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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been se...

Last week, in an unscripted moment, President Joe Biden warned bluntly that if China invades Taiwan, the United States will come to the island's defen...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It looks like Dr. Anthony Fauci has some serious explaining to do about COVID-19 after all. Fauci on Tuesday said that, yes, the Nati...

The combination of heat and strong sunlight prompted the New York state departments of Health and Environmental Conservation to issue an air-quality h...

Why do the Russians need to bother spreading disinformation when our own domestic sources do a much better job at it? We just went through a four-year...

ALBANY (TNS) — Downstate attorneys and legal experts are suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health commissioner Howard Zucker for their failure to incl...

It is becoming increasingly clear that Hong Kong is slipping behind the curtain of dominance of mainland China. This week, the U.S. State Department d...

ALBANY (AP) — New sales tax data released by the state shows New York counties are reaping far less revenue so far this year following the Cuomo admin...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State health officials say more than 1,500 deaths in Pennsylvania are now associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The state h...

WASHINGTON — In the best of all pandemic-ridden worlds, the coronavirus would spur powerful countries to cooperate with one another since everyone is ...

LITTLE VALLEY — More than 500 senior citizens in Cattaraugus County have received letters from the state Department of Taxation and Finance seeking to...

BUFFALO (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Buffalo's four refugee resettlement agencies need to stay open because they provide critical support to newcomer...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to repl...

D r. Ed Simone, professor of theater and director of the theater program at St. Bonaventure University, spent a week in Kuwait as an envoy for the U.S...