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Once upon a time in Pennsylvania, every town of a certain size or importance seemed to have its own college. There were reasons for this. Many of thes...

This year’s standardized test scores for public school students came with the usual caveats from the state Department of Education to not consider the...

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 90 minutes on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, who asked him to declare a cease-fire...

Pennsylvania undoubtedly has forfeited hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax revenue by declining to join 18 other states that have legalized a...

We have just heard the president’s State of the Union address. It was delivered in a fraught time by a man freighted with responsibility. He hit the r...

Almost daily since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and allies in Europe and Asia have been tightening the sanctions vise on Moscow. Ye...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Opening Day is a holiday in my world. I refuse to let the lockout spoil my fun and my love for the national pastime. I planned to sp...

There is little that Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on nowadays, so we are heartened to see them come together to support the people of U...

Russia's invasion into Ukraine may eventually let them conquer the land, but they will never conquer the spirit and will of the Ukrainian people to li...

“We’re entitled to hold opinions inside our own heads. If we choose to express them out loud, though, I think it is our responsibility to ground them ...

U.N. General Assembly resolutions feel good. Twitter hashtags are nice. Cutting off corporate services is better than the alternative. But the situati...

I have lived in Bradford Township for almost 50 years. I love it here and enjoy most of the residents I have encountered. The recent Era articles abou...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred did not have the demeanor of a man needlessly imposing a crisis on the sport he oversees, when he annou...

The state of Joe Biden’s presidency is enfeebled. His popularity has been dropping for months. The left and right wings of his party blame each other ...

As I write, a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian “peacekeepers” — i.e., tanks, armored personnel carriers and mobile artillery — is approaching Kyiv with ...

On Dec. 12, 2021, Peter Bernardo Spencer, a Jamaican immigrant who lived in Pittsburgh, died under mysterious circumstances in Rockland Township, Vena...

Pennsylvania legislators long have refused to force gas drillers to stop methane leaks, even though doing so would help fight dangerous climate change...

Delegate after delegate came up to the rostrum Monday at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly and condemned Russia’s invasion of U...

Russia’s war on Ukraine comes at a moment of political weakness for President Joe Biden. His job approval rating is low, low enough to drag down his p...

We are a sad, sad country being run by a weak, spineless, lying dog-faced pony soldier. Yes, President Joe Biden and his administration — how could an...