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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's an anecdote told to illustrate how little fame and fortune have changed Jimmie Johnson in the 14 years since he went fr...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Rex Ryan knew exactly what to do with the game ball. After his Bills won their season-opening game in impressive fashion — 27-13 ...

WASHINGTON — Some in the media were quick to dismiss Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's speech attacking Donald Trump as the opportunistic rant of a 1 perc...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania state government’s budget season is typically hectic, with raucous rallies echoing through the Pennsylvania Capitol, lo...

GRAFTON, Ohio — The man at the front of the room in the prison here is talking about the institution's culinary and hospitality training that will hel...

He was born into poverty in New Hampshire in 1811. His father was a struggling farmer. His mother did most of the other chores. He was a brilliant stu...

WASHINGTON — Fourteen grim anniversaries separated from Sept. 11, 2001, some memories still come in high definition, like flashes of a strobe light. A...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's boastful ignorance in his interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt reminded me of a story that my late colleague David Broder...

"I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exh...

Fight, Temple! Fight on! Fight with all your might! Fight for the cherry and white! The Penn State book store won’t be stocking a copy of the previous...

What if you called 911 for a medical emergency and no one came? Ambulance services across Pennsylvania, and especially in rural areas like ours, are f...

WASHINGTON — It's no longer enough to be a happy warrior; now our candidates must be joyful! Oh, joie. Jeb Bush started the joy bender last week when ...

WASHINGTON — Rosa Parks is an American hero, but her case was not an accident. Other African-Americans had shown similar defiance (ask Claudette Colvi...

HARRISBURG (AP) — The accelerating effort to dislodge Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office and her heels-dug-in determination to keep her hold o...

WASHINGTON — Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, also is the time for The Washington Post and other sensitivity auditors to get back on —...

This Labor Day we recognize the incredible achievements of America’s working people and celebrate all those who make our country run. Many of us will ...

Webster’s New World College Dictionary (Fourth Edition) defines a pilgrimage as “a journey made by a pilgrim to a holy place.” A pilgrim hat with gold...

I’ve given American politicians a hard time for using China as a scapegoat for all that ails the U.S. economy. But, hey, at least they’re consistent. ...

WASHINGTON — One little boy in a red T-shirt, lying face down, drowned, on a Turkish beach, is a tragedy. More than 200,000 dead in Syria, 4 million f...

"It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race." — Chief Justice John Roberts WASHINGTON — Sordid, always. And sometimes lethal, as some Native...