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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two Florida men have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the Miami Herald has learned. James Solages, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was identified as one of the assailants by Mathias Pierre, a minister in charge of Haitian elections. Pierre did not...

What is noteworthy about the depressing title to this article is its source. In a case of uncommon candor, President Biden’s economic team announced that once the artificially high stimulus-juiced measurements of GDP of the next two years subside, the United States will experience sub-2% growth for the rest of...

Donations have been made to help pay outstanding student lunch balances in Quaker Valley School District. “This is such an amazing gift from our local community. We are so thankful to everyone for their support and helping our families in need,” said district director of food and nutrition services, Carla...

The Friends of the Penn Area Library will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 6 and 9 to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the library’s multipurpose room at the municipal complex in Harrison City. The Friends group has been collecting donations for more than a...

McCandless police said a man reported missing early Thursday has been found safe. Michael Homison, 40, had been last seen in the area of the Home 2 Suites along Duncan Avenue on July 6. He told his family that he was planning to walk to New York, according to police....

Motorists traveling along Fort Couch Road in Bethel Park between Bethel Church Road and Route 19 in Upper St. Clair may want to allow for some additional time. Periodic single‑lane closures began on July 9, according to a news release. The restrictions, which will occur between 6 a.m. and 9...

Profusely apologizing for his actions, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, hunter was sentenced to seven to 20 years in state prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of a teenager at Nockamixon State Park last fall. Kenneth Heller, 52, of Warminster, told Common Pleas Court...

Last week, the state of New Jersey invested $235 million in American Rescue Plan funds to help small community businesses like bars and restaurants and startups bounce back from covid-19 and keep their doors open. Just this week, the Garden State added $100 million to help create and expand child...

With a 92-8 vote, the U.S. Senate on June 25 passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) and sent the bill to the House, where there are 18 Democrats and 14 Republicans already co-sponsoring the legislation. The executive director of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Mark Reynolds, has said, “In times like...

Libraries frequently are underappreciated services. They shouldn’t be. The coronavirus pandemic was not the first time that public or community libraries have seen their doors close in the face of a crisis. It probably will not be the last — although you would think that, at some point, the powers...

President Biden’s $6 trillion budget would be the highest planned spending, as a percent of the economy, since World War II, and the deficits would run above $1.3 trillion for the next 10 years. That spending would exceed $45,000 per household and push the national debt to exceed $44 trillion...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday, July 9, to correct erroneous information about fairs in Beaver County. After a year of pandemic-induced shutdowns, local fair organizers are hoping to return to a typical experience this season — and anticipate a big response from the public. Westmoreland Fairgrounds Secretary...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-28) was shut out for the second straight game, losing 2-0 to Columbus (Indians) in a game shortened to eight innings by rain. RHP James Marvel started and allowed two runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings. He fell to 3-2. RHP Nick Mears threw 1.2 innings of...

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. Rally on the River food truck rally to benefit Leechburg firemen Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company will sponsor a Rally on the...

Tommy Williamson scored in the waning moments of the second half, giving the Pittsburgh Riverhounds a 1-1 draw with the Charleston Battery on Wednesday night in South Carolina. The Riverhounds (6-4-3) are 4-1-1 in their last six games, good for second place in the USL Championship’s Atlantic Division. The game...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Partisan divides are stymying legislation to boost funding for the Pennsylvania bureau tasked with exposing puppy mills and handling...

Thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after storms rolled through the region the day before. Duquesne Light reported at 8:15 a.m. that about 3,400 people were still without power, down from more than 25,000 about 12 hours earlier. “Severe storms moved through our region this afternoon, causing widespread...

NEW YORK — Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his wife told the Daily News. Downey, who turned 85 last month and had been battling...

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have removed a Trevor Bauer bobblehead night from their promotional schedule this season. Bauer is under investigation by Pasadena police after a woman accused him of choking her to the point of losing consciousness during two sexual encounters and injuring her during the second. Bauer,...

On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, we dive into a topic that impacts our entire community: What is causing people to be food insecure? It’s a topic many food banks have struggled with as they try not only to feed their communities...

President Biden is celebrating a potential deal on his infrastructure bill. Unfortunately, Republican lawmakers on the bipartisan committee that came up with the compromise draft insisted on trashing the social measures needed by families and some essential environmental components. Nonetheless, Biden’s all-consuming work on the issue has produced a victory...

If you’re fully vaccinated, how worried should you be about the delta variant of the coronavirus? There is widespread scientific consensus that fully vaccinated people have an excellent chance of being protected from severe illness or death from any coronavirus strain, including delta. In Los Angeles County, 99.8% of people...

Motorists will encounter lane restrictions on Route 28 in the Lower Allegheny Valley over the weekend, PennDOT reported. Crews will be patching concrete and making other repairs between the Millvale interchange in Shaler and the Highland Park Bridge/Aspinwall interchange in Sharpsburg and O’Hara from 7 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m....

Church event • Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township, will have vacation Bible school from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. July 19 to 23 for children age 3 to teenagers. Details: 724-396-8065 or 724-466-2855 Fundraisers • Community Church of Hecla, will host a turkey dinner from...

Letter-writer James Kvitkovich (“Trib is fair and balanced,” July 2, TribLIVE) said he believes the Tribune-Review and Associated Press are fair and balanced. At one time that was very true about the Trib; it was never true about the AP. He says he gets his news from sources such as...