Bruce Andriatch: An open letter to my church that I never wanted to write

Dear Catholic Church: I’ve been your staunch defender for as long as I’ve been able to speak. Credit 17 years in your schools and a family that forced me to try to live the lessons I learned. When people would ask why I stuck it out with you when so many others had given up on you, I had a...

A history of the Love Canal disaster, 1893 to 1998

The state health department declared an emergency at the Love Canal in 1978, but the history of the dump site stretches back to the last century. Here's a chronology of the site's history and the unfolding environmental disaster: May 23, 1834: William T. Love starts digging a canal designed to...

Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser

The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement. Her boyfriend, the culinary television star Anthony Bourdain, eagerly joined the...

Plane narrowly misses van crossing runway for barbecue

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A video taken from the control tower shows a van crossing a runway at the Springfield-Branson National Airport just seconds ahead of an airliner that was taking off. No one was injured in the June 27 incident. The jetliner, an Embraer 145 operated by American Airlines...

BadFish appearing in Western New York

I had no idea that our very own Badfish was a muisician and will be appearing here in Western New York along with the group Sublime. You shoulda told me you were comin'! Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime is a Rhode Island-based tribute band dedicated to playing the music of Sublime. The band...

Democrat apologizes after hurling anti-Asian slurs at her opponent

A Michigan state Democrat apologized Thursday after calling her opponent and the rival's campaign staff “ching-chongs” – in reference to the candidate’s Asian heritage. State Rep. Bettie Cook Scott has come under fire after she hurled anti-Asian slurs at state Rep. Stephanie Chang during the...

Commentary: Newspapers don't help themselves by coordinating against Trump

If you are a Trump voter who thinks that much of the press is reflexively hostile to the president, 300 of America's leading newspapers want you to know that you might be on to something. In a self-defeating act of journalistic groupthink, America's editorial pages launched a coordinated...

Cuomo: America 'was never that great'

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said at an event on Wednesday that America "was never that great," drawing an audible response from the crowd. Cuomo made the comments in reference to President Trump's popular "make America great again" slogan. "We're not gonna make America great again," Cuomo...

More than 70 people overdose in New Haven as park visitors watch in horror

As many as 76 people overdosed on what’s believed to have been synthetic marijuana at or near a Connecticut city park as fellow parkgoers watched in horror. Officials said most of the overdoses happened on the New Haven Green throughout the day on Wednesday. “We have a guy laid out in the...

Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison Denies He Abused Ex-Girlfriend

Allegations surfaced Saturday against lawmaker running for state AG Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison has denied that he was abusive to an ex-girlfriend. The accusations surfaced just days a primary vote on Tuesday that will decide whether he becomes his party's pick to run for state attorney...