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PHILADELPHIA — Citing “extraordinary abuses of police power,” more than 140 Philadelphia protesters and residents sued the city Tuesday over the department’s response to the unrest that has gripped the region in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. In three separate federal lawsuits filed Tuesday, 146 plaintiffs...

Izabel Bruno of Verona, a political science major, was named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during...

Izabel Bruno of Verona, a political science major, was named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during...

Alexa Dunn of Monroeville was named to the president’s list at James Madison University for the spring 2020 semester. Students who earn president’s list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a grade-point average of 3.90 or higher. Dunn is a kinesiology major. —- Jamey Baker...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and several senior House lawmakers recently announced a plan to impose price controls and seize patents on any covid-19 vaccines and treatments in development. They vowed to strike down any emergency stimulus packages excluding such measures. Those efforts aren’t just misguided — they pose a threat...

Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced a conveniently timed vacation Monday night in the same hour that he was forced to address his now former staffer’s racist and sexist message board posts. The controversial commentator closed out his show Monday with a temporary farewell, saying he was going off the...

The most important decision any political leader can make is about the constitutional structure of our government. Those decisions are best made calmly, deliberately and with a focus on the long-term good of our political community. Poor ones are most likely to be made in a rush, in anger and...

I might have just gained an insight into what divides America so much. If you read the reactions to President Trump’s speech at Mt. Rushmore, you’ll see The Wall Street Journal claim it was a great speech while others (New York Times, Washington Post and most cable news networks) saw...

When a president misstates something such as the number of people who attended his inauguration or how knowledgeable he is in a field about which he knows nothing, he is exposed as a liar but no physical harm is done to people. It is another matter when a leader makes...

Westmoreland County has been awarded $31.5 million in covid-19 CARES Act funds (“Westmoreland to get millions through the CARES Act, but it won’t be enough,” June 1, TribLIVE). How will that money be spent? County residents deserve the opportunity to voice their concerns. We demand oversight, transparency and a fair...

I hold these truths to be self-evident: Black lives matter. Brown lives matter. White lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. If you disagree with any of those short but significant statements, you are prejudiced and thereby part of the disease and not the cure. Judge by character and...

One day recently my car sprung a leak in the radiator hose and left me stranded on Harrison City Road facing directly on Route 22. It was too dangerous to push the car across Route 22, so I stood outside the car directing traffic around it while waiting for AAA....

Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free food to be distributed at Highlands High School 412...

“The term ‘veteran’ means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.” That is the definition under Title 38 United States Code, according to the Social Security Administration. A veteran is someone who stepped...

To many who didn’t know him, Major Corley was an imposing figure. He was 6-foot-8 and walked with a slow, mission-oriented pace. Not to mention his nickname was “Tuffy.” But to those who knew him, Tuffy was nothing like his gruff exterior suggested. He was a calm, compassionate and mellow...

Los Angeles campuses will not reopen for classes on Aug. 18, and the nation’s second-largest school system will continue with online learning until further notice, because of the worsening coronavirus surge, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday. The difficult decision became unavoidable in recent weeks, Beutner said, as coronavirus cases have...

The 2020 Sewickley Harvest Festival has been canceled. According to an email from the borough, the event, scheduled for Sept. 12, will not be held due to the covid-19 outbreak. The annual festival is an autumn tradition that’s presented by the Rotary Club of Quaker Valley and Kiwanis of Sewickley....

A Vandergrift borough employee who became ill and was directed by his doctor to get tested for covid-19 was awaiting test results Monday. “We do not know anything, whether he’s tested positive or negative at this point,” Borough Secretary Stephen J. DelleDonne said early Monday afternoon. DelleDonne did not identify...

Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies. Kendra Espinoza, a hard-working (three jobs) and determined single mom, decided to take her two daughters out of the local public schools and enroll them in Stillwater Christian...

We’ve probably all been to a wedding that felt like it would never end. For Sarah (Cristin Milioti), that wedding is her younger sister’s, where she’s drowning herself in red wine and extremely unprepared to give a speech. Now imagine living that nightmarish day again, and again, and again. This...

Evening and weekend computer appointments have been added at Sewickley Public Library. According to their Facebook page, the library has appointments available for computer use from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays;...

A record number of women are running for Congress this year, boosted in part by a surge of Republican women seeking office in a party struggling to regain lost ground with female voters. The influx adds to the advances female candidates — mostly Democrats — made in the 2018 midterm...

More than eight in 10 Americans fear a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to recent polling from Ipsos. Some cities and states have halted efforts to reopen their economies, in response to rising case counts. But there’s no reason to be fearful. We now have enough information about...