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Gary Franks: Debate lessons to be learned from Ronald Reagan

The Republican candidates for president were at the Ronald Reagan Library in California last week for a debate. One candidate promoted himself well, like Reagan, and remembered the former president’s trademark: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any Republican.” And for those two reasons, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes out...
House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise

WASHINGTON — The bitter battle between Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for the U.S. House speakership culminates a long-simmering personal rivalry that grew along with the fractures in the Republican party. Their tensions will be on display next week as Republicans hold a divisive fight for the...
Hurricane center ups odds for next tropical system in Atlantic

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center has increased odds a tropical wave in the Atlantic could become the busy season’s next tropical depression or storm. The system that emerged off the lower latitudes of the west of coast of Africa has been producing a large area of disorganized showers...
Local Jews, former Pittsburghers in Israel react to ‘unprecedented’ attacks on the Jewish State

Squirrel Hill native Josh Weinberg was praying in a Jerusalem-area synagogue around 10 a.m. local time Saturday when sirens alerting Israelis of incoming missile strikes started to wail. The synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim has no bunker, so Weinberg, a real estate attorney who left Pittsburgh...
André O. Hudson: Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA — a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins — could reduce unwanted inflammatory responses and allow it to be delivered into cells. While the...
Chartiers Valley community enjoys Homecoming Carnival

Chartiers Valley’s annual Homecoming Carnival could have qualified as hot fun in the summertime, to quote Sly Stone, but it took place a couple of weeks after the season’s end. The Oct. 4 event took place outside of the high school in sunshine and warm temperatures, making for an ideal...
North Allegheny notebook: NA girls soccer moves to 14-0

Abigail Stager had three goals, and Sam Braden added two to lead the top-ranked North Allegheny girls soccer team to a 10-0 win over North Hills in a Section 1-4A game Oct. 4. Averie Bierker, Addison Heim, Abby Lang, Ally Ruiz and Kieran Shannon also scored for the Tigers, who...
Jason C. Mueller: Despite one of U.S. military’s greatest fiascoes, American troops still in Somalia fighting an endless war

Thirty years after the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, the U.S. military is still conducting operations in Somalia. Popularized in the U.S. by the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down,” the Battle of Mogadishu occurred on Oct. 3, 1993, and saw the downing of two U.S. helicopters and the deaths of 18...
Letter to the editor: Help Native Americans, vets first

Why is our government worried about taking care of illegal immigrants who are coming here from everywhere? Our top priority should be to the Native Americans who have always lived here. They get very little help from our government. Also, what about our veterans, so many of whom are homeless?...
Sounding off: American flag, next president, Fetterman, homeless among week’s topics

Flag flies for U.S. and defenders of freedom We fly the American flag all year long, not to show support for President Biden as the writer of the letter “Flags fly in support of Biden” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE) alleges, but for the United States of America and to show our...
Letter to editor: Grateful for anonymous generosity

When I went to pay for my tires this week at Highland Tire in Natrona Heights, the salesperson said the $315 bill was already paid. I don’t know who paid it, but I appreciate it. I have heard of people paying for someone’s lunch, but never for tires. Peggy Booher...
Letter to the editor: Look past party, gender, skin color for next president

Why can’t people keep their personal opinions personal? I don’t care what your opinions are about politics, religion, sexual preference or spaghetti sauce. We’ve had three years of Trump/Biden bashing, and I for one am sick of it. It’s probably time to start looking at who might actually be a...
Editorial: Sadly, vigilance in schools is still needed in wake of recent gun-related incidents

“We shouldn’t have to do this in school,” Christina Burke said. “We should feel safe enough to come here and not have to deal with that.” — — — The Hempfield Area High School senior is correct. Students should be able to show up at school and feel safe. Their...
Letter to the editor: Flag for Biden would be upside down

The Sept. 24 edition of the Trib contained a number of interesting editorials. From the Trib’s piece on voter registration at the DMV getting easier to Greg Fulton’s article on remembering Stan Musial — even Joseph Sabino Mistick discussing the need to bring back a “broken window” approach to policing...
WPIAL Class 6A, 5A football roundup: Pine-Richland upsets top-ranked Central Catholic

Ethan Pillar ran for 300 yards and three touchdowns as Class 5A No. 5 Pine-Richland pulled off the upset of the season, shocking Class 6A No. 1 Central Catholic, 26-19, in a nonconference game Friday night. Pine-Richland (4-3) took the lead for good on a 37-yard touchdown run by Talan...
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Bishop Canevin holds off Cornell in Black Hills

Kole Olszewski threw for 135 yards and three touchdowns to lead top-ranked Bishop Canevin to a 21-13 win at Cornell (6-1, 3-1) in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Friday night. Jason Cross caught two touchdowns, and Jayden Lindsey had the other for the Crusaders (5-1, 3-1). Laurel 28,...

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