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Mt. Lebanon rode a strong defensive effort to a 51-40 win over Pine-Richland in the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball quarterfinals Friday night. Both teams started slow as the Blue Devils only led 18-13 at the half. “We were a bit rusty,” Mt. Lebanon coach Joe David said. “We didn’t...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Madame Secretary? Forget the jockeying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a stop in Greenville ahead of Saturday’s GOP primary there that she has her eye on a key Cabinet position if the former president wins in November....

Josh Pratt scored 24 points and Cameron Lindsey added 17 as top-seeded Aliquippa flexed its muscles in a 76-50 victory over No. 8 Serra Catholic in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals Friday night. Quentin Goode added 10 for the Quips (19-5), who will meet No. 4 Fort Cherry...

Elizabeth Forward got downright defensive Friday night, switching from man defense to a zone to stifle No. 6 Knoch and cruise into Tuesday’s WPIAL semifinals. The Warriors forced 25 turnovers, many leading to easy layups in transition, to pick up a 43-31 win over the visiting Knights (14-10). Elizabeth Forward...

Why should funding go to any foreign nation to help them secure their borders until an obstinate President Joe Biden secures America’s border from an invasion via the use of our military or any other effective means? We spend trillions of dollars to ostensibly protect America, yet Biden refuses to...

Blackhawk senior Brecken Finkbeiner maintained the same spot on the podium as last year. Hampton sophomore Gabby Elk moved up two steps. Both left North Allegheny with WPIAL Class 2A diving championships Friday. Finkbeiner finished with a final score of 425.75, outpacing runner-up Jacob Hauser of Derry (395.05) and becoming...

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump urged Alabama’s legislature to protect the availability of in-vitro fertilization after the state high court ruling that threatens to make it harder for people to access fertility treatments. “Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, thriving, healthy American families....

A federal judge Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia in dealing another blow to the association’s ability to govern college sports. The...

The owner of Beto’s, one of Pittsburgh’s oldest and most well-known pizzerias, planned to sell the restaurant last year for $2.1 million before taking the property off the market. Now, a year later, the broker who found a potential buyer in a Las Vegas attorney, is suing the shop’s owner...

Anyone familiar with national security knows that Japan is an important mutual defense treaty ally to our country. And anyone familiar with Pittsburgh and Allegheny County knows how important the steel industry has been to this region. Just over two months ago, we witnessed these two worlds coming together —...

For me, so much of the pleasure and satisfaction of working in a place like the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall comes from seeing people using our building. Whether it’s a young parent bringing a baby to their first storytime, an English language-learner exploring new vocabulary, or simply...

“Good Night. Malaysian Three Seven Zero.” Those six words were the last radio transmission from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, less than an hour after the aircraft took off late at night from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Minutes later, the plane disappeared from air-traffic...

This post has made the rounds on social media: “It didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media. One party controlling the message. One party deciding what is truth. One party censoring speech and silencing opposition. One party dividing citizens into ‘us’ and ‘them’ and...

ATLANTA — A new study from Emory University researchers has found an association between traffic-related air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease in humans. Using brain tissue donated by metro Atlanta residents, researchers evaluated their home addresses for air pollution generated by nearby traffic. The study, released Wednesday, does not prove air...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday school is every first Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship and praise service is weekly at 10:45 a.m. Virtual Bible study is every first Friday at 7 p.m. The link is on the church’s website. Friends and...

Listening to our governor say on the news that we are losing $250 million because Pennsylvania hasn’t made marijuana legal, and using the old saying that “other states do it,” made me sick. Ever since I can remember, doctors have said it’s a steppingstone to other drugs. Our police are...

I read the letter “Democrats’ ‘whatever it takes’ pattern” (Feb. 12, TribLive) and found it necessary to respond. The unwavering pattern of continued promotion of the Trump “Big Lie” astounds me. The letter cites an alleged poll by Heartland/Rasmussen where its poll results show overwhelming admissions by pollsters of voter...

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Laurel: To help in healing. Sometimes it takes a mom to recognize what’s going to make someone feel better. Heather Shuker, 49, knows what doctors have done for her daughter, Hannah, who has battled severe seizures for 20 years. But being there through it all gave her a perspective a...

I am not against properly vetted immigration to the United States. I am opposed to the thousands of non-vetted immigrants that the Biden administration has let flood over our border. The scenes of New York police officers being mauled by a gang of immigrants goes beyond words. Some of these...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Pine-Richland (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (18-4), 8 p.m.; North Allegheny (11-11) at Baldwin (16-6), 7 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (10-12) vs. Central Catholic (14-8) at Gateway, 7 p.m.; Butler (15-6) at Upper St. Clair (17-5), 7 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Thursday’s...

Lilah Turnbull scored 25 points to lead No. 5 Chartiers Valley to a 34-26 victory over No. 4 Mt. Lebanon in the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball quarterfibnals Thursday night. The Colts (16-6), who took control of the game with an 8-2 advantage in the second quarter, will face No....

Playoff games typically are decided by which team can make timely plays, and it was Thomas Jefferson that used a strong offensive performance to hold off Kiski Area on Thursday night, 73-57, in a WPIAL Class 5A playoff game at Gateway. The No. 4 Jaguars (21-3) advanced to the WPIAL...

As a sophomore last season, Kiski Area’s Veronica Flanagan came within one win of a WPIBL girls singles championship, falling in the final match. As a junior, Flanagan got back to the finals Thursday evening, and this time, she was second to none. Flanagan saved her best game of the...

Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, said that she would direct every cent raised by the Republican National Committee to his White House comeback bid and winning majorities in Congress if she helped lead the organization. “We need to make sure that every penny of every dollar donated to the RNC...