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No matter what we look like, where we live or how much we make, the public health and economic crisis we’re in reminds us that we’re all just human. For years, people like me — young people, people of color, working-class people of all races — have been left behind...

I have only one question for Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Nancy Patton Mills (“We need Joe Biden in the White House,” Sept. 21, TribLIVE): What did Vice President Joe Biden do for Monessen and Greensburg from 2009 to 2017? David Scandrol Lower Burrell...

To all the Republicans in Congress, especially Sen. Pat Toomey: Joseph Welch, as chief counsel for the U.S. Army, in 1954 famously stood up to Joe McCarthy during his Senate hearings, saying, “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” This was a watershed moment in U.S. history and showed that...

Regarding Timothy L. O’Brien’s screed “Of course Trump couldn’t resist Bob Woodward” (Sept. 10, TribLIVE): I suppose President Trump was “a con man and carny act” when he recognized and honored Americans killed by illegals, spoke to their families and welcomed them to the White House. These were people who...

One person is dead and another was flown to the hospital after a shooting in Beaver Falls early Friday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The shooting happened just after 1 a.m. near the corner of 14th Street and Fifth Avenue. The Beaver County coroner was called to the...

Joe Biden has spent 47 years in office and, in my opinion, accomplished nothing except to enrich himself and his family while his masters oversaw the destruction of the American dream for the middle class. Biden watched millions of good U.S. manufacturing jobs moved offshore. The bulk of the jobs...

A woman is dead after a crash Thursday night in Etna, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Henrietta Barricella, 83, of Pittsburgh died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the crash, which happened around 5:10 p.m. at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Butler Street. Further details about...

A 19-year-old Pittsburgh man was killed early Friday in Mount Oliver, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Tysere Michael Igles and has ruled the death a homicide. Police said the shooting happened around 3:10 a.m. in an apartment building on Arlington...

They all knew who Donald Trump really was. The following is what they said about him before they seem to have buckled under to his bullying and abandoned their last shred of dignity: • Lindsey Graham: “He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. I think he’s a kook. I think he’s...

Millvale police are looking for a person who they say lit a North Avenue house on fire early Wednesday morning. Firefighters and police officers were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Police said witnesses said they had seen someone spray paint the home’s front steps, throw a brick...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Bands set to play at outdoor fundraiser in Gilpin A fundraiser to support the Leechburg Pink Day event,“Lingrow Goes Pink,”will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday...

Field Hockey Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Pine-Richland 5, Peters Township 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 8, Woodland Hills 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella 21, West Greene 20 Thursday’s summary Avella 21, West Greene 20 Avella 0 6 15 0 —21 West Greene 8 0 6...

Kensly Owens scored four goals to lead No. 2 North Allegheny (3-1-1, 2-1-1) to an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills (0-3, 0-3) in a Section 1-4A boys soccer match Thursday night. Belle Vernon 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 (OT) – Nick Nagy scored the game winner in overtime to lead...

Coming into this season, the Avella football team had two conference wins in the previous three years. It isn’t October yet and the Eagles have already left that win total in the dust. K.J. Rush threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and Avella stopped...

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan 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 weekly newsletter. For years, Pennsylvania has had a hard time counting its dead. A new analysis shows that in 2017, Pennsylvania had...

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed House committee leaders to put together a more slender coronavirus relief package than the one that previously passed the chamber, in their latest offer in talks with the White House. The House could vote on that as-yet-unreleased $2.4 trillion bill as soon as...

Last Week: 10-2 (84%) Overall: 18-2 (90%) A strange call came in to the Valley News Dispatch office before last Friday’s high school football games. The Birdie had chained himself to a school’s entrance gate and was holding a sign that read: “Let Me In? I Need High School Football.”...

Last week: 10-4 (71.4%) Season: 17-10 (62.9 %) The wordy Birdie regained his form last week. He has some swagger back in his step. While he isn’t allowed to work from the office yet, he has been strutting around his front lawn. (He thought teleworking meant he had to sell...

Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at West Greene, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Baldwin, ppd. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic at Graham Field, 7 p.m. (HSSN) Norwin at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 6 South Fayette...

This week was one of utmost importance for Chick’s Picks. It was the week of the 72nd Prime Time Emmy Awards. It came as no surprise when Chick’s Picks received a nomination earlier this year for Best Prognosticating Performance. Thanks to the pandemic, awards were presented virtually. Chick’s Picks made...

A federal race discrimination lawsuit filed Thursday against Giant Eagle’s OK Grocery Company contends that Black truck drivers were subjected to racial epithets and harassment by their white counterparts with no repercussions. The plaintiffs, Ulysses Robinson, Anthony Hill, Davone Grayson and Showayne Samuels, were all terminated by the company between...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by state Republicans to stay its decision allowing for the use of ballot drop boxes and an extended deadline for mail-in ballots. Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph B. Scarnati III, Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, House Speaker Bryan Cutler and House...

A federal investigation into irregularities with mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Bureau of Elections has turned up discarded ballots that were cast for President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney David J. Freed said Thursday. In a prepared statement, Freed said FBI agents and Pennsylvania State Police who began investigating “potential...