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Every day, the $6.7 trillion Big Tech industry affects our lives in ways that empower and harm. Despite recent hits in earnings, current layoffs and Google getting slapped with yet another lawsuit from the Justice Department, the tech giants are still all-powerful in our society, economy and daily lives. These...

The man accused of killing McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski told detectives he doesn’t remember shooting the 32-year-old officer on the city’s Grandview Avenue last week. But Johnathan Morris, 31, told Allegheny County Police homicide Detective Patrick Kinavey that, if police had evidence that he shot Sluganski, then he must...

Drew Shelton was asked last week if there’s a defensive lineman on Penn State’s roster — someone from his 2022 recruiting class or maybe a year or two older — that has impressed him since the summer. The offensive tackle didn’t hesitate. “Obviously you guys know about Dani,” Shelton said...

On Feb. 21, the Hempfield Area School Board will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. at Harrold Middle School to determine whether or not to close the school. I sincerely hope residents will show up and voice their opinions. Some of the school board members feel there is no money...

Antioch Baptist Church Sunday service is at 10:45 a.m. Antioch Baptist Church is located at 332 Elizabeth St. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center Textiles, Women, Weaving and Torah will take place Feb. 17 via Zoom. Have you ever wondered about how the textiles...

At 20 years, PEPFAR counts 25 million lives saved from HIV/AIDS. Congress must keep up the fight! Everyone around the world deserves a life of dignity and opportunity. As President Biden noted in his State of the Union address, Congress can move us closer to that reality — and a...

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. Early Childhood Fair planned by Highlands School District Highlands School District...

Laurel: To a bittersweet farewell. On Tuesday, the community turned out to line the roads along a a twisting path from Baldwin to McKeesport, ending at Jefferson Memorial Cemetery on Curry Hollow Road. They were there to say goodbye to McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski, who was killed in the...

“Fascism is anti-Marxism which seeks to destroy the enemy by the evolvement of a radically opposed and yet related ideology and by the use of almost identical and yet typically modified methods, always, however within the unyielding framework of national self-assertion and autonomy.” — Ernst Nolte Rep. Guy Reschenthaler recently...

Families are invited to an open house for Providence Heights Alpha School, at 9000 Babcock Boulevard in McCandless, on Feb. 26, from 1 p.m to 3 p.m. Please register at alphaschool.org. Established in 1926, the private, PreK4 through 8th grade elementary school provides a Catholic education, preparing students for high...

High schools WPIAL championships Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Feb. 24 schedule Norwin (14-8) at New Castle (20-2), 7 p.m.; Butler (14-7) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m.; Seneca Valley (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (14-8), 7 p.m.; Baldwin (12-10) vs. Central Catholic (13-9) at Gateway, 7 p.m. Class 5A First...

It only took a few hours for the first double-digit seed to pull off a first-round upset in the WPIAL basketball playoffs. Travarese Rowe scored 20 points to lead No. 12 McKeesport to a 56-50 victory over No. 5 Moon in a Class 5A boys first-round game on the postseason’s...

Deer Lakes won a WPIBL girls team championship in the program’s second year of existence Thursday at Sims Lanes in Beaver Falls, posting the top score in qualifying and sweeping Plum and Freeport in the step-ladder finals. Tayla Germanich led the Lancers with a 647 series in qualifying. Kaylee Lipp,...

Federal prosecutors want a Cumberland County woman who acted as an “accelerant” during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol to serve seven years in prison for her role. They also want her to serve three years of supervised release, and pay $3,039 in restitution. But Riley Williams,...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families. The acknowledgment came Thursday morning as Republicans on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee repeatedly hammered the USDA over a dramatic rise...

Nine members of Congress — including three from Western Pennsylvania — sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, demanding to know why Oakmont’s Marc Fogel has not been classified as “wrongfully detained” in Russia. Fogel, 61, has been held in Russia for 18 months for possessing...

Changes to the Harrison business district could be coming. There’s space for a new restaurant now that the former Burger King building is officially on the market. The 1,900-square-foot space sits at 1513 Freeport Road, in the heart of the township’s commercial corridor. Listed for lease by CBRE Group Inc.,...

While the number of black bears harvested in Pennsylvania in 2022 was down, some of those were “tremendous” animals that weighed more than 600 pounds. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said of the 3,170 bears harvested, three weighed more than 700 pounds and 11 weighed more than 600 pounds. It was...

Local Girl Scouts celebrated their inaugural Pinewood Derby races in January at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church in Monroeville, with help from the Cub Scout Pack 184. The turnout was 64 pinewood cars from across the Gateway Service Unit, which serves girls in Monroeville and surrounding areas. First place overall for...

Raquel Welch, the 1960s international sex symbol whose acting career spanned more than half a century, died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 82. Welch shot to stardom in the ’60s with the films “Fantastic Voyage” and “One Million Years B.C.” The pulpy movie poster for the...

All menus are subject to change and availability. Events begin either Ash Wednesday or Feb. 24. Allegheny Township Markle Volunteer Fire Department, 470 Joyce St., 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays during Lent or until sold out. Dine in or takeout. Menu: hand battered fish sandwich dinner, $14; chicken tenders meal,...

Reading your newspaper, I fear for this country. I’m no psychic, but you cannot say that we live in a United States any longer, but a divided states. I predict the dismantling of our union: If Texas breaks away first, other states will follow. As Europe joins together and America...