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?The Last Word: The PD’s write-a-caption contest

How to enter ‘The Last Word’: Click on “Show reader comments.” Write your own caption for the cartoon above by Gary Varvel of the...

Trump to propose increase in defense spending of $54 billion

WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Donald Trump's upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in...

Echoes of internment: Leonard Pitts Jr.

Leonard Pitts Jr. By Leonard Pitts Jr. Imagine this. You are a boy, living in a child's blissful unaware....

Trump to propose ‘historic’ defense spending raise in price range blueprint

Trump administration officials are previewing particulars of the president's initially budget blueprint that is anticipated to include things like a enhance in defense...

Device found in mailbox was 2 firecrackers taped to aerosol can

PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP - The makeshift explosive device found in a mailbox Saturday morning was two small firecrackers taped to an...

Alleged serial TD Bank robber busted outside latest target, report says

ENGLEWOOD -- A 41-year-old man was arrested Friday after allegedly robbing several banks, NorthJersey.com reported. Eddy Cruz, of New York City,...

Bear activist facing harassment trial over Facebook post may sue township

VERNON -- An animal rights activist awaiting a municipal court trial in April for allegedly harassing two hunters in a Facebook...

Human error a concern with fracking, river health | Letter

Thanks so much for The Express-Times' recent article and poll about the Delaware River Basin Commission's discussions about possibly lifting a...

Black People In The US 2017: African-Americans Hope For The Best, Expect The Worst,...

African-Americans have significantly more hope for their futures than whites, Hispanics and Asians despite feeling much less fulfillment than their racial and ethnic counterparts, a new...

Oscars Best Picture Mix Up Is Just One Of 7 Big Academy Awards Conspiracy...

On Sunday night at the 89th Academy Awards, “La La Land” won best picture...and then it didn’t after it was revealed that presenters Warren...

Where Will ISIS Attack In 2017? Islamic State Plans IRA-Style Bombings Across UK

The Islamic State group has been planning a series of attacks targeting cities across the U.K. in a militant campaign reminiscent of the Irish...

Time for U.S. foreign-affairs bureaucracy to move past divisions

In Gen. H.R. McMaster, a brilliant veteran of the Iraq War, president Trump has an able and qualified new national security adviser.Independent-minded...

Two wrongs on the TTC | Toronto Star

Re: There’s rude and then there’s this, Feb. 23 There’s rude and then there’s this, Feb. 23 Thank you to Edward Keenan for pointing...

Practical ways to ease hydro burden of Ontarians | Toronto Star

Re: Politicians can’t make electricity cheap again, Feb. 23 Politicians can’t make electricity cheap again, Feb. 23 With all due respect to Bruce Lourie,...

Privatization part of the problem | Toronto Star

Re: Politicians can’t make electricity cheap again, Feb. 23 Politicians can’t make electricity cheap again, Feb. 23 Nowhere in his article does Bruce Lourie...

Note to California lawmakers: Don’t dictate when school starts

This editorial is from the Los Angeles Times:There are all kinds of good reasons for public middle schools and high schools to switch to...

Legislators can’t let PERS, budget deficit and transportation go unaddressed (Opinion)

By Lori Chavez-DeRemer A new legislative season has started and the chickens are coming home to roost. Legislators need...

P’burg students learning about Lincoln, oratory | Letter

My husband and I recently attended "Grandparent's Day" at the Phillipsburg Elementary School. We were honored to visit two...

Who Supports Trump? Latest Poll Shows Conservatives Approve Of President So Far

No surprise here: Far-right conservatives are fully behind President Donald Trump. A poll of the 1,447 attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual...

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