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Laurel: To responding to the faithful. This year, two important events coincide for Catholic sports fans in the Greater Pittsburgh area: The Pirates’ home opener falls on Good Friday. This left a dilemma. Do you observe the papal direction to not eat meat on the holy day of obligation? Or...

The government is a joke and an embarrassment. They are not “for the people.” The No. 1 reason our children and others are being killed due to such heinous violence is because politics are killing our children. They think nothing of sending billions to Ukraine, but do not fund every...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 2-4) after losing its first four games of the season, Indianapolis swept a doubleheader from Louisville (Reds) on Thursday. In the first game, a 5-3 win, RF Travis Swaggerty went 1 for 3 and hit his first home run. RHP Luis Ortiz (1.08) allowed one run on three...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 11, Allderdice 0 Butler 8, Pine-Richland 6 Section 2 Hempfield 7, Central Catholic 3 Canon-McMillan 8, Mt. Lebanon 7 Norwin at Baldwin, ppd. Nonsection Ambridge 3, Sewickley Academy 0 Avonworth 17, Uniontown 2 Carmichaels 15, Bentworth 5 Charleroi...

Cleanup hitter Carson Shuglie slugged a first-inning grand slam, leading Hempfield to a 7-3 victory over Central Catholic in Section 2-6A baseball Thursday. Conner Burkey tripled, and Adam Hess and Dylan Firmstone each doubled for the Spartans, (4-3, 2-1), who won the last two games of the three-game series. Evan...

Donald Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina may have a conflict of interest because Stormy Daniels shared “confidences” with him about her sexual encounter with the former president, a lawyer for the adult-film star said. Daniels is at the center of a hush-money case against Trump, who pleaded not guilty to 34...

This month, Medicaid is finally returning to normal — but “normal” was never that great. Currently, an estimated 600,000 ineligible Pennsylvanians — many of whom are able-bodied, working-age adults — receive taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits. Temporary pandemic provisions that prohibited states from regularly reviewing Medicaid eligibility expired this month, giving Pennsylvania...

A Venango County man is being charged in the death of a woman whose body was found along a bike trail recently, according to reports from WTAE and YourErie.com. David Bosley, 59, of Oil City was arrested Thursday and charged with homicide, rape by forcible compulsion, aggravated indecent assault, kidnapping,...

There have been discussions about AI writing programs like ChatGPT in the academy. The past few months have seen a flurry of activity with college administrators calling emergency meetings, professors changing their assignments and educators writing essays (some perhaps written by AI?) that range in reaction from the nonchalant to...

Drug overdose deaths and other harms related to the overdose crisis continue to ravage Pennsylvania families and communities. Pennsylvania has the fourth highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation. We have the ninth highest number of new HIV infections in the country. Our most vulnerable communities are seeing...

Ahead of last year’s Penn State-Minnesota game, there were a noticeable number of Golden Gophers fans outside Beaver Stadium wearing customized “POTTS” jerseys. Those friends and family members will have to get new gear this year. Trey Potts, a Williamsport native and Minnesota running back, is transferring to Penn State...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew raised eyebrows when she suggested on Presidents Day that the United States pursue a “national divorce.” Even in an era of seemingly ever-growing political polarization — and despite Taylor Greene’s record of making controversial statements — the proposal shocked members of both political parties....

I was sorry to read Rep. Guy Reschenthaler’s comment about the indictment of Donald Trump (“Western Pa. political leaders react to Trump indictment,” March 30, TribLIVE). Considering that it was a grand jury of ordinary citizens that made the decision to indict, he should be happy that the justice system...

Gov. Josh Shapiro has been in office for three months and so far, more than half of Pennsylvanians approve of the job he is doing although a majority believe overall the state is heading in the wrong direction, according to a statewide poll released on Thursday. The “Common Ground in...

The writer of the letter “Climate change is cyclical” (March 27, TribLIVE) rehashes the faulty reasoning that still leads some to deny climate change. He wrongly states that “experts” predicted a coming ice age in the 1970s. In fact, even in those early days of climate modeling, the published record...

On April 1, the continuous enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP programs came to an end. Continuous enrollment came from the Families First Coronavirus Act, a federal measure passed in March 2020 to help Americans cope with the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic. A major factor was making sure people who...

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The Allegheny County Jail has 88 vacancies for medical and mental health staff. In 2019 the number was 37. Why have so many people left employment at ACJ? Are their licenses threatened by doing work they should not be doing? Is there too much forced overtime affecting their family life?...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 7, Connellsville 3 Class 3A Section 1 Quaker Valley 7, Ellwood City 6 Class 2A Section 2 Seton LaSalle 14, New Brighton 4 Nonsection Avonworth 17, Uniontown 1 North Allegheny 10, Chartiers Valley 0 South Side 15, Western Beaver...

Emma Paul hit a two-run homer to lead Armstrong to a 7-3 victory over Latrobe in an early season matchup of top teams in Section 2-5A softball Wednesday. Jessica Pugh went 2 for 2 with an RBI for the River Hawks (5-1, 2-0). Kayla Williams drove in two for the...

BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports It’s almost time for The 2023 Masters Tournament to tee off at Augusta National. Golf gives bettors a whole other opportunity to make money daily with the biggest tournament of the year being played over the next few days in Georgia. Whether you’re...

Hazmat crews continued to clean up a caustic liquid leak at the U.S. Steel Tower early Thursday morning. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Pittsburgh fire, EMS and police all responded to the 600 block of Grant Street after the leak was first reported around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. Several area roads...

BOISE — Helping a minor travel to another state for an abortion, without parental consent, will be a felony in Idaho next month, barring a successful court challenge. Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed House Bill 242. It prohibits traveling with a minor to another state for an...

At the three-day International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, Caliente Pizza & Draft House took home its fourth World Championship award plus several other award titles across various competition categories. Matt Hickey, general manager of Caliente’s commissary location, earned the team’s gold medal World Championship title in the Expo’s triathlon...