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Laurel: To a sense of purpose. When you mention “volunteering” and “dementia,” people have an image in mind. It’s about people coming to a nursing home and doing something with the patients. Maybe they read. Maybe they play music or just sit and talk. But it’s about an able person...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual YMCA golf outing planned at Hill Crest CC Valley Points...

Americans of all stripes should be concerned about Project 2025, a transition plan for the Trump government put together by many people who served in Donald Trump’s first presidential administration. For example, the section I cite below was written by Ken Cuccinelli, who served in the Department of Homeland Security...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 49-53) fell 5-4 to Toledo (Tigers). C Henry Davis (.318) went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, his 11th. LF Billy McKinney (.272) went 1 for 3 with his third home run. 3B Jose Rojas (.248) went 1 for 3 with his 20th homer. RHP Mike Burrows...

Pittsburgh Steelers fans got an up-close look at some of their favorite players Friday during the team’s annual Friday Night Lights practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium in Latrobe....

A pro-Donald Trump super PAC funded by billionaire Elon Musk is collecting battleground state voters’ personal information through an ad pretending to help them register to vote. CNBC.com reported Friday that Musk’s America PAC is running an online ad that shows a young man scrolling through his cellphone while lying...

Marc Fogel’s loved ones started hearing rumblings on Tuesday through Russian media sources that a prisoner exchange was underway with the United States. All day Wednesday, they made a push with their congressional delegation to see if the 62-year-old Oakmont teacher, who had been held in Russia for nearly three...

The mother of a 10-year-old Donegal Township boy who was stabbed to death this week asked for his name to be remembered. “Scream our baby’s name! HUNTER WILLIAM SCOTT MEYERS! He’s the one that needs remembered. Our baby is now FOREVER 10!” Meyers wrote on Facebook Friday. Meyers and other...

Aerosmith has walked this way for the final time. The band has decided to pull the plug on its “Peace Out” farewell tour. The decision comes after frontman Steven Tyler, 76, suffered vocal chord damage in September 2023, which already had caused the tour to be delayed several times. Aerosmith...

We have all seen the warning signs about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity. More than a century ago, the captain of the Titanic got warning signs about the conditions of the ocean that night. He ignored them. Will America do the same with Biden? We do so at our own...

Most Americans have doubts about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life, a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. Only about 3 in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident the Secret Service...

Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, a wave meteorologists are watching near Cuba, has the potential to track up the East Coast toward the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center began advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Four at 11 a.m. Friday. Tropical storm warnings and watches have been issued for areas in...

Many people, like I, viewed Sen. John Fetterman as merely a lesser version of Bernie Sanders when he was running for Senate. Progressives in the Democratic Party felt he was one of them and thought he would unwaveringly support their agenda, a “back bencher” who would sit quietly and follow...

In Pennsylvania, we find ourselves in quite the conundrum: a low unemployment rate coupled with a sizable number of unemployment claims — 127,000 at the end of December 2023. This contradiction should serve as a wake-up call for policymakers. After all, if we can’t figure this out, what’s next —...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX shot up three Falcon 9 rockets from three launch pads last weekend once the Federal Aviation Administration gave its grounded rocket the OK to return to flight. Now it’s set to go another round. First up was a Falcon 9 launch of 23 more...

To the writer of the letter “Harris will protect our freedoms” (July 28, TribLive): I thank you for your service. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, I would recommend that you read the article “Counterpoint: Bad policies, not gender, will cost Kamala Harris the presidency” (July 28, TribLive)....

The following is a regular feature from TribLive: A weekly news quiz:...

I don’t believe the shooting of Donald Trump had anything to do with policies. Had it been President Biden there, the kid probably would have shot him instead. I think he wanted bragging rights. According to one of his classmates, he was dropped from his high school rifle team because...

Rev up your engines and cruise into August! Summer weekends are dwindling, but the heat shows no sign of stopping — here’s all the excitement that’s going on around town this weekend. Vintage Grand Prix Time to zoom over to Schenley Park for a Pittsburgh tradition. This weekend is jam-packed...

To those readers who are media bias deniers, I have two questions: When President Trump recently referred to “Black jobs,” it was widely covered by media and demonized. When President Biden recently could not remember Lloyd Austin’s name, he simply said that he appointed “a Black man” as Defense secretary....

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Regarding Conor Lamb and Kate Harper’s op-ed “Western Pa. ready to lead hydrogen energy revolution” (July 17, TribLive): Western Pennsylvania has the opportunity to lead an innovative and sustainable economy of the future. However, it must resist the push for unproven methane-derived hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies...

On Thursday, Evan Gershkovich did what he has been waiting to do for 491 days. He left his prison cell in Russia. He got on a plane. He started his journey home. For former Marine Paul Whelan, the wait was longer — 2,043 days. For Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu...

Welcome to August! Grab your sunglasses, crank the tunes and take a drive to one of these events. Summer will only last so much longer, so make the most of it while it’s here! Casino car cruise Take a Sunday afternoon trip over to Live Casino Pittsburgh, 5260 Route 30,...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump’s campaign schedules are sparse Friday, as both candidates prepare for larger events over the weekend and next week. Harris had no campaign event appearances scheduled Friday, bringing a break in a week that has brought the presumed Democratic presidential nominee to...