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We live in an increasingly dystopian society. I hate to sound hyperbolic, but I see more and more similarities to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” to “Contagion...

Do you care more about higher prices at the grocery store or a steady job? Of course your answer will depend on your circumstances, but for the Federa...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination in...

ERIE (TNS) — Erie native Tom Ridge seems to be all over the place these days, including President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed, as Erie Times-News colu...

There’s a presidential election coming up. Millions of Americans will depend on absentee and mail-in ballots to cast their votes for president, senato...

NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, says the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has included language in the 2021...

Another presidential election is approaching, which means Russian election interference is back in the news. Maybe you’ve already made up your mind ab...

ALBANY — With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spreading fast in many states across the country, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched the national “Mask Up Ame...

BUFFALO (TNS ) — Another statue is coming down amid protests calling for social change and racial equality, this time in Western New York. WKB W repor...

OLEAN — There’s a long way left to go toward racial equality, but “baby steps” are being taken nationally and locally. In barber chairs at Hall of Fam...

Nicholas Waddy’s column in the Times Herald on June 6 (“Racial Grievance is the Lifeblood of the American Left”) states, “The burden is on each and ev...

I need to preface this column with a clear, straight-forward comment which should be obvious to everyone. There are violent looters, arsonists and thu...

The sociologist W Barrington Moore once asked why people do not revolt in the midst of the gravest injustices. Why do they conform to the abrogation o...

With more than 1 in 5 Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the past eight weeks, policymakers’ top priority is clear: restoring conditions ...

Americans can’t seem to agree about much these days, but one thing crosses all political persuasions: gratitude for our health care professionals, esp...

Millions of Americans live with diabetes every day. According to the American Diabetes Association, in 2018, 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5 percent o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to reassure the American public, President Donald Trump said Saturday there was "no reason to panic" as the new coronavirus ...

Legislation introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would give Americans more control over their online data — and keep millions of people from having t...