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Bill to protect doctors prescribing ivermectin, other unproven drugs against covid advances in Pa.

A state House committee on Monday approved a bill that would free doctors to prescribe off-label drugs to treat covid-19 and allow pharmacists to fill the prescriptions, also without penalty. The bill was authored by Republican state Rep. Dawn Keefer of York County. It was approved by the health committee...
In brief: Vaccine clinic, scholarship available and more around Penn Hills

Vaccine clinic Penn Hills School District is partnering with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to provide a covid vaccine clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 18 at Linton Middle School, 250 Aster St. It is available for staff, district families and students 5 and older. All three vaccines will...
In brief: Preschool and kindergarten open house rescheduled, Penguin Bookshop event and more around Sewickley

Preschool, kindergarten open house rescheduled Parents and caregivers interested in learning more about pre-schools, childcare centers and kindergartens in the Quaker Valley area are invited to attend the Sewickley Public Library’s annual Open House. The program has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 3. Representatives from many area facilities will...
Letter to the editor: Rescuing democracy

Like Spider-Man breaking the multiverse at your local multiplex, our common American reality has been shattered as evil forces run amok. Before Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: “In a democratic world, as in a democratic Nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend...
Editorial: Suicide prevention programs need to utilize and support students

Suicide is an issue everyone needs to note. It’s something to understand, something to keep at bay. After several years in 10th place on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of the top causes of death in the United States, suicide was finally knocked off the podium in...
The Stroller, Feb. 14, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley

Publicize your events, fish fries and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Money available for conservation projects A $1.17 million USDA grant with matching funds will pay for farmers and residents in the Buffalo...
Letter to the editor: Facts on ‘global warming’

In 2015, scholar Walter Williams stated that during the Ordovician period (460 million years ago), carbon dioxide concentrations were 4,400 PPM (parts per million), and temperatures were about the same as today. (This is over 10 times the level, 415 PPM, recorded Nov. 18, 2021, by the Global Monitoring Laboratory.)...
Kaillie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor take gold and silver for U.S. in monobob

BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries stood up straight in her moving bobsled, stretching her arms wide in a pose reminiscent of a favorite internet meme. Are you not entertained? Humphries and fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor solidified their status as the top pilots in the world by finishing first and second,...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 14

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 14....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 14

Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 14....
Buffalo Township supervisors approve 100 new homes for Twin Oaks development

Buffalo Township has given the green light for the Twin Oaks development to add another 100 single-family houses. The township supervisors voted 3-0 Wednesday night to approve a conditional use petition that will allow the additional houses to be built. The new units will be built on 60 acres of...
Trump distortions before Capitol riot are a focus of House probe

WASHINGTON — The House investigation into last year’s Capitol insurrection will move its work into the public eye as soon as April, laying out for voters evidence that they say shows former President Donald Trump and his allies stoked the violence. The select committee of five Democrats and two Republicans...
High school sports scores, schedules for Feb. 13, 2022

High schools Basketball WPIAL Boys Sunday’s result Class A Section 2 Bishop Canevin 83, Geibel 61 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Ambridge at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 7:30 p.m. Beaver at South Fayette, 6 p.m. Bethel Park at Sharpsville, 7 p.m. Butler at Hampton, 7:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 7:30...
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin prods Fed to tackle inflation, citing economy riskVideo

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin said the Federal Reserve needs to “stop pussyfooting around” and “tackle inflation head-on,” renewing his call for the central bank to act against the fastest pace of price increases since the early 1980s. The West Virginia Democrat has warned for months about the impact of...
Donetta Ambrose, legal trailblazer, retires from U.S. District Court after 28 years

For a time in the mid-1970s, Donetta Ambrose was the only woman practicing law in Westmoreland County. Then in 1981, she became the first woman to be elected as a Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas judge. Later, after former President Bill Clinton appointed Ambrose to be a federal judge...
Letter to the editor: Won’t watch Olympics

Is it just me, or has anyone else noted the similarities between the 1936 Olympic games held in Nazi Germany and the 2022 winter Olympic Games in Beijing? A pre-Olympics crackdown on potential dissidents with many people arrested; up to 1.8 million Uyghurs in forced labor camps. The Chinese Communist...

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