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ANIMAL RIGHTS: Have you ever considered just how prevalent animal abuse is in Pennsylvania? A law inspired by a badly neglected Boston terrier found i...

Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States. This coming week, the series, which is payi...

ATLANTA — When one looks at the ugly bruise encircling Kristi Moore’s left eye, it’s not surprising so many refs and umps are hanging up their stripes...

ST LOUIS, Mo. — Purina and the nonprofit RedRover have awarded five Purple Leash Project grants to help local domestic violence shelters make pet-frie...

Big Tech is an enemy of the American people. The largest corporations of our information economy wield unparalleled power over Americans’ lives. They ...

Former NBC sportscaster Bob Costas called it perfectly. The International Olympics Committee’s decision to award China the 2022 Winter Olympics deserv...

Police abuse of power often involves not only the abuser but also those who enable the abuse through inaction and silence. They are virtually never pr...

January is National Stalking Awareness Month. According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, stalking is common: 1 in 6 women ...

BUTLER (TNS) — Laurie Snell, the estranged wife of Republican Senate candidate Sean Parnell, testified Monday that she went on vacation with him and t...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who was charged with abuse of children age 13 and under was found guilty Tuesday by a McKean County Court jury. Jaimie Ca...

COUDERSPORT — A Way Out, Potter County’s domestic violence and sexual assault services, is offering two free economic justice classes, one beginning i...

ERIE —The emotional and long-term costs to victims are most often incalculable in cases of clergy sex abuse, but the abuse scandal has produced a doll...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance is working hard to raise awareness, educate individuals on...

The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on nine high-ranking Russian officials for “gross and systematic human rights abuses.” The most promine...

HARRISBURG — This week, Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller joined Susan Higginbotham, chief executive officer of the Pennsylva...

(Editor’s note: This story is the third of a series that focuses on sexual abuse and child sex trafficking in the local community and how to help in t...

Limited in-person interactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many challenges for many professions. This is especially true in regards to man...

Data from several local agencies indicate that reports of child abuse stayed the same or actually declined during the period of time McKean County was...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Human Services (DHS) is reminding Pennsylvanians that the state’s outlets to report abuse or neglect, ChildLine and Adu...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said three provisions he authored are being proposed for implementation in regulations for the Centers for M...