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“You’ve accused mothers of being in co-dependent relationships with their children,” she (a journalist) said, then asked, “What is co-dependency, exactly, and how does it apply to today’s mothers?” Great question! One that cuts right to the core of America’s parenting problem. A co-dependent relationship consists of a well-intentioned enabler...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection McDowell 66, Bethel Park 63 North Allegheny 45, Altoona 39 North Catholic 72, Canon-McMillan 51 Ringgold 63, West Allegheny 58 Florida Elks Holiday Basketball Classic At Umatilla, Fla. Lincoln Park 77, Inspire Prep Academy (Fla.) 70 Shiloh (Ga.) 79, Montour 59 Hollidaysburg...

The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...

Harriet Tubman has yet to appear on the $20 bill or any federal note. But the hero of the Underground Railroad has newly minted cultural currency of her own. The star of the biopic “Harriet,” Cynthia Erivo, was just nominated for a Golden Globe. And there’s a new biography: “She...

Now we have Robin Hood in reverse: Rob from the poor and give to the rich! It is stunning to me that the Trump administration is on course to deny food stamp benefits to over 700,000 of our poorest citizens. The administration that has given back nearly a trillion dollars...

Outdoors SHOOTS ON TAP • California Hill Gun Club holds sporting clays and five-stand shoots Sundays from 9 a.m.-noon. All are open to the public. Call 724-938-3480. • Sporting clays is closed for the winter at West Penn Sportsmen’s Club, but five stand is open Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. and...

The Associated Press article “Pa. school district can keep ‘Redskins’ name, but logos might go” reported that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission has ordered the Neshaminy School District in Bucks County, whose sports teams’ nickname is the Redskins, to get rid of all logos and imagery that “negatively stereotype Native...

It can be hard for some to reconcile the idea of hunting and a love of animals. There are groups who will never accept it. The activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, for example, calls it unnecessary and cruel. “Hunting might have been necessary for human survival...

The congressional impeachment hearings are the equivalent of the hypnotist’s shiny watch on a chain — going back and forth, while the not so calming voice of Adam Schiff hums in the background. Always making sure the attention of the wide-eyed, gullible citizenry is drawn away from the disastrous failings...

The Washington Post and New York Times both marveled at the fact that James Comey was an obsessive and prolific note-taker who always took contemporaneous notes to preserve meeting discussions. However, when the Inspector General’s report confirmed that Comey briefed President Barack Obama on the Trump-Russia investigation in August 2016...

Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Peters Township 61, Upper St. Clair 52 Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 60, Greensburg Salem 47 Gateway 58, Woodland Hills 53 Laurel Highlands 65, McKeesport 58 Section 2 Thomas Jefferson 63, South Fayette 62 Trinity 84, Chartiers Valley 73 West...

Jake Pugh scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left and Shane Stump blocked a shot with time running out to preserve a 63-62 win for Thomas Jefferson over South Fayette in Section 2-5A on Friday night. Noah Pierce had 18 points for TJ (2-3, 1-0). Stump and Isaac McNeil...

Holiday open house planned Tuesday in Kittanning Sen. Joe Pittman will host a holiday open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at his Armstrong County office, 109 S. Jefferson St., Kittanning. Information about programs and services will be available. His district includes Saxonburg and Buffalo, Clinton, Jefferson and...

Pine Benjamin Craven trustee sold property at 99 Clover Lane to Daniel Mickel and Julie Teresa Duffy for $485,000. Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 522 Douglas Drive to Barbara Papson for $350,354. Thomas Schrecengost sold property at 104 Lyndhurst Circle to Christopher Hetrick for $640,000. Pine Development Co. GP...

Etna Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority sold property at 37 Grant Ave. to Etna Borough for $1,500. Brandon Chatham sold property at 120 Vista St. to Nicholas Miller and Raejana Cleckley for $190,000. Shaler Kyle Allen sold property at 40’ Private Road to Jamie and Lisa Parke for $178,500. John Hall...

Franklin Park Richard Shubert III sold property at 1120 Castletown Ct to Old Republic Diversified Services Inc. for $940,000. Kimberly Brunner sold property at 1567 Duncan Drive to Nicole McCann for $192,000. Marshall Celtic Capital LLC sold property at Faulk Drive to David and Geanine Lamberger for $234,140. Carolyn Hrach...

Hampton Carol Capezzuti sold property at 5136 Hamlet Drive to Stephanie Petrack for $380,000. The Hamptons L.P. sold property at Hampton Place Drive to NVR Inc. for $172,172. Troy Larkin sold property at 4186 Latache Ct to Peter and Stephanie Keahon for $506,000. Elaine Morrow sold property at 2853 School...

Fourteen Westmoreland County boys basketball teams will converge on Hempfield High School for a one-day, two-gym event Saturday. Here is the line-up of games for the Westmoreland County Coaches Association event to be played at the main and auxiliary gyms at Hempfield: Noon – Kiski Area vs. Hempfield and Mt....

The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...

Greensburg Central Catholic coach Christian Hyland thought his team wasn’t playing hard enough in the first half. Up by just four at the intermission, the Centurions responded with a huge run to start the second half and rolled to a 71-46 victory Friday night over St. Joseph at Walter Dlubak...

Mt. Lebanon senior Jake Hoffman wears uniform No. 33. He might consider changing it to No. 30. The Blue Devils have played four games this season. Hoffman has scored exactly 30 points in each of them. Hoffman’s fourth 30-spot in a row led all scorers and carried Mt. Lebanon to...

Consumers generally don’t need extended warranties. “They are cash cows for retailers,” said Linda Sherry, a spokeswoman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. “Salespeople get commissions, which is why they push them so hard.” But that doesn’t mean you want to dismiss the idea of purchasing extra protection in all...

Comcast is giving the gift of higher cable bills this holiday season. Tens of millions of Xfinity customers will see their bills rise 3.6% nationwide, on average, the company said Thursday, as it boosts prices for broadband plans and hikes TV fees starting next week. Customers in the Philadelphia region...

Since the Los Angeles Police Department started rolling out body cameras worn by officers, the videos have captured confrontations with suspects, pursuits and other high-profile interactions. But authorities allege a body camera worn by Officer David Rojas recently captured something highly disturbing: the lawman fondling a dead woman’s breasts. Rojas...