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Sheldon H. Jacobson: Getting air travel back on track is easier than it once was
The recent winter storm impacted over 245 million people spanning 2,000 miles as it crossed the country. Cities in the Midwest and the Northeast were blanketed with a foot or more of snow. Areas in the south were not spared, with Atlanta hit with ice and below-freezing temperatures and Dallas...
Letter to the editor: Dems prioritizing others over Americans
Not often do the predictable results of the Democrats’ border policies become so obvious locally (“New Kensington-Arnold considers adding in-house ESL service, phasing out French,” Jan. 26, TribLive). The rising number of English as a second language students has required difficult decisions be made at the local level. In this...
UPS to cut another 30,000 jobs in sweeping cost-savings push
United Parcel Service Inc. expects to cut as many as 30,000 positions this year, part of an ongoing effort by the package-delivery giant to rein in costs and boost profitability. The reductions to its operational workforce — a group that includes drivers and package handlers — will be achieved largely...
Dan Grzybek and Jordan Botta: It’s past time to reform Allegheny County’s LERTA program
Allegheny County’s Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (LERTA) program was created with a worthy goal: to encourage investment in deteriorating properties by temporarily reducing the tax burden on new construction and major improvements. In theory, the LERTA program helps spur development where it wouldn’t otherwise occur, revitalizing communities that have...
Woman, 18, used agent’s ID stolen during Minneapolis unrest, threatened to kill him and family, feds say
MINNEAPOLIS — A Washington state woman used identification documents stolen from a federal agent’s vandalized vehicle two weeks ago during a clash with anti-ICE demonstrators and threatened to kill the officer and his immediate family members, according to the FBI and prosecutors. Brenna Marie Doyle, 18, of Spokane was charged...
Richard Fellinger: Reaction to McCarthy’s hire shows ageism exists
Suddenly, I’m rooting for new Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, and I mean really rooting for him. I would have rooted for him anyway as a Steelers fan old enough to rattle off names like Terry Hanratty and Frenchy Fuqua. But I’m really rooting for him now because I want to...
Photos from around the world to our backyard
From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, TribLive’s gallery captures the world in motion — one frame at a time. Shot by photographers near and far, these images tell stories of place, connection and the quiet beauty of everyday life. More than a look...
Bethel Park student achievements for the week of Jan. 27, 2026
Katelyn Ganter made the dean’s list at Duquesne University for the fall 2025 semester. ^ Dillon Brunner, Jackson Friday, Cheyenne Burgos, Ava Milletary and Emma Redlinger made the dean’s list at Westminster College for the fall 2025 semester. ^ Victorine Nyerere has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s fall...
Letter to the editor: What about the local criminals?
The Trump administration is saying they are keeping the U.S. safe from illegal immigrant rapists, murderers and drug dealers. What are state and local authorities doing about the homegrown American rapists, murderers and drug dealers? Remember Luigi Mangioni, Tyler Robinson and Matthew Crooks? The suspected homegrown local drug dealer who...
South Hills student achievements for the week of Jan. 27, 2026
Cole Trieste, a freshman acting major at Slippery Rock University, was an understudy in the Theatre Department’s fall production of “Red Bike.” For the fall production of “Into the Woods,” Katelynn Handa, a junior acting major, was an understudy and scene shop assistant. Trieste worked as stage/props crew. Stephen Wesley...
Letter to the editor: Address looming power problems now
PJM, the grid operator that serves 67 million people across 13 states, including all of Pennsylvania, is facing an unprecedented electricity demand surge due to AI data centers opening. Starting as early as summer 2026, the grid may have only enough power to remain reliable, and by June 2027, the...
Letter to the editor: Students don’t need Republican propaganda
Rep. Brian Rasel’s proposed Unraveling Socialism Act purports to address a crisis in higher education that simply does not exist. Requiring every student at a public college or university to take a mandatory class about the “threats” of communism and socialism is not education, it’s public theater. Justification by Rasel,...
Editorial: By the time it’s an emergency, it’s already too late
By the time the snow begins to fall, the most important decisions already have been made. When it’s time to clear the driveway, it’s too late to buy a shovel. You can see that after a massive winter storm swept across 17 states, closing schools, snarling roads and forcing public...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s hypocrisy on Maduro, Hernandez
Did you know that on Dec. 1, President Trump issued a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez? Hernandez was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to import cocaine and firearms into the United States, trafficking more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine. Was it the pardon...
The Stroller, Jan. 27, 2026: 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. Hold the Phone! Dinner...
Leet resident Richard Warburton pens book on dowsing
Richard Warburton takes a wire coat hanger, cuts the hook off, cuts and straightens the wires and bends the metal into two “L” shaped rods, also known as dowsing rods. He walks with one rod in each hand in search of finding hidden things underground and the rods crossing indicate...
Letter to the editor: Trump is a policy genius
For years I have closely monitored our political parties’ policy preferences, the most important factor in candidate selection. Today, major party preferences are more dissimilar than ever. President Trump is a policy genius, whose views closely align with our Founding Fathers and the governing documents they produced. His passion is...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 26, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley at New Castle, ppd. Nonsection Clairton at Winchester Thurston, ppd. Freedom at Carrick, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Woodland Hills, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Hempfield at Imani...
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2026: Canon-McMillan hockey stays undefeated
Brayden Edgar scored a pair of goals as Canon-McMillan stayed undefeated with a 5-2 victory over Hampton in PIHL Class A hockey Monday night. Elliot Moser had a goal and an assist and Digby Bedner and Rocco Musto also scored for Canon Mac (17-0). Dillon Fogle scored twice for Hampton...
Trump’s embattled pick to be Kuwait envoy takes AmeriCorps job instead
WASHINGTON ― Facing opposition from key Republican senators, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Kuwait instead has taken a job with AmeriCorps in Washington. Former Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said he started Monday as senior adviser for strategic partnerships at AmeriCorps, where his role will include working with...
American Academy of Pediatrics releases childhood vaccine schedule that’s at odds with federal recommendations
As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation’s most prominent medical groups and associations. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ vaccine schedule differs from the new federal one in a...
Department of Justice renews push for voter, welfare data amid Minnesota ICE crackdown
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota to share its voter rolls and data on Medicaid and food stamp recipients with the federal government, a move Minnesota’s top elections official criticized as an “apparent ransom” to end the ICE crackdown in the state. In a letter to Gov. Tim...
Lester C. Olson: Communication can help de-escalate our current situation
Armed conflicts and U.S. citizens’ deaths in Minneapolis have riveted attention across the nation. We’ve seen the videos and the photos of graphic violence. We’ve seen the heartbreaking photos of a 5-year-old preschool boy and a 2-year-old girl detained by ICE. We have read the upsetting media accounts of countless...
‘We just kept going’: Westmoreland County road crews battle large snowstorm
Johan Ebbit, 24, of Madison, a tiny Westmoreland County borough southwest of Greensburg, has been on the North Huntingdon road crew for the last 18 months. Starting late Saturday, Ebbitt and 16 other plow operators worked nearly around-the-clock to clear snow in Westmoreland County’s second largest municipality. “We just kept...
Heavy snowfall in Pittsburgh to be followed by extreme cold
Sunday’s monster snowfall was one for the books. Pittsburgh set a daily record for Jan. 25 with 11.2 inches of snow falling, National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Craven said Monday. The prior record for that date, set in 2014, was 5.2 inches. The storm is tied for the 13th highest...
