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ROCHESTER — The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father's at...

BOSTON (TNS) — Defeated Democrats have once again embarked on a pointless, post-election pursuit of their political Holy Grail — finding the votes to ...

In the next few days, town and county tax bills will be arriving in the mail to property owners in New York state. Payments accepted in the month of J...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not in the habit of window shopping. At seemingly every opportunity, the agency prefers to blow as much mon...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Are there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks toRobert F. Kennedy Jr., Preside...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In a normal presidential transition, the president-elect spends weeks carefully considering candidates for the most important jobs ...

Medicare Advantage was supposed to save taxpayers money when it was created in 2003. Instead, it costs the government 22% more per enrollee than tradi...

One of the time-honored traditions throughout this holiday season is to gather around the table to share a meal, express thanks, and count blessings i...

In later November I stopped in at Harvest Field Ministries on West State Street and was greeted with the usual kind words of so many of the volunteers...

Donald Trumpis drawing the wrong lesson about his support from union members. Trump recently picked Oregon Rep.Lori Chavez-DeRemerto be his labor secr...

Republicans, and particularly President-elect Donald Trump, did better with women than the media, the polls, or recent history would have led anyone t...

Roger Caiazza’s op-ed, "NY must not rely on wind, solar to meet its energy needs," might make sense if it were written in 1954, whenBell Labsannounced...

ATLANTA (TNS) — Driving through Atlanta’s Eastside one evening in late October, I was struck by the sight of a large fir with sparkling white lights o...

NEW YORK (TNS) — IfU.S.economic growth is so good, then why does the Fed need to cut interest rates? That was essentially the question put to Federal ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — I am glad PresidentJoe Biden pardoned his son Hunter . I don’t think it would be good for the country if a president’s son were put...

A recent Syracuse.com article on Cornell Professor Lindsay Anderson’s evaluation of the future New York electric grid ( “There’s a mind-boggling gap i...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Founding Fathers had a lot to say about Thanksgiving. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 . His succ...

Farmersville Town Board member Tom Callahan Jr. writes, in an op-ed in the Nov. 15 edition of the Times Herald, to urge the Cattaraugus County Industr...