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Legalize pot? Why not? It could get us more money to run our already-bloated state government. It could also provide us a whole new class of citizens who would like to get — and stay — stoned legally. Just what we need, huh? More Timothy Leary fans who want to...

I don’t know anything about the southern border. I live in Pennsylvania. So I went on Google Earth to look at the southern border. I just typed in “San Diego” and I saw that there already is a wall there. Now mind you, I only looked at California up to...

BELGRADE, Serbia — Taking center stage in the weekly protests against Serbia’s autocratic president was a role that actors Sergej and Branislav Trifunovic felt compelled to play. The two brothers are among the main public faces of the demonstrations against populist leader Aleksandar Vucic’s firm grip on power that started...

Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings through Feb. 23. Check out playoff coverage over the next four weeks, along with the weekly PIHL Power Play Show at 8 p.m. Wednesday at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Exclusive coverage of the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed...

The Quaker Valley girls basketball pulled off one playoff upset last week but fell short of a second Thursday night. Bri Spirnak’s 23 points sparked No. 5 Elizabeth Forward to a 46-38 victory over Quaker Valley in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals at North Hills. Bailey Garbee had 19 points,...

It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No, it was so quiet you could hear 10 pins drop. On Feb. 4, at the Swissvale Bowl-A-Rama, Norwin sophomore Ethan Dutka rolled a 300 game, the only perfect game in the last two WPIBL seasons, en route to an...

Here we are, hundreds of years since millions of slaves were deported from the west coast of Africa involuntarily, and millions died because of poor conditions on slave ships. Yet the call for all Americans to join in the celebration of Black History Month is not too much to ask....

The nation’s – and Pittsburgh’s – first female assistant police chief will discuss her career, memoir and documentary at 1 p.m. March 13 at Shaler North Hills Library. The law enforcement veteran will sign copies of her 2017 book “Therese Rocco: Pittsburgh’s First Female Assistant Police Chief” available for $20,...

Second-seeded Serra Catholic used its size to its advantage Friday night as it earned its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals in nine years with a 71-61 victory over No. 7 Sto-Rox in a Class 2A quarterfinal game at Peters Township. The Eagles (19-3) were led by their pair of...

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart looked every bit like the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs Friday night. Austin Wigley had 23 points to guide the Chargers to a 85-54 victory over No. 9 Shenango in the quarterfinals at Ambridge. Jake DiMichele had 17...

High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Pine-Richland (20-2) vs. Peters Township (16-7) at North Hills, 3 p.m.; Upper St. Clair (19-3) vs. Butler (18-4) at Canon-McMillan, 1:30 p.m.; Latrobe (18-2) vs. Canon-McMillan (15-8) at Norwin, 3 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (19-3) vs. Fox Chapel (16-7) at...

The processes of crowning the WPIAL Class AA diving champions Friday at South Park proved to be polar opposites. In the girls championships, Ringgold senior Anna Vogt led at the end of the all three rounds to win her second-straight gold medal. During the boys championships, however, Beaver senior Andrew...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016. Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns cited improper evidence in dropping second-degree murder charges against Schlitterbahn owner Jeff Henry,...

Last week Rep. Nancy Pelosi warned President Donald Trump that if he declared an “emergency” to build a wall, “think what a president with different values can present… Why don’t you declare (the epidemic of gun violence in America) an emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would … . A...

Frederic Bastiat, a French economist and member of the French National Assembly, lived from 1801 to 1850. He had great admiration for our country, except for our two faults — slavery and tariffs. He said: “Look at the United States. There is no country in the world where the law...

The designs for a new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal are beautiful. They are filled with light pouring in through huge windows. There are ceilings high enough to park an airliner in the concourse. There is enough greenery to give you the feeling you are visiting Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens....

UNIVERSITY PARK — Sandy Barbour will be at Penn State for another half-decade making more than $1 million per year. The Penn State Board of Trustees’ compensation committee approved the athletic director’s new deal on Thursday. Barbour’s contract will be become official Friday afternoon when the Board of Trustees as...

An open letter to Sen. Don White, Rep. Jeff Pyle and fiscally responsible legislators: I was pleased to read the letters “Hempfield should share casino wealth” (Dec. 23, TribLIVE) and “Hempfield needs police” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE). I request that you require the $25 per capita tax that Gov. Tom Wolf...

Illegals entering the country is at an all-time low. If President Trump really wanted his wall, wouldn’t it have been a sure thing to bring it up when his party controlled both houses of Congress? Why did he wait for the Democrats to take control of the House? He knew...

The Roman Empire is said to have lasted from about 27 BC to 476 AD. There were many reasons why it fell, but three stand out: • Overspending and military expansion. Check. • Political instability. Check. • Migration of the Huns ( open borders ). Check. Tony Pittore Penn Township,...

Regarding the article “Hempfield to review past votes, but supervisors balk at state audit” (Jan. 31, TribLIVE): It seems to me that this is nothing more than a cheap political attempt by upstart township supervisor Robert Ritson to discredit the previous township manager and the supervisors who hired him. With...

Burrell School District is seeking contract bids to repair Bon Air Elementary School’s parking lot and the girls softball field. The school board zeroed in on those two projects out of five proposed by the administration. Other projects included recrowning the football field or replacing it with a synthetic turf...

Both Seton LaSalle and Washington were shorthanded entering Thursday’s WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinal game at Canon-McMillan. The No. 4-seeded Rebels relied on a suffocating zone defense to carry the day as they cruised past the Little Prexies, 48-34, to advance to Monday’s semifinals where they will face the...

High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Pine-Richland (20-2) vs. Peters Township (16-7) at North Hills, 3 p.m.; Upper St. Clair (19-3) vs. Butler (18-4) at Canon-McMillan, 1:30 p.m.; Latrobe (18-2) vs. Canon-McMillan (15-8) at Norwin, 3 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (19-3) vs. Fox Chapel (16-7) at...