When judges are forced to raise money and campaign for office like politicians, it should be no surprise that they often act like politicians, according to judicial watchdogs.

In fact, the predicted low turnout remains the only factor preventing everyone from forecasting that Democrat Tom Wolf will send Republican Tom Corbett into the history books as the first PA governor to not succeed for a second term since the state constitution was changed to permit succession in 1970.

Ecstasy, or ‘Molly’ as it’s now being called, can cause hyperthermia – extreme overheating. That’s why it’s so important to stay hydrated. Even then, the conditions in which people use ecstasy can make a difference: if a person is in the middle of a large crowd of people dancing and sweating, they face a greater risk than if they were at home or in some other safer environment.

…when Kissing looks back on four of five American wars over the past seven decades, his accounts of history contain embarrassing omissions, feeble excuses, and misplaced blame.

wenty-five years ago, the term “gentrification” was largely unfamiliar to the average American. Today, you can’t talk about cities, race, rent or overpriced coffee without bringing it up. It’s a hard phenomenon to measure, yet most agree its harbingers include the rapid influx of young, well-to-do white people into once low-income neighborhoods, often in the inner city, usually populated by people of color.

“Sometimes you get the sense that politics is just about show,” Wolf said after getting schooled on his sweeping technique. “For me, this has been as much about learning and gathering information as it is about trying to tell people about who I am.

They danced for so long, their sweat soaked through their denim shorts. It was hot outside, but inside was worse — and bottles of water cost $5.

His steadfast refusal *to impose a severance tax on the natural gas industry furthered a popular perception that he was balancing the books on the backs of the most vulnerable.

Including the four-way Democratic Party primary, spending on the race since 2013 has passed $73 million. That beats campaign spending of nearly $70 million during the gubernatorial race of 2002, when Democrat Ed Rendell won.’’’

In many ways, ours is harsh, moralistic, and punitive society. One need only look at our world-leading incarceration rate to see the evidence. We like to punish wrongdoers, and our conception of wrongdoers often includes those who are doing no direct wrong to others, but who are doing things of which we don’t approve.

The beacons also have signs in three languages directing users to push a red button that sends out a signal for help. Agents respond usually within 10 minutes to an hour…

Four years after the N.C.A.A. introduced a concussion policy that placed responsibilities on member universities, many have still not implemented all aspects of the program, a new study by researchers at Harvard found.

The N.C.A.A., which initially said that the scandal had nothing to do with the sports program, has reopened an investigation into the matter…