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Is fan behavior contributing to a shortage of PIAA basketball referees? A pair of local officials — Dave Fuhrman and Frank Williams — believe it is. F...

Usually by the end of Week 7, you start to get a feel for how the league is shaping up. This year, however, I don’t see that, at least not as much as ...

WASHINGTON — On the theory that chickens should not only be counted before they hatch but killed, let us consider the downsides for Republicans of win...

The Pennsylvania Senate, possibly for the first time in its history, stood up against the NRA leadership and extreme gun-rights groups, and voted to b...

If there was ever an example of mankind at its best, it was found Friday at the Byllye Lanes bowling alley when a special needs guy named Tommy solici...

WASHINGTON — In any health care setting, it is wise to listen to the nurses, who see all. Their reports from Dallas about the initial procedures used ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — One last possession, two timeouts, three-plus minutes and 80 yards. That’s what stood between the Buffalo Bills and the figurativ...

DENVER — One of the wonders of this political moment is feminist contentment about the infantilization of women in the name of progressive politics. G...

WASHINGTON — The closing days of a closely fought election rarely offer uplifting moments, but the 2014 season has been particularly dreary, nearly de...

Pennsylvania’s odd fellows: Corruption and reform To address both corruption and reform in the same article about Pennsylvania presents a certain ling...

WASHINGTON — Everyone knows that economic inequality has increased dramatically since the 1970s, and this has created a new cottage industry: dissecti...

You probably thought Buffalo would win a Super Bowl before Mississippi State would be ranked No. 1 in college football and the Kansas City Royals woul...

WASHINGTON — It sounds like the beginning of a joke: Two libertarians and a corporate lobbyist walk into a social hall ... On Wednesday, though, this ...

WASHINGTON — Don’t ask. Just trust that the system will reward you for your compliance. That is the message Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella de...

WASHINGTON — So unpopular is President Obama these days that the (D) following Democratic candidates’ names might stand for Denial. And, so desperate ...

WASHINGTON — Wretched excess by government can be beneficial if it startles people into wholesome disgust and deepened distrust, and prompts judicial ...

WASHINGTON — The value of American foreign policy conducted by majority vote — which might have resulted in a Nazi-occupied London — is once again evi...

ASPEN, Colo. — One of the challenges that advocates are discussing here at an anti-poverty conference in Aspen — yes, I realize the irony — is getting...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Haven’t we seen all of this before? The Bills, brimming with optimism, decide THIS is the time they’re going to beat the Patriots...

WASHINGTON — Come Tuesday, the national pastime will be the subject of oral arguments in a portentous Supreme Court case. This pastime is not baseball...