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Six WPIAL lacrosse teams advanced to Saturday’s PIAA quarterfinals, but each had its season come to a close. Boys lacrosse Conestoga 13, Pine-Richland 7 — District 1 champion Conestoga eliminated Pine-Richland in the Class AAA quarterfinals at Penn State’s Panzer Stadium. The WPIAL champion Rams finished with a 13-6 record....

The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is Avonworth senior Sarah Helffrich, who stood out on both days of the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. On Wednesday, Helffrich had two doubles and two RBIs with a run scored as Avonworth led Keystone Oaks, 8-0, when the rain came and...

SINGAPORE — China’s defense minister is warning its military will “resolutely take action” to defend Beijing’s claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. Speaking at an annual security conference in Singapore on Sunday, Wei Fenghe says: “Should anybody risk crossing the bottom line, the PLA will resolutely...

More than 3,600 swimmers took a dip in Rogers-McFeely Memorial Pool in Latrobe last year. Located in downtown Latrobe, the community pool is one of 130 public swimming facilities in Westmoreland County. Unlike ones in Derry, Greensburg and Youngwood, which were all last inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Health...

FORT PECK RESERVOIR, Mont. - A long time ago, in a part of this state that is now arid desert but was then humid swampland, an egg hatched. It was the beginning of an epoch-spanning life story that continues still, beginning a new chapter this week in the nation’s capital....

The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Seton LaSalle junior Daniel Boehme, who put together one of the best offensive performances in WPIAL championship history. Seton LaSalle and Serra Catholic met for the third time this season in the Class 2A final, but the rubber game turned into...

NEW YORK — If it’s Pride Month, there’s gotta be a parade. And there will be — in New York City and places around the country and world. But this year, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that fueled the fire for a global LGBTQ movement, there’s also a...

President Trump’s plan to slap new tariffs on Mexican imports, weeks after escalating his trade war with China, leaves the United States fighting a multifront campaign that threatens more instability for manufacturers, consumers and the global economy. The president’s bombshell announcement that he would impose 5% tariffs on Mexican imports,...

Pennsylvania’s school districts are under strain. Inequity, underfunding and lack of urgency to invest the funding necessary to enact any real progress toward educational excellence is taking its toll on students, teachers, taxpayers and communities. Good schools are the centerpiece of every vibrant neighborhood, the selling point for homebuyers and...

Homo sapiens are unique in our ability to unlock the secrets of nature, build great civilizations and create technological wonders and radically alter the environment — not always for the better. Harnessing fossil fuels accelerated our ascent, but according to scientists, diplomats and the architects of the 2016 Paris agreement,...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A woman plunged to her death down a Northern California waterfall after she slipped and lost her footing while taking photos, authorities say. The woman died Friday at Eagle Falls, the North Tahoe Fire Protection District said in a statement. Water cascades 150 feet (45...

Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • There were 152 shooters who battled rain and wind in the Twi-Night Trap League on May 30. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 196 targets. East Huntingdon (192), Hecla (191), Ruffsdale (188) and Youngwood (187) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (54) leads...

A week ago, it was infrastructure versus a trade deal. “Before we get to infrastructure, it is my strong view that Congress should first pass the important and popular (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) trade deal,” President Trump wrote to Democratic leaders ahead of a planned meeting. The USMCA was negotiated between...

Pittsburgh’s templed hills have long provided refuge to persons of diverse heritages and faiths whose virtues tempered our city of steel. The Catholic Sisters Leadership Council of Western Pennsylvania wishes to join Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in welcoming vulnerable migrants and refugees seeking asylum from violence, injustice and other life-threatening...

Regarding Susan Gero’s letter “Vaccine curiosity”: Common sense is that you can Google the reasons vaccinated people are at risk and how dangerous this disease is. It’s not big pharma! In 2017 worldwide, 110,000 people died of measles. It is deadly. People with compromised immune systems — people with HIV,...

On May 5, we were reminded how life can change in an instant when a tragic accident took the life of two young people and critically injured our daughter, Cait Tracy (“Employees of Greensburg’s Rialto restaurant mourned after fatal crash in Hempfield,” May 6, TribLIVE). It was an unimaginable loss...

Reading the paper today showed once again the injustice of CEOs’ salaries (“UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $8.54M in 2018, a 40% jump,” May 17, TribLIVE). With all the problems that cause havoc in our medical system, we need to find solutions. Yet they pay one man almost $9 million...

Hello, Sewickley, A Sunday Concert in the Park will be held June 16, Father’s Day, at Fern Hollow Nature Center. River City Brass and an ensemble of Quaker Valley student musicians will perform. Bring a blanket and enjoy live music, yard games, food trucks, ice cream and an art expo....

Actor/writer/producer Jamie Denbo spent the early part of her career working at a variety of comedy venues. In her 20s, Denbo was offered a job she thought would give her steady work in the summer. It not only did that, but by joining a Renaissance fair for multiple seasons in...

High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A First round Monday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Hempfield (District 3) at Widener University, 4 p.m.; Hazleton Area vs. Downingtown East at Post 781 Legion Field in Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Liberty vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh at DeSales University, 4:30 p.m.; La Salle College vs. Souderton...

Here is the Evangel Heights Christian Academy Class of 2019: Peter Caporali, Evan Clinger, Kayleigh Conaway, Grace Emerson, Kaylee Fink, Heath Hassler, Matthew Heinl, Madison Holcomb, Alexis Jones, Bethany Jones. Katie Kelley, Aneisa Klingensmith, Charis Miller, Matthew Olean, Hyunbin Song, Elijah Thompson, Brock Villella....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 31-20) won 4-1 over Gwinnett (Braves). The Indians broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the sixth inning, and RF J.B. Shuck (.371) grounded into a RBI fielder’s choice for the winning run. C Christian Kelley (.203) followed with a two-run single. LHP Sean Keselica (1-2, 4.50)...

LOS ANGELES — A public defender representing the man accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle is seeking to keep transcripts from his grand jury hearing secret until after his trial. In a motion filed late Thursday, Deputy Public Defender Lowynn Young sought an immediate hearing, arguing that unsealing the transcripts...