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Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, they are posted at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of March 18....

MIAMI — Toxins produced by blue-green algae that have increasingly polluted Florida waters have been found in dead dolphins that also showed signs of Alzheimer’s-like brain disease, according to a new study led by University of Miami researchers. The study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One, is the...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — For the second time in days, a federal judge on Wednesday issued an order temporarily blocking a new Kentucky law aimed at imposing more restrictions on abortion. U.S. District Judge David J. Hale granted another temporary restraining order sought by the American Civil Liberties Union in its...

Michael Rosfeld was crying and shaking in the moments after he fired three shots into 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last June in a grassy East Pittsburgh lot, witnesses testified Wednesday. Residents who saw the shooting and police officers who responded to the scene told the jury that Rosfeld questioned why...

PHILADELPHIA — In a calm, emotionless voice, Sara Packer described watching her boyfriend murder her 14-year-old daughter, Grace, in 2016. She admitted to participating in the crime — the kidnapping, rape, killing, dismemberment and disposal of an adopted child she said she thought of as “a nonentity.” Packer said she...

ATLANTA — When Jimmy Carter left office in 1981, the return home to Plains, Ga., was not easy. His once-flourishing farming business was more than $1 million in debt, and he faced the prospect of selling the land his family had been on for 150 years. Then a friend pointed...

WASHINGTON Nostalgia is what Thomas Mallon is counting on to help draw readers to his new novel, “Landfall,” which takes them on a long stroll down memory lane, back to the golden days of … President George W. Bush’s second term. Really. So, if Mallon’s wonderfully entertaining romp attracts the...

The largest classification numbers-wise in WPIAL baseball has grown out of its three-section shell. For the first time since the expansion to six classifications three years ago, the district has a four-section class, Class 2A. Twenty-four teams a year ago is now 27 teams, thus the addition of a fourth...

A State College police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday at the Marvin Gardens apartment complex on Old Boalsburg Road in the borough, authorities said. The name of the deceased wasn’t immediately released. Borough and Pennsylvania state police rushed to the residential property around 2 p.m. as nearby public...

President Trump made a rare appearance at a church Sunday. It’s a safe bet the sermon was not based on Proverbs 15:1 — “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” If it was, it didn’t appear to have much effect. Before and after church,...

NEW YORK — Labrador retrievers aren’t letting go of their hold on dog lovers, but German shorthaired pointers are tugging on the top ranks of doggy popularity, according to new American Kennel Club data. Labs topped the list for the 28th year in a row. Yet there’s been plenty of...

We name names. The goal of journalism is to disseminate information. We find out who made a decision, who bought a business, who staged a protest, who won a prize, who died in a crash, who saved a life. And we name names. There are times that we pull the...

Andy Cohen has just joined the growing roster of this year’s GLAAD Media Awards honorees. Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live!” host will receive the advocacy group’s Vito Russo Award during the New York edition of the 30th GLAAD Media Awards on May 4. The award, named for GLAAD’s founder, is...

As reported by the Associated Press Feb. 25, many companies who produce consumer products are now making the effects of climate change a major part of their look ahead to a planet where increasing heat will alter what people buy. But once again, the United States is falling behind in...

I recently struck up a conversation with a local high school history teacher in a restaurant. I pointed out that the Democratic Party is split and is going toward socialism. He denied that, and said he has been a Democrat all his life and doesn’t see anything different in the...

The double standard stood out in Congress when the Democratic-controlled House passed a hate resolution without mentioning the name of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who made anti-Semitic comments (“Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments prompt House Democrats to craft anti-Semitism measure,” March 4, TribLIVE). On the other hand, Republican Rep....

Sewickley’s Watson Institute was founded in 1917 as the legacy of Mr. and Mrs. David Thompson Watson of Sewickley. Their former summer home, “Sunny Hill,” became the D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children after their deaths. Over the years, the organization has expanded its mission to care for and educate...

Hello, Sewickley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts will host an opening reception for “60 Years of Making: Edinboro University Ceramics Alumni Exhibition” from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday as part of the Third Thursday series. Edinboro University faculty have been teaching the art of pottery, vessels and ceramic sculpture for...

The first winner of the Trib’s Bonus Strip program has been selected, and the lucky reader will walk away with a 50-inch TV. The person with the winning number — A06631 — should call 800-724-8746 to claim the prize. The Bonus Strip kicked off last week to provide readers of...

The homicide trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld is continuing Wednesday. Proceedings got underway around 9 a.m. in Room 313 of the Allegheny County Courthouse. Rosfeld is accused of shooting Antwon Rose II three times as he ran from a June 19 traffic stop in East Pittsburgh....

These easy Grasshopper Brownies are super chocolatey, minty and ridiculously delicious. A brownie base is topped with a thick layer of mint frosting and a thin layer of dark chocolate on top. The flavor combo is inspired by the famous vintage “grasshopper” cocktail made with creme de menthe, creme de...

It’s time to close the book on another scholastic basketball season in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Deer Lakes lost a PIAA quarterfinal game to Sharon this past Saturday and all that’s left, locally, is Cager Classic XXIII on Saturday night at Highlands High School. What a great season it was for...

High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Kennedy Catholic 75, Coatesville 69 Pennridge 52, La Salle College 47 Championship Saturday’s schedule Pennridge (26-4) vs. Kennedy Catholic (26-3) at Giant Center in Hershey, 8 p.m. Class 5A Championship Friday’s schedule Archbishop Wood (20-8) vs. Moon (27-2) at...

As the Chartiers Valley girls basketball players saluted their fans from midcourt following their win over Thomas Jefferson, coach Tim McConnell showed off his sweet tooth as he begged for more Hershey’s kisses to reign down on him and his team. In a season filled with all wins, this may...