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E SPN’s Mike Golic summed things up pretty well while discussing the sad case of the Little League all-star team from Chicago having its U.S. title st...

(TNS) Climate-change denial persists in various modes, none of which is particularly convincing. But they don’t have to be. They’re successful if they...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cold War didn't end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear. As the non-Russian r...

It would’ve been fascinating to be inside Brian Williams’ head the night he went on air before millions of NBC Nightly News viewers to issue a half-he...

I guess I knew it was coming. I had seen reporter Mark Konkol’s stories in DNAinfo Chicago about the controversy over potential rules violations by th...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has played many roles in her 67 years: first lady and Secretary of State, senator and presidential candidate. All those titles ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say docum...

As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War winds down toward its conclusion this spring, it’s difficult not to look back on the four years of this sesq...

Acts of individual violence and terror can at times be transformative, representing tipping points or triggers that put into motion transformative eve...

"Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed t...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Christine Jones admits she didn't know how much running for office would cost. An attorney and former executive for GoDaddy.co...

M y wife related a story she saw the other day about a man, in his later 50s, with a killer 28-mile, round-trip commute from his Detroit home to his j...

If you want to achieve traction on nearly any issue in our culture, you have to make a case for an economic payoff. Thus, climate change activists und...

Zacarias Moussaoui has upped the ante on the White House to release 28 top-secret pages from a congressional report pertinent to a possible Saudi role...

Brian Kolb, the State Assembly minority leader, says “it’s time for the Assembly Chamber to finally get to work on the people’s business” with the ele...

This letter is in response to the state comptroller’s audit report of the Allegany Engine Company, released on Jan. 16. We acknowledge that our accoun...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Should President Barack Obama yield to growing bipartisan support and approve the Keystone pipe...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As defense secretary, Ashton Carter would face a daunting pile of problems at home and abroad. And then there are the unforeseen cri...