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WASHINGTON — Lena Dunham, creator of the sensational HBO series “Girls” — and now the object of overwrought child abuse accusations by boys on the rig...

Is the balance of power shifting in the NFL? Over the past five years its been thought that the NFC, top to bottom, has been better than the AFC. Take...

The Bradford High boys soccer team came oh so close to earning its first-ever state playoff victory against West Allegheny Tuesday, rallying from a 2-...

WASHINGTON — A thought experiment in the election’s aftermath: What if, instead of focusing on making it harder for people to vote, we made voting man...

“There is always inequity in life. ... It’s very hard. ... to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.” — President John F. Kennedy SAN DIEGO — These...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series on the Bills coordinators. Today Special Teams Coordinator, Danny Crossman.) ORCHARD PARK, N....

WASHINGTON — “The Republican Party brand sucks,” Republican Rand Paul said in Detroit last week. This was candid, and correct: Though the GOP will mak...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series on the Buffalo Bills coordinators. Today, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz.) ORCHARD PARK,...

How many gubernatorial elections will Pennsylvania hold this November? A trick question?Yes, sort of — but the question reveals an important and too l...

WASHINGTON — Thank you, Kaci Hickox. You did the world a service in traveling to Sierra Leone to care for Ebola patients. Then you did your country a ...

WASHINGTON — Mix a pitcher of martinis Tuesday evening to fortify yourself against the torrent of election returns painting a pointillist portrait of ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series on the Buffalo Bills coordinators. Today, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.) ORCHARD P...

SAN DIEGO — There’s a rift between CNN and the National Association of Black Journalists. Now the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus wants to ma...

WASHINGTON — “Ebola has reminded people that it is not just poor people who can die of infectious disease,” Bill Gates tells me, in a characteristical...

If you’re an archery hunter and looking for a wall hanger nothing excites you like the upcoming rut! Now is the time when the heavy horned, hunter shy...

If I read or hear Madison Bumgarner’s name one more time I’m going to jump off the tallest building in Burning Well. Oh rats. There he is again. I tho...

WASHINGTON — Run, Jeb, run. I mean it, despite two powerful arguments against a presidential run by Jeb Bush — one specific to the former Florida gove...

WASHINGTON — In July, when House Republicans voted to sue the president, they spoke of the urgent need to stop “tyranny” at the other end of Pennsylva...

The last week of the regular season in Pennsylvania is here and with it, plenty of intrigue. Most of it surrounds the Class A playoff field. Seven of ...

WASHINGTON — To paraphrase Roger Miller — and, indeed, to reveal my vast store of musical trivia — America swings like a pendulum do. If projections, ...