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Letter to the editor: Poland’s ‘Liberum veto’ in action here
I know most people find history boring. Please indulge me. In the 1700s, Poland was ruled by a king and a parliament made up the country’s largest landowners. The parliament operated under the “liberum veto.” Any member of the Polish parliament could single-handedly veto any piece of legislation. Sound familiar?...
Black quarterbacks long have thrived in the Canadian Football League
In the days leading up to Super Bowl LVII, J.C. Watts got a call from a reporter who wanted his thoughts on the upcoming clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Specifically, Watts, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-2003, was asked about his...
School news from the Fox Chapel area
Fall play Fox Chapel Area High School students will present their fall play, “The Man Who Came to Dinner”, at 7 p.m. Nov 2-4. All performances will be held in the school auditorium, and tickets are $8. Tickets will be sold at the door. Students will perform the play free...
In brief: news from North Park and more
North Park history Historic Structures of North Park will be Longvue Acres Garden Club’s October program. Allegheny County Park Ranger, Deaglan McManus, will review the unique historic structures that are hidden in plain sight in nearby North Park. The program begins at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, at Northmont United...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 14, 2023
Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Shenango 37, Summit Academy 8 Black Hills Bishop Canevin 62, Chartiers-Houston 0 Eastern Leechburg 29, Riverview 28 Saturday’s summary Bishop Canevin 62, Chartiers-Houston 0 Chartiers-Houston 0 0 0 0 —0 Bishop Canevin 14 27 14 7 —62 BC: Henry Barbisch 46 pass...
High school roundup for Oct. 14, 2023: Olszewski, Carter spark Bishop Canevin
Kole Olszewski was 9 for 11 for 107 yards and four touchdowns and Marquis Carter scored on runs of 90 and 35 yards to lead Bishop Canevin to a 62-0 victory over Chartiers-Houston (0-8, 0-5) in Class A Black Hills Conference football Saturday night. Olszewski connected on TD passes of...
‘Always Sunny’ gang visits Harrisburg liquor store to promote their whiskey
“The Gang” from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” made a stop Saturday in Harrisburg to promote their latest libation. Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney, three members of the Always Sunny Gang, stopped at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits distributor on Jonestown Road to promote their new whiskey,...
New Kensington’s Willie Thrower cast the mold for the modern NFL quarterback 70 years ago
Willie Thrower didn’t talk much about his place in NFL history. Not even with his family. His son, Melvin, was in junior high before he learned about his father’s watershed moment. On Super Bowl Sunday in 1988, Melvin Thrower sat with his father in their New Kensington home and watched...
Piper Laurie, 3-time Oscar nominee with film credits such as ‘The Hustler,’ ‘Carrie,’ dies at 91
Piper Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, died early Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. Laurie died of old age, her manager, Marion Rosenberg, wrote via email, saying...
District college football roundup: Cal (Pa.) starts fast, rolls past Seton Hill
Eric Willis scored on a 75-yard touchdown catch on the first play from scrimmage, sparking Cal (Pa.) to a 41-14 PSAC victory over Seton Hill on Saturday. Davis Black was 14 for 23 for 300 yards and four touchdowns for the Vulcans (5-1, 4-0). Omari Hopkins caught five balls for...
Calif. to follow other states in granting community college tuition break to Mexico residents
LOS ANGELES — Agustin Guzman spends hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic and crosses an international border just to get to his college classes. But it’s worth it. Though he’s a resident of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, he pays the same tuition as a student 4 miles away from Laredo, Texas, thanks to...
Riverhounds head into playoffs with 8-game unbeaten streak after scoreless draw in Detroit
They may not have gone about it in the most exciting way possible, but the Pittsburgh Riverhounds will head into the USL Championship playoffs on an eight-game unbeaten streak. Rookie Christian Garner recorded his first pro shutout as the Riverhounds and Detroit City FC played to a scoreless draw Saturday...
