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and firing officials who investigated the president himself.

The study looks at 6,000 patients who got abortion pills after an online appointment. It found that 99.7% of those abortions were not followed by any serious adverse events.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and defended the Justice Department's investigations into the Jan. 6 insurrection and Hunter Biden.