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Laurel: To a nice jackpot — or at least a piece of one. Visitors to Live Casino Pittsburgh generate millions in revenue for its owners. In 2022, the casino in Hempfield’s Westmoreland Mall reported almost $112 million between slot machines, table games and sports betting. That’s great for the company,...

West Deer residents can expect significant changes as a new zoning ordinance progresses, completely overhauling the zoning map. The new ordinance draft is not yet accessible to the public. “This is a very comprehensive zoning update. Many new definitions have arrived, and an entirely new zoning district was created,” township...

I realize with the diversity of opinions, philosophies and worldviews in a nation of 330 million people, there will be profound differences. Yet it’s reasonable to say that, when it comes down to the basic essentials, we all want the same things: abundant food, employment, health care, shelter, education, safety...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 43-49) beat Iowa (Cubs), 5-3, on a two-run home run by CF Josh Palacios (.387) in the top of the 10th inning. 3B Chris Owings (.248) went 3 for 5 with a triple and two RBIs. DH Ryan Vilade (.270) went 2 for 5 with a run scored....

The Canadian wildfires this summer exposed people to secondhand smoke at levels not seen since smoking was banned indoors in 2006, according to preliminary findings from Rutgers University researchers. Since the worst of the pollution from June 6 to 8, Philadelphia and other East Coast cities have continued to experience...

At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2023, researchers released the first-ever county-level prevalence estimates, finding east and southeastern U.S. states have the highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s dementia. In Allegheny County, the Alzheimer’s dementia prevalence estimate is 11.9% among residents age 65 or older. The research comes following the release...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would place new transparency rules on Supreme Court filings, place new recusal standards on the justices and require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics. The 11-10 party-line vote came as Democrats said Congress has to act...

The 13th annual Pittsburgh Circle of Courage Awards is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. Aug. 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 101 Mall Blvd., Monroeville. Awards honor individuals who show faith and courage in their respective careers. Award categories include religion, government, education, business, medicine, art, media, military, missions and sports....

Time and again, Robert Bowers’ mother was told her young son needed help. When he was an infant, both parents threatened to kill him. When he was a toddler, his speech regressed so much he stopped talking altogether. When he had a rash as a young boy, a doctor thought...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman shared the details of the inner turmoil that led him to seek treatment for depression earlier this year with Time magazine in a story published Thursday. The Pennsylvania Democrat told Time national political correspondent Molly Ball that his stilted performance in the Oct. 25, 2022, debate...

Most of us still call them UFOs — unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” or UAP. Either way, every few years popular claims resurface that these things are not of our world, or that the U.S. government has some stored away. I’m a sociologist who...

A young Florida mother was arrested after she allegedly used a parody website to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, police said. Jazmin Paez,18, is facing charges of first-degree solicitation of murder and third-degree using a communications device for an unlawful use. She’s accused of logging onto hitmanforhire.com...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans opposed to limits on deductions for state and local taxes (SALT) are making their first stand in a move that could test their newfound power in the GOP conference. Their push to force relief from the $10,000 SALT cap is shaping up as a major challenge...

Perhaps no other food invokes such a love/hate relationship like a hot dog: We love eating them, but we often hate the way they make us feel afterward. Despite all the back-and-forth contemplation we usually indulge and for one day out of the year that’s OK. July 19 was National...

Residents of Nicholson Township in Fayette County are fighting a proposed Class II D injection well site from a company called G2 Stem out of Virginia. A permit was submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, and only residents within a half-mile radius from the site were notified. The permit was...

Part 1 of 2 in a Richland History Group series about Lafayette’s role in helping America create its democracy during the Revolutionary War and chronicling the Western Pennsylvania portion of his 16-month tour of America. It was June 1, 1825. Not much had happened in “downtown” Bakerstown since its official...

On Monday, the 11 Westmoreland County Common Pleas judges gathered together and acted as a kind of jury, deliberating and delivering a verdict on a case in a way they normally don’t get to do. The decision they reached wasn’t about guilt or innocence or a judgment with a big...

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. Concert to raise funds for local police departments and scholarships The...

There’s a weed growing in a bucket on Pittsburgh police SWAT Officer Tim Matson’s porch. It saved his life. Months after he was shot multiple times responding to an active shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Squirrel Hill, Matson said Wednesday, he remained in a dark place....

Supreme Court justices are given lifetime appointments so they will be immune to political influence. But the Federalist Society has created a quid pro quo system in which they receive lavish gifts from wealthy benefactors. This legalized bribery has resulted in the court trashing our norms, customs, precedence and the...

The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the current severe weather outlook for Thursday evening to an enhanced risk. The National Weather Service in Moon says the main reason for the upgrade is to include damaging winds. It says to expect the main line/broken discrete cells to begin entering northwestern Pennsylvania...

As the coronavirus emerged, so did a mystery: Why did some who got infected never develop symptoms? One likely explanation is it may be a person’s lucky genes. A new study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature suggests people with a specific version of a gene were far more...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 42-49) was battered by Iowa (Cubs), 7-1. LHP Cam Alldred (5-3, 4.81) started and allowed five runs on five hits, including two homers, in 4.1 innings. RHP Travis MacGregor (2.35) gave up a run on three hits in 1.2 innings. RHP Brad Case (18.00) pitched a scoreless eighth....

AUSTIN, Texas — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted the treatment of migrants following reporting earlier this week that officials received orders to push those crossing at the Texas border back into the Rio Grande and also were told not to give them water. The president said he did...