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While you Donald Trump supporters sip your Kool-Aid, you need to be reminded of several facts. As you recall, former Vice President Mike Pence and Gen. John Kelly, among hundreds of others, declared Trump unfit for the presidency. Now we see already that he is planning to put people who...

The U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump has released recommendations in a 180-page report. The task force, chaired by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, was authorized in the aftermath of the July 13 shooting at Trump’s political rally at the Butler...

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As superintendent of River Valley School District, I believe in educational excellence tailored to meet the diverse needs of students and families. That’s why I support expanding school choice and increasing parental involvement in education. Our system must move beyond one-size-fits-all solutions. Parents should be free to choose the best...

High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Baldwin 58, Penn-Trafford 53 Beaver County Christian at Western Beaver, (n) Carrick 72, Apollo-Ridge 37 Chartiers-Houston 72, Brentwood 55 Jeannette at Steel Valley, ppd. Ligonier Valley 70, Leechburg 35 Lincoln Park 63, Hopewell 62 Mars 59, Perry Traditional Academy 31 South Park 68,...

Sam Weir hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points as North Catholic defeated Oakland Catholic, 42-34, in Section 1-4A girls basketball Wednesday night to run its winning streak in section competition to 109 games. North Catholic (1-2, 1-0) jumped out to a 21-4 lead after one quarter and held off...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Bill Belichick, cutting the sleeves off an Alexander Julian plaid blazer. Bill Belichick, responding to boosters’ grinning back-slaps with a scowl and, “We’re on to Georgia Tech.” Bill Belichick, trying on Mack Brown’s old sideline puffy coat for size. Bill Belichick, being asked to shake the hand...

Just hours before showtime Wednesday night, “Queen of Christmas” Mariah Carey canceled her “Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time” tour set for PPG Paints Arena. “Pittsburgh, I am sorry to say, I’ve come down with the flu. It breaks my heart that I unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s show. I love you...

When you put up 518 yards of total offense against the No. 1 team in the country, defenses tend to notice. SMU (11-2), which visits Penn State (11-2) on Dec. 21 in a first-round playoff game, no doubt will be focusing on the Nittany Lions’ foursome of quarterback Drew Allar,...

Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) joined Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump’s social media platform, on Tuesday and his first order of business on the site was to call for a pardon for Trump in his New York hush money case. “The Trump hush money and Hunter Biden cases were both...

The key for independents to gain a voice in American politics over and above influencing a race between a Democrat and a Republican is to find a way to be a player in Washington without creating a war with either of the two major parties, which are basically at war...

LOS ANGELES — Michael Cole, who starred as one-third of “The Mod Squad,” has died. He was 84. The actor played Pete Cochran in the hit ABC crime show that aired from 1968 to ‘73. Cole died Tuesday, his Atlanta-based talent agent Christy Clark confirmed to The Times. On the...

It’s not about whether it was a perfect investigation. It’s not about guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or determining who actually killed Kenzie Houk and her unborn baby on Feb. 20, 2009, inside a Lawrence County farmhouse. Instead, the attorney representing the Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday morning, all the...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024....

Christmas Events • Charter Oak Church, 100 S. Second St., Jeannette, will host a free open house and Christmas Family Fest from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at church. There will be music, refreshments, an outdoor firepit, games and prizes. Details: Cindy, 724-527-3639. • A free Lunch with Santa...

President Trump’s selections for his Cabinet and government agencies have been criticized. The left says those people don’t have enough government experience. That is exactly why he chose some of them. The federal government has become too dictatorial, corrupt and woke. It has forgotten that these people are public servants...

The 1983 film “A Christmas Story” is, at this point, a fun vehicle of double-nostalgia — for older generations, it sparks a genuine yen for its mid-20th century setting. For younger folks, it reminds us of Christmas Eves watching the film when we were younger. Either way, it’s a holiday...

On Jan. 6, 2025, patriotic Americans will gather to demand that Vice President Kamala Harris “do the right thing” by upholding the Constitution. Former President Trump once called on his “base” to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard, and I urge every American to do the same, standing firm...

President Joe Biden is on the verge of blocking a proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Co., according to reports from multiple outlets. Bloomberg and Reuters reported Tuesday evening the president plans to kill the deal because of national security concerns. A Financial Times story,...

A federal appeals court Friday upheld a controversial law banning the U.S. operations of TikTok — the popular video-based social networking app owned by Chinese company ByteDance — unless it finds a U.S. buyer. That gives the company six weeks to keep fighting before the ax falls. This impacts a...

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Leading up to the election, the pro-choice candidates never wasted an opportunity to remind us that their opponents are against legal abortion. While most of the political ads on television focused on the terrible case of rape, which accounts for less than 2% of abortions, none of the ads mentioned...

High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Upper St. Clair 57, Norwin 42 Class 5A Section 1 Uniontown 68, Penn-Trafford 64 Nonsection Albert Gallatin 63, Ringgold 45 Aquinas Academy 83, Riverview 44 Armstrong 46, Greensburg Salem 32 Avella 55, West Greene 50 Avonworth 83, Shady Side Academy...

Max Butler scored 28 points and Latrobe rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Mars, 83-77, in nonsection boys basketball Tuesday night. John Wetzel and Andy Tatsch each added 16 points and Ian DeCerb had 12 for the Wildcats (4-0). Austen Wrobolewski led the Fightin’ Planets (1-3) with 27...

The PA announcer introduced the Highlands High School boys basketball starters and coach Bill Flow, but he wasn’t there for Tuesday’s game at Hampton. Instead, basketball parent and former assistant Mike Foster coached a scaled-back roster that dressed only nine varsity players while the program faces an investigation into hazing...