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The Shaler Commissioners appointed David Mizgorski on Jan. 8 to fill a vacancy on the board due to his wife, Lori’s, resignation from the board to serve as state representative for the 30th Legislative District. Magisterial District Judge Daniel Konieczka administered the oath of office to Mizgorski, a Republican, representing...

When Daniel Bogre Udell turned 13, the small world he knew in the Poconos expanded into a much larger one in the kitchen of a local restaurant. It was the first time Bogre Udell, now 27, heard people speaking to one another in Spanish. That job as a busboy in...

Because he claims the media covers the press secretary ” so rudely & inaccurately,” President Trump has told Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday to stop holding press briefings. On Twitter, the president added, “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway! Most will never cover us fairly...

WASHINGTON — White House officials are considering new candidates for at least one and possibly both empty seats on the Federal Reserve Board for President Trump to nominate, according to people familiar with the matter. Fed economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration earlier this month for one of the vacancies....

An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver transplants in the United States, according to research published Tuesday in...

CHICAGO — A 12-year-old girl who was playing in the snow with a friend died after a fort they had built by a suburban church collapsed on top of them Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The girl was playing with a 9-year-old girl near Rothem Church in Arlington Heights, Ill., when...

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Two years ago, Jeff Daudert was fed up with politics. He wanted to shake up the status quo. He didn’t mind sending a message to the establishment — and, frankly, he liked the idea of a disruptive president. But the 49-year-old retired Navy reservist has had...

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have something new to discuss in February. An undisclosed North Korean missile base has been found 132 miles from the South Korean border, according to the nonpartisan think tank Beyond Parallel. The Sino-ri Missile Operating Base is the latest of...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Josh Williams scored 15 points to lead four Colonials in double figures and Robert Morris defeated Central Connecticut, 70-59, on Monday to stay atop the Northeast Conference. The Colonials (10-9, 5-1) have won six of their last seven and concluded a four-game road trip against NEC...

President Trump did not speak with Michael Cohen before he testified falsely before Congress about plans to develop a skyscraper in Moscow during the 2016 campaign, Rudy Giuliani said Monday, backing off previous assertions that such talks may have taken place. The former New York mayor, who serves as Trump’s...

A little amnesty can be a good thing. A lot of people in Allegheny County have a chance to find that out. The county is swimming in about 450 bench warrants issued to people who didn’t show up at court appearances. It’s just about the easiest way to guarantee a...

A report Monday by Phillyvoice.com quoting anonymous Philadelphia Eagles players and other sources within the organization calling quarterback Carson Wentz “selfish” and “uncompromising” has teammates rushing to his defense via text and social media. According to the report by Joe Santoliquito, more than a half-dozen players and other sources paint...

Sometimes Liv Tempesta feels like she doesn’t have any emotions. That comes with the territory when you’re coping with clinical depression. The 19-year-old sophomore at Temple University last year tried a new type of treatment: a cat. Skittles, her 8-year-old tabby and her first emotional-support animal, lived on campus with...

Our current food production and consumption habits are doomed to “exacerbate risks to people and planet,” according to a landmark study published in The Lancet this week. But if we make a radical change — as in, cut our sugar and red meat by half and double our vegetable, fruit...

The Borough of Pleasant Hills will host a Senior Services program “What is a Scam?” from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 30. The event, to be held in the Community Room at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building, 410 East Bruceton Road, will teach attendees how to avoid becoming victims of...

Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche’s op-ed “Nothing ‘pro-life’ about overturning Roe v. Wade” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE) misses the mark on anti-abortion goals. It begins with the subtle rhetorical move of “pro-life” in scare quotes that is often used to assert the absurd idea that the very people attempting to save...

Your Jan. 16 edition included the headline, “New pack of migrants heads north,” on a wire story. I would like to know who chose the term “pack” to refer to a group of people. Whatever your views on immigration, can’t we at least agree that we are talking about human...

I agree with the letter-writer who suggested firing Steelers coach Mike Tomlin (“Fire Steelers coaches,” Dec. 29, TribLIVE). After the fourth-down call in New Orleans, giving the ball to the Aints, they scored. This showed he didn’t know how to preserve a lead. Why would Tomlin go for a “fake...

“Without presenting any evidence, President Trump said … .” This is how the media covers the Trump administration, with additional commentary accusing him of lying. The New York Times on Jan. 11 published a piece about the FBI’s inquiry into the possibility that Trump was working on behalf of Russia....

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 21....

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A blood drive on Jan. 30 is being held at Hampton high school from 7:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. in honor of a junior who has been battling acute lymphoma leukemia since last year. Hampton’s Sam Triulzi was diagnosed with the disease last May at the end of his sophomore...

Students at Pine-Richland Middle School are performing the musical “Footloose” this winter and they aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to the production. “We don’t know who’s more excited, the kids or their parents,” director Angela Gross said. “We’ve had so much good feedback from the parents.” The...

Ann Walsh, a senior at Bishop Canevin High School, was among 128 young women to receive St. Joan of Arc medallions for volunteering a minimum of 150 hours with local organizations. The event was part of St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind’s 55th Medallion Ball, held this past November at...

If past years are any indication, trucks will spread 900,000 tons of salt on Pennsylvania’s state roadways this winter, lowering the melting point of snow and ice to the point where some of it turns into harmless liquid. Their counterparts in New Jersey will disgorge an additional 300,000 tons. Great...