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I had started this letter with a plea that we need to stop the culture wars, that those in power are fanning the flames of hate and division among the working class so they can get rich off of our backs. But instead of continuing that thread of thought, I...

It had been nearly 40 years since New Castle celebrated a victory over Aliquippa. That changed Friday night. Freshman Marino Graham threw for 179 yards and one touchdown and ran for 105 yards and two TDs as New Castle upset top-ranked Aliquippa, 18-12, in a Class 4A Parkway Conference football...

High school Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 21, North Allegheny 6 Hempfield 38, Canon-McMillan 27 Mt. Lebanon 41, Seneca Valley 20 Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon 23, Bethel Park 20 Peters Township 24, Upper St. Clair 20 South Fayette 49, Baldwin 13 Big East Armstrong 29, Gateway...

Top performers for Week 5 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 350 - Dominic Detruf, Hempfield (26 of 34) 308 - Ethan Hellmann, Upper St. Clair (24 of 37) 277 - Nolan DiLucia, Peters Township (15 of 22) 260 - Cedric Mack, East Allegheny (14 of 25) 252...

The hype has been plentiful around the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference, and Friday night’s clash between Moon and Bethel Park showed why. At Tigers Stadium at Moon Area High School, Moon bounced back from a tough nonconference loss to Seneca Valley last week with a strong start and a...

It doesn’t always have to be pretty in the game of football. Sometimes you just have to find a way to win. That’s exactly what Thomas Jefferson did on The Beach at James Weir Stadium. The Jaguars’ Zach Villa recovered a fumble by Belle Vernon quarterback Curty Wade with just...

WASHINGTON — James Comey will be arraigned Oct. 9 in a criminal case that President Donald Trump encouraged, but the former FBI director has proclaimed his innocence and invited a trial. Comey’s indictment Sept. 25 came after Trump publicly urged the Justice Department to pursue the charges against his longtime...

Football is a game of momentum, and when teams can capture it and build on it, big results will follow. On Friday night at Spartan Stadium, the Hempfield Spartans used a 24-point second quarter to not only build momentum but capture it for the game in a 38-27 win against...

Mt. Pleasant football fans might start calling quarterback Dane Firmstone “Great Dane” after Friday’s game against Yough. Firmstone was involved in three first-half touchdowns as the Vikings opened Interstate Conference play with a dominant 41-7 victory. All but two minutes of the first half were played in Yough territory, with...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday announced the deployment of Justice Department agents to federal immigration facilities across the United States. The deployment follows a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, Texas. The shooting left one detainee dead. “I am also instructing...

WASHINGTON — U.S. military leaders deployed around the world have started to prepare to travel to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next week, which some officials on Friday billed as a gathering focused on the “warrior ethos.” Hegseth has summoned U.S. generals and admirals from around...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday said that the Washington County Board of Elections must notify voters when their mail-in ballots have errors on them — and give them a chance to vote provisionally. The 67-page decision, which affirms another issued in September 2024 by the state Commonwealth Court, found...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy stared down Patrick Cantlay through the home stretch and made sure a European advantage wouldn’t be dented at the last moment. Thanks to stellar performances from McIlroy, Jon Rahm and their compatriots, Team Europe leads the United States, 51⁄2-21⁄2, after the opening day of the...

Four transgender people who received gender-affirming care at UPMC are battling efforts by the federal government to force the hospital system to turn over their “intimate” personal health information without their consent. The current and former patients and their lawyers this week filed a motion to quash a Department of...

President Donald Trump is wading into one of the country’s great unsolved mysteries, promising to release government records about famed aviator Amelia Earhart. Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. “Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions,” Trump wrote in a social media post. “I am ordering...

A breakfast appointment with MAGA leader Steve Bannon. A planned lunch with billionaire Peter Thiel. A mention of billionaire Elon Musk potentially coming to the “island,” with the notation “is this still happening?” Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released documents Friday from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that mention a number...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds captain Danny Griffin has been cleared of allegations that he used racially offensive language during a game against Hartford Athletic last Saturday, according to a statement released by the Connecticut USL Championship club. Hartford Athletic’s statement, released Friday afternoon, said the league conducted an investigation into the allegations...

If you buy a flat screen TV in Pittsburgh, you pay 6% state sales tax and 1% Allegheny County sales tax. No one asks you for your driver’s license to see where you are from and charges you another 5% for living outside the city limits. If they did, shoppers...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each device, according to three people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to drive companies to shift their manufacturing to the United States. According to the plan, which has...

When it comes to European art, the Scandinavian countries at the northern rim of the continent — Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland — are often underrepresented in museums and art history classes. Starting on Saturday, the Frick Pittsburgh will provide a striking primer with its new exhibition, “The Scandinavian Home.”...

Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings and to register for programs, visit pennhillslibrary.org. Regular operating hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The library...

If we lose our fundamental universal right to access to information, and if independent journalists lose the ability to report the facts, then our rights and democracies may vanish entirely. Access to information is a fundamental human right empowering us all to make informed decisions, participate in democratic processes and...

Federal Reserve Vice-chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman reiterated Friday that she believes decisive interest rate cuts are needed to ward off rising trouble in the job market. “Recent data show a materially more fragile labor market along with inflation that, excluding tariffs, has continued to hover not far above our...

Jacqueline Stein didn’t have any difficulties getting pregnant. She also had an easy and enjoyable pregnancy, and a “fantastic” labor and delivery experience. But despite the dream scenario, the Toronto resident didn’t want any more children after having her son, Alex, who is now 4. “I just always envisioned a...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The fourth pastoral anniversary of beloved Pastor Verton L. Dean Sr. will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 10:45 a.m. The guest speaker...