Syria has become the world’s ugliest reality show. Anyone with access to YouTube can watch grisly videos of Syrian government aircraft deliberately bombing civilians — i...
Lance Armstrong’s confession, after years of aggressive denial that he took banned substances, reveals the magnitude of the challenge drug testers face. Armstrong was te...
Privatization of the Pennsylvania Lottery wouldn’t be such a contentious issue if Gov. Tom Corbett hadn’t paved with secrecy, the road to the state’s contract with Brita...
WASHINGTON — The “legacy thing” may be harder than Barack Obama imagines. Beginning his second term, Obama has a focused, though unstated, agenda: to achieve presidentia...
President Barack Obama and the National Rifle Association do agree on something: No amount of legislation can prevent every evil act. In his remarks on gun violence Wedn...
If every single day one U.S. soldier after another were being shot dead while deployed overseas, surely the American people wouldn’t stand for it.
The situation is worse...
This is a challenging time for Pennsylvania school boards as they ramp up their annual budget-preparation exercises.
Butler County school districts already are deep into...
WASHINGTON — Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He shou...
C.S. had plenty of cash. He wanted plenty of guns. He wanted them fast. He was a dream customer. He got what he wanted.
Federal agents allege that last April 22, Levaine...
Drivers who flee the scene of a fatal accident because they have been drinking should face a longer mandatory minimum prison sentence than if they remain at the scene.
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