Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. Some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-yearold Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture ...

Expect no huge change in New York when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton prayed together. It was a presidential- campaign season miracle. It was October 2016, at the infamous Al Smith Dinner, a fundrai...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are poised to vote Monday on a proposal that could lure the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line from Missouri, and replace popular but aging Arrowhead Stadium...

He vowed they’ll be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.” WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is c...

By JONATHAN J. COOPER AND SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The next presidential election is three years away, but Turning Point USA already knows it wants Vice President JD Vance as t...

MONTREAL — Time for a holiday-season break from the divisions of the day. Surely you can read about war, protests, economic strains, cultural disputes, AI, cryptocurrency, the White House ballroom and...

IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON, the freedom to worship is treated less as a right than a whim. On multiple occasions, prayer or Bible study gatherings have been disrupted by corrections officers. Tim W...

Associated Press There were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while blocking wind and solar, according t...

AP WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally...

One of the worst features of the election primary system in our polarized “Red vs. Blue” time is the tendency of primary voters to flock to the candidate they most want to “destroy” the other party, n...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s glowing account of progress under his watch Wednesday was out of tune with the experience of price-squeezed Americans and the story told by some of his gover...

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the Mon Valley, where local churches, civic organizations, volunteer firefighters, police, students, educators and many volunteers in our communities are w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even as it acknowledged that its documents disclosure abo...

By PAUL WISEMAN AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are frustrated and angry over the high cost of living, the government released a report Thursday sh...

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Trump’s executive order on Thursday does not legalize marijuana ...

Alittle more than 10 years ago, Jack Danforth, a former Republican senator from Missouri, wrote a prescient essay in Time that declared, “Today’s Republican Hardliners Aren’t ‘Conservatives’ — They’re...

To the Editor: It is that time of year for the annual letter to Santa — a comprehensive list of all one desires to be rewarded with after a year of working extremely hard to be a good boy or girl. Has...

THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. They save hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property from being destroyed every year. They’re ready to help day or night, around the clock, 365 days a year. J...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s decision to add 20 countries to a list of travel restrictions but reactions on the continent of some 1.5 billion p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting ...