Opinion

Since when is gutting the public's right to know about its own government part of California's annual state budget process? Since one year ago, actually.

After 34 NDP MLAs were sworn in to continue a stretch of opposition that will reach at least 16 years, leader Adrian Dix took a few questions about his future.

Editor's note: Nicolaus Mills is professor of American studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of "Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower."

I am writing regarding a front-page headline in your June 13 paper. "Two slain in Falmouth: Badly beaten bodies of man and woman found in house known for trouble."

" and wonders what their profession has to do with it. He asks if instead they repaired automobiles for a living the headline would have read "2 Merrionette Park mechanics charged with trying to rape woman at party"? My quick take is that, as first responders in public employment, firefighters tend to enjoy a greater level of public trust and ... (more)

A Northeastern University student was held on $30,000 bail today on charges he attacked a woman at knifepoint, threatened to rape her and started cutting her clothes off early Saturday, authorities said.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, Syria's Kurdish minority has carved out a once unthinkable degree of independence in their areas, creating their own police forces, even their own license plates, and exuberantly going public with their language and culture.

Around 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Hagerstown Department of Police responded to the wooded area behind 339 W. Antietam Street for a deceased adult male.

Repairing Iran's economy and engaging in more dialogue -- both at home and abroad -- will be the top priorities of Iran's presidential administration, centrist President-elect Hassan Rouhani said in his first news conference Monday.

The Florida prosecutor who used admitted murderer John Martorano's testimony to put away corrupt ex-FBI agent John J. Connolly said the former hit man apparently intimidated jurors at first but eventually charmed them.

Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.

A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing after the smell of smoke was reported in the cockpit.

Two shooting victims were killed, as was one gunman, who was not identified, police said.

Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday at still defiant demonstrators after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, maintaining their hard line against attempts to rekindle protests that have shaken the country.

In May 1918, with America embroiled in the First World War, Iowa's Gov. William Lloyd Harding dealt a blow against Germany.

Iran's presidential election results trickled in Saturday, with early tallies giving centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani a clear lead at just over 50% of the vote, according to state media.

The wife is away again - where does she go? - and that means I have to forage for myself, which is how I landed at Denny's at 11:30 on Saturday night for my first meal of the day.

Dallas-based AT&T Inc. refuses to weigh in on the spy scandal, even though it's crucial to the secret programs.

It's never good for the publisher of the local newspaper to admit it, but apparently I have been out of touch with some in this community when it comes to the status of our schools.

A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's school systems to further rely on the federal government.