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Is it just me or do others find it strange that Attorney General Pam Bondi just announced that there is no client list or evidence of child sexual abuse that can be prosecuted in the Epstein case? Back in February the information was that she had mountains of evidence and...

A pair of Pitt baseball players were chosen by the San Diego Padres on the second day of the MLB Draft on Monday. Left-handed pitcher Ryan Reed was selected in the 15th round (460th overall) and first baseman Luke Cantwell went in the 20th round (610th overall) Reed went 5-4...

The U.S. housing market is close to stalling out, with prices in more than half the country’s top 100 housing markets now below their peak, according to the latest data from Intercontinental Exchange. The annual nationwide price increase slowed to 1.3% in June, the slowest pace in two years and...

Fox Chapel graduate David Fuhrer II got off to a blistering start to his opening round, making birdie on five of the first eight holes, to take the lead after the first day of the WPGA Amateur Championship on Monday at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. Fuhrer went out in...

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said this week they think State Sen. Sharif Street should consider stepping down as Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party chair as he runs for U.S. Congress. The comments from the two top Democratic heavyweights come as Street this month announced his campaign...

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company is building several massive data centers to power its artificial intelligence efforts with the first one expected to come online next year. “We’re calling the first one Prometheus and it’s coming online in ‘26,” Zuckerberg said in a post...

The stock of Veritex Holdings soared 20% on Monday, after the Dallas-based bank agreed to a nearly $2 billion buyout by Huntington Bancshares, a Midwest regional banking powerhouse with ambitions to deepen its Texas footprint. Veritex has over 30 branches across Texas, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington...

A landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention — a scientific feat decades in the making — received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration last month. Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir is so effective that global health leaders had started to cautiously talk about the end of an epidemic that continues to...

The opioid epidemic has left few communities in Pennsylvania unscathed. It has stolen lives, fractured families, overwhelmed emergency services, and put unbearable pressure on county and municipal budgets. Westmoreland County is certainly no exception. So when the opioid settlement funds began to flow as part of a national reckoning with...

An artificial intelligence furor that’s consuming Singapore’s academic community reveals how we’ve lost the plot over the role the hyped-up technology should play in higher education. A student at Nanyang Technological University said in a Reddit post that she used a digital tool to alphabetize her citations for a term...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Monday, July 14, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....

A quarter of the way into the new century and we’ve seen triumphant artistic highs from filmmakers both new and old. Our 20th-century masters — Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino — continue to work at a very high level, while mixing with filmmakers who got their start around the...

The Catholic church requires clearances to do anything short of attending Mass. What would Jesus think? My church welcomes people in, and if they want to do anything, a packet is given to them of things to do to protect children. This packet includes an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history background...

On Sunday night, Pittsburgh Brewing Co. in Creighton got a lineup that would’ve completely packed Star Lake in 1995. You can just imagine a sea of tie-dye-clad hacky-sackers rocking out to three of the moment’s hottest bands. Considering it’s 30 years later, the bill of Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms and...

Oakmont Elks community picnic The Oakmont Elks Club is hosting a community picnic on Saturday, July 19. Starting at 4 p.m., the event will feature free food, games and crafts for children. The event is located at 106 Washington Ave. in Oakmont. Live music will start at 7 p.m. Free...

The writer of the letter “America needs unity, not protest” (July 2, TribLive) called for unity in our country and an end to protests. Unfortunately, that ship has sailed. The president he would like us to unify around refers to people like me, my family and friends as “scum” and...

In a remarkable achievement, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act got worse with each iteration before finally being enacted. On plausible assumptions, the final version will add more than $5 trillion to deficits over the next 10 years, moving the track of public debt from unsustainable to all but unhinged....

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I am a parent of a special education student in Pittsburgh Public Schools. Like so many across our state, I want my child — and others like them — to attend public schools that are safe, welcoming, thriving and rich with the resources our young people need to dream and...

The Saint Vincent men’s soccer team struggled to a 2-11-6 record last season. But as rising sophomore midfielder Jack Billick sees it, that wasn’t an accurate reflection of the team’s ability. “We had a great preseason, and then I think in the regular season, we just got unlucky,” said Billick,...

After two seasons with Pitt’s women’s soccer program, Plum grad Kaitlyn Killinger decided she needed a change of scenery. As it turned out, her scenery didn’t change much. Only the name on her uniform. Killinger made the short journey down Fifth Avenue to Duquesne, where she will spend her final...

Editorial cartoons for the week of July 14....

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McCandless looking to hire finance assistant McCandless is seeking applications for a well-rounded, experienced and self-motivated finance assistant. The full-time position performs duties as assigned by the finance director and town manager. Typical duties include, but are not limited to, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciling vendor statements and resolving purchase...