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WASHINGTON — Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the coronavirus first struck the United States, a law enforcement official said. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, chairman of...

The Armstrong County coroner said the man whose body was recovered Wednesday evening from a lake at the Apollo-Spring Church Sportsmen’s Club in Kiski Township died from a heart attack. County Coroner Brian K. Myers said Timothy W. Brueggeman, 56, of Apollo died from a cardiac event while on the...

The coronavirus test from Abbott Laboratories used at the White House to get rapid answers to whether someone is infected may miss as many as half of positive cases, according to a report from New York University. The analysis, which has yet to be confirmed, found that Abbott’s ID NOW...

Uber will require all of its drivers and riders worldwide to wear masks over their faces for the foreseeable future, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said Wednesday. Khosrowshahi made the announcement during a conference call outlining new health and safety steps Uber is taking in order to ease concerns about the...

The story of American women’s fight for their right to vote is full of inspiring examples of persevering through difficult times, and Pittsburgh women led the way. During the current health crisis, we must find sources of inspiration that can help us cope during these unprecedented times. As vice chair...

I can honestly say what many cannot — I love my job. As a software engineer, I love the challenges and rewards, the product, the company and the intelligent, passionate, infuriatingly arrogant but wildly talented colleagues I have come to call friends. Before coronavirus forced me to set up shop...

How sweet the sound. It has been two months since the schools closed. Two months since the chrysalis started to close around our homes and our communities. Two months since we retreated behind doors and pulled masks to separate ourselves from the coronavirus pandemic. And now we are finally hearing...

Regarding Jonah Goldberg’s column “Burden of proof on Joe Biden to deflect Tara Reade accusations”: Even though I wouldn’t vote for Biden, I think that he is entitled, as is every American, to be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty by a jury of his peers. He already stated...

I wish I had the mystical resources that some members of the Franklin Regional School Board seem to have, so confidently voting to continue building at the Sloan school site (“Franklin Regional board votes to restart Sloan construction project,” April 14, TribLIVE). They must have had the advantages of some...

Read The Stroller daily for announcements of how everyone can ease the pressure and stress of others, even while maintaining social distancing. Information for The Stroller should be emailed to vndnews@tribweb.com. Drive-through Blessing of the Bikes planned Sunday A drive-through Blessing of the Bikes will be from noon to 1...

Leetsdale Borough has announced guidelines for the council meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday on the Zoom meeting platform. To attend the meeting, register, including name, address and email address, with borough secretary Jennifer Simek until 2 p.m. on May 14 at simek@leetsdaleboro.net. The public will be muted during the...

Delays, cancellations and reroutes at an airport are part of the routine. That’s why there are the big boards that tell not just at which gate a flight is arriving or departing but whether that is happening on time or not at all — because nothing is a given. Including...

Jeff Kupfer is a former acting deputy secretary of energy in the Bush administration and an adjunct professor of policy in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. Each day brings more evidence of the economic wrecking ball unleashed by the coronavirus. And as the country deals with the crisis, that wrecking...

Bridge inspection work along I-79 in Collier Township will occur Wednesday and Thursday, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will occur as needed on I-79 in each direction on the bridges over Chartiers Creek north of the Route 50 Heidelberg/Collier (Exit 55) interchange, PennDOT announced. Restrictions will occur from 9 a.m. to...

The latest on the 2020 MLB season, for those who missed it, isn’t much different than what has been floating around for a couple weeks. The season, according to reports, would begin in early July with an early- to mid-June spring redux. Teams would play 82 games, down from the...

A female convenience store clerk who reminded a customer about wearing a face mask ended up beaten and bloody after the customer attacked her while rambling about “martial law,” police say. As MontgomeryNew.com reports, it happened in Perkasie Borough, Bucks County, at the Olde Towne Convenience Store late last week....

Carlynton High School has released plans for a virtual commencement ceremony to honor the class of 2020. The event will take place at 7 p.m. June 5 and will be livestreamed through TribLive.com. The ceremony will include pomp and circumstance and speeches by senior class officers and the valedictorian and...

Dear Rep. John Joyce, Thank you for your op-ed “America must hold China accountable for coronavirus” (May 6, TribLIVE). Dr. Joyce, some of us feel that the word “partly” might have been inserted between “China” and “accountable.” As someone who has lived through the administrations of 14 presidents, I have...

OK, I’ll bite: Who is Jay Glazer (“Tim Benz: Jay Glazer’s shot at Ben Roethlisberger raises interesting dynamic,” May 7, TribLIVE)? I’m a near-95-year-old Steelers fan originally from Uniontown who has followed my team since Jock Sutherland was the coach and prior to our great quartebacks when the games were...

I once believed the Jewish community worried needlessly about people forgetting the horrors of the Holocaust. But it is now becoming apparent that most Americans do not remember or even know about the horrors of the German Gestapo, which tracked down and arrested any German citizen who did not follow...