When I first heard about eastern hellbenders, I thought they sounded like a motorcycle gang, not large salamanders the color of river rocks. I also had no idea they were important ecosystem indicators for clean water. The story goes that the amphibian got its name from early settlers who ...

As we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of the formation of this nation, we should be thinking about the circumstances that made the foundation of the United States of America possible, what has undergirded the prosperity and relative peace we have enjoyed for almost two and a half ...

A Florida trade group is using what it calls "the unacceptable risk" of a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty to entice Big Apple CEOs into moving their firms and families to the Sunshine State. Smart marketing: Business leaders are already doing the Mamdani math — adding up the massive costs of his ...

"America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy ... She might become the dictatress of the world, But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit." — John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president John Quincy Adams ...

"Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom," Elon Musk declared on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter). Another billionaire quickly replied on his social media platform, "I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a ...

KITTANNING — In April 1775, William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the Continental Army of a rifle battalion in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment. The men who served with him were German, Irish and Scottish settlers. ...