Gang violence traps more than 100 schoolchildren in Haiti for 2nd day
More than 100 Haiti students, some as young as 6, are trapped inside their Catholic school in downtown Port-au-Prince as a fresh round of violence continued to erupt between armed groups. Late Saturday, the students were looking at spending a second night at school. The students are among 400 children...
Guns found in Fayette County Goodwill donation box
State police are investigating after guns were left in a Goodwill donation box in Fayette County Friday. The firearms were found at the Goodwill store on Mall Run Road, near Uniontown Mall, in South Union Township, state police said. State police did not disclose how many guns were found or...
Man charged with pulling gun on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Pa. Capitol steps
A Lebanon man who pulled up to a peaceful Palestinian rally in Harrisburg, shouted racial slurs and pointed a gun at attendees has been arrested, according to police. Richard Kevin Blandy, 56, faces a felony count of ethnic intimidation and misdemeanor charges of making terroristic threats and simple assault by...
As Israel readies invasion, U.S. charter plane carrying reservists heads to Tel Aviv
David Malka, a cryptocurrency venture capitalist based in Puerto Rico, was unfamiliar with the logistics of transporting supplies and army reservists into war zones before Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7. But Saturday morning, just a week after the conflict began, Malka was at Los Angeles International Airport loading...
Lisa Jarvis: Breast cancer screening guidelines should evolve with science
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as I was reminded over the weekend when a server offered me a special rose-colored cocktail to benefit a local cancer ward. I didn’t need that (delicious) beverage to be reminded that breast cancer is still the most common cancer among women. But it...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers girls soccer wins 3rd straight Section 1 title
North Allegheny’s girls soccer team locked up the Section 1-4A championship on Oct. 11 with an 8-0 victory over Allderdice at Newman Stadium. Abigail Stager, Jadyn Coy and Gracie Strzempek scored twice each and Emma Schupansky and Kieran Shannon added goals. Natalie Rak and Margaret Nestor combined for the shutout,...
Jonathan Wolfson: Licensing reform could solve rural physician shortages
Think the federal government’s plan to add extra residency slots for health professional shortage areas will alleviate the growing rural physician shortage? Think again. The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published research showing that of the 400 newly federally funded residency slots, a mere 20 residents spend more...
Sounding off: Politics, greed, budget, Bucs on readers’ minds
Grievance politics hurting our country Reason 147 for leaving the Republican Party after 35 years and becoming an independent: Extremist right wing politicians in Congress would rather shut down our government and send the country into chaos than work out bipartisan solutions. Ronald Reagan was the master of reaching across...
Letter to the editor: Leaders should be trying to grow Greensburg
Surely seems that the best the City of Greensburg and its leaders can do is bring in gas stations … GetGo on Main Street and now Sheetz on East Pittsburgh Street. Lots of traffic and little bang to retail and restaurant renewal. Seems like the mayor needs to refocus/learn on...
Letter to the editor: What Would Jesus Do?
Remember the WWJD bracelets? What Would Jesus Do? These bracelets were made popular in 1989 by Janie Tinklenberg, a youth minister from Holland, Mich. She designed the friendship bracelets as a reminder to her youth group to make moral decisions. The letters WWJD backwards have been deciphered as, “Devil Just...
Editorial: This is no time to move up the 2024 Pennsylvania presidential primary. But what about for 2028?
Despite Pennsylvania’s recurring importance in picking the president in the general election, the state falls considerably short when it comes to deciding the nominees. Joe Biden became the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee in April — about two weeks before the Pennsylvania primary was scheduled. The primary had been moved up...
Letter to the editor: Grievance politics hurting our country
Reason 147 for leaving the Republican Party after 35 years and becoming an independent: Extremist right wing politicians in Congress would rather shut down our government and send the country into chaos than work out bipartisan solutions. Ronald Reagan was the master of reaching across the aisle; a decade later,...
The Stroller, Oct. 14, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Community development workshop offered The Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority and Land...
