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A recent opinion column in the Olean Times Herald expressing concern about market conditions for electricity generators in New York included commentar...

Editor's Note: A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story. WASHINGTON (AP) — In their latest debate, H...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump began his Republican presidential campaign by labeling Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals. He's since profanel...

CHICAGO (AP) — For more than a year after an officer shot and killed a black teen named Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Police Department had video foota...

(TNS) “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” FX’s new miniseries about one of Los Angeles’ most spectacular celebrity trials, isn’t perfe...

(TNS) The occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Ore., is mostly over. Four militants remain inside the refuge; 11 have been...

A new poll shows Hillary Clinton favored by registered New York Democrats while Donald Trump leads among Republicans voters in the state. The Siena Re...

(TNS) Mobile apps are a fabulous waste of time and infinitely diverting. Except for “Plague.” The object of this strategy game is to achieve biologica...

I have written U.S. Rep. Tom Reed about a very serious problem with New York state power markets. Due to the New York Independent System Operator’s (N...

The most important number coming out of the Iowa caucuses is 75.7. That's the percentage of Republican voters who chose a candidate NOT named Donald T...

Revitalizing Olean thanks everyone who was involved with making its New Year’s Eve Comedy Show at the Premier Banquet Center such a success. It was a ...

(TNS) The other day Jeb Bush said something about the presidency so fundamentally wrong that it crystallized why his campaign has the vapors, sputteri...

WASHINGTON — Every year, for as long as I can remember, the annual March for Life is about the same: Joyful high-school and college students flood Was...

Carlos Tapia-Ponce, the 94-year-old federal prisoner we have been writing about ("A Slow, Lonely Death in Prison" and "Dying in Prison for Love of Fam...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is mulling taking away benefits from asylum-seekers if they refuse to try to learn the language and integrate; Denmark has just ...

(TNS) Strong showings in the Iowa caucuses by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio sent them roaring into next week’s Republican presidential primary in New Hamps...

(TNS) Martin O’Malley and Marco Rubio have something in common: They both finished third in Iowa. Of course, Rubio came within inches of Donald Trump ...

"Yes, we will raise taxes. Yes we will." When Sen. Bernie Sanders made that statement at a town hall in Iowa this week, Republicans all over the count...