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ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The General Election will take place Nov. 8 for in-person voting, but registered voters in Pennsylvania can request a mail ballot or...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been se...

Last week, in an unscripted moment, President Joe Biden warned bluntly that if China invades Taiwan, the United States will come to the island's defen...

Almost daily since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and allies in Europe and Asia have been tightening the sanctions vise on Moscow. Ye...

Imagine knowing that the very act of going to a religious service would likely result in violence and death. In Nigeria, churches have been sent warni...

At 9:05 Monday night, State Department spokesman Ned Price issued a plaintive message to the new rulers of Afghanistan. “The Taliban needs to meet its...

I wrote recently about an Afghan human rights activist who ran shelters for abused women but was forced by Taliban advances to flee her home. She is n...

Why do the Russians need to bother spreading disinformation when our own domestic sources do a much better job at it? We just went through a four-year...

Monday is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 3 general election. As of Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of State data reported 25,38...

PCN will air live coverage of Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2020 budget address and budget hearings with state departments, beginning at 11 a.m. Feb. 4. The full sc...

Four oil paintings by Samila Sosic, director of study abroad and international services at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will soon hang in...

A proposed plan could bring high-speed internet access to places across the four-county region. State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has put forth...

More than 1,000 children enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program across the four-county region could be uninsured next year as Congress ha...

Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport will partner with several organizations to bring high-tech breastfeeding support services to rural patients. The...