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The final battles of any war often are the bloodiest. They’re waged by the last holdouts, dead-enders desperate to prove to themselves and their dwind...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: 2014 is a year of auditioning, positioning, networking and just plain hard work for people who might run for president in 2016. There'...

It usually makes me uncomfortable when people suffer bad consequences for actions or statements, no matter how repugnant, that they have every right t...

Afghanistan had an election a few weeks ago. Iraq had one Wednesday. But that is about all that these two countries, both invaded by the United States...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a list that no college or university wants to be on. The Education Department on Thursday revealed the names of 55 colleges and...

Discussing death over dinner? I don’t mean obituaries, Aunt Mable, nor “NCIS”. I’m talking about my own. Sounds disgusting, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t...

WASHINGTON — With three bold reforms, Pope Francis can reinvigorate the billion-strong Catholic tradition, spur a renaissance in church attitudes, bri...

In February 2010, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned that failure to make peace with the Palestinians would cause Israel either to lose its Je...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate is certain to fire up the debate over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment ...

At a meeting of the Hume Town Board (in Allegany County) on March 12, a public hearing was opened to discuss the proposed acquisition by eminent domai...

You couldn’t say the crime is being committed by stealth. Quite the contrary: Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is a...

“Should Congress approve President Obama’s request to raise the minimum wage?” CHICAGO — Contrary to popular belief, one of the most compelling reason...

“Should Congress approve President Obama’s request to raise the minimum wage?” WASHINGTON — It is not at all hard to understand the fundamental econom...

NEW YORK (AP) — Glimmers of Occupy Wall Street will surface this week in a smattering of cities as activists join rallies for workers' rights, as they...

Israel’s decision to pull out of the current round of U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians makes one thing clear. If Secretary of State Joh...

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman was satisfied Tuesday after the decision by the Supreme Court reinstating the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...

The pattern has become all too common: Soldiers injured in service to their nation are prescribed pain medication, get hooked, run out of prescription...

As first reported by the Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg on April 17, during a pretrial hearing of a Guantanamo prisoner previously held at a series of...