To the Editor: Moments. Life is made of those occasions often anchored in the most common of places like around a kitchen table. These moments we share become memories that sustain us through our year...

By MARIA CHENG AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to b...

LAST WEEK, LIVE CASINO Pittsburgh in Hempfield had some impressive payouts. It wasn’t because someone bet on black or stayed at the slot machine until a jackpot came up. The awards weren’t paid in pok...

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” George Washington’s farewell address was unlike the speeches of presidents Jo...

Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fi...

To the Editor: At first glance, the phrase, “the rule of law” appears to be self-explanatory: the law is the rule we live by; and that is true. But a more expanded definition of the rule of law is the...

Whether it was Will Rogers or Tony Soprano, the old advice of “buy land, God’s not making any more of it” is good real estate advice, but it’s hardly an iron law. First of all, God does make more land...

We want to give a big thank you to every public works employee who had to brave frigid temperatures, winds and snowstorms to keep us safe these past few weeks. We’re super grateful to every emergency ...

By FARNOUSH AMIRI AND MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China, ...

In January 1981, Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan as the new Republican president thanked the Democrat for his administration’s help after Reagan resoundingly defeated Carter the prev...

IS THE FUTURE OF U.S. STEEL at a fork in the road? More than a week after blocking the almost $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden’s administration made a...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday in the bookkeeping case brought against him by Alvin Bragg, the elected Democratic district attorney of Manhattan. The sentence was effectively not...

To the Editor: The following is a sonnet written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus. It eventually was cast in bronze and in 1903 was mounted on a pedestal on the lower level of the Statue of Liberty. The full t...

Consider these European and American binaries. On December 20, 2024, a terrorist, Taleb Al-Abdul Mohsen, rammed his SUV into a Christmas crowd in Magdeburg, Germany. He killed six pedestrians and inju...

“We poured everything” into that house. Fran from Altadena was standing outside the remains of her home, destroyed by the most recent California fires, speaking to a reporter. “I don’t even know what ...

U.S. SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN is seldom shy about making his feelings known. Whether he is walking the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building in his signature hoodieand- shorts ensemble or dropping a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal ...

Joe Biden was 26 then, fresh out of law school with the Delaware bar exam behind him, and a Michel Legrand song began playing on the radio of his Corvette Stingray roadster. It was called “What Are Yo...

A new year offers an opportunity for new beginnings. That’s true for almost all of us, but it is especially true for newly elected officials. We welcome all of those individuals to office and hope the...

To the Editor: If we dare to look in the rear view mirror of 2024, we are reminded of the election of Donald Trump to once again be given the title of president of the United States. A surprise victor...