social issues

SOCIAL: How “social” is social media? Studies have shown it can have detrimental impacts on users. Multiple studies have linked high usage to increase...

HARRISBURG —Treating traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be a long and costly road. Experts in the field say that leaving these injuries untreated or ...

RIDGWAY — A comprehensive CROWNS Safety Training series designed specifically for individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDD) will be presented a...

It shouldn’t be controversial for law enforcement agencies to work together to protect the public. Yet, some people object to local police doing just ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has sent a letter to Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, director of the Defense Health Agency, urging t...

CHICAGO (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reflects anger and frustration at the wanton greed underlying America’s h...

A Millerton man is in Potter County Jail for the alleged sexual assault of two female teens in 2022 in West Branch Township. Michael Keith Wales, 41, ...

HARRISBURG — Nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic depressed daycare availability, costs and labor participation are on the rise. This, accord...

For the first time in party history, the Green Party of Pennsylvania is recruiting leadership from unorganized counties and two Bradford residents hav...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Se. John Fetterman, D-Pa., applauded the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for publishing a rule that will end a decades-lo...

TikTok went dark inthe United Statesfor a little while, but is now back online here thanks to a stay of execution fromDonald Trump. The newly inaugura...

AsSupreme CourtChief Justice John Robertssaid nearly two decades ago, “The way to stop discriminating based on race is to stop discriminating based on...

CHARLEROI (TNS) — If there was ever a time to sit down and share a meal with strangers of different faiths and ideologies, it seems unlikely that time...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., reintroduced the Whole-Home Repairs Act, a bipartisan bill to address t...

COUDERSPORT — A Way Out, domestic violence and sexual assault services at 360 E. Second St., will host a domestic violence support group 5 to 6 p.m. e...

(TNS) — President Donald Trump issued several orders to dramatically toughen immigration standards and enforcement within hours of taking office on Mo...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) announced the creation of a new licensure program to obtain a telehealth-...

HARRISBURG — With the start of the new year, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts a...

The looming possibility of federal cuts to Medicaid would hit rural areas in the region particularly hard, according to a study by the Georgetown Univ...

Monday we celebrated the teachings and words and, most of all, the actions of the Rev.Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated at 39 years old, but ...