social issues

The COVID-19 pandemic was a tipping point for the mental health of already vulnerable middle and high school students, according to a study by Dr. Sha...

The American Association of University Women of Bradford (AAUW-Bradford) has given Patricia Huff Stromberg its Outstanding Woman award for meritorious...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Residents of the United States spend roughly 10 percent of their yearly income on utilities, reports Forbes. And while they by no m...

HARRISBURG — The number of Pennsylvanians receiving food stamps and Medicaid has ballooned compared to a generation ago. Some experts warn the result ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The pollsters have been salivating over the race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, taking advantage of...

A local woman has filed a federal hostile work environment lawsuit against Microtech Knives in Bradford, alleging she was harassed for being gay. The ...

Here’s some good news about crime: There’s less of it. That runs counter to what one might read or hear in certain places, but the numbers don’t lie. ...

If you have a child in a day care program, congratulations are in order. You were lucky that you were able to get them enrolled in one, given how long...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Muhammed Javed, Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS) board chair and Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) vice chair, joi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide cautionary alert late last week for any Americans traveling outside of the country. In...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Corporate America would very much like its employees to be quiet now. Executives have had enough of the bring-your-whole-self-to-work...

HARRISBURG — Hundreds of recovery houses have been licensed in Pennsylvania, but officials are encouraging more to sign up for official status as the ...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on 60 felony counts relating to sexual assault of a child. Andrew Wegemer-Silsby, 36, of East Main Street in F...

A Bradford man waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Rich Luther on charges alleging he assaulted a woman in January. Axle Tank...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as o...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's first parliament in three years is off to a rocky start, with flamboyant displays of support for the president and general rowdin...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday escalated its standoff with Poland over the rule of law under the new government, deciding to open a c...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An appeals court ruling is threatening to derail Mexico's effort to prosecute suspects in one of its most notorious crimes of recen...

PARIS (AP) — A leading Jewish authority in the French city Marseille has asked fellow Jews to refrain from wearing their traditional skull cap to stay...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors walked off the job Tuesday in England in a bitter dispute over pay and working conditions — the first such s...