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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with explosions and gunfire sounding in the city as the invasion of a democ...

Just as much of New York’s Southern Tier will see changes to its congressional district for 2022, a district in neighboring Pennsylvania will see a ch...

From the perspective of several years ago, it’s the stuff of an implausible political thriller or a conspiratorial YouTube account. One presidential c...

Area superintendents were not surprised by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that the mask mandate would remain in place in schools around the state, b...

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll revealed a significant percentage of the public agrees with punitive actions for people who decline COVID-19 vaccines,...

BELMONT — COVID-19 cases rose above 9,000 on Sunday after 247 cases were reported over the weekend. Allegany County Department of Health officials rep...

ALBANY — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction o...

So here’s my question: Let’s say you’re Attorney General Merrick Garland. Filing a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump should be...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address Wednesday, outlining an agenda for an economic comeback from the co...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul wants New York to impose term limits on her office and other statewide elected officials and ban them from earning an out...

OLEAN — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its next Lunch and Learn for noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 11, with a representative from the s...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter confirmed Tuesday that following Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for support from the Federal Emer...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has pledged to increase compliance with a 2011 law requiring the executive branch to publicly report...

Former President Donald Trump, in exile at Mar-a-Lago, isn’t acting much like a retiree. A week ago, he announced that his proposed media venture, Tru...

Diplomats from Iran, the United States and five other powers gathered in Vienna last week to try to revive President Barack Obama’s 2015 deal limiting...

PLATTSBURGH (TNS) — Until early last week, Vive Shelter in Buffalo was full to bursting. Many of its residents are families preparing to seek asylum i...

Nike’s latest TV ad is another slick paean to individual empowerment and prevailing despite the naysayers. Centered around Memphis Grizzlies star Ja M...

This Thanksgiving week, I’m giving thanks for all the things I’m not. Of course, like so many Americans, I’m grateful to be able to rejoin my family t...