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Prosecutors in the recent Michigan school shooting by a 15-year-old student that left four dead also have filed manslaughter charges against the shoot...

HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS ...

It doesn’t appear that public meetings on the proposed Maryland Air National Guard’s low-fly zone over the Pennsylvania Wilds will happen this year. A...

In October, an Iranian militia group calling themselves the “Allies of Syria” launched five suicide drones at the only publicly acknowledged U.S. base...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden arrived in the White House 10 months ago with two top foreign policy priorities: He wanted to rebuild the alliances h...

Author David Poyer is a “master” of the naval fiction genre (Quarterdeck) who created the Future War series 10 years ago after seeing China’s rise acc...

Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary announced it is chairing the “Veterans Kindness Tree” again this year. The number of veterans in nursing homes has decre...

While President Joe Biden has been trying to tamp down tensions with China, Vladimir Putin has been busy perfecting a new form of warfare against the ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Afghan refugees who are making new homes in Central Pennsylvania know they have escaped war and probable death. It doesn’t matt...

Kyle Rittenhouse walked the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a rifle slung around his chest and shoulder. The weapon was supposed to be for hunting on a...

Everyone loves a veteran. Especially a politician. On Veterans Day, that pride and appreciation of those who stood up and did their duty when asked or...

HEROES: Bradford native and Korea Veteran Donald Neal shared this poem in honor of Veterans Day. They are Heroes They left their homes to go to war, T...

Joel Gilfert of Portville has been the caretaker of the Eldred (Pa.) Oak Hill Cemetery since 2014 and the veterans that are there are special to his h...

VETERANS: Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, and local veteran Alex “Dick” Freeman has a reminder for us. He stopped by The Era this week to share his story and...

CELEBRITY SIGHTING: According to the Well Done Foundation, their new ambassador paid a visit to our area this fall. In a post to social media Oct. 11,...

VFW Post 212 and its Frances Sherman VFWA will honor its Veterans with a dinner on Saturday. Cocktails will be at 5 p.m. with dinner following at 6 p....

It used to be that a 100th birthday was almost a tall tale. Celebrating 100 years was the kind of thing that a country or a city did, not a person. A ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday for county real estate tax exemptions for surviving spouses of service membe...

There’s no inspiring American success story grander than that of Colin Powell, who died this week at 84. Raised in the South Bronx by Jamaican parents...

CROSBY — Norwich Township has scheduled Trick or Treat from 6 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The Norwich Township Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and...