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Davis Black passed for 261 yards and Eric McKan III rushed for 105 yards to lead Cal (Pa.) to a 30-20 victory over IUP in the Coal Bowl on Saturday afternoon. McKan and Matt Charlton had rushing touchdowns and Khalil Taylor returned a blocked punt 10 yards for a score...

Jayden Brown scored three touchdowns in the first quarter as Gardner-Webb jumped out to a big early lead and cruised to a 31-16 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. Brown scored on a 67-yard catch from quarterback Matthew Caldwell, an 8-yard run and an 8-yard TD reception as Gardner-Webb (2-3,...

NEW YORK — The blacked-out windows of a Bronx apartment weren’t enough to hide the lethal fentanyl mill operating inside. Four accused drug dealers were busted and charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics and narcotics distribution after one of the largest fentanyl seizures in New York history, with more than...

The Republican candidates for president were at the Ronald Reagan Library in California last week for a debate. One candidate promoted himself well, like Reagan, and remembered the former president’s trademark: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any Republican.” And for those two reasons, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes out...

WASHINGTON — The bitter battle between Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for the U.S. House speakership culminates a long-simmering personal rivalry that grew along with the fractures in the Republican party. Their tensions will be on display next week as Republicans hold a divisive fight for the...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center has increased odds a tropical wave in the Atlantic could become the busy season’s next tropical depression or storm. The system that emerged off the lower latitudes of the west of coast of Africa has been producing a large area of disorganized showers...

Squirrel Hill native Josh Weinberg was praying in a Jerusalem-area synagogue around 10 a.m. local time Saturday when sirens alerting Israelis of incoming missile strikes started to wail. The synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim has no bunker, so Weinberg, a real estate attorney who left Pittsburgh...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA — a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins — could reduce unwanted inflammatory responses and allow it to be delivered into cells. While the...

Chartiers Valley’s annual Homecoming Carnival could have qualified as hot fun in the summertime, to quote Sly Stone, but it took place a couple of weeks after the season’s end. The Oct. 4 event took place outside of the high school in sunshine and warm temperatures, making for an ideal...

Abigail Stager had three goals, and Sam Braden added two to lead the top-ranked North Allegheny girls soccer team to a 10-0 win over North Hills in a Section 1-4A game Oct. 4. Averie Bierker, Addison Heim, Abby Lang, Ally Ruiz and Kieran Shannon also scored for the Tigers, who...

Thirty years after the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, the U.S. military is still conducting operations in Somalia. Popularized in the U.S. by the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down,” the Battle of Mogadishu occurred on Oct. 3, 1993, and saw the downing of two U.S. helicopters and the deaths of 18...

Why is our government worried about taking care of illegal immigrants who are coming here from everywhere? Our top priority should be to the Native Americans who have always lived here. They get very little help from our government. Also, what about our veterans, so many of whom are homeless?...

Flag flies for U.S. and defenders of freedom We fly the American flag all year long, not to show support for President Biden as the writer of the letter “Flags fly in support of Biden” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE) alleges, but for the United States of America and to show our...

When I went to pay for my tires this week at Highland Tire in Natrona Heights, the salesperson said the $315 bill was already paid. I don’t know who paid it, but I appreciate it. I have heard of people paying for someone’s lunch, but never for tires. Peggy Booher...

Why can’t people keep their personal opinions personal? I don’t care what your opinions are about politics, religion, sexual preference or spaghetti sauce. We’ve had three years of Trump/Biden bashing, and I for one am sick of it. It’s probably time to start looking at who might actually be a...

“We shouldn’t have to do this in school,” Christina Burke said. “We should feel safe enough to come here and not have to deal with that.” — — — The Hempfield Area High School senior is correct. Students should be able to show up at school and feel safe. Their...

The Sept. 24 edition of the Trib contained a number of interesting editorials. From the Trib’s piece on voter registration at the DMV getting easier to Greg Fulton’s article on remembering Stan Musial — even Joseph Sabino Mistick discussing the need to bring back a “broken window” approach to policing...

Ethan Pillar ran for 300 yards and three touchdowns as Class 5A No. 5 Pine-Richland pulled off the upset of the season, shocking Class 6A No. 1 Central Catholic, 26-19, in a nonconference game Friday night. Pine-Richland (4-3) took the lead for good on a 37-yard touchdown run by Talan...

Kole Olszewski threw for 135 yards and three touchdowns to lead top-ranked Bishop Canevin to a 21-13 win at Cornell (6-1, 3-1) in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Friday night. Jason Cross caught two touchdowns, and Jayden Lindsey had the other for the Crusaders (5-1, 3-1). Laurel 28,...

Steve Vandiver threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 4 Imani Christian to a 60-13 victory against Apollo-Ridge (1-6, 0-4) in the Class 2A Century Conference on Friday night. Dayshaun Burnett caught three passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 53 yards and a TD...

DelRon White ran for 175 yards and a touchdown as West Mifflin jumped to a 19-0 first-quarter lead and held on for a 26-21 victory over Seton LaSalle (4-3, 2-2) in a Class 3A Western Hills Conference game Friday night. Darnell Carswell ran for two touchdowns for the Titans (3-4,...

Jonah Williamson threw for 54 yards and ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns as Trinity scored a 23-6 upset victory over No. 2 Thomas Jefferson (6-1, 2-1) in the Class 4A Big Seven Conference on Friday night. Andrew Durig added 82 rushing yards and a touchdown for Trinity (4-3,...

A Roaring 20’s Murder Mystery fundraiser to benefit the Guyasuta Area Youth Football Association will be Oct. 28. Proceeds will help pay for field time and equipment upgrades as well as keep lower registration costs for players and cheerleaders. The event is at the Comfort Inn, RIDC Park, O’Hara. Doors...

Behind a career night from quarterback Braden Laux, Belle Vernon was able to cruise to a lopsided win Friday over visiting Greensburg Salem on The Beach at James Weir Stadium. Laux, who will play defensive end at Eastern Michigan, completed 14 of 16 passes for 337 yards and three touchdowns...

Top performers for Week 6 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 357 - Quadir Stribling, Serra Catholic (20 of 23) 337 - Braden Laux, Belle Vernon (14 of 16) 297 - Brian Taylor, New Brighton (17 of 38) 292 - Tristyn Tavares, Norwin (10 of 33) 279 -...