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Riverhounds-Steel City U.S. Open Cup match postponed
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and Steel City FC will have to wait a week before playing in their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup first-round match. Tuesday’s scheduled contest — the first all-Pittsburgh Open Cup match in 69 years — was postponed because of wintry weather conditions that involved additional snowfall and...
West Virginia to play Stanford in College Basketball Crown tournament
The West Virginia men’s basketball team will extend its season as part of the second annual College Basketball Crown tournament. The Mountaineers (18-4) will play Stanford (20-12) at 8 p.m. April 2 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Other teams competing include Baylor, Colorado, Creighton, Minnesota, Oklahoma and...
Elizabeth Soltan: After decades of trying, Pa. needs to pass a state False Claims Act
Gov. Josh Shapiro urged Pennsylvania to pass a state False Claims Act (FCA) in his 2026 budget address. There is bipartisan support for House Bill 1697, which would create a state FCA modeled after the federal FCA, one of the government’s best fraud-fighting tools. The FCA encourages whistleblowers to come...
Bolstered by Westmoreland County players, Saint Vincent hockey returns to ACHA National Tournament
The formula for building a championship-winning roster is simple for the Saint Vincent men’s hockey team. Scout every team playing in Westmoreland County and a few neighboring districts, target a few players, find out who their hockey-playing friends are and recruit them, too. That strategy has turned SVC into a...
Trump’s next target: ‘Taking Cuba’
NEWS ANALYSIS “I do believe I’ll be having the honor of taking Cuba,” President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. “Taking Cuba in some form, yeah,” he added when a reporter asked for clarification. “Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it — I...
Leonard Greene: Thousands dead over war in Iran — biggest casualty is compassion
War is ugly. So is hubris. The next time President Donald Trump tells you how well the war is going, remember that U.S. missile strikes have killed more than 1,400 people in Iran, including 168 children who perished at an elementary school. Remember, too, that the average price of gas...
Trump officials weigh new $1 billion deal to stop offshore wind farms
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering a new strategy for throttling the country’s offshore wind industry, after federal judges blocked its five previous attempts to stop wind farms under construction off the East Coast. Senior administration officials are drafting settlement agreements that would pay nearly $1 billion to TotalEnergies,...
Letter to the editor: Nonprofits need to step up to help Pittsburgh
There are several nonprofits that have not stepped up to donate to the city of Pittsburgh emergency vehicles (“UPMC gives $10M to Pittsburgh for ambulances, freeing up money for snowplows,” Jan. 29, TribLive). Examples would be new protective gear and tools for the fire department. The Public Works department, I...
Can you prevent or reverse gray hair?Video
For something universal, graying remains oddly mysterious. Each strand of hair starts out nearly translucent, and its color is determined by melanin, essentially pigment dust. If it’s packed densely, you get dark hair. Leave only a few black and brown specks, and it appears blond. Over time, the pigment-producing cells...
Sewickley area student news for the week of March 17, 2026
Ensign Connor Mangan serves the U.S. Navy at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, Spain. Mangan attended Quaker Valley High School and graduated in 2017. Additionally, he graduated from The College of Wooster in 2021. Currently, Mangan is attending the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and...
In choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump names a war and defines his presidency
WASHINGTON — By his own account, President Donald Trump was asked to personally pick the name of the military operation against Iran and was bored by all the choices presented to him. “They gave me, like, 20 names, and I’m like, falling asleep,” he said last week. “I didn’t like...
Letter to the editor: Questionable church values
I am wondering why protesters would storm the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. I’m sure most of us would agree that a place of worship is not the time or place to hold a protest. There is a statement on this church’s website that says: “We are a community...
Editorial: The cure for congressional pork
Ham is pork cured in a brine of water, salt and sugar. The process was meant to preserve the meat and make it last longer. But it also made it taste better. What about a different kind of pork? “Pork barrel” spending takes its name from those same preserved provisions....
The Stroller, March 17, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!...
Shaler Area 1 of 6 schools in nation selected for Japanese Language Education Assistant Program
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. First conceptualized following several meetings between former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and former U.S. President Barack Obama, the J-LEAP program has...
Letter to the editor: Albert right to cooperate with ICE
Regarding the article “Westmoreland commissioner calls sheriff’s partnership with ICE invalid” (Feb. 12, TribLive): Five minutes of personal checking clearly identifies there is no question Sheriff James Albert is fully within his purview to set his department’s policies and sign a letter of agreement with ICE. As an elected official...
Duquesne football hires new defensive coordinator
Duquesne has named Bill Nesselt defensive coordinator, succeeding Mickey Jacobs, who resigned to take over as linebackers coach at Connecticut. Nesselt, a former Massachusetts defensive lineman, previously served as Albany’s associate head coach and defensive coordinator under former Albany coach Greg Gattuso, who returned to Duquesne as coach Jerry Schmitt’s...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 16, 2026
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Nonsection Cheshire Academy (CT) 6, Elizabeth Forward 1 South Fayette 9, Rock Canyon 8 St. Petersburg 4, South Fayette 0 Allderdice at Hampton, ppd. Brentwood at Avella, ppd. Canon-McMillan at Peters Township, ppd. Carlynton at Northgate, ppd. Carrick at Seton LaSalle, ppd. Chartiers Valley at...
High school roundup for March 16, 2026: Neighborhood Academy headed back to Hershey
Neighborhood Academy has earned the right to defend its PIAA Class A boys basketball title. Kedron Gilmore scored 15 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Bulldogs to a 46-37 victory over District 9 champion Elk County Catholic in the semifinals Monday night. Neighborhood Academy (25-3) will...
Bank of America agrees to settle claims it aided Epstein sex crimes
NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein victims who accused the bank of aiding in the deceased financier’s sex-trafficking, according to a court record. The agreement in principle was noted Monday in the court docket in...
JD Vance to lead Trump’s new task force to fight fraud
President Donald Trump announced the creation of a task force to fight fraud across the country Monday, following the administration’s focus on Minnesota, which is grappling with widespread fraud in its social services programs. Vice President JD Vance will chair the task force and Andrew Ferguson, the chair of the...
Trump says he will have the ‘honor’ of ‘taking Cuba’Video
President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility of the United States “taking” Cuba, telling reporters at the White House, “I do believe I will be having the honor of taking Cuba.” “Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want...
O’Connor’s budget headaches included inheriting millions in unpaid Pittsburgh Water bills
Last summer, the City of Pittsburgh got a $5.2 million water bill for six months of service. It didn’t pay. So when Mayor Corey O’Connor took over from Ed Gainey in January, he took on both that debt and the rest of Pittsburgh Water’s 2025 charges. The total owed to...
League tournaments can be a grind. That could impact which teams advance in March Madness
Purdue had just battled through the Big Ten Tournament, beating three straight NCAA Tournament teams — the last a No. 1 seed in Michigan — to claim a grinding championship in Chicago. “Obviously playing four games in four days is something we haven’t done before,” longtime coach Matt Painter said....
Penn Hills mother now charged with homicide in death of 3-year-old son
Police on Monday charged a Penn Hills woman in the death of her 3-year-old son. Lagomau Malu, 23, was arrested last week after her son Devin died at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Doctors at the Lawrenceville hospital told police the boy had suffered 11 fractures, which “are indicative of...
