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There is one clear leading indicator pointing to President Donald Trump still having a chance to win the election — stores around America are fortifyi...

WASHINGTON — If Joe Biden wins the presidency this week, he could owe part of his victory to a small but surprising constituency: disaffected Republic...

For now, Vladimir Putin has been supplanted as the chief threat to the integrity of the presidential election by an American in a black robe — Brett K...

What a strange year this has been as people and businesses have learned to carry on with life in the midst of a pandemic. At first, that meant a near ...

As the clock ticks toward the expiration of a major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, negotiators have been discuss...

WASHINGTON — Everyone can see President Donald Trump’s rallies. In the final days of the campaign, he is jetting from swing state to swing state, draw...

The Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a grai...

You look at it, a copy of “The Scream,” the famous 1893 expressionist painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, and you ask yourself whether this...

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has finally had to admit what a lot of us have known for a long time: His coronavirus travel quarantine is utterly unenfo...

Counter speech doctrine posits that the best remedy for negative or inaccurate speech is more accurate, positive speech. There are exceptions to this ...

Most people know that Google’s original motto was: “Don’t be evil.” Cute, right? Perhaps a more fitting summary of the company’s philosophy would have...

When you listen carefully enough and long enough to a variety of epidemiologists, you can start to see that their pandemic strategies are converging —...

Scientists and researchers are racing to satisfy the world’s yearning for a COVID-19 vaccine. Typically, it takes years to accomplish such significant...

Pandemic protocols have changed a lot about our lives, from quarantine to self-isolation to social distancing and mask-wearing. Gatherings that for a ...

The Russians haven’t loomed so large as a sinister hand influencing the course of American society since the Red Scares of the 20th century. Then, it ...

Imagine our country with all of us having access to quality and affordable health care. Coverage would begin at birth. No one would ever have to avoid...

Republican and conservative journalists and politicos need to avoid a trap when discussing the Hunter Biden laptop story. The trap might be called the...

Pat McCumiskey is a local legend. Anyone who played high-school or town-team sports during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s in Allegany County knows his mythi...