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NEW YORK (AP) — A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to privat...

WASHINGTON — When postal worker Doug Hughes — otherwise known as the gyrocopter dude — landed his gizmo on the West Lawn of the Capitol, he wasn’t wor...

WASHINGTON — Smoking, said King James I in 1604, is “loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.” Three y...

WASHINGTON — How should we think about whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves the death penalty? Perhaps you oppose the death penal...

DETROIT (AP) — Mexico has become the most attractive place in North America to build new automobile factories, a shift that has siphoned jobs from the...

After a political rally this week in which Democrats criticized the Obama administration for siding with Republicans on trade, I had a talk about the ...

WASHINGTON — Could this city actually be working? The past week has witnessed several developments — on the Iran nuclear agreement, Medicare reimburse...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania measures its state budget deficit in the billions, is led by a Democratic governor and Republican Legislature who have ...

WASHINGTON — Here we go. If you’re a woman who might prefer someone other than Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States, you’re a se...

WASHINGTON — In oral arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the government defend its kleptocratic behavior while administering an indefensi...

You may read about them in the newspaper or see them along local roads, plowing snow in the winter or patching potholes in the spring. They’re your to...

WASHINGTON — “I have never seen anything like it.” So I was told by a former U.S. official, who had seen much as a senior diplomat. It has become hard...

It’s no wonder why good people don’t run for elected office anymore. That’s the thought we were left with following what can only be described as a ci...

WASHINGTON — Syracuse University alumni are new additions to the lengthening list of persons who can stop contributing to their alma maters. The unive...

WASHINGTON — She’s in! She’s given up the private jet to schlep across America (albeit being driven by the Secret Service) and stroll, incognito, into...

WASHINGTON — The juxtaposition of Hillary Clinton’s and Marco Rubio’s announcements for president illustrates a serious problem for American progressi...

WASHINGTON — Americans, perhaps more than anyone, worship the future and resent the past. This is never truer than during a political season. It doesn...

We call Potter County “God’s Country,” but in some ways, it may also be appropriate to call it “Government Country.” Of the county’s nearly 692,000 ac...

WASHINGTON — The more I watch Hillary Clinton’s announcement video, the less I like it. This may be putting it mildly. I understand what Clinton & Co....

Some people foolishly believe the purpose of a college education is to further one’s education. To explore new cultures and views. Perhaps to help mak...