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Last summer I had the pleasure of watching a fat bumblebee joyfully buried deep in the center of an orange tithonia blossom, covering itself with pollen. The insect was oblivious to me as I moved in closer and closer to photograph the spectacle while standing in the garden barefoot on...

Question: I’m going to be planting some fruit trees this spring, and I’m wondering if it’s better for me to buy the trees in a big pot from a nursery or if I should get them from a mail order place that sends them with no soil on their roots....

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina woman who won the largest jackpot payout to a single winner in U.S. history has chosen to remain anonymous. But Thursday, she provided more details about why she waited so long to claim the winnings in a news release from her attorney, which was...

Among my favorite books of this decade is “How China Became Capitalist” by Nobel-laureate economist Ronald Coase and Ning Wang (2012). In addition to offering fascinating details of Beijing’s post-Mao intrigues, the authors conclude that China’s remarkable economic growth over the past four decades occurred only to the extent that...

The Latrobe baseball team is just two years removed from claiming WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A championships in a season that will go down as one of the greatest in school history. But, the Wildcats were then decimated by graduation, losing 10 seniors, and the 2018 season quickly became a...

Dan Bosnic won’t hide the fact his Greyhounds have been more successful than many predicted this postseason. After a thrilling win over Bishop Carroll in the waning seconds Tuesday, the Greyhounds face WPIAL champion Nazareth Prep in a PIAA quarterfinal game Friday at Keystone Oaks. Tip-off is set for 6...

For the past two seasons, the Latrobe softball team has been on the brink of winning a WPIAL championship. In 2017, the Wildcats fell to Hempfield, 13-2, in the Class 6A final. The two teams matched up in the title game again last season. This time around the Wildcats took...

Mortgage rates were driven down this week by weak economic data and concerns about global growth. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average tumbled to 4.31 percent with an average 0.4 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent...

It was 1998. The internet bubble was building, day-trading was in full swing and the New York Stock Exchange was given the biggest subsidy in the city’s history to stop it from leaving Wall Street for New Jersey — keeping the Y in the NYSE. The plans for a new...

BUFFALO, W.Va. — Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday announced it is investing an additional $750 million at five U.S. plants that will bring nearly 600 new jobs, including the production of two hybrid vehicles for the first time at its Kentucky facility. It marks yet another expansion of the Japanese...

Four WPIAL teams won’t have to go far for their state quarterfinals game Saturday afternoon, while two district squads will have to hit the road for their third round girls basketball game. Chartiers Valley will face Oakland Catholic at Peters Township, while Hempfield is the site of a pair of...

Elon Musk needs a win, so he’s taking a page out of a tried-and-true playbook: throwing a party for a product that won’t be available for months before an audience of adoring fans. The Thursday evening unveiling of the Model Y crossover follows a major flop. Tesla Inc.’s attempt to...

Two WPIAL champions will play inside district boundaries while a third will be striking oil. Mt. Lebanon faces Kennedy Catholic in a much-anticipated PIAA Class 6A quarterfinals boys basketball game Saturday afternoon at Aliquippa, while Class 3A district champ Lincoln Park faces Richland at Hempfield. WPIAL Class 2A champion Our...

Buddy Valinsky is no longer in charge of the Dragons, but the coaching fire within is still burning bright. Once day after Allderdice boys basketball had its season end with a 64-58 loss to Mt. Lebanon in a PIAA second round game, the coach of the Dragons resigned. “My parents...

Legal experts agree that Patrick Thomassey’s desire for jurors in the case against Michael Rosfeld to weigh just one option, first-degree murder, is tactical and calculated – and risky. Rosfeld is charged with criminal homicide in the June 19 killing of Antwon Rose. Rose, a black, unarmed 17-year-old, ran from...

The U.S. Inspector General has nominated the Pennsylvania Office Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for an excellence award. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the nomination Wednesday. “Our robust Medicaid Fraud Control Unit works hard every day to root out fraud, neglect, and abuse in the Commonwealth,” Shapiro said...

LOS ANGELES — The Hallmark Channel brings to mind holidays, happy endings and now, incongruously, a college admissions scam that involves one of the channel’s favored actresses. Lori Loughlin’s surprising arrest this week poses a challenge for the family-friendly brand with heartland roots. The allegation that Loughlin paid bribes to...

Laurel: To all the kids raising the curtains. Musical season at schools all over the area is in full swing, with cast members singing and dancing and hitting their marks while crew members build sets, prep props and focus the spotlights. Every show is as physical as a football game...

Two principals, a teacher and a parent walk into a bar, and the crowd goes wild. It’s a typical Saturday night for members of The 412 District, a band comprised of four guys with ties to South Park School District. “We want to keep it light, fun and motivational,” said...

PARIS — France doesn’t see an unusually large number of aviation disasters, but its plane crash investigators are world famous. The French air accident investigation authority, known by its French acronym BEA, is now handling the analysis of the flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed after takeoff...

RENO, Nev. — A grand jury has indicted a Salvadoran immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally on murder charges in the killing of an elderly couple and two women in Nevada. A Washoe County grand jury handed up the indictment in Reno late Wednesday. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, 20, is...

NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents plunged nearly 14 percent last year, extending a decline that’s now continued for 14 years, according to State Department figures released Thursday. Sharp drops in adoptions from China and Ethiopia more than offset notable increases from India and...

SAN FRANCISCO — CBS is adding two Alliance of American Football games to its network schedule, including a playoff match. After broadcasting the new league’s first game on Feb. 9, CBS turned most of its Alliance coverage to its cable outlet, CBS Sports Network. But it will now handle a...

Boeing’s $600 billion-plus order book for its 737 Max began shaking after several big customers threatened to reconsider their purchases in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second deadly accident involving the plane since October. VietJet Aviation JSC, which doubled its order to about $25 billion only last...

In the news this week 36 years ago: • Allegheny County commissioners were to visit six northwest communities this week as part of a municipal tour. Officials would tour Emsworth, Leetsdale, Bell Acres and Edgeworth boroughs and Leet and Kilbuck townships. The daylong tour was to include participation in a...