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32 things we learned in NFL Week 9: Good luck figuring out this league
The 32 things we learned from Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season: 1. No lead is safe, no team is as good as you might think and maybe none are as bad, either. 2. The Indianapolis Colts, at 7-1, entered the weekend with the league’s best record … and...
Matthew Yglesias: Doom-scrolling is a vice. Tax it like cigarettes
Americans are reading less, sleeping less and partying less. We have fewer marriages, fewer children and fewer friends than we used to. Our children are doing worse in school. These are complicated phenomena on some level, but on another level it’s pretty simple: Smartphones, social media and the internet are...
Effects of SNAP cuts are wide-reaching
Madison Shtur lined the shelves of her pay-what-you-can thrift store in Jeannette on Thursday, Oct. 30 with the latest shipment of groceries from the Westmoreland Food Bank. It wasn’t enough. A shipment from the food bank typically lasts about three weeks on Shtur’s shelves. But last week’s shipment lasted just...
Trump appeared on ’60 Minutes.’ Read and watch the full interview.Video
President Donald Trump spoke with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired on Nov. 2. In the wide-ranging conversation that occurred at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31, Trump called to end the Senate filibuster, said immigration officials could do more to deport people, and weighed in on the New...
Worker trapped under collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies, media says
ROME — A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome on Monday following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum has died, local media said. The man was rescued by emergency services late on Monday and taken to hospital in a serious condition, Rome police...
U.S. economy at risk of wobble as lower-income consumers get squeezed
WASHINGTON -The U.S. consumer’s durability as a prop for the economy may be tested in coming weeks as family budgets, particularly among the less affluent, are stressed by rising healthcare costs, the potential loss of federal food benefits, and a wobbly job market outlook that is already taking a toll...
Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits
The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan in a filing...
Retrial in killing of North Hills honors student ends with 1st-degree murder conviction
A jury on Monday found a Pittsburgh man guilty of first-degree murder for killing a North Hills honors student outside his family’s restaurant in the Strip District. Howard Hawkins, 50, who was also convicted of carrying a firearm without a license, will be sentenced Jan. 30 by Allegheny County Common...
Trump calls ‘Late Night’ host Seth Meyers ‘deranged’ for mocking him
President Donald Trump is calling out “Late Night” host Seth Meyers for mocking him. In a lengthy Truth Social post shared on Saturday, Nov. 1, Trump called Meyers “the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television” in response to the comedian mocking his recent trip to...
OpenAI turns to Amazon in $38 billion cloud services deal after restructuring
OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon.com, in its first big push to power its AI ambitions after a restructuring last week that gave the ChatGPT maker greater operational and financial freedom. The agreement, announced on Monday, will give OpenAI access to hundreds...
John T. Shaw: Johns Hopkins scholar shows that knowing history is invaluable to statesmanship
Winston Churchill, the towering British statesman who served as prime minister during World War II, was once asked by an American student how to become a successful leader. Churchill’s advice: “Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.” Frank Gavin, a professor at the Johns Hopkins...
Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified
JERUSALEM — Five million of the more than 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified, and with the further help of artificial intelligence, even more names could be recovered, Israeli researchers said Monday. Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, said the milestone marks...
Letter to the editor: King George III and King Trump
Professor Paul Kengor thinks the No Kings rallies are silly (“Teaching ‘No Kings’ nonsense,” Oct. 23, TribLive). Let me remind him of some of the provisions of offense cited by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence against King George III that apply directly to King Trump. “For Quartering large bodies...
Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured
KABUL — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit...
Kimberly-Clark’s $50 billion leap into health and beauty tests investor faith
NEW YORK — Kimberly-Clark’s nearly $50 billion offer for Tylenol maker Kenvue is a risky bet that the world’s biggest consumer market, the United States, will keep growing even as lower-income shoppers trim their budgets, according to analysts. The cash-and-stock deal, announced earlier on Monday, is set to close late...
Russia says its forces advance in embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture for well over a year. The Russian Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian...
Trump says he will not attend Supreme Court’s oral arguments on tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will not attend the Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments concerning the legality of his global tariffs. Justices have a Wednesday hearing scheduled for arguments on the tariffs case. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that despite his desire to be there,...
Letter to the editor: Name-calling goes both ways
The letter “Why I’ll never vote for a Democrat” (Oct. 25, TribLive) calls out writers who utilize personal insults over facts. He neglected to note that name-calling goes both ways and is the No. 1 method by which our president chooses to communicate. The author goes on to provide not...
The Stroller, Nov. 3, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Sponsors needed for holiday...
Pat Benatar and Bryan Adams rock it old school at PPG Paints Arena
Walking into PPG Paints Arena on Sunday night, I heard a woman behind me say, “This isn’t like going to a show in your 20s, it’s going to a show in your 50s. It’s a different vibe.” That was a pretty good thesis statement for a concert that included icons...
Letter to the editor: Congress must help protect puppy mill dogs
Congress must pass Goldie’s Act (HR 349) to fix the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s persistent failure to protect dogs in puppy mills. The Animal Welfare Act already requires commercial breeders to provide basic care, but the USDA has largely stopped enforcing it. Inspections of licensed facilities are often infrequent, and...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 3
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 3....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 3
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 3....
At the library: A roundup of events at Northern Tier Library
NORTHERN TIER LIBRARY Northland Tier Library is located at 4015 Dickey Road in Richland. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and closed Sundays. The library can be reached at 724-449-2665 or northerntierlibrary.org. The library will close at 4...
In brief: Happenings across the Pine Creek Journal area
Outreach looking to restock cereal, safety items North Hills Community Outreach is seeking help to restock items for its Safety for Seniors program and its supply of cereal. The Safety for Seniors program helps people 60 and older remain safe in the home of their choosing. Items needed include nonslip...
