Pavilion closure resumes after LECOM declines acquisition
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September 17, 2026
(Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.) Kaleida Health has resumed plans to close The P...

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The unreality of the Republican midterm convention
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Sep 17, 2026
WASHINGTON. (TNS) — The Roman poet Juvenal used the Latin phrase for “bread and circuses” to describe the distractions used by First Century Roman rul...
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Lookbacks can reveal wisdom, lessons
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 16, 2026
I think of my mother sometimes when I’m doing what I’m doing. During our long-distance conversations and occasional visits, she’d say, “I’m trying to ...
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The case against cutting Social Security benefits
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 13, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Are Social Security benefits too generous? Some fiscal hawks and classic conservatives say the answer is yes, and see the upcoming de...
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Healthcare costs have small businesses in an impossible bind
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 13, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after s...
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Other Voices: Go beyond scare words
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 13, 2026
A response to Steve Disney’s opinion: “We need to oppose the socialist and communist trends gaining traction in the Democratic Party.” Begin by provid...
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A bus pass for a 5-year-old charter school student?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Sep 11, 2026
On Jan. 21, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a district that puts its own kindergartners on a yellow bus may hand a charter school kindergart...
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For me, 9/11 is a core memory. For my kids, it’s history
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Sep 11, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Whatever the demographers say, I believe the line between millennials and Gen Z is whether or not you have a working memory of Sept...
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25 years after the 9/11 attacks
Comment & Opinion
Sep 11, 2026
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the largest attack on America. Today’s college seniors weren’t even alive when the attack happened. They’re famili...
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How schools are remembering — or forgetting — Sept. 11
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JONATHAN BUTCHER  
Sep 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, yet lawmakers in just half of states require teaching about the terro...
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Time is long past for Hegseth to go
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Sep 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pete Hegseth would have loved commanding a military force during the Crusades, leading an all-white, all-male army imbued with Chri...
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Post-9/11 lessons: We overlooked festering geostrategic issues
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By EDMUND FITTON-BROWN InsideSources.com 
Sep 09, 2026
LONDON (TNS) — As we approach the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, it is important to reflect on the historic significance of that atrocity and on the le...
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Hegseth has turned the Army into a rudderless ship
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JAMES STAVRIDIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 09, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — The sudden departure of Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, following months of tension with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is a se...
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