4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (596+ words) God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her, through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam, God bless America. My home sweet home....

7+ hour, 34+ min ago  (730+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel " Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, warned Wednesday that the country has become increasingly isolated as its leadership has turned it into a "territorial pariah," in a speech at Tel Aviv…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1052+ words) Location, location, location: Greenland's position above the Arctic Circle makes the world's largest island a key part of security strategy. Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago  (323+ words) Our country is haunted by ghosts, manufactured apparitions that exist only to terrify us. They either do not exist or are so rare as to not warrant any level of public anxiety: A stolen 2020 election. Voter fraudsters. Corrupt election officials....

8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (115+ words) People are complaining about the high cost of gas, groceries, etc. , but think nothing of spending thousands of dollars on fireworks. Where are the priorities? Just asking. More Letters to the Editor Stories Letter to the editor: People are in…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago  (615+ words) Fifty years ago, my editors assigned me to cover the American Bicentennial in the small coal town where I worked as a reporter and photographer for $125 a week. It was a piece colored in optimism. Tall ships sailed into New…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (670+ words) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico " A nearly 10-year battle for gay rights in Trinidad and Tobago could end Wednesday at a final appeals court in England. Supreme Court judges in London held a hearing on a landmark human rights case that…...

7+ hour, 24+ min ago  (281+ words) Allegheny County Council approved the appointments of three new members to the nine-member board of the county's airport authority, which oversees Pittsburgh International Airport. Confirmed board members at Tuesday's council meeting are state Sen. Devlin Robinson, Exus Renewables President and…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (845+ words) WASHINGTON " A National Guard deployment to the nation's capital has ballooned during the celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary of independence, bolstered in part by contingents from Democratic-led states. That participation has sparked anger among some in Washington who say the…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (279+ words) It is once again time to rail against my two favorite highways, Parkway East and Pennsylvania Turnpike. Well, as I predicted, the NFL Draft is over and the carcasses are lining the sides of the Parkway East once again. Why…...