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Westmoreland happenings: Easter party, rummage sale, jazz festival, more
Easter Cook Township Community Center will host a free Easter party with an egg hunt and magic show at noon March 28 at the center, 1698 Route 711. All ages welcome. Bring a basket or bag. Rain or shine. There will be photo ops with the Easter Bunny. Fundraisers •...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s war plans
To all MAGA suffering from TDS (Trump Delusional Syndrome), it’s war! Time to find a lifeboat. Your captain, Donald Trump, was daydreaming about Greenland and NATO, and the S.S. America struck an iceberg in the Strait of Hormuz. But fear not. What if I was to tell MAGA your stable...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 25, 2026
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 12, Penn Hills 2 Section 2 South Fayette 9, Moon 8 Bethel Park 8, Upper St. Clair 6 Section 3 Pine-Richland 11, Mars 6 Fox Chapel 11, Shaler 10 West Allegheny 10, Allderdice 0 Class 4A Section 1 Blackhawk...
High school roundup for March 25, 2026: North Allegheny throws early season shutout
Liam Cooper and Lucas Manczka combined on a four-hit shutout, leading North Allegheny to a 4-0 win over Norwin in nonsection baseball Wednesday night. Cooper allowed two hits and fanned five in five innings. Manczka gave up two hits and struck out three in two innings. Christian Simons drove in...
U.S. Postal Service to hike prices as war drives up fuel costs
The U.S. Postal Service plans to raise prices to offset rising transportation expenses including the cost of fuel, a sign that the beleaguered mail carrier is feeling the strain of higher oil prices as the war in Iran continues. The USPS will increase prices by 8% on some packages until...
U.S. troop movements fan fears of a risky ground attack on IranVideo
WASHINGTON — Even as President Donald Trump pushes for talks to end the war against Iran, the U.S. has ordered thousands of troops to the region, fueling fears that the president is gearing up for exactly the sort of risky ground invasion that he once campaigned against. Iran has publicly...
Trump to delay nominating new CDC director
The White House plans to delay naming a candidate to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has been roiled by a string of high-level departures and has had three different leaders since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, according to people familiar with...
‘A fundamental right’: Pa. House again passes bill to end state’s unenforced gay marriage ban
A bill to repeal Pennsylvania’s currently-unenforceable same-sex marriage ban cleared the state House for the second time on Wednesday, with the partisan divide on the issue little changed in two years. The measure, which would strike the line in state law saying that marriage is “between one man and one...
Army raises enlistment age limit to 42 and eases marijuana rules
The United States Army has officially raised its enlistment age limit to 42 from 35 and eased restrictions for people with marijuana convictions, a move that comes years after a period in which it struggled to meet its recruitment goals and as the country is engaged in a war with...
Delta Air Lines says it will suspend special services for Congress members
Delta Air Lines said that it would suspend special services for members of Congress, citing the partial government shutdown that has hobbled travel across the country. The services include airport escorts and specialized customer service for lawmakers. The Capital Desk, a dedicated reservations line that helps members book trips at...
John Fetterman’s support for Trump’s DHS secretary has made his bad relationship with Democrats even worse: ‘He needs to go’
When Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta lost a bitter U.S. Senate primary to then-Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in 2022, he immediately threw his support behind the Democratic nominee — vowing to campaign vigorously for Fetterman, who went onto win the general election as he was recovering from a stroke. Fetterman...
Noah Feldman: A judge’s vulgar dissent is a loss for everyone
A recent opinion by a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is a contender for the most vulgar piece of judicial writing in the 300-plus-year history of recorded judicial decisions in the English language. The opinion in Olympus Spa v. Andretti — a dissent from...
O’Connor says DA is probing ‘contracts’ but provides no details about search warrant
Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor said Wednesday a search warrant from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office is seeking information from the city about contracts, among other things. The DA’s office served the sealed search warrant on Monday, O’Connor offered no other details about the probe by District Attorney Stephen A....
WWE’s Jacob Fatu talks rapid rise and long journey ahead of Pittsburgh eventVideo
Jacob Fatu has been one of the fastest rising stars on WWE television. He debuted in summer of 2024, adding another member to WWE’s roster coming from the vast Samoan family tree that includes Roman Reigns, The Uso’s, The Rock and many more. Fatu wrestled around the world for independent...
AI is coming for the sommeliers
Like many people, Spencer Herbst finds choosing wines in restaurants to be stressful. He likes wine, he said, but considers himself relatively uninformed. “It feels like a quiz you didn’t prepare for,” he said. So, six months ago, Herbst, who builds artificial intelligence capabilities at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, did...
In brief: Whitlock honored, Easter events and more in Sewickley area
Sewickley man honored Sewickley resident Tres Whitlock, Western Pennsylvania Area President of Gallagher, was this year’s honoree at the Wesley Family Services 2026 Gala, held March 20. “I am thrilled and humbled by this nomination,” says Whitlock. “Wesley Family Services’ commitment to a Quality Whole Person Care approach — seeing...
The lines, the prices, the anxiety: Can air travel get any worse?
War is raging in the Middle East, passengers are waiting in four-hour security lines, airfares are spiking and, now, a deadly runway collision at LaGuardia Airport has renewed questions about the safety of U.S. air traffic control. All this comes at one of the busiest travel periods of the year....
Letter to the editor: Thanking unsung heroes who save lives
I would be remiss if I did not thank our “unsung heroes” — North Huntingdon Township EMS/Rescue 8, on behalf of my brother, Tom Arendas, who passed away Jan. 30. Tom was one of the first two people to receive his EMS certification for the service in 1974. He was...
The Stroller, March 25, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Free dental care offered...
Letter to the editor: U.S. could learn from Finland
The letter “Why do millions want to come to U.S.?” (March 7, TribLive) written in response to the letter “Finland, Norway more attractive than U.S.” (Feb. 25, TribLive) misses the point : It argues with something the original letter never said. Pointing out that other democracies sometimes do things better...
Editorial: Teen suicide prevention requires early intervention
There are some injuries where you have to wait to respond. You can’t put a cast on a leg before it breaks. You can’t give chemotherapy before someone has cancer. Taking out an appendix proactively is not only useless, but it’s also wrong. Then there are the ones that require...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 24, 2026
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 6, Armstrong 0 Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Penn-Trafford 9, Latrobe 3 Section 2 Bethel Park at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Chartiers Valley 8, Trinity 1 Moon 16, South Fayette 6 Section 3 Pine-Richland 6, Mars 3 Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for March 24, 2026: Elizabeth Forward’s JB Crovak fans 17 to win pitchers’ duel with Ringgold
JB Crovak threw a one-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts and one walk to lead Elizabeth Forward to a 1-0 victory over Ringgold in Section 2-4A baseball Tuesday. Aiden Grimes singled and scored for the Warriors (2-1, 1-0). Anthony Koziel gave up one run on four hits with eight strikeouts for...
The U.S. said it helped bomb a drug camp. It was a dairy farm
As President Donald Trump prepared to welcome conservative Latin American leaders to a summit in Florida in early March, U.S. officials released a video of a massive explosion — capturing the destruction of what they said was a drug trafficker’s training camp in rural Ecuador. The video was meant to...
High oil and gas prices could outlast Trump’s war with Iran
WASHINGTON — As the war with Iran began to send oil and gas prices soaring around the world, President Donald Trump shrugged off the fallout as a temporary setback for the U.S. economy. “When this is over,” he told reporters this month, “oil prices are going to go down very,...
