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Stamp honoring John Lewis unveiled at U.S. CapitolVideo
WASHINGTON — Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol was Congressman John Lewis’ favorite place to roam because he enjoyed meeting tourists, sharing stories about the civil rights movement, and shaking hands with colleagues and the police officers who helped keep them safe. Some of those same colleagues gathered in the...
Justice Scalia led the way for Supreme Court justices taking free trips
WASHINGTON — The late Justice Antonin Scalia left a long legacy on the Supreme Court, from his devotion to originalism to his sharp-tongued rhetoric. But the enthusiastic hunter and fisherman also set a precedent of sorts on how to take free trips without disclosing them — one that is now...
Judge orders names of people who posted Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond revealed
NEW YORK — Lying Rep. George Santos has until noon Thursday to decide whether he’ll go to jail to shield the names of the people who helped him post his $500,000 bond. Santos and his lawyer have been fighting to keep secret the names of the people who secured his...
Tax credits for Pa. families worth billions of dollars are on the table this budget season
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania families across the income spectrum could receive more than $2.5 billion in tax breaks by 2028 under two...
Letter to the editor: Environmentalists harming the planet
Radical environmentalists and the Democratic Party are killing the planet, despite their claims to be saving it. They started about 50 years ago with their campaign to eliminate the use of heavy paper sacks for groceries. Greenpeace radicals resorted to violence like spiking trees to get their way. They got...
Peter Morici: Biden is vulnerable in 2024, but Republicans offer too little in response
From a legislative perspective, Joