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This same week two years ago, a Readers’ Turn to Write column submitted to the Olean Times Herald lamented the state to which Bradner Stadium had fall...

The year that the American war for independence ended, 1781, the United States adopted the Articles of Confederation as its preferred form of governme...

For a good 10 minutes, I don’t think I blinked. Less than two hours before Derek Jeter’s spectacular final at bat Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, I ...

“So,” my wife asked, “where’s the wedding column?” I have to write a wedding column? “Yes, people expect it.” What people? Silence. Stare. OK, people,...

At the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, President Obama challenged world leaders to join together “to reject the cancer of violent extremism...

NEW YORK (AP) — A speech at the United Nations. A spot next to Al Gore leading a massive climate change march. A prime speaking slot at a political co...

Positive factors point toward strong local presence after Siemens buy Whenever a mega-corporate deal involves a major local employer, it’s only natura...

President Barack Obama called Kabul on Sunday to congratulate Afghan presidential contenders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah for finally accepting ...

In what may become the most compelling free-speech campaign in our educational history, FIRE (Foundation For Individual Rights in Education) has embar...

In mid-August, two United Nations peacekeepers from Burkina Faso were killed and several wounded in a suicide attack in the Timbuktu region of norther...

I’m trying to look on the bright side of what passed for debate over another doomed effort to secure U.S. interests by embarking on the fruitless purs...

THUMBS UP: After all the discussion and planning, work is underway on reshaping North Union Street into the streetscape that will include a reduction ...

You’d think the first question the father of the bride would get upon returning from his daughter’s wedding in California would be, “How beautiful was...

I know that parents worry about whether vaccines are safe for their children. But they should also consider the dangers of not vaccinating, which is w...

They say the house always wins, but the state of Nevada is letting Tesla walk away with the store. Back in June, the electric car company and its part...

I have borne witness to an execution — not that I wanted to, but because the condemned man whom I had gotten to know over a 10-year period asked me to...

For the past 84 years, my family has enjoyed the right to turn left out of our driveway at the 300 block of North Third Street and have easy access to...

In a county where people take care of each other and we look out for our own, it’s surprising that Cattaraugus County Legislator James Boser and some ...