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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. Parade, fireworks planned at...

Church News • Hempfield Church of Christ will have an outdoor worship service at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 3 at the Legion Keener Park amphitheater, 1658 Catherine St., Latrobe. Free backpacks filled with school supplies will be distributed from 1 to 3 p.m. and there will be games, food and family...

Our income and wealth inequality are a significant concern for Americans, and rightly so, because the United States is the most unequal high-GDP economy in the world. And the situation is worsening: The top 20% own 86% of the country’s wealth, while the bottom 80% own 14%. Our government’s policies...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 60-40) scored five runs in the fourth inning to beat Toledo (Tigers), 5-4. DH Billy Cook (.256) was 1 for 4 with two RBIs. RF/LF Ronny Simon (.294) went 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI. C Shawn Ross (.246) knocked in a run. 3B Tsung-Che...

BALTIMORE — A pastor from Maryland’s Eastern Shore has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and transported to a detention facility in Louisiana after the agency said he overstayed his visa. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three originally from Honduras, has been pastor of the Iglesia...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge in Miami is expected to hear arguments Monday from attorneys who say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are holding detainees at Alligator Alcatraz without charges and without access to immigration courts in violation of their constitutional rights. Questioning the very legality of the state-run...

A coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan declared its own government on Saturday, a decision that raised concerns the north African nation was headed toward partition and continued war. The government to be led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was announced in Nyala in the western...

As the community engagement manager for MomsWork, Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, I have met hundreds of working mothers in all stages of motherhood: first-time mothers, moms of toddlers and school-aged children, and mothers of teens and young adults. One thing many of them have in common is the experience of...

Amazon plans to spend $20 billion building data campuses in Pennsylvania. Similar proposals are emerging across the state, from the sites of the old Cheswick and Homer City power plants to the Alcoa campus in Upper Burrell. To many, these announcements signal economic growth and innovation. But as an energy...

Artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency may be the shiny new frontier of technology, but behind the hype lies a brutal truth: they are devouring electricity, straining Pennsylvania’s grid and driving up costs for everyone else. And thanks to PJM’s policies, it’s the smallest consumers — the homeowners, the corner bakeries, the...

Regarding the letter “My choice — Trump” (July 11, TribLive): When you voted for Donald Trump and Dave McCormick and Guy Reschenthaler, did you know you were voting to: “Repeal funding to Address Air Pollution at Schools” and to “Repeal EPA Rules Relating to Multi-pollutant Emissions Standards.” These are in...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy...

Voters need to be aware of a serious matter regarding emergency rooms and the need to provide security. There have been three critical incidents this year where an individual from the Allegheny County Jail has attempted to escape and had to be tackled on a hospital floor in the presence...

The Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health System is dealing with deep losses to its workforce. In an exclusive interview with TribLive, Pittsburgh VA director Donald Koenig spoke about the reductions. Since January, 238 employees have been lost. Another 87 will be gone by the end of the year. There are 151...

The past month has given the Pittsburgh area a chance to rock out with a whole buffet of 1990s bands. Lucky us. The latest entry in this summer of late-20th-century rock was Live, a band from York, Pa., with a handful of enigmatic alternative radio hits, many from their 1994...

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. Back-to-school drive collecting supplies,...

First Jeffrey Epstein’s client list was on the Attorney General Pam Bondi’s desk for review. Then it became Jeffrey who? The question is, who is being protecting? There is no reason to doubt that President Trump is on the list. Just about everyone in the world has seen the video...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC dropped a decision to Portland Hearts of Pine in penalty kicks Friday night in Jägermeister Cup group play in Maine. After playing to a 2-2 draw in regulation, Portland held a 5-4 advantage in the shootout to earn the bonus point. Bertin Jacquesson scored twice for...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 59-40) fell to Toledo (Tigers), 4-3. CF Billy Cook (.256) hit a two-run homer, his eighth of the season. LF Ji Hwan Bae (.292) tripled. C Brett Sullivan (.204) had an RBI single. RF Matt Fraizer (.295) was 2 for 4 with a run scored. SS Tsung-Che Cheng...

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. HARRISBURG — Public transit is a key issue holding up Pennsylvania’s budget, but top Republicans have said they don’t want to spend more money on...

Pittsburgh is an exceptional, hard-working town. We work shifts and overtime; we are known as the highest coffee consumers to get us through those long, late hours, a variety of jobs, a spectrum of skills. People show up and stay until relieved. I think the Pirates’ ownership, management, coaches and...

Back from hiatus, the following is a feature from TribLive: A weekly news quiz: 1. An Ivy League school reached a deal this week with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of...

A Mormon missionary accused of sexually abusing at least 14 children in Tonga was arrested on Thursday in Pittsburgh. William James Purdy faces charges of sexual exploitation of children and transporting a minor with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in federal court in Utah. Following a hearing on...

According to the White House and congressional Republicans, the new budget law will spark economic growth of more than 3%. Reaching that goal, however, will be made far more difficult by a provision they see as central to the law: the $150 billion-plus it adds to immigration enforcement. The administration’s...

Publicize your high school’s class reunion for free in The Stroller. Send information as soon as possible 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. • Ken Hi Class of 1958 will have a...