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WASHINGTON — You know something has changed in the state of gender and politics when the Democratic front-runner jokingly alludes to the, er, plumbing...

WASHINGTON — America is more distant from the 1933 beginning of the New Deal (82 years) than that beginning was from the 1865 end of the Civil War (68...

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s largest trade convention for publishers and vendors. This year, the six-day convention, which ends Sunday, brou...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A 5-year-old Syrian refugee explains the picture he has drawn: "This is a boy. This is a bed. This is a bomb. This is an apple." Won...

CHICAGO — A Midwestern humorist, Indiana's Kin Hubbard, said people often confuse bad management with destiny. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel knows better...

In 2011, one of the first things I did as a new U.S. senator was to crisscross the state and meet with county officials. I wanted to hear about the mo...

Before I even get to tonight’s football action, I have to stop and send my wishes for a speedy recovery to Smethport High athletic director Rick Woodr...

What do we know about the similarities between Pennsylvania and Ohio on the morning of the Penn State-Ohio State clash in Columbus? Did you know popul...

WASHINGTON — Barrels of ink and galaxies of pixels have been sacrificed to solving the mystery of the spectacular rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Tr...

When we last caught up with Barry Bacha and Jim Newhouse of the Bradford Regional Little League, the two were preparing to host the state Little Leagu...

Homeless people in Bradford? No way! That was the newsroom's reaction to reports that the YWCA was going to open a homeless shelter for women and chil...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans face a fateful choice — and not just over who will be their speaker. It is a choice about whether they want to be a rea...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota student accused of sexual assault is suing the school that suspended him, a case that highlights the differenc...

WASHINGTON — The mischievous columnist in me wants to ask: Why is Hillary Clinton trying to lose jobs and lower wages? My more responsible columnist s...

WASHINGTON — In Africa, the average cost of an AK-47 is a little over $300. A single rhinoceros horn — reputed (falsely) in Asia to have cancer-healin...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Campaign ads in the multimillion-dollar race for three open seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court won’t get any more polite than t...

WASHINGTON — The worst job in the world, it turns out, isn't the U.S. presidency but speaker of the House of Representatives. "It's where you go to di...

DALLAS — If America's 58th presidential election validates Ted Cruz's audacious "base plus" strategy, he will have refuted assumptions about the impor...

Where were you when the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908? The year MCMVIII (as the Latins called it) was a simpler time when the life ex...

You know that oft-quoted line used by NFL coaches: “It’s only a 16-game schedule … EVERY game is important”? Well, it’s true. Last Sunday was key for ...