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If you want to know why a gift ban is important, look no further than U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. On Thursday, a ProPublica investigation outlined years of travel and generosity from Texas real estate billionaire Harlan Crow to Thomas, who has sat on the country’s highest court since...

America last: This phrase becomes more true every day. Seems our government is more worried about everybody except Americans or America. We now have people from over 140 countries plowing our so-called “under control” border, including Chinese and Russians. This, mind you, is a border that the so-called border czar...

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In his op-ed “Now is the time for transformational change in Pa. education” (March 28, TribLIVE), state Rep. Jesse Topper fails to mention that the majority of K-12 funding for public education comes from property taxes — not from state revenues. Pennsylvania ranks 43rd nationally for state share of funding,...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 12, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Hempfield 8, Baldwin 6 Central Catholic 3, Mt. Lebanon 2 Canon-McMillan 16, Norwin 13 Nonsection Carmichaels 2, McGuffey 0 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Pine-Richland, 4:15 p.m. North Allegheny at Butler,...

Brady Koziara led off the top of the 10th with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Cade Clister to lift Central Catholic to a 2-1 victory over Mt. Lebanon in Section 2-6A baseball Monday. Clister also drove in Central Catholic’s first run in the first inning with...

Pennsylvania Democrats are trying to show they can be populists, too. When Gov. Josh Shapiro took office in January, he sent a symbolic message by using his first executive order to end the four-year college degree requirement for most state government jobs. Sen. John Fetterman campaigned as a Democrat who...

WASHINGTON — All Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate undisclosed luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a wealthy Republican donor. The panel, the Democrats said in a Monday letter, would soon hold a hearing on the court’s...

Millions have fled war-torn Ukraine, but when Russia invaded the country last year, Lesya Jurgovsky’s first instinct was to pack her bags to go there and help. She didn’t. Jurgovsky, a Ukraine native who has lived in the United States since 2004, made a life in Pittsburgh complete with a...

It’s not the settlement the media industry has been anticipating, but Fox News has reached an agreement with a Venezuelan businessman whose name was linked to false allegations about voting machines used in the 2020 election. Attorneys for Fox News and Majed Khalil, the plaintiff in the suit, filed a...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School three months ago. Deja Nicole Taylor, 25, of Newport News — whose son shot 25-year-old teacher Abby Zwerner during class on Jan....

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The candidates running for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court are getting campaign money from wealthy donors, their...

There has been an unprecedented increase in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses since the covid-19 pandemic. Prescriptions for Adderall, used to treat ADHD, for adults rose 15.1% during 2020 (over double the 2019 rise of 7.4%). This increased consumer demand for ADHD medications has resulted in a shortage of Adderall. The...

I don’t know if global warming is real or a theory, but I do know that the U.S.A. has some of the best engineers in the world. I suggest the oil companies hire a top-rated engineering firm to build a small scale model of the earth/atmosphere and prove that CO2...

During senior second baseman Brynn Charnesky’s time at the school, Southmoreland’s softball team has been very successful. The Scotties have made it to the WPIAL semifinals in back-to-back seasons, winning the third-place game two years ago. This year, the expectations are pretty simple, according to Charnesky. “Our team’s goals are...

Jake Williams would not let his team lose. In the huddle during a timeout, Williams, a 6-foot-1 senior outside hitter for the Geneva men’s volleyball team, exhorted his teammates to pick up their performance. Alderson Broaddus had tied their nonconference match at one set each, and Williams could feel momentum...

Like all coaches, Pitt-Greensburg baseball manager Scott Adams was optimistic about his latest incoming crop of freshmen. But Adams had a sense this season’s group of newbies could be special. At the midway point of the season, he has seen nothing to change that impression. Through early April, the Bobcats...

The writer of the letter “Taxpayers not responsible for student debt” (March 16) gives us his sage wisdom, surprisingly free of charge. You see, he doesn’t seem to like the idea of the government easing some of the financial burden for those who are struggling. It’s strange though, that he...

When a scam artist called Cameron Huddleston’s mom to tell her to wire money in order to claim a prize, Huddleston had to intercept the calls. Her mom, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, was convinced she had to wire the money as soon as possible. “That was a wake-up...

Library screening Sewickley Public Library will host a Made in Pittsburgh: Film Screening event 2-4 p.m. April 14, April 21 and April 28 at 500 Thorn St. It is part of a program highlighting movies made in Western Pennsylvania. The April 14 screening features Tom Hanks’ “A Man Called Otto,”...

Penn Hills Arbor Day Join the Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission for the free and family-friendly Penn Hills Arbor Day Celebration at the William McKinley Center, 801 Seventh St. in Verona, on May 6 from 2-4 p.m. (rain date May 7). We will plant 15 trees around the new playground,...

Party at the PAC The grand opening Party at the Pine Athletic Complex will be held from noon-3 p.m. May 13 at 100 Pine Park Drive. There will be food trucks, raffle baskets, bounce houses, games and prizes and entertainment. Food trucks will include Bruster’s Ice Cream, Aviva Brick Oven...

The editorial “Make E-ZPass easier for low-income drivers” (April 3, TribLIVE) brings to light facts that should make our blood boil. It points out that legislators started to force the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in 2007 to start paying the state for the government, mass transit and the Department of Transportation...