By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ILLIA NOVIKOV AND AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The grinding war between Ukraine and its Russian invaders has escalated ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, wi...

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, d...

To the Editor: What do you do when it’s four o’clock and you can’t sleep? You are about to find out what I do. The word minestrone (or minestroni) means “soup” in Italian, but I think it means “Clean ...

Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usu...

THE BELLE VERNON AREA School District joined the growing list of schools around the country adopting a formal policy to address unruly fans at school sporting events. The BVA school board-approved pol...

PENNSYLVANIA often is split into its major parts. It is Pittsburgh to the west, Philadelphia to the east and everything else in the middle. Aside from the handful of cities, it is filled with almost 1...

By BILL BARROW AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said he can’t guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won’t raise prices for American co...

ON MONDAY, PRESIDENT- elect Donald Trump took to social media to make a statement about his feelings on an issue of domestic economy and foreign relations. “I am totally against the once great and pow...

Biden’s pardon of Joe his son Hunter can be criticized on many levels. The president lied repeatedly to the American people, saying he would never even consider such an action. And he demonstrated tha...

By LISA MASCARO AND KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol. Billionaire Elon Musk arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expected to be joined by fellow entr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service said Thursday that the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and how it operates following an assassination attempt against D...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency enhanced enforcement efforts this year, significantly reducing pollution in overburdened communities, the agency said in a report Thursday. The EP...

SADLY, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, law enforcement typically responds to the most incidents of domestic violence. This should be a joyous time, when people spend special days and create memories with family ...

When Al Gore lost the presidential race in 2000, he grew a beard, disappeared for a while, and got weirder than ever. After John Mc-Cain lost in 2008, he often said he slept like a baby — “sleep for t...

SOCIAL MEDIA is everywhere. It’s on the desktop computer that might be used for gaming. It’s on the laptop your teenager uses for homework. It’s on the tablet your kindergartner uses for videos. It’s ...

To the Editor: May God bless all Americans! This newly elected man will be my 47th president, just as the previous one was mine for the past four years, even though I did not vote for him and millions...

Universities have suffered a cataclysmic decline in public approval and support. A Gallup poll taken this year found that only 36% of Americans polled either expressed “a great deal” or “quite a lot” ...

By COLLEEN LONG AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his sched...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Threats by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the two countries’ borders...

My mother didn’t quite know what to do with some of my father’s mementos. The decor of her new house wouldn’t accommodate all of his treasures, including the head of a 10-point buck he had proudly mou...