EDITOR’S NOTE: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on prostate biopsies. I'm no doctor, but I'd advise against them. My boyfriend got a biopsy in 2012, which I believe caused his cancer to spread beyond his prostate into his bones. He died three years later in 2015. Think about this: A needle is ...

It's very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from what it was the day before. But that's exactly what happened to the United States of America on May 10, 1869, as the First Transcontinental Railroad was declared ...

MARQUETTE — When the Wright brothers made their momentous first flight in December 1903, little did anyone suspect the role their invention would play in World War I just over a decade later. Those early airplanes were extremely basic, made of canvas and wood with open cockpits and only ...

Dear Annie: I recently cleaned out my mother's house after she moved into assisted living, and I thought the hardest part would be the boxes. I was wrong. The hardest part was realizing that every drawer held a memory, and every memory came with a decision. There were birthday cards she ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I decided to practice using an inhalation spirometer, partly because I have a daily productive cough (small amounts three to four times a day). I smoked a pack of filtered cigarettes a day from ages 17-29. I smoke marijuana now. My scoliosis is quite complex and has taken over 4 ...