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WASHINGTON — Thursday, the United States Senate unanimously approved the bipartisan Hong Kong Autonomy Act, authored by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and C...

Last week, the world got a preview of how Google and Apple’s contact tracing project might look and function. Some privacy and security experts have e...

HARRISBURG — With the number of positive COVID-19 cases steadily decreasing on a daily basis and medical experts testifying that communities can safel...

Lately, my country has caught the attention of the media in the United States for an unexpected reason. As the entire world struggles to manage the sp...

HARRISBURG — The Senate approved two bills Wednesday that would provide much-needed clarity and common sense to the process of deciding which business...

Recently we have seen commentary suggesting that COVID-19 is no big deal and that we should not worry. This sends a message that encourages complacenc...

ST. MARYS — The start of the Republican meetings for the year will be at 7 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the K of C in St. Marys. All Republicans, as well as any...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday that $30 million is available to help communities restore and protect water...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has released the 2018 distribution list for impact fees resulting from natural gas drilling, and McKean Cou...

ST. MARYS — Tripp Pryor of the American Hardwood Export Council was the guest speaker at the annual dinner meeting of the Allegheny Hardwood Utilizati...

TAXING : We all know that tax day is fast approaching. To put a little levity in a serious situation, The Farmers Almanac website has a list of “stran...

Hoda Muthana left college and her family ties in Alabama four years ago to join the Islamic State. Three husbands later — two of them dead — with ISIS...

Democratic challenger Maryanne Cole faced off against Republican incumbent Martin Causer Tuesday night in an at-times heated debate organized by The E...

GOING UP: A reader wrote to us after visiting the former Odd Fellows Building — now Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center — to see the Great Lakes L...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey joined about a dozen lawmakers this week who stood up for print newspapers struggling with recently imposed tariffs o...

Voters have four candidates in which to choose from for a state House representative seat vacated by Matt Baker earlier this year. The special electio...

WASHINGTON — Imagine your own beloved child was lying in a hospital with a mysterious brain disease. Should you, as the parent, be allowed to decide w...

WASHINGTON — Coming soon to a cinema near you — you can make this happen; read on — is a bite-your-nails true-story thriller featuring heroes, villain...

WASHINGTON — After two years of stonewalling about its theft of Gerardo Serrano's 2014 Ford F-250 pickup truck, the government suddenly returned it. I...

GARDENING: Being that spring is hopefully on its way, we’re sharing a story from 100 years ago on gardens. On March 7, 1918, The Bradford Era took a l...