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Now Republicans are coming after Social Security and Medicare with President Trump’s signature on an executive order that slashes the funding for these two programs. When I served as a Republican member of Congress, we helped thousands of constituents who had problems receiving their Social Security checks or trouble with...

A trucking company owned by former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis and his brother is suing EQT for race discrimination, contending that it ended contracts with them after a new CEO took over last year. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court includes claims for violating the Civil Rights...

Next month I turn 75. The ubiquitous “they” tell me I’m on a covid-19 “endangered species” list. Fifty years from October, with my 25th birthday behind me, I boarded a plane in Miami and headed for the other side of the world. I really was not in much danger, and...

According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, a traffic shift will occur on I-79 in South Fayette Township and Cecil Township beginning this evening. Crews will begin the traffic shift starting at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 and will be finished setting the pattern by 6 a.m. Aug. 21. Traffic traveling southbound...

It upsets me that the mayor of Pittsburgh is criticizing the “pop out arrest” by the Pittsburgh police, instead of defending and praising them (“Mayor Peduto, Pittsburgh public safety leaders address protest arrest in Oakland,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE). He instead should direct the focus on the criminal acts that were...

I’ve watched documentaries accusing the Reagan administration of being reluctant to take AIDS head on. People say it was because of the stigma regarding the population it mostly affected: Gay people like me and Richard Grenell. Whether that was the case or not at the time, it was unpopular to...

It is with great dismay that I write to express how horrible it is to have two cases of insensitive, racist, conspiratorial, biased postings on social media locally by two supposedly responsible adults charged with making decisions and policies for the good of students. Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet...

No one is making money during the coronavirus pandemic like Amazon. While people were staying home amid lockdowns in recent months, the world’s largest retailer has been sitting pretty by filling the voids of in-person shopping. Can’t run out and buy a new video game? Amazon can have it to...

I have been pro-life since I could vote. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential nominee. From Bush to Dole to Bush to Bush to McCain to Romney to Trump, I’ve voted for them all. I hold Christian values dear to my heart. Those values are the cornerstone of...

Joe Biden is a friend of China and vice versa. China has been stealing technology from us for years and has been fleecing Americans on trade. Then Donald Trump came on the scene. In my opinion, the three previous presidents did nothing to level the playing field with China, and...

Small Acts of Kindness Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they...

Crabtree, part of Westmoreland County’s rural landscape, is a long way from Italy and its country vistas of vineyards and olive groves. But it didn’t seem that way for some area artists on Wednesday. “It’s beautiful; it looks like Tuscany out here,” said art instructor Doreen Currie of Unity while...

Call the swat team. Bomb-sniffing “cyborg locusts” could be the next wave in national security, according to military news agency Stars and Stripes. Washington University researchers, funded by the U.S. Navy, reportedly indicate that locusts can differentiate between TNT, ammonium nitrate and other bomb-making materials, and locate their origins almost...

**This story contains explicit language** He went to war to fight for his country … but won’t wear a mask during a pandemic? Former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill, who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, tweeted a selfie Wednesday bragging about not wearing a mask...

The state Superior Court on Wednesday moved an appeal by a number of gun owners who sought to file private criminal complaints against Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and members of city council over their passage of new firearms legislation last year to the Commonwealth Court. In a five-page opinion, the...

University of Pittsburgh students who party could tip the school into shutdown mode, a top official at the school warned. Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner cautioned students that large parties carry the potential of becoming covid-19 super-spreader events and threaten the ability to continue classes on the Oakland campus. On...

Districts across the region again are amending reopening plans after the state released additional guidance this week. Students attending in-person classes now are required to wear face coverings at all times while in school with few exceptions, according to the state education and health departments. The changes are based on...

Three Penn State football players were charged Monday after university police officers said they found marijuana and LSD in the trio’s on-campus apartment. Officers responded about 3:40 p.m. Aug. 2 to sophomore running back Devyn Ford and redshirt freshman offensive linemen Sal Wormley and Caedan Wallace’s apartment for a fire...

For Shannon Edwards and Jesse Sally, the road from separation to divorce was a very public one. There were newspaper headlines and mentions on national news and comedy shows. There were allegations of infidelity and threats. And now, three years later, there is friendship and a new podcast on co-parenting....

Irwin’s “Music in the Streets” is returning to the borough’s downtown business district this week with performances by several singers. On Thursday, former “American Idol” contestant Aubrey Burchell will perform at The Lamp Theatre courtyard from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Gail, Kevin & Company will perform on Fourth Street from...

Northern Tier Library is now open to the public. A limited number of people are allowed in the building at one time to ensure social distancing, but appointments no longer need to be made to visit. Contactless lobby pickup is still available. Temporary hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The...