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The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday halted plans to change how it asks people about disabilities after facing a growing backlash. Advocates for disabled people had argued that proposed changes to disability questions on the bureau’s American Community Survey would artificially reduce their numbers by more than 40%, limiting the...

WASHINGTON — The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS. Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A former rebel leader made a surprise appearance in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday amid large protests across the country for the second consecutive day, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Guy Philippe — who played a key role in the 2004 rebellion against former President...

An Allegheny County Jail inmate has filed a lawsuit alleging that guards broke his arm and put him in solitary confinement after he complained that the facility withheld pain medication. Aaron Tipton, 31, of Penn Hills is alleging civil rights violations in the complaint he filed Tuesday in federal court...

LOS ANGELES — Actor Gina Carano on Tuesday sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her 2021 firing from ” The Mandalorian,” saying she was let go for expressing right-wing views on social media. The lawsuit Carano filed with help from X, formerly Twitter, in federal court...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more than $300 million in longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is planning to auction off land at a sporting club located at the governor’s posh resort. Carter Bank & Trust of...

The Professional Women’s Hockey League will stage a game between its teams based in Toronto and Montreal at PPG Paints Arena on March 17 at 12:30 p.m. In conjunction with games played a day earlier between the Ottawa and Boston teams at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena and New York and...

The Butler rifle team successfully defended its title Tuesday by winning its fifth WPIAL championship at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club. The Golden Tornado edged runner-up Trinity by seven center shots, 798-64x to 798-57x. Six-time champion Hempfield finished third with a score of 796-56x. Nathaniel Aaron had a perfect score of...

A body in motion tends to remain in motion at a constant speed and velocity unless acted upon by an outside force, says Newton’s first law of motion. The stock market is full of outside forces. Nonetheless, the momentum effect is real in the market. That’s why, twice a year,...

Corey Dick was behind the counter at a U-Haul in Pittsburgh’s East End on July 27, 2021, getting ready to eat an early dinner. A man who had been in and out several times that afternoon asking about renting a pickup returned just after 4:30 p.m. and said that the...

As the 2020 Election Day count dragged on into the next morning in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin, New York Times campaign reporter Reid Epstein reported a hiccup at 4:52 a.m.: “Green Bay’s absentee ballot results are being delayed because one of the vote-counting machines ran out of ink...

When you’re stuck in the wilderness, Bear Grylls wouldn’t suggest you prioritize searching for Wi-Fi. Instead, survival experts would likely tell you to focus on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In other words, you should be trying to address physiological needs before you start thinking about self-actualization. There’s also a hierarchy...

Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. • Madonna gets into the groove after late Pittsburgh concert arrival Madonna certainly brought the electricity to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Monday night in her “Celebration Tour.” The “Queen of Pop” performed a repertoire spanning her over-40-year career...

“I believe every child of God deserves a shot here in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said last year, “and one of the best ways we can guarantee their success is making sure every child has a quality education.” Referring to the issue of school choice, he has...

As the country music world mourns the death of country singer Toby Keith, Pittsburghers can look back on his many performances in and near town. Keith appeared in the Pittsburgh region a total of 13 times, the most recent being a Sept. 27, 2019, concert at Highmark Stadium outside of...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. BOLIVAR — Kim Botteicher decided to speak out about her work offering syringe services in Westmoreland County, hoping to prompt change that she believes would...

My favorite boxer of all time was featured in the article “Paul Spadafora’s rise to world champion, fall from grace chronicled in ‘Fighting Till The End’ ” (Jan. 12, TribLive) by Kevin Gorman. It highlighted his stunning career and equally tragic life story in a new book that I immediately...

Are you guys on the Sports staff even Steelers fans? All you do is bash Kenny Pickett and Mike Tomlin. You say Pickett will never be a Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert or even C.J. Stroud. Out of all those QBs, how many have won...

Cyberattacks on essential services are happening more often. Hackers have hit at financial institutions. They have struck hospitals. In 2021, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline affected the nation’s natural gas supply. While these things might seem like the stuff of suspenseful TV shows or James Bond movies, they aren’t....

In the article “Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump calls it ‘meaningless’” (Jan. 25, TribLive), we see that there was a compromise deal on border security and aid to Ukraine funding reached in the Senate, and Donald Trump intervened to sink it simply because...

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Since the New Hampshire primary, which indicated that the No. 1 issue for those interviewed was the border, I have seen and heard the talking heads in the mainstream media telling us that, in reality, the main issue of Americans for the coming election is abortion. Really? With hundreds of...

High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 2A Section 3 Greensburg Central Catholic 65, Clairton 27 Nonsection Riverview 73, Perry Traditional Academy 40 Propel Andrew Street 58, Propel Montour 43 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. New Castle at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny...

Laekyn Flinn scored 17 points to lead Thomas Jefferson to a 42-39 overtime win over Latrobe in Section 3-5A girls basketball Monday night, keeping its playoff hopes alive. Riley McCabe added 10 points for the Jaguars (8-12, 5-6). Elle Snyder and Carley Berk each put up 12 points and Belle...