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NEW YORK — The closing of physical libraries because of the pandemic has slowed but not stopped patrons and others from calling for books to be banned or restricted. On Monday, the American Library Association reported more than 270 challenges to books in 2020, from Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”...

You don’t need to spell everything out. Just because a law doesn’t specifically mention a given act doesn’t mean there is a loophole that makes it legal. Coerce someone into giving you their Bitcoin and you will face charges of theft or fraud. The fact Pennsylvania criminal statutes predate cryptocurrency...

A woman in a Memphis Burger King drive-thru line no longer wanted to wait for her food, so she took matters into her own hands. Fox 13 Memphis reported that on Tuesday, Memphis Police said a woman exited her car at a Burger King on Winchester Road, walked up to...

President Joe Biden’s administration is looking for ways to improve face masks — and will give out $500,000 in prizes to help do it. The Mask Innovation Challenge invites Americans to submit ideas to make masks more comfortable to wear and to eliminate “barriers to use,” such as discomfort, contact...

‘The Wedding Singer’ planned Shaler Area High School students will present “The Wedding Singer” in four livestream performances from April 15 through 17. Tickets are available to purchase. For more information, visit sasd.k12.pa.us. ^ Drive-thru spaghetti dinner The Elfinwild Lions Club is holding a drive-thru, free-will offering spaghetti dinner at...

The Aspinwall flea market is back. The event will be April 11 starting at 11 a.m. in the Aspinwall Municipal parking lot, 217 Commercial Ave. For more information, visit aspinwallpa.com. Adopt-a-block program The Best of Blawnox Organization is introducing a new volunteer opportunity, an adopt-a-block program, for community members. Adopt-a-block...

Plum senior vaccine event The Allegheny County Health Department and Plum Community Center will sponsor a first-shot covid vaccine clinic from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13 at the Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Road. The clinic is for Plum residents 65 and older only. To register...

Thompson Run Road pickup set for April 10 The Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group is holding a litter pickup event on Thompson Run Road from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. April 10 Volunteers can meet at the Penn Hills VFD No.6, 2240 Main St. Gloves, vests and bags will be provided. RSVP...

The Monroeville Botanical Garden Committee is looking for volunteers that would like to help with planting and maintaining the flowerbeds in the Monroeville Community Park located on Tilbrook Road. The schedules is as follows: • May: Clean up the beds, plant the annuals around the gazebo and replace any lost...

At the library The Hampton Community Library is continuing its virtual programming. See below for more details. • On the Road: A Family Adventure on Wednesdays mornings at 8 a.m. We care about the important learning that happens through reading, writing, singing and playing. Tune in to a new adventure...

A man who said he was trying to kill himself when he set a fire in a Point Breeze home three years ago pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of two men. Vincent Smith, 61, of Point Breeze North, will be sentenced...

North Hills Home Show The North Hills Home Show will take place April 23-25 at the North Park Sports Complex in Hampton, offering three action-packed days of experts, exhibits and demonstrations to educate and entertain. Show hours will be 3-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m....

PRHS scholarship blood drive Pine-Richland High School is hosting a scholarship blood drive April 18 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Vitalant North Hills Donor Center, located at 9365 McKnight Road. Four PRHS seniors – Ava Foster, Max Romano, Caitlin Golla and Aakash Kottakota – organized the drive to encourage fellow...

Sewickley Music Club The Sewickley Music Club will hold its first in-person, socially distanced event following a year-long covid shut down by welcoming world performer and current Pittsburgh resident Allan Snyder. Snyder, accompanied by Bill Brewer, will be singing a program of tunes entitled “Broadway and Beyond – Music from...

Book club discussions All are welcomed to attend the Rosslyn Farms Community Club Publication’s book club discussions held the third Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. This month’s book discussion is on “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle. The discussion will be held at Chrissy Green’s home...

Paper shredding event A Better Business Bureau free paper shredding event will take place April 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. (or until filled) at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building, 410 E. Bruceton Road. BBB volunteers will guide cars though a moving line, offload and shred disposable items on the...

President Biden says “America is back.” How true. America is now back to giving billions to countries that hate us and want to destroy us. We will go back to being energy dependent. While we are going “green,” other countries, our enemies who don’t care about emissions, will be ramping...

To all you liberals out there, I hope you see what is happening to our country after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Democrats were going to “change America.” There have been so many changes in only two months of President Biden’s four-year term. They are putting illegal immigrants...

As a longtime subscriber to the Trib, I am concerned that it has veered far left in just the last few years. I don’t consider the Associated Press a journalistic news organization any longer, and think the Trib’s relationship to it should be terminated. AP’s use of inflammatory and unproven...

With current numbers of undocumented immigrants already surpassing last year’s total, calling President Biden’s immigration policy a debacle is certainly a fitting term. On his first day in office, Biden stopped the border wall construction and discarded the Migrant Protection Protocols agreed to by Mexico’s president that kept would-be migrants...

I was disappointed to learn that Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew told a Pennsylvania Senate committee that his constituents want to eliminate no-excuse mail-in voting (“Westmore­land commissioner says county voters want end to no-excuse mail-in ballots, another disputes that,” March 23, TribLIVE). He claimed that 20,000 county residents were “potentially”...

Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Manos Gallery seeking entries for child’s art exhibit The Manos Gallery, 320 E. Fifth Ave., Tarentum, is accepting entries from children age 5 to...

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High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Laurel at Seton LaSalle, 4 p.m. Hockey PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs Monday’s schedule Quarterfinals Class AAA Peters Township (15-4) vs. Bethel Park (7-11-0-2) at Robert Morris, 6:30 p.m. North Allegheny (13-5-0-2) vs. Seneca Valley (13-6-0-1) at Baierl Ice Complex, 6:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan (15-4)...