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Aug 19, 2015
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s immigration proposal rests on three assumptions: that immigration hurts American workers; that illegal immigration, in par...
Editorial, News, Opinion, ...
Aug 19, 2015
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Looking out at bumper-to-bumper Monday morning traffic crawling along the Philippine capital’s main avenue, taxi driver Ran...
Editorial, News
Jun 03, 2015
WASHINGTON — Not every bad act is a crime. Not every bad act that can technically be categorized as a crime should be pursued by prosecutors. And not ...
Editorial, News
Jun 03, 2015
WASHINGTON — It wasn’t quite “Call me Ishmael,” but “Call me Caitlyn” made a whale of a splash. One could hardly find a news channel the past couple o...
Editorial, News
May 10, 2015
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Once a democratic socialist, always a democratic socialist. Once a scold of big money in politics, still a scold. No one can ac...
Editorial, News
Apr 09, 2015
WASHINGTON — The new tell-all, “The Residence,” featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely ...
Editorial, News
Apr 09, 2015
Choosing statewide judges: Going from bad to good enough Theory and practice are often at odds — no more so perhaps than in American government. In cl...
Editorial, News
Apr 02, 2015
WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was born in 1970, six years after events refuted a theory on which he is wagering his candidacy. The 1964 theory was ...
Editorial, News
Apr 02, 2015
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Maine celebrates its Whoopie pies. North Carolinians proudly dance their Shag. In Kansas, even dirt is official: Harney silt loam...
Editorial, News
Mar 18, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ideas fly from Gov. John Kasich like sparks from a flint. While explaining his prison reforms, he interrupts himself midsentence — hi...
Editorial, News
Mar 18, 2015
SAN DIEGO — President Obama and his administration still play games with the immigration issue — and, consequently, with people’s lives. When handling...
Editorial, News, Opinion, ...
Feb 12, 2015
Indecision may not be the best quality in a columnist, but in the case of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, that’s what I find in myself: I doubt that t...
Editorial, News
Feb 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took his presidential campaign-in-waiting to Washington on Monday trailed by an unwelcome, unsavory and downr...
Editorial, News
Feb 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — These are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams —and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman is off the air while the network is “ga...
Editorial
Feb 03, 2015
WASHINGTON — The measles outbreak at California’s Disneyland — which has spread like pixie dust — along with several other smaller flare-ups, has heal...
Editorial
Feb 03, 2015
I have been extremely fortunate to spend almost my entire career working in rural, largely farming communities. Just about every day, a student, paren...
Editorial, News
Jan 27, 2015
WASHINGTON — Any Republican event convened by Rep. Steven King — he of “calves the size of cantaloupes” fame — could easily have degenerated into a fe...
Editorial, News
Jan 27, 2015
Much chatter amid even more controversy has met the news that Mitt Romney may be running again for president. Whether he should or shouldn’t, whether ...
Editorial, News
Jan 21, 2015
WASHINGTON — This is a tale of two policies promoted by President Obama: one to make community college free, the other to provide for paid sick leave ...
Editorial, News
Jan 21, 2015
WASHINGTON — Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen. And then they get busy trying to figure out wh...
Local News
June 16, 2025
Bradford Community Pride Lions Club announced the winners of its fifth annual Kids Fishing Derby held Saturday at Marilla Reservoir. Winners included...
Local News
June 16, 2025
VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary announced its 2025 Reba Y. Maben & William “Mr. Bill” Runyan Scholarship winners are Evan D. Confer and...
Local News
Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
Continuing education credits available
June 16, 2025
EMPORIUM —A Penn State Extension in-person workshop will provide evidence-based training aimed at saving lives and reducing suicidal behaviors. The wo...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
June 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced S. 2044, which would move the Department of Energy’s Offi...
Business, Local News, Nation & World, ...
June 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump will attend Sen. Dave McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon Univer...
Crime, PA State News
June 16, 2025
HARRISBURG – Sen. Scott Hutchinson,R-21, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and prime sponsor of Senate Bill 719, announced the successful passa...
