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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Three people are dead, including a child, and nearly two dozen were being treated at a local hospital after a tornado tore through the middle of Tennessee on Saturday, officials said. Police and firefighters in Clarksville were responding to reports of damage in the northern part of...

Hundreds of people visited Burrell High School on Saturday for its first Hometown Holiday Festival, featuring musical performances, local craft vendors, food trucks and family activities. Nicole Butler, supervisor of Lower Burrell EMS, spent the day filling an ambulance for Toys for Tots of Tarentum. She said the organization serves...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning about the danger of high-powered, pea-sized magnets found in toys, announcing one company’s recall of a set containing them and saying it is aware of seven deaths linked to their ingestion. The federal agency estimated ingestion of the magnets led to 2,400...

As Israel widens its war in Gaza, now in its third deadly month, Biden administration officials are struggling to shore up support for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu even as it appears to ignore U.S. advice and Arab anger worldwide mounts. In New York at the United Nations and in...

Our National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary challenge to the United States. To confront this threat successfully, our military needs more warships, aircraft and munitions. Now. But the Biden administration’s spending does not match its defense strategy. The president’s Emergency Supplemental Request made this clear by asking for...

North Allegheny’s girls cross country team capped off its season with a fifth-place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals on Dec. 2, in Portland, Ore. Wren Kucler led the way for the state champion Tigers, placing 38th with a time of 18 minutes, 29.7 seconds. Robin Kucler (18:40) and Eva...

As Pennsylvania continues to make significant strides toward a cleaner and more sustainable future, it is crucial that we seize the opportunity to leverage federal investments in building out our electric vehicle infrastructure. The recent allocation of $36 million in federal funding for EV charging stations, thanks to the Bipartisan...

Every once in a while, I watch a bit of MSNBC, CNN and/or ABC. “Morning Joe” Scarborough, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, to name a few, are my main sources of liberal misinformation. It amazes me just how toxic their hateful, anti-American nonsense is...

Extreme politics on both sides harmful to country I watched with disgust the debate between Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Their extreme political philosophies are both harmful to this country. West Coast liberalism has degraded the quality of life in San Francisco and made...

I watched with disgust the debate last week between Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Their extreme political philosophies are both harmful to this country. West Coast liberalism has degraded the quality of life in San Francisco and made Portland a byword for chaos. Florida’s...

The wish list for Marc Fogel this holiday season is short. Family and friends have a campaign to send him cards. They will go to the Russian prison where he has been sentenced for the 0.6 ounces of medical marijuana he had in his possession when arrested in August 2021....

People can support MFPAA in two ways McCandless officials say that people can support the McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority in two ways: by donating and by subscribing. People can give a one-time donation or pledge a monthly amount to generously give throughout the year. Donations are tax-deductible and can be...

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. Santa to visit Springdale The Springdale Volunteer Fire Department will escort...

The writer of the letter “Fracking is regulated” (Nov. 3, TribLIVE) says the University of Pittsburgh children’s health study neglected to consider environmental factors other than fracking. But the study clearly states: “The collection of other environmental exposure data through publicly available sources provided additional information on other factors, e.g....

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Jack Twyman Tournament At Central Catholic Gateway 57, Penn Hills 51 Moon 56, Central Catholic 41 Mike Rettger Memorial Tournament At Franklin Regional Seneca Valley 62, Laurel Highlands 54 Franklin Regional 71, West Mifflin 44 Nonsection Ambridge 95, Ellwood City 82 Avella 57, Bentworth...

Nate Wesling scored nine of his 29 points in the fourth and final overtime as Baldwin outlasted Fox Chapel, 67-56, in a nonsection boys basketball marathon Friday night. Wesling had 12 points at the end of regulation. Nate Richards added 14 points for the Highlanders (3-1). Fox Chapel’s Asher White...

A 30-year old man was in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital after he was shot outside a building at the Hays Manor apartment complex Friday night in McKees Rocks. The man ran to the McKees Rocks police station for help after being shot. A black man wearing a dark...

The European Union reached a hard-fought deal on what is poised to become the most comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence in the Western world. Thierry Breton, the bloc’s internal market chief, said the deal strikes a balance between fostering innovation and protecting the rights of people and companies. “We spent...

A stabbing incident at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey left two nurses and one medical resident wounded Friday, following a domestic dispute with visitors in the hospital’s pediatric ICU. Hospital officials said the three staff members suffered lacerations and were rushed to the onsite emergency department...

A bipartisan group of senators Thursday introduced legislation that seeks to address flaws in the live-event ticketing system in the U.S. and increase protections for customers. The much-awaited bill, dubbed the Fans First Act, would increase transparency in ticket sales, protect concertgoers from “fake or dramatically overpriced tickets” and go...

ATLANTA — Meeting a federal judge’s deadline, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law new Republican-drawn political maps Friday that redistrict Georgia’s congressional and General Assembly seats before next year’s elections. The redrawn district lines preserve Republican majorities after the judge ruled Georgia’s previous boundaries illegally weakened Black voting power in...

OK already. What took so long? Good riddance to former House Rep. George Santos . The Santos saga begs the question: How did he get elected in the first place? Now we know it was due to massive fraud. But I would also add major failures on the part of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. The suit, filed in...

A man who was shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire with a St. Paul police officer died early Friday, the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner determined Brandon Daleshaun Keys, 24, from the eastern suburb of Maplewood, died of the gunshot wound...

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. U.S. District...