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Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow eager to keep Brewers’ bats quiet in NLCS Game 3
LOS ANGELES — After charging through America’s Dairyland with a pair of beefed-up pitching performances, the Dodgers play host to the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. Six victories away from becoming the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles in 25...
Why Penn State’s 2025 season still matters after disastrous start
To many, Penn State’s season is a complete wash. Quarterback Drew Allar is out for the season, James Franklin is out as coach and the team has lost three straight games. A preseason national championship favorite could realistically miss out on a bowl game for the first time since 2020....
U.S. judge blocks Trump’s plan to lay off thousands of government workers
A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to halt mass layoffs of federal workers during a partial government shutdown while she considers claims by unions that the job cuts are illegal. During a hearing in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted a request...
Panini Chowdhury: We all have a right to walk safely on our streets
We all walk. When we visit a place, we walk — and those moments often become the highlights of our journey. Whether young or old, whatever our race or gender, walking is the hum of daily life — the simplest confluence of dignity, mobility and human connection. Yet in America,...
Aldi releases cheaper Thanksgiving meal deal this year. Here’s what you get for $40
Aldi’s Thanksgiving meal bundle this year feeds 10 people for just $40, a noticeable markdown from last year’s deal. The grocery retailer launched the deal Wednesday. While centered around traditional Thanksgiving dishes, the offer will be available to purchase through Christmas Eve. The bundle comes with a total of 21...
In brief: Fall events, leaf collections and more in Quaker Valley area
Soliciting action Sewickley Hills offers a do-not-knock registration for residents who prefer not to be bothered by solicitors in the area. Residents can sign up online at sewickleyhills.com or call the borough office at 412-741-4981. The borough contracts out its police service to Ohip Township. Police remind residents that all...
In brief: Fall events galore, CPR class and more in Fox Chapel area
Paint pumpkins with police The Fox Chapel Police Department’s annual Paint Pumpkins with Police event is planned for Oct. 18, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Fox Chapel Borough Building. FCPD will be collecting monetary and non-perishable food donations for the Blawnox Community Food Pantry instead of an admission fee....
Jury convicts Aliquippa man of shooting Monroeville police sergeant
A Beaver County man accused of shooting a Monroeville police sergeant last year was found guilty Wednesday on all counts. Jamal Brooks, 33, of Aliquippa, faces a mandatory 20 to 40 years in prison for assault of a law enforcement officer. The jury, which deliberated for less than three hours,...
Tyler Samstag: From Mister Rogers to machine learning — Pittsburgh’s next big moment in education
When cellphones became widely available in 2007, educators suddenly faced a question with no clear answer: What happens when every student carries a device that can calculate, record and connect them to endless information? Some worried about distraction. Others saw possibility. Across Pittsburgh, teachers, artists, librarians, museum leaders and technologists...
News outlets reject Pentagon press access policy
WASHINGTON — At least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions. The policy requires journalists to acknowledge new rules on press...
Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused
JERUSALEM/CAIRO — Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Israel had threatened to keep Rafah shut and...
Letter to the editor: Penn State has money for Franklin, but not campuses?
Penn State will be closing seven branch campuses in 2027, including the New Kensington branch. Penn State cites financial pressures as a reason for these closings. But yet the university has $49 million to buy out James Franklin’s contract. I understand that this money will not be paid in one...
BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion AI data center deal
An investor group, including BlackRock and Nvidia, will buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management in a deal worth $40 billion, the companies said Wednesday, as AI infrastructure expansion powers on. The deal underscores an intensifying race to expand the costly, supply-constrained infrastructure required to develop artificial intelligence technology,...
Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia
SYDNEY — Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court on Wednesday backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community. Owens, who has built a large online following for her controversial...
Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
DHUMAIR, Syria — The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found. The conspiracy by President Bashar al-Assad’s military...
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to blunt key Voting Rights Act provision
WASHINGTON — Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled their willingness on Wednesday during arguments in a case involving Louisiana electoral districts to undercut a key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Arguments in the case focused...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Norwin board members, who did a thankless job
As a Norwin Community Republican Committeeman, I coordinated several of the past election’s staffing needs for our local conservative candidates. We touted our Republican candidates’ conservative agendas, especially on fiscal matters. Our school board candidates were a top priority. It is a thankless job. Our candidates ran modestly funded campaigns...
Editorial: Penn State cares more about coaching than campuses
Penn State has firmly held priorities. But are they the ones the university wants people to believe? The football team came into the season with the highest rank it has ever held to start the year; it was No. 2, right behind Texas and ahead of longtime rival Ohio State....
The Stroller, Oct. 15, 2025: 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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Sponsors needed for holiday...
Letter to the editor: Jail officers’ dark perceptions of Jail Oversight Board
The 2025 Allegheny County Jail correctional officer survey, completed by 216 officers, found that 72.2% of the officers strongly disagree and 18.1% disagree with this statement: “Our Jail Oversight Board (JOB) communicates effectively with our correctional officers, understanding our officers’ challenges and is effectively working to improve conditions of employment...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 14, 2025
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 5, North Allegheny 0 Class A Aquinas Academy 2, Ellis School 0 Football Thursday’s schedule City League Semifinals Allderdice at Westinghouse, 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 7 p.m. Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Hempfield...
High school roundup: Laurel Highlands claims final spot in WPIAL boys soccer playoff field
Cole Radcliffe had four goals and an assist to lead Laurel Highlands to a 7-0 victory over Albert Gallatin (2-15, 1-13) in Section 2-3A boys soccer Tuesday night. The result, coupled with Bethel Park’s 3-2 win over Ringgold, clinched a playoff spot for the Mustangs. Elliot Boor had a goal...
Browns’ Kevin Stefanski says he’ll keep calling plays
The Cleveland Browns are sitting at 1-5 in October for the second straight year after suffering an ugly loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 6. Following a similar start last season, coach Kevin Stefanski relinquished offensive play-calling duties to then-offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. After declining to answer Sunday whether...
Dan Campbell, Lions set sights on Bucs, ‘move forward’ with Branch banned
Dan Campbell sported a black T-shirt with the Lions logo and the word “SALTY” scripted across the chest, appropriate attire for the fiery head coach replying to questions about playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week without suspended safety Brian Branch. “My job is to move forward here. I know...
Miss Major, ‘foundational mother’ of transgender movement, Stonewall veteran, dies at 78
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an early activist for transgender rights and one of the protesters in the Stonewall Inn riots that sparked the modern movement for LGBTQ+ equality, has died. She was 78. Miss Major, as she was known professionally, died on Oct. 13 in the comfort of her home in...
