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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Thursday reported on social media that the invasive New Zealand mudsnail has been found in several popular southcentral Pennsylvania trout streams, including those in Cumberland County. The commission said the mudsnails were found in Trindle Spring Run, Big Spring Creek and LeTort Spring...

SAN DIEGO — Twenty-four hours a day, adults with scuffed shoes and dusted pant legs file out of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry — sometimes alone and sometimes in groups — into Tijuana’s streets. Many stop to charge their phones in the little plaza that receives southbound pedestrian traffic....

Where is the Tribune-Review’s reporting on our southern border? Thousands of illegals are entering our country because of President Biden’s policies. This is a national security issue with illegals, criminals and drugs flowing across the border. It is so bad in Texas that Gov. Greg Abbott is going to build...

The Biden administration is spending billions of our hard-earned money to take care of illegal immigrants, providing health care and subsidized housing and feeding. I welcome legal immigration. A friend of mine, an American citizen who worked hard all his life, recently had a health crisis and is currently in...

Students in Highlands School District will resume five-day, in-person classes when school resumes in August. In a 5-4 vote, the school board approved the plan at a special meeting Monday. Under the plan, wearing masks in the schools is voluntary for students and staff in school. But they are mandatory...

A popular current subject is the dramatically reduced cost of installing renewable energy such as solar and wind. In fact, there are claims that new renewables are less expensive than installing fossil- fueled power stations. However, one big difference exists between the two. The difference is that fossil-fueled stations are “dispatchable.”...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-30) fell to Omaha (Royals) in 12 innings. After allowing three runs in the top of the 12th, the Indians scored twice in the bottom of the inning but their rally fell short. C Joe Hudson (.235) and 2B Dee Strange-Gordon (.257) had RBI singles with no outs...

Harrisburg is one of the best places to live in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report, but you might be surprised at what major cities it bested. ” 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2021-2022 ″ is a list compiled each year by...

Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Harrison church invites community to free picnic Christ Our Hope Anglican Church, Harrison, will host a free community picnic from 5...

For Robert Morris men’s hockey coach Derek Schooley, it sounds like he’s employing some good ol’ fashion hockey cliches. Right out of Hockey Media Relations 101. One play at a time. One shift at a time. One period at a time. One game at a time. For Schooley, though, there’s...

A federal judge on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a former Fox Chapel cardiologist convicted two years ago of health care fraud in a “fountain of youth” treatment scheme. Dr. Samirkumar J. Shah was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone. But just...

A federal judge will rule on Tuesday whether a substitute teacher at the Shaler Area Middle School ought to be released on bond pending trial for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. On Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey, in Washington, D.C., heard argument from the federal...

A Hazelwood woman will spend at least four years in prison for killing her close friend in a 2018 drunk-driving crash. Kai Roberts, 36, pleaded guilty in February to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and DUI before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. According to...

On this episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, we take a look back at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is Social Justice Initiative. It has been one year since the food bank launched the initiative. The goal is to create awareness about...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Sunshine City and its sparkling waterfront parks have become the center of Tampa Bay’s Red Tide crisis. Rafts of dead fish are washing ashore more quickly than crews can gather the carcasses. Workers have picked up 477 tons of dead marine life from the coastline...

Local fire and EMS companies have received grants from the annual Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. The program is open to volunteer and career fire companies, emergency medical services and rescue squads, according to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner, which oversees the grant applications. The...

New Kensington police are asking for the community’s help in finding a teenage runaway. Patience Daniella Lynn Johnson, 16, was last seen at her home in the city on July 6, police said. Police Det. Dino DiGiacobbe said police believe Johnson may still be in the New Kensington area, or...

Class • Laurelville Retreat Center, 941 Laurelville Lane, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host Ann Talarek at a Lunch and Learn event at noon July 24 in Laurelville’s small dining hall. Talarek is horticulturist at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Mill Run. After lunch guests will go outside with Talarek to...

LOS ANGELES — This year’s Fourth of July fireworks created the second-highest air pollution levels from the holiday in the last decade and were the highest since the Bobcat wildfire in September, the South Coast Air Quality Management District said Tuesday. The agency said that although last week’s fireworks-related air...

The owner of a defunct Hempfield drug testing lab who admitted to paying kickbacks to a Kentucky doctor for referrals will serve 60 days in jail. William Hughes, 74, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone on Tuesday to serve an additional year of home detention and...

ATLANTA — Two Georgians have filed a lawsuit saying their constitutional rights were violated when the state Medicaid program declined to cover the gender-affirming surgeries they say they need to live a full life. At issue is whether the reconstructive or plastic surgeries sought by Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney...

Robert Morris hockey might have a path back to existence. Three months after university officials said they were eliminating the men’s and women’s hockey programs, the school announced Wednesday it had reversed course and is hoping to resurrect the programs. University officials said they would work with the recently formed...

As America and the world strive to have life resume to “normal,” it is long overdue that the covid case numbers be removed from the Tribune-Review and the TribLIVE website. Seeing those numbers are reminiscent of the daily body counts during the Vietnam War — and if you recall, those...

Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., has returned to normal (pre-pandemic) business hours. It is offering limited meeting and study room spaces, and some programs are taking place in person. For more information, call 412-741-6920 or visit sewickleylibrary.org. Upcoming programs • SPL Outdoor Cinema — Bring your lawn chair or...