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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, some democracies around the world have used technology to avoid having to impose draconian mass quarantines that were common earlier this year in China. That’s reassuring — and it’s also worrying, because the very strategies that can help fight a plague can also...

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida state troopers were in a standoff Wednesday afternoon with a Georgia man accused of fatally shooting three people in his child’s mother’s family, and then leaving with the child, authorities said. Caesar Zamien Lamar Crockett Jr., 29, is wanted on three counts of murder and one...

Pennsylvania will receive an additional $170 million in federal funding during the coronavirus pandemic from the Community Development Block Grant program and Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s office said Wednesday. Local communities will get a significant share. The federal coronavirus relief package includes $27.7 million...

There are plenty of myths and rumors circulating online about the coronavirus. There are also many unknowns that doctors are trying to figure out. The Tribune-Review posed some questions to Dr. Nitin Bhanot, Allegheny Health Network’s division director of infectious disease. Here are his responses: Question: There’s been speculation that...

Record sales on the eve of Gov. Tom Wolf’s temporary closure of state-run wine and liquor stores won’t be enough to offset growing losses — which threaten to end a two-decade streak of new revenue highs, a Tribune-Review analysis shows. Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores shuttered two weeks ago,...

Babies born recently at Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills donned “I Count” onesies to remind parents that every child counts in the census. Any baby born before April 1, 2020, should be counted for their household in the census. “Young children are one of the populations that the Census Bureau...

Dear President Trump: Thank you for the clarification. I did not realize that “public service” and “servant leadership” were all about being “appreciated.” Keith G. Kondrich Swisshelm Park...

I was seriously disturbed to learn that the Word of Life Church had a service March 22 with 200 people in attendance (“About 200 attend Hempfield’s Word of Life Church amid coronavirus shutdown,” March 22, TribLIVE). I am a Christian who attended church several times a week. Now I am...

While I was in a self-checkout lane at Shop ’n Save on Route 66 in Greensburg on March 21, a woman came up and asked if she could buy my groceries. I said, “Thank you very much, but I would prefer if you bought groceries for a family in need...

School closings, sports event cancellations, food hoarding … we live in a new coronavirus-induced world. Yet some personal health facts remain unchanged. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers good advice for preventing community-spread and personal infection: Apply social distancing, sanitize surfaces, wash your hands, don’t touch your face....

The covid-19 epidemic is a serious problem and requires our best efforts to combat its effects. Hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions, may die from this deadly virus worldwide this year. We know that the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are most at risk and our concern...

The order from Gov. Tom Wolf to Pennsylvania’s taverns and restaurants to limit service to takeout only initially shocked the industry. Fear of lost revenue and paychecks was very evident. Pennsylvania’s taverns and restaurants were the tip of the spear in this fight against coronavirus. Early and decisive decisions had...

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South Fayette Township is seeking input from residents who need special assistance as a result of coronavirus restrictions. Those experiencing a hardship are asked to contact the township to be connected to resources to help. Responses are confidential and shared only to the extent needed to provide assistance. Submit an...

Sewickley officials announced Tuesday that due to the current stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Tom Wolf, collection hours at the borough building for 2020 borough real estate taxes have been canceled. Payments can be mailed to Jordan Tax Service Inc., 102 Rahway Road, McMurray, PA 15317 or made online at...

When the chips are down, you listen to the people who know what they are talking about. The firefighters say this is the way out of the fire? Go that way. The police say get down during a bank robbery? Lie on the floor. So what do you do when...

It wasn’t long ago Larry Callaway questioned if he would play football again. A multi-sport athlete who also excelled on the basketball court at Belle Vernon, Callaway was less than a week into his senior basketball season when it came to a sudden end. Early in the fourth quarter of...

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Harrisburg ordered the immediate release Tuesday of 13 immigrants from detention centers across Pennsylvania, saying authorities have not taken adequate measures to protect them from the threat of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars. The group, from countries across the globe, are all being all...

WASHINGTON — Political squabbling over what Congress should do next to address the coronavirus pandemic has begun, and the only point of agreement so far seems to be that the fourth relief bill is likely weeks from being passed, if not longer. Just days after President Donald Trump signed a...

WASHINGTON — A Justice Department watchdog has found more problems with FBI applications to a secret court that approves surveillance as part of counterintelligence and counterterrorism investigations. The inspector general audit, released Tuesday, could play into the ongoing congressional debate over the program. In December, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz...