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WASHINGTON — Recent events from Ferguson, Missouri, to Staten Island, New York, might prompt an observer to infer that American cops are racist and th...

The other day, a friend complimented my restraint in not using the word “dysfunctional” when writing about the Buffalo Bills current administrative de...

WASHINGTON — Standing at the intersection of three foreign policy crises and a perennial constitutional tension, Bob Corker, R-Tenn., incoming chairma...

Gas prices have plunged to the low $2 range — except in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the prices at the pump are in the mid-$2 range. That’s because ...

A reader writes that her friends “recently spent around $300 on their daughter’s birthday party—her first. They bought lots of stuff to entertain thei...

WASHINGTON — A writer seeking profound pronouncements for a year-end column is likely instead to find herself awash in punchlines. Life isn’t a comedy...

WASHINGTON — What is curious about the present understandable preoccupation with the middle class is the assumption — both explicit and implicit — tha...

It was New Year’s Eve and a crowd of children and adults were packed into a church in downtown Bradford to see a First Night Bradford Marionette puppe...

WASHINGTON — In 1968, a singularly traumatic year — assassinations, urban riots, 16,899 Americans killed in Vietnam — Vice President Hubert Humphrey, ...

FOXBORO, Mass. -- It took 14 years and a substitute-studded line-up for the Patriots, who had nothing to play for, but the Bills finally won again at ...

WASHINGTON -- In 1968, a singularly traumatic year -- assassinations, urban riots, 16,899 Americans killed in Vietnam -- Vice President Hubert Humphre...

WASHINGTON — This is the time when we make lists. The best movies of 2014. The best books. The funniest cartoons. The greatest photos. The most amazin...

WASHINGTON — As Americans gather with their families at Christmastime, we should pause to remember four who are not coming home for the holidays. Jame...

I ran across an article the other day about people who still make ornaments and simple toys out of wood as Christmas gifts. It made me think of my Unc...

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has made a geopolitical irrelevancy suddenly relevant to American presidential politics. For decades, Cuba has been instruct...

WASHINGTON — The movie “The Imitation Game” has revived deserved interest in Alan Turing, the eccentric genius of Bletchley Park who helped create the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s decision to pursue new relations with Cuba was driven in part by a stinging realization: Longstanding U.S. ...

WASHINGTON — Has the monster of exploding health costs finally been slain? After five years of slow spending growth, it’s tempting to think so. This w...

The refrain started a week ago Sunday, shortly after Buffalo had beaten the Packers, 21-13 at “The Ralph,” for one of its biggest victories since last...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Scott Pruitt enjoyed owning a AAA baseball team here, but he is having as much fun as Oklahoma’s attorney general, and one of the Obam...