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Joe Walton Stadium will feature some new technology in time for the 2023 season. Robert Morris unveiled upgrades Tuesday, including a new video scoreboard, a scoreboard in the north end zone and a new sound system. “We’re excited to enhance the atmosphere on game day at Joe Walton Stadium from...

Voracious popular culture connoisseur that I am, I have been avidly following the drama surrounding pop icon Lizzo. As an academic who teaches race, gender and sexuality studies, for me, the story has all the intersectional elements that make for a riveting story. Over the past couple of weeks, the...

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as “corrupt” and vowed to release an “irrefutable report” countering his sprawling Georgia election interference indictment. Minutes after Willis unveiled the indictment, Trump trashed the Atlanta prosecutor as “out of control and very corrupt.” He later promised...

A group seeking the annexation of Wilkinsburg with the City of Pittsburgh late Monday filed a petition seeking review by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In it, those advocating for the merger said that two lower courts misinterpreted the law and violated the separation of powers principle in doing so. “Petitioners...

In my role at PENN Entertainment, I am charged with ensuring our company meets the appropriately high standards required to earn and retain a gaming license in every jurisdiction in which we operate. At our four properties across the commonwealth, we aren’t simply running casinos — we are providing an...

STATE COLLEGE — Nick Singleton became a household name in college football after his Rose Bowl heroics. He enters the 2023 campaign on watch lists for the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards, given at the end of the year to the top player in the country. And to be fair,...

Regarding the letter “Biden stinks and his policies stink” (Aug. 7, TribLIVE): I hope that you had more interesting things to publish than this thoughtless writing. Clearly the writer has a global dislike for all things President Biden, but there are no facts there to stimulate a new way of...

Ryan Farbacher graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a commission as a U.S. Navy Ens. He is a graduate of Pine-Richland High School. At the academy, Farbacher was a member of the Catholic Midshipmen Club, the National Eagle Scout Association,...

As a resident of Homewood, I am passionate about Pittsburgh’s future and its impact on our community. To achieve a greener, more inclusive city, we must prioritize accessible, equitable mobility over corporate profit and private transportation. Embracing net-zero cars and buses while addressing first- and last-mile gaps in public transit...

Sometimes the people who live near us are just people who happen to occupy the same street. We don’t open doors the way we once did. We don’t bring over a batch of cookies when someone moves in next door. But bad things have a way of bringing out the...

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. Mutts, Meows and Margaritas event to benefit HOPE Center The Alle-Kiski...

It’s no secret that college tuitions are skyrocketing. The University of Pittsburgh recently increased its tuition for in-state students by 2%, and 7% for out-of-state students. In the 2021-22 school year, tuitions ranged for public college in-state students from $10,740, to $38,070 at private colleges. The average living cost for...

High schools Golf Monday’s results Jerry Roman Memorial Chairman’s Cup At Cedarbrook Boys Class 3A team scores: 1. Peters Township 381. 2. South Fayette 385. 3. Morgantown 393. 4. Central Dauphin 402. 5. Hempfield 416. 6. Wheeling Park 417. 7. Bethel Park 423 Class 2A team scores: 1. Sewickley Academy...

PHILADELPHIA — A 17-year-old from West Philadelphia has been charged with buying and testing bomb-making materials in support of a foreign terrorist group, state and federal authorities announced Monday. The teen, whom prosecutors declined to name because he is a juvenile, was arrested Friday at his home in the Wynnefield...

The federal judge who presided over the trial of the man who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue has permanently sealed the names of the jurors who convicted him. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville initially sealed the names and addresses of the jurors and prospective jurors during jury...

Trust is always harder to build than to destroy, and that’s true for financial markets, too. The U.S. has borrowed tens of trillions of dollars and promised to pay it back, but investors have become increasingly skeptical. On Aug. 1, U.S. debt received a downgrade, meaning the Treasury appears less...

LAS VEGAS — Carnegie Mellon University’s cyber hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), defended its title in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag competition — its seventh victory in the past 11 years. The team joined forces with the University of British Columbia’s Maple Bacon team and hackers from CMU Alum...

DALLAS — More than half a year has elapsed since Southwest Airlines ’ December meltdown displaced thousands of passengers and canceled flights for days across the country during the holidays. The airline promised passengers that it has put measures in place so something of this magnitude wouldn’t happen again. Southwest...

Ahmad Shaw makes no bones about it: He wants to play professional football. That might seem like a big leap from little Saint Vincent College. Just don’t tell that to Shaw. His desire to play professionally is part of what brought him from Fairfax, Va., to Saint Vincent in the...

Athletes are loathe to look ahead on their schedules, preferring to stick to the familiar “one game at a time” mantra. But Lipscomb women’s soccer player Lucy Ream can’t be faulted if she already has Sept. 14 circled on her calendar. That Thursday evening, the Bison open ASUN play by...

I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees this — that we keep making the same mistakes, over and over again. Ours is a country in which many amazing and good things have taken place and which continue to happen. A pandemic strikes and a vaccine is developed in...

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s decision to remove human remains from public display is a step toward a future of peace in our world. The basis of all human culture is the primacy of human life; not just human life in present times or in technologically advanced societies, but...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A railway bridge in southeastern Norway that ran across a river swollen by torrential rain collapsed on Monday, authorities said. BaneNOR, a government agency in charge of the Norwegian rail infrastructure, said the central section of the steel truss bridge over the Laagen River slid into the...

Night mart set Sewickley Chamber of Commerce’s final Night Mart of the summer is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Aug. 25. Festivities are between Broad and Walnut streets. More than 25 artisans and a baker’s dozen of food trucks are scheduled to participate. More information about Night Mart and other chamber...