THE COST OF STAYING HEALTHY is climbing. The cost of getting sick is even worse. Prescription drug costs are up. So is the amount of money people spend in urgent care — and that’s affordable compared ...

caused unaffordability? Who Fear about “affordability” supposedly fueled the new, strident socialism. Yet annual inflation during former President Joe Biden’s four years averaged almost 5 percent. It ...

EVERY JAIL HAS CHALLENGES when dealing with people who have serious medical needs. People who have been arrested can have the same health problems anyone might face. They may have cardiac or respirato...

By BRANDY BRAUN Director of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance for Pennsylvania American Water With growing national attention on drinking water safety, many people are asking, “Is my water sa...

The dog days of summer are here, but there’s no shortage of fun in the forecast. The Fayette County Fair wraps up today, but it’s followed by the Washington and Westmoreland county fairs. There are pl...

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it’s almost like the GOP is secretly promoting the Democratic Socialists of America, which is now producing a lot of the energy and excitement within the Democratic ...

To the Editor: The less people think — the more they talk. We should think before we speak about anything and everything. There are thoughts that are best not expressed, orally or written. Donald Trum...

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne exist to love patients in their Rosary Hill Home in the suburbs of New York City as Christ himself. As assisted suicide goes into effect in Kathy Hochul’s Empire Sta...

PEOPLE COME AND GO from a jail all the time. People are admitted. Others go to court appearances or work release. They may leave on probation or move to a state institution or just reach the end of th...

President Trump is kicking out about 350,000 Haitian immigrants who have lived here for many years, raising their children, paying their taxes and contributing to their communities. His actions are bo...

There will be funerals this week in Washington, D.C., and in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly from a heart condition on July 11. The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

U.S. SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN is siding with Democrats — at least this week. There are some issues nailed into the Republican platform, like tax cuts and deregulation. There are some knitted into the fabri...

FRYEBURG, Maine — Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Except this one has a bad temper. Troy Jackson, the new Senate candidate from Maine, was born three years before The Who’s Pete Townshend wro...

IN THE HUSTLE OF MODERN financial innovation — mobile apps, digital wallets, etc., there’s a growing crisis happening in places many Americans overlook: banks are closing in small towns. As major bank...

The last Democratic candidate to appeal to the white working-class voter was Bill Clinton. He needed every one of those voters in his 1992 and 1996 races. Yet he still failed to win 50 percent of the ...

COMMUNITIES AROUND AMERICA and in the Mon Valley will soon be observing National Night Out. On Friday, Lincoln Borough will host its Night Out from 5 to 9 p.m. at 45 Abes Way, Elizabeth. The event wil...

By BEN FINLEY, SAMY MAGDY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic...

TWO DIFFERENT log cabin stories popped up in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties this week. In Fox Chapel, officials and residents came together to preserve a secluded 1780 log house for the public be...

President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents’ dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition. Said the president: “As I sai...

There was promising news out of Charleroi this week as the former Corelle Brands glass plant was put on the market. GA Group Real Estate announced that it has launched a formal call for offers on the ...