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The Federal Reserve is facing a rather sticky problem. Despite its best efforts over the past year, inflation is stubbornly refusing to head south with any urgency to a target of 2%. Rather, the inflation report released on March 14, 2023, shows consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, meaning the...

Thirteen champions were crowned March 12 at the Pennsylvania girls wrestling state championships at Central Dauphin High School. North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler and Canon-McMillan’s Valarie Solorio were among those standing at the top of the awards podium. Rumpler pinned Carlisle’s Katelyn Coldren in 4 minutes, 25 seconds to win the...

More than half — 54% — of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide deaths involving firearms — the most common means of suicide in the U.S. — have increased...

I agree with Tom Purcell (“Still time to save us from DST,” March 6, TribLIVE): This back and forth with the time is all wrong. Instead of moving back and forth one hour, just move a half-hour and leave it be. We’re all tired of moving back and forth. William...

‘What-ifs’ regarding legal marijuana and workers I have a few questions and thoughts for all those people who want to make marijuana legal. Has anyone mentioned anything about those who employ someone on marijuana? What happens to the employer if this employee injures himself or someone else? Do you want...

“I said at the very beginning, ‘I want to do this and do things right today, tomorrow, a year from now, five years from now and 10 years from now,’ ” said Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw. Apparently part of doing things right is chugging a glass of tap water...

Longvue Acres Garden Club’s March 28 program will be “Trees, Pests, and Diseases” presented by Penn State Master Gardener Dianne Machesney. From borers, scale, and beetles to cankers, wilts, scab, and rots, the program will be explore the most common tree pests and diseases. Participants will learn how to make...

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. Community Library to host 1923 murder mystery event Community Library of...

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently outlined his first budget proposal. He mentioned raising the qualification income bracket to $45,000 from $35,000 for the homeowner/rent rebate program. For homeowners, that’s like putting a Band-Aid on something that requires surgery. Stop paying your property taxes and see who really owns your house and...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Avella 14, Washington 13 Franklin Regional 13, Priory (MO) 0 Franklin Regional 15, Bradford (ON) 0 Montour 8, St. Petersburg (FL) 5 Pine-Richland 10, Hempfield 1 Plum 14, Northside Christian 8 Ringgold 4, California 3 St. Petersburg 6, Plum 3 Upper St. Clair...

I question the assertion in the letter “Vote out climate change deniers” (March 3, TribLIVE) claiming that “Every scientific organization in the world that conducts climate research has determined the planet is heating up and fossil fuels are the cause” and “every nation in the world … accepts that global...

Bakari Wallace drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Uniontown to a 55-54 victory over North Catholic in the PIAA Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinals Friday night. Jamire Braxton scored 23 points and Notorious Grooms put up 10 for the Red Raiders (23-5). Max Hurray led all scorers with...

Spencer Lee’s bid for a fourth NCAA championship ended in one of the biggest upsets in college wrestling history Friday night. The Iowa senior and Franklin Regional grad was pinned by Purdue redshirt sophomore Matt Ramos, the fourth seed, with 1 second left in the 125-pound semifinals. The loss ended...

If elections were held today the biggest and best-known two names would be paired against each other again. One would win, and I believe America would lose. President Joe Biden is 80 years old. He will be 82 in 2024, and, if reelected, would complete a second term at the...

Rescue crews from East Deer and Frazer teamed up to put a flipped SUV back on its wheels after a two-car crash in the Pittsburgh Mills shopping complex Friday afternoon. The firefighters put their backs into uprighting the SUV so a tow truck could take it away. The crash occurred...

A state appeals court on Friday ruled that the City of Pittsburgh did not have the authority under Pennsylvania law to enact its ordinance governing rental unit registrations, which would have required a per unit registration fee and a litany of other rules. It is not the registration of rental...

The knives are out and then some in “Full River Red,” a murkily entertaining exercise in twist-twist-stab-stab from the Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Set over a long, dark and increasingly bloody night at a Song Dynasty military fortress, this 12th-century comic mystery opens with a touch of “Macbeth” — a...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey this week introduced a bill that would lower costs for people who need drug addiction treatment. Another Pennsylvania Democrat, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, said she would introduce a similar bill in the U.S. House. What would the bills do? Mainly, they would eliminate insurance deductibles and...

The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office on Friday filed notice that it will seek the death penalty against Johnathan Morris, the man accused of killing McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski last month. To seek capital punishment, the prosecution must lay allege at least one of several aggravating factors listed in...

During a 4-2 home win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Rangers forward Vince Trocheck recorded two assists. The first came on the winning goal by linemate Chris Kreider at 11:45 of the third period. The second came on an empty net goal by Kreider at...

A woman who went to her neighbor’s Perry County home to feed their dogs while they were out of town was mauled to death by the pets, authorities said. Two Great Danes killed Kristen Potter, 38, of New Bloomfield, around 5 p.m. Thursday on the 700 block of Clouser Hollow...

In a sleight of hand worthy of a card shark, Gov. Josh Shapiro quietly acted to raise home heating and electricity costs for Pennsylvania families. It’s officially termed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. It should be called the “Shapiro Energy Tax.” Little noticed until recently, the governor tucked...

A 22-year-old Erie woman who lost both of her legs in a car crash in 2021 owned the wheelchair that was shoved down a flight of stairs by Pa. college student athletes at a bar Saturday night, PennLive has found. Sydney Benes, who has a TikTok account under the name...

Penn State’s running back room was stocked with experience this time last year. Noah Cain transferred to LSU before spring ball opened in 2022. But fourth-year rusher Devyn Ford was back. So were third-year backs Keyvone Lee and Caziah Holmes. Fast forward to February, and none of those three were...

As the Speranza Animal Rescue in Mechanicsburg copes with an infection that rapidly spread among all 50 of their dogs, animal care professionals across the region are warning pet owners about recent canine influenza outbreaks. “We’ve been seeing an increase , and sometimes they’re not definitively diagnosed,” said Erin...