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Regarding the complaint filed by a grandfather of a 23-year-old deaf male alleging the (Bradford) City Police Officers used excessive force; I wanted ...

Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County was found to be in contempt of court, Thursday, and fined $1,000. Her offense? She tells the truth. Truth is some...

WASHINGTON — Most of us have an image of the counterculture, shaped by memory or mythmaking, that involves Haight-Ashbury, flea-market clothing, free ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to privat...

WASHINGTON — When postal worker Doug Hughes — otherwise known as the gyrocopter dude — landed his gizmo on the West Lawn of the Capitol, he wasn’t wor...

WASHINGTON — Smoking, said King James I in 1604, is “loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.” Three y...

It’s a trend that troubles Kirk Stauffer. The Pine Acres Country Club golf pro has witnessed a sharp decline in the number of young golfers the last t...

A friend of mine, who loves the Bills, has excitedly watched the hiring of Rex Ryan as coach, the trade acquisitions of LeSean McCoy and Matt Cassel a...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Late it her National Girls and Women in Sports Day speech on Tuesday in St. Bonaventure’s Reilly Center, Sr. Maria Pares, O.S....

WASHINGTON — How should we think about whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves the death penalty? Perhaps you oppose the death penal...

A few items found while cleaning out the notebook: Championship boxing is returning to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in June. “Championship Boxing on...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — This hasn’t happened to the Bills in 10 years. Back in the 2004 draft, with 32-year-old Drew Bledsoe heading into his final seaso...

After a political rally this week in which Democrats criticized the Obama administration for siding with Republicans on trade, I had a talk about the ...

WASHINGTON — Could this city actually be working? The past week has witnessed several developments — on the Iran nuclear agreement, Medicare reimburse...

Initially, admittedly, he was a bit stunned. Nate Sestina had worked all of last summer, at one AAU tournament after another, to impress the collegiat...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania measures its state budget deficit in the billions, is led by a Democratic governor and Republican Legislature who have ...

WASHINGTON — Here we go. If you’re a woman who might prefer someone other than Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States, you’re a se...

WASHINGTON — In oral arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the government defend its kleptocratic behavior while administering an indefensi...

WASHINGTON — “I have never seen anything like it.” So I was told by a former U.S. official, who had seen much as a senior diplomat. It has become hard...

WASHINGTON — Syracuse University alumni are new additions to the lengthening list of persons who can stop contributing to their alma maters. The unive...