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HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Wednesday that the Pennsylvania State Senate has confirmed Michael B. C...

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series with St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt on the challenges and change in lan...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity leads a coalition of state financial officials pushing back against new federal mortgage fees they c...

ELDRED — Don’t be bystanders. Be up-standers. That was the emotional and important message imparted on the crowd of more than 170 people at the Eldred...

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James for years professed his love for Madison Square Garden, then declined the chance to make it his home. Kevin Durant not on...

The “Bootleggers and Baptists” of Pennsylvania’s energy markets cost consumers and taxpayers billions while undermining the state’s economy and power ...

KANE — The Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence are awarded each year by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and recipie...

The infamous Pacific garbage patch is changing the balance of life in the seas. At least 37 species of coastal creatures — worms, crabs, shellfish and...

This region is in the midst of an unprecedented second public comment period for the Duke Low military operations area, and officials are urging peopl...

We all are part of the environment, and we all gradually acclimate to gradual changes that don’t usually seem obvious or sweeping in scope. But on Ear...

SCRANTON — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel...

Playtime isn’t just about playing. It is the way mammals discover and develop innate skills. With green sprouts emerging and spring weather taking hol...

The Biden administration wants homebuyers who have good credit to cover the risks of lending to homebuyers who don’t. Congressional Republicans should...

NEW YORK (AP) — Roy White remembered when he got called up to the major leagues in 1965 and walked out to Yankee Stadium’s 463-foot sign, to the left ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When I stopped doing manual labor and became a reporter, I started to pump iron. Even though I no longer hauled shingles up a ladde...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 60 years ago, a historic Black church was forced to give up its sanctuary, compensated for what it says was a fraction of ...

A Little Valley, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail after leading police on a chase Thursday afternoon, smashing into at least one police car, all wit...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Another tenant has left the Olean Center Mall, but a replacement elsewhere in the area appears to be in the works. Bath & Body Works has...

THIS DAY: On this day, in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York City, according to Brittanica — what used to be Encycloped...

The United States Constitution and all the state constitutions establish legislatures and give those legislatures the authority to set their own rules...