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WASHINGTON — Republican Party leaders in Illinois apologized over the weekend for a Facebook post that smeared the four congresswomen at the center of the President Trump’s recent verbal attacks as the “Jihad Squad.” An image shared by the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois on Friday depicts the first-term...

Years of searching have yielded nothing. Tommie Campbell still can’t find anyone who can run with him — not even now as the Montreal Alouettes defensive back approaches his 32nd birthday (Sept. 19). Asked if he still “has it,” Campbell’s answer was simple. “Everywhere I go, I haven’t had anybody...

Millvale Riverfront Park was alive with creative energy July 20 as the Society of Sculptors poured into the region for an exhibition and demonstrations to celebrate the third annual FireTree Sculpture Festival. FireTree was an apt name as art enthusiasts had to endure sweltering conditions with temperatures in the 90s...

Sweltering conditions didn’t deter residents from celebrating the 30th Community Day celebration in Pine on July 20. Food booths, children’s activities, contests, crafts, presentations and more were available. The evening ended with a spectacular fireworks display....

Over the past 15 years, we’ve made immense progress in the global AIDS fight, but the disease remains a deadly crisis. Every day, the AIDS epidemic claims 2,500 lives. Earlier this year, the House Appropriations Committee took a big step toward continuing America’s leadership in the AIDS fight by maintaining...

It confuses me how anyone could be opposed to gerrymandering and the citizenship question on the census. Aren’t they both political ploys to affect voting outcome? One is by redistricting, and one is by counting people who aren’t citizens and should have no right to vote. The citizenship question is...

I was shocked when reading the Highlands School District delinquent taxpayer list — not only by the sheer number of people who haven’t paid their taxes, but the amounts, many over $10,000. Clearly some people have not been paying their taxes for years, and nothing happens to them, other than...

Editorial cartoons for the week of July 22....

As a high school basketball player in Cambridge, Mass., Mike Jarvis stepped into Boston Garden, and he was hooked. Jarvis, a senior, and his Rindge Technical High School teammates won the championship in front of 13,000-plus fans. But a junior-college scout also had seen the tournament, and he got a...

Heavy rain storms that pounded the region Sunday through Monday afternoon caused widespread flooding and damage, and emergency responders in several communities had to use boats to rescue residents from vehicles and homes. Eastern suburbs, including Penn Hills and Plum, appeared to be among the hardest-hit communities in storms that...

Wages for Springdale Borough’s public works employees will increase by about 2% per year over five years under a new labor agreement. The wage increase is part of the five-year contract approved Tuesday by council and the five-man public works crew, members of Utility Workers Union Local 509. Public works...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 22....

Olivia Prosek wants her art — just like herself — to stand out from the crowd. Her drawings, using mostly acrylics, colored pencils and markers, is semi-realism, but always has a twist. That wow factor — or different take on a traditional subject — is what makes her art unique....

A Pine resident has been honored for his work with Highmark Health. Tony Farah, the executive vice president and chief medical and clinical transformation officer at Highmark Health, was named one of “Modern Healthcare” magazine’s 50 most influential clinical executives last month based on reader balloting and editorial input. The...

A group of researchers has discovered a new species of pocket shark, which was caught in the Gulf of Mexico nearly a decade ago. The shark is only 5.5 inches long and has been identified as the American Pocket Shark, based on its similarities to a specimen captured in the...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-49) defeated Durham (Rays), 3-1. CF Jason Martin (.261) had two hits and an RBI. Pinch-hitter Will Craig (.247) hit his 19th homer, a solo shot. Dovydas Neverauskas (2-1) got the victory with two scoreless innings of relief. He struck out four. Starter Mitch Keller (7-4, 3.10) gave...

If you were relieved, as I wanted to be, by President Donald Trump’s next-day repudiation of the “Send her back!” chant directed at a Somali-born congresswoman during his North Carolina rally, perk down. The vitriol that welled up so visibly and disturbingly in that crowd Wednesday night symbolized the unusual...

Last year, Pennsylvania took a major step forward in helping those addicted to opioids by becoming the first state in the nation to remove the prior authorization insurance requirement for medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Unfortunately, our state Legislature is now considering a measure that would set us back in helping those...

Development always seems like a good idea. It’s expansion. It’s growth. And generally, yes, that can be great. Our leaders are responsible not just to maintain the status quo but to keep an eye on the future. That means we have to grow. We need younger residents to feed the...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will report to Saint Vincent for training camp Thursday, with the first open practice scheduled the following afternoon. The Steelers will hold 15 practices that are open to the public, including 13 at Chuck Noll Field on the Saint Vincent campus. The annual night practice at Latrobe...

On March 4, Apple removed Westmore­land author Greg Wrightstone’s Inconvenient Facts smartphone app from its App Store. The preferred view is that extreme weather is surging. We are spun and told a partial truth in regards to global warming data. The impacts are exaggerated and the costs of fixing it...

Please tell your local legislators to support House Bill 703, which would make it mandatory for school board members to publish their email addresses so their constituents can contact them. Even though the bill does not go far enough, as it should also mandate that they provide their phone numbers,...

If I told you that 10,000 Muslims and guests gathered in a town in Pennsylvania to celebrate peace and to share an olive branch with their neighbors, would you hold it to be true? Or would you fear the unknown? The Ahmadiyya Muslim community held its annual convention, the USA...

Shaler North Hills Library has a multitude of programs throughout the summer for people of all ages....