To the Editor: How would you like to die two days after Christmas? The ground would be frozen and covered with snow, the temperature frigid, a low haze everywhere, and visibility limited. Of course, y...

Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...

SOCIAL AND FRATERNAL CLUBS are as American as apple pie, but they need help. Specifically, they need you. Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, VFW, American Legion, the Moose, Elks and Eagles lodges, Annita Gariba...

To the Editor: It seems as though some MAGA members who write letters to this, and other, papers are offended when non-MAGA cult members call their “daddy” nicknames. Too bad. Where is your outrage wh...

“The voters that voted for me are thrilled,” insists President Donald Trump. “They said, ‘This is what we voted for.’” But is that true? Above all, Trump supporters voted for lower grocery prices, mor...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By ANNA STORTI Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Asian ...

Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the U.S. next week to discuss President Donald Trump’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral- rich Arctic island of Greenland to come under American control. “Thi...

THE RISING COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE — and how to pay for it — is a question many families are debating around kitchen tables, strained checkbooks close at hand. Westmoreland County leaders are confron...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump used military force to capture the country’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro. In the days that followed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy thei...

STEPHEN “RON” CHROMULAK’S dedication to supporting veterans and preserving the memories of our country’s fallen heroes never wavered throughout his life. In fact, the veteran really never stopped serv...

There have been two parts to the political world’s reaction to the American operation that deposed and captured Nicolas Maduro. The first part was to marvel at what Brit Hume called the “extraordinary...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on health care insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old amendment that bars federal money from being spen...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was t...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Her comments came in response to...

REORGANIZATION MEETINGS took place Monday in numerous municipalities, and as the new year begins we are calling for calm and cooperation. Occasional dust-ups are expected in any municipality, but chao...

As the 1992 campaign approached, incumbent president George H.W. Bush was seen as a shoo-in for reelection. The First Gulf War ended in 1991 with a spectacular U.S. victory at the head of a coalition ...

“I am gonna die.” We all are. Just before Christmas, former Sen. Ben Sasse, announced that he has an advanced case of cancer and he’s going to die soon. At one point, people talked about Sasse as a po...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The predawn U.S. military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Ven...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By BRANDON ROTTINGHAUS Professor of Political Science, University of Houston Donald Trum...