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There’s a reason the Tidal Basin is the epicenter of Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossom madness: The nearly 4,000 trees there, mostly of the Yoshino variety, create a shimmering, pink-cloud effect that’s quite nice — if you don’t mind the 999 people angling to get close to each one. Those who...

High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach Albert Gallatin 9, Valley 5 Campbellsville 15, Valley 0 South Park 9, Sullivan North (Tenn.) 1 WPIAL Nonsection Canon-McMillan 9, Montour 6 Central Catholic 7, Hempfield 4 Greensburg Central Catholic at Chartiers-Houston, ppd. Keystone Oaks 11, Carlynton 0, 5 inn....

At Wild Things Park, Noah Burke went 2 for 2 with two RBIs as the Canon-McMillan baseball team (3-2) scored five runs in the third inning and held on to beat Montour, 9-6, in nonsection play. Alex Gregory and Austin Able each added two RBIs in the win. Jon Tokarczyk...

WASHINGTON — When umpire Dutch Rennert blew a call at first base, then-St. Louis Cardinals manager Joe Torre trotted out and asked, “How come you’re such a good ball-strike umpire and such (expletive) on the bases?” Rennert, equally puzzled, amiably replied, “Isn’t that something?” Try to be as serene as...

A Beaver County auto repair man said he is lucky to be alive after his garage exploded in flames Saturday evening while he was inside. Sam Botinovch, owner of Sam’s Auto Salvage and Repair in Pulaski Township said, “Honestly — I don’t know what happened. It just exploded. I pulled...

The story is not over. It may never be over in our lifetimes. But an important chapter has come to an end, and it had a happy ending for the president. Contrary to what we’re already beginning to hear from some quarters of the left, the Mueller probe almost certainly...

Democrats apparently have a difficult time dealing with failure. They simply could not accept Donald Trump’s win over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Subsequently, under the dismal leadership of Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and with cheerleading from Rep. Adam Schiff and other mouthpieces from...

“Love thy neighbor” is important enough to get top billing in the Old Testament and the New Testament, and a similar command is part of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Islam. But, in our political culture, contempt too often takes the place of love, and our neighbor is quickly...

We’ve lost track of the number of times recently that we’ve heard someone end a conversation about sexual harassment or abuse with a shrug and “It’s a he-said-she-said situation.” What they mean, invariably, is there is reason to doubt reports of sexual misconduct or assault if the woman reporting the...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Twi-Night Trap League on March 28, Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 196. Hecla (186), Ruffsdale (186), East Huntingdon (184) and Youngwood (182) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (10) leads the season standings, followed by Ruffsdale (6.5), East Huntingdon (6),...

“If only there were more bureaucracy.” File that under things no one has ever said. On Thursday, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik announced a new department to address sexual abuse claims and recovery. The Secretariat for the Protection of Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults is open for business as of Monday....

With so much talk about socialism, maybe we should think about why people are thinking that way, rather than condemning them. Many people think a single-payer health care system is a better option due to the inadequacies of the present system. I am dealing with something that is causing me...

Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA’s adult co-ed spring soccer league will be held April 15 to May 30. Games will be played Monday through Thursday at the Sewickley Valley YMCA Soccer Field. Each team will play 10 games and the team fee is $700. Those looking for a team can...

Located within the boundaries of North Park are a number of historic structures, but a hiker, runner or biker may pass them by without even knowing. “Or you might see (an historic structure) and not know the significance of it,” said Sam Shephard, senior park ranger for Allegheny County Parks’...

In 1909, Phillip Hillen was named chair of a group of 16 Heidelberg residents who had come together for the purpose of establishing a borough fire department. Its mission was “neighbors helping neighbors.” In June, Heidelberg Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) will celebrate its 110th anniversary. In the beginning, its primary...

The NFL has added pass interference calls (and non-calls) to the list of officiating decisions that are subject to a coach’s challenge. The Steelers’ Mike Tomlin is 0-for-2-years on such requests, so this provides additional ways for him to screw up. Each coach is still allowed just two challenges per...

High Schools Baseball Friday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach Hopewell 4, Berkshire (Ohio) 3 South Park 5, Morgan County (Ky.) 3 WPIAL Nonsection Bethel Park 13, Latrobe 3 (6 inn.) Brownsville 8, Charleroi 7 Butler 11, Armstrong 8 Carmichaels 15, Jefferson-Morgan 0 (4 inn.) Connellsville 6, Gateway 4 DuBois...

Ryan Dougherty scored on a wild pitch to give North Allegheny a 2-1 walk-off victory over Shaler in a nonsection game Friday. Daugherty finished 2 for 2 with two doubles. Shane Murphy was 2 for 3 with two doubles, and Anthony Hattrup had an RBI for the Tigers (2-2). Zach...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Colleton County sheriff urged patience as investigators figure out what happened in a classroom fight that left a 10-year-old girl dead. Fifth grader RaNiya Wright was airlifted to a hospital Monday after a fight in a Forest Hills Elementary School classroom, according to school officials. She...

Life below zero isn’t easy — but it’s rewarding. That’s the message teacher Michael Penn presented during a PowerPoint presentation to fourth-grade students from David Leech Elementary School on Friday, chronicling his recent polar adventures in Antarctica. Penn, 54, of Beaver County is a teacher in the Shaler Area School...

The 2018 season was special for the Franklin Regional girls lacrosse team, but the Panthers aren’t looking back. The Panthers, 14-4 last season, came up just short of a berth in the WPIAL championship game under first-year coach and Franklin Regional alum Mackenzie McGuire. But they made the PIAA playoffs...

Last week’s column discussed the highly publicized university corruption scheme wherein wealthy parents bought admission at prestigious universities for their children. That is dishonest and gives an unfair advantage to those young people but won’t destroy the missions of the universities. There is little or no attention given by the...

Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world’s biggest oil reserves. It should be a happy and prosperous nation. But then Venezuela went socialist. Democratic socialist to be exact. They voted for it. Hugo Chavez promised the...

Global climate change devastation hit hard in 2018. From Hurricanes Florence and Michael decimating the Carolinas and Florida to deadly, unprecedented wildfires in California, those were just three of the 10 costliest climate-driven, extreme weather events of the year that killed thousands of people and caused nearly $85 billion in...

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, just like we learned in elementary school science class. We have to react. Don’t react to a fire, and you get burned. Don’t react to a traffic light, and you can cause a crash. But overreaction is as bad as...