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ALBANY — In the wake of another subway murder allegedly committed last monthby a violent felon recently released from prison, state Sen.Catharine Youn...

As so many know, the SPCA in Cattaraugus County has been through some traumatic times in the last few years. Upheaval, uncertainty, rumors and gossip ...

Bringing blacks, Jews and the Constitution back into the Republican Party, Rand Paul is intently looking ahead to the 2016 presidential election, repo...

KANCI KULON, Indonesia (AP) — About $1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the constr...

The Hunger Action Network of New York State (HANNYS) knows that one of the best ways for low-income families to be able to feed themselves is by makin...

At a time when we are reflecting on the lessons from the Cold War amid growing concern about the current U.S.-Russia relationship, we should be lookin...

Sympathy is easy. You see someone in pain, you measure the depth of their anger by the fire in their eyes, you gauge their despair by the piercing ton...

It is a time-honored tradition in American politics: Whenever the president turns unpopular, he fires someone and brings in a tried and tested veteran...

It was harder to send our son Sam off to college than I thought it would be. We had literally worked as a family, essentially since his birth, to prep...

Whether one agrees with or is outraged by a grand jury decision not to charge a Ferguson, Mo., police officer with nearly emptying his pistol magazine...

“Sometimes rebels want to know if I will join the fight. I always tell them no … I can either be in a position to deliver tens of thousands of dollars...

This week’s announcement that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear power program will be extended is both good and bad news. The good news is that ...

O n Tuesday morning I dressed in two pairs of socks, yoga pants, dress slacks, a thermal shirt, a sweater, a hooded sweatshirt, a rain-resistant jacke...

With the peak months of flu season quickly approaching, all adults and children are strongly encouraged to receive an influenza vaccine. The elderly p...

You don’t have to look far to see what a wonderful and special region we live in. On Nov. 15, the Olean Times Herald published an article about the Re...

THUMBS UP: Cattaraugus County law enforcement, emergency services, fire and public works personnel have pitched in to do what they can to help their b...

Did President Obama exceed his constitutional authority by announcing on Nov. 20 his intention to limit legal action against 5 million undocumented im...

President Barack Obama, who was once a seemingly laid back, autocratically minded, economically confused, deceptive, politically klutzy, often naïve B...