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With the school year still only weeks old, public health leaders from Tobacco-Free CCA say it’s important to be aware of the risks of vaping, as well ...

Recently I noted how the latest statewide poll from the Siena College Research Institute included a finding that less than one-third of New Yorkers th...

ALBANY (TNS) — Perhaps there’s an alternate, better universe in which author Elisa Albert moderated a panel discussion at the Albany Book Festival tha...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — You’ve heard it many times: A voter says they don’t like Donald Trump; they cite his nasty personality, divisiveness or penchant fo...

Kamala Harris is roundly criticized for feeding America a steady diet of word salads. But what else can she do, given her impossible task of making th...

Forget the “Never Trumpers” supporting Kamala Harris. Most are caught up in ego, appeasing their new-found progressive donors or so busy protecting a ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Most Americans don’t think twice about leaving half a glass of water on the table as they leave a restaurant. It’s only when we pa...

An annual report from the Government Accountability Office has saved taxpayers $667.5 billion over the last 14 years, but Congress and federal agencie...

ALBANY (TNS) — The latest Siena College Research Institute poll of New York voters was a decent one for Kamala Harris, showing the Democratic presiden...

WASHINGTON (TNS) —Public opinion on theOct. 7attacks that killed 1,200 inIsraelhas flipped among Gazans, according to a recent poll by thePalestinian ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — At Venice High School’s recent Back to School night, I was impressed that so many classrooms had signs forbidding students to use ...

Who should decide whether scientists are allowed to modify viruses to make them more infectious and deadly to humans? The surprising answer, until now...

ALBANY — The latest round of health insurance premium hikes announced by New York regulators adds to evidence that state policies are drowning consume...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — If you were to watch cable news about the United States Supreme Court, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was in the throes of...

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in Upstate New York. I’ve had a front-row seat to the trib...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As the election nears and tension builds between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, many people may have forgotten that Joe Biden is...

Making changes to the New York State Constitution should never be done lightly. It’s an important, foundational document that offers many critical pro...

It’s election season. Too bad a study this year from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that more than 70% of respondents failed a basic U.S. civic li...