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Shohei Ohtani’s historic performance sends Dodgers to World Series
LOS ANGELES — It was a night that will live forever in Los Angeles Dodgers history. There was the Sandy Koufax perfect game. There was the Kirk Gibson home run. And Thursday night, it was The Shohei Ohtani Game, one of the greatest postseason performances in baseball history. Ohtani hit...
Led by Tyler Eber, Thomas Jefferson grounds and pounds Chartiers Valley to secure playoff spot
Tyler Eber on the carry for the Jaguars. What’s become a signature phrase for any public address announcer over the years when the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars play a football game with “insert bellcow running back here” was apparent again as the Jaguars ran their way to a playoff berth in...
Belle Vernon shrugs off early deficit, rolls past rival Ringgold
The Mon River rivalry matchup between Ringgold and Belle Vernon started off with a bang for the visiting Rams on Friday on The Beach at James Weir Stadium. The Rams opened the game by recovering an onside kick and immediately turned it into a touchdown. Ringgold receiver Demetri Lowe made...
Tristyn Tavares leads Norwin on winning drive to top Canon-McMillan, close in on playoff spot
In a game with serious playoff implications, with the score tied in the fourth quarter, Norwin got the ball with 3 minutes, 11 seconds left and looked to its senior quarterback and playmaker Tristyn Tavares to lead the charge. Tavares led the Knights on a 12-play, 54-yard drive that was...
Suarez’s grand slam lifts Mariners past Blue Jays for 3-2 ALCS lead
SEATTLE — Eugenio Suarez’s second home run of the game, an eighth-inning grand slam, broke a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-2, on Friday to regain control of the American League Championship Series. Cal Raleigh sparked the rally with a leadoff homer in the eighth...
49ers’ Mac Jones to start again as Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall ruled out vs. Falcons
The San Francisco 49ers will again turn to backup quarterback Mac Jones with starter Brock Purdy out for Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. Purdy continues to recover from a lingering toe injury that he aggravated in Week 4. Jones, who has gone 2-2 as...
Carson Wentz to start at QB again for Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are back in NFL action Sunday after their bye in Week 6 with a crucial matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Minnesota hosts the reigning Super Bowl champions in Week 7. A loss would drop the Vikings to last in the NFC North, and a win would move...
Why are Democratic candidates for Allegheny County judge listed as Republican nominees on the ballot?
In the upcoming election for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, all 13 candidates are registered Democrats. But it’s impossible to tell by looking at the ballot. Five of the candidates vying for eight positions on the bench are listed as Republicans, five are listed as Democrats and three are listed...
Trump commutes former congressman George Santos’ prison sentence
President Donald Trump commuted U.S. Rep. George Santos’ seven-year prison sentence, releasing him from jail on Friday. Santos, a 37-year-old Republican from New York, reported to the Federal Correctional Institution Flatiron Satellite Camp in New Jersey on July 25 to begin a seven-year prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated...
Government shutdown Day 17. Trump promotes canceling ‘Democrat programs’
WASHINGTON − The government shutdown continued through Day 17 with no end in sight, as concerns grow about federal workers including the military missing paychecks and as benefits such as food assistance run out. The Pentagon shifted funding to meet the Oct. 15 payday for active-duty troops but payments are...
Carpenter’s Apprentice volunteers visit Greensburg for home improvement work
The Carpenter’s Apprentice volunteers were at working in Greensburg Friday, adding a safety rail to a home on East Pittsburgh Street. The organization is a joint mission of First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, Norwin Church of the Nazarene and Community Methodist Church of Harrison City. Created in 2008, the organization...
Former Penn State coach James Franklin to appear on ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’
The bombshell story of the college football season thus far dropped last weekend, with the Penn State Nittany Lions officially firing coach James Franklin after a 3-3 start, which featured three straight losses in the Big Ten. In the days since, athletic director and players have spoken, and just about...
Joe Manganiello reveals engagement to Caitlin O’Connor
Joe Manganiello is heading down the aisle again, two years after announcing his divorce from Sofía Vergara. The “True Blood” alum, who split from Vergara in 2023, revealed his engagement to actress and TV host Caitlin O’Connor in an Instagram post on Friday, Oct. 17. The post features a photo...
Zelenskiy seeks weapons from Trump in shadow of Putin summit
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appeared cool on Friday on the prospect of sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, suggesting to counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a White House meeting that they may not be necessary if he can broker a peace deal. Zelenskiy came to Washington looking for arms to...
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove block on National Guard deployment to Chicago
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to remove a lower court’s block on the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Local officials opposed the troop deployment and judges have found it could lead to civil unrest. But Solicitor General John Sauer told the court that Trump...
Rams star WR Puka Nacua ruled out for Sunday against Jaguars in London
The Los Angeles Rams are going worldwide in Week 7 when they face the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. One of the Rams’ best players won’t be suiting up, though. Los Angeles ruled out leading wide receiver Puka Nacua for Sunday’s game, per multiple reports. The 4-2 Rams face off against...
Penn State’s Drew Allar could be healthy for pre-draft process after successful surgery
After suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Saturday’s loss to Northwestern, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar underwent surgery Wednesday. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the surgery was successful and puts Allar on track for a full recovery. He should be able to resume workouts “sometime in the upcoming months,” which...
It was sold in 1867, but some Russians want Alaska back from the U.S.
Way back in 1991, as the once-mighty Soviet Union disintegrated and Westerners cheered, Vladimir Putin’s favorite rock ‘n’ roll band released “Don’t Fool Around, America,” a patriotic hit about an even older lost cause — Russia’s 1867 sale of Alaska to the United States. This bouncy, accordion-driven single ignored the...
Ex-Trump adviser Bolton pleads not guilty to mishandling classified information charges
GREENBELT, Maryland — John Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to Donald Trump who has become one of the U.S. president’s biggest critics, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of mishandling classified information. Bolton, who was indicted on Thursday, is the third of Trump’s prominent critics to...
U.S. Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say
The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them from a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean hit by a U.S. strike that killed two others, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The disclosure, which has not been previously reported, raises...
Goalie Carter Hart, acquitted in Hockey Canada case, to join Knights
Goaltender Carter Hart, one of five players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018, agreed to a tryout contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Hart became eligible to sign with an NHL team after his acquittal of charges that came from a time when...
West Virginia, UCF jousting for first Big 12 victory
The start of Big 12 play has not gone well for West Virginia and UCF. The Mountaineers and Knights join hapless Oklahoma State as the only schools off to an 0-3 start in conference action. On the plus side, somebody will earn their first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon when...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Rocky Horror’ is campy, raunchy and so much fun at the Greer Cabaret Theater
If going to a midnight theater showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” would have you up way past your bedtime, I have a great solution — at least, for the next few weeks. While most are aware of the now 50-year-old cult classic film, not everyone knows that before...
With dancing frogs and naked bikers, Portland resists Trump’s National Guard troops
PORTLAND, Oregon — Ana Hilde doesn’t recognize the apocalyptic version of Portland that Donald Trump has been selling to the world. The Portland she loves is a creative community where people are open-minded, think critically, push for change and help their neighbors. A be-who-you-wanna-be place with inflatable dancing frogs and...
Trump says 100% tariffs on China not sustainable
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his proposed 100% tariff on goods from China would not be sustainable but blamed China for the latest impasse in trade talks that began with Beijing tightening control over its rare earth exports. Asked whether such a high tariff was sustainable and what that...
