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Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, March 6, 2024: • Butler County bear attack sends woman to the hospital The woman heard a commotion in her backyard Tuesday night involving her dog and, when she tried to get her dog away from the smaller bears, the mother bear...

Church News • St. James Church, 306 St. James Lane, New Alexandria, will have all-day Eucharistic Adoration today for the memorial of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity. Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m., adoration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and benediction will be at 6 p.m. Drop in anytime during...

While proudly recognizing its industrial past — which helped to build our region and the modern world — Pittsburgh has emerged as a beacon of transformation primed to redefine America’s cleaner energy future. Think about it: President Biden’s plan to tackle climate change demands swift economy-wide decarbonization, creating and preserving...

LOS ANGELES — It’s hard to know what to do or say when a loved one is in the throes of a devastating breakup. No matter what you try — talking about it, not talking about it, vilifying the ex, coming up with fun distractions — they remain consumed with...

Twenty-two years ago, Norah Jones blasted into superstardom at age 23 with the release of her instant-smash debut, “Come Away With Me.” An easygoing blend of jazz, folk, pop and country, the LP sold 4 million copies in its first 12 months and spun off an adult-contemporary radio staple in...

After watching President Trump’s March 2 rally on Newsmax, my hopes became considerably higher that he will be the Republican nominee for president and win the presidency in November. The more the print and mainstream media attempt to hurt and destroy this man, the stronger his appeal becomes to voters....

The grand ballroom of the Allegheny Country Club was the setting for the first in the Tapas Talks 2024 speakers’ series featuring local women’s golf legend and World Golf Hall of Famer, Carol Semple Thompson. On Feb. 15, more than 120 series subscribers sat in rapt attention as Thompson recounted...

Some readers will recall the Super Bowl commercial paid for by the He Gets Us organization, where vignettes of foot washing included a scene in front of a family planning clinic. Other commercials by the group espouse a more liberal view of migrants who face persecution and may cross national...

The Feb. 25 spaghetti dinner fundraising event held at the Natrona Heights VFW in support of injured EMT Kelly Jackson was a testament to the way in which the Alle-Kiski community responds to need. The event was spearheaded by Lori Miller, president of the Hilltop Hose VFD Auxiliary, who garnered...

A black bear attacked a woman in her Butler Township backyard Tuesday night, injuring the woman badly enough that she’s hospitalized. Lee Ann Galante, 55, was attacked after her dog had an altercation with the mother bear’s three cubs, according to Butler Township Patrolman Jon Schaffner. The attack happened about...

A convention center serves an important role for a community. Actually, it serves more than one. It’s a gathering place for significant events that require large spaces. Those can be within a specific population like a trade or business interest. It might be broader interest like a bridal or home...

Popular and prolific angry comedian Lewis Black will say farewell at his Sunday show at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead. His “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road” tour may be his last hurrah in Pittsburgh, but it won’t be the last we see of him. “There are other things I want...

So President Biden says give me the power and I’ll close the border. Flashback — on day one I guess that magic pen just wrote the executive order to practically open the border all by itself, plus cancel Title 42 and sell the remaining border wall (that we paid for)...

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. Concordia speakers bureau offers presentations The Concordia Lutheran Ministries Speakers Bureau...

Regarding the letter “A nation in denial” (Feb. 27, TribLive): I see how the writer sees his nation is in denial. There are sources that give us pseudo-facts and, in my opinion, are a detriment to this nation. Let’s see … Joe Biden is old and forgetful. OK, how about...

High schools Basketball Boys First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Central Dauphin (18-8) at Upper St. Clair (20-5), 1 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (20-5) at State College (12-12), 3 p.m.; Emmaus (20-7) at Red Lion (18-8), 5 p.m.; Central York (21-3) at Garnet Valley (19-8), 1 p.m.; McDowell (20-5) at Baldwin...

Camden Martin’s second goal of the game was the overtime winner as two-time defending champion Peters Township defeated Upper St. Clair, 3-2, in the PIHL Class 3A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Tuesday night. Martin’s winning goal came 4:57 into overtime. Cavan Fisher also scored for No. 4 Peters Township, which will...

It was all about control. The victim said that James Byrd always wanted to control her — when they dated on and off for years while he was in and out of prison, and more than a dozen years after that when he raped her. The prosecutor, too, said that...

Juan Hayden didn’t just fatally stab Susan Jeffries in 2019. First, he beat and strangled her. Hayden’s efforts to make the Tarentum woman suffer, along with his history of domestic violence, led prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty of 20 to 40 years in prison when he was sentenced Tuesday...

A 17-year-old boy faces felony charges after police say he fired gunshots at police officers in Stowe Township on Tuesday afternoon. Delvonte Woodson, 17, of Stowe Township, faces charges including criminal attempted homicide, assault of a police officer, and illegal possession of a firearm, Allegheny County Police said Tuesday night...

The loss of Arctic sea ice has long been a graphic measure of human-caused climate change, with wrenching images of suffering polar bears illustrating a worsening planetary crisis. Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought — and that the Arctic...

Jack Sweeney, a junior at the University of Central Florida, says the First Amendment gives him the right to publish publicly available information about the flight paths of private jets owned by the rich and famous — including Taylor Swift. Swift’s legal team — and many of her fans —...

The Monroeville Convention Center won’t be closing after all. Monroeville officials said Tuesday afternoon the national arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby and Pittsburgh-based Oxford Development, which owns the convention center, have “mutually agreed to pursue termination of their lease agreement.” That agreement, announced in mid-February, would have terminated the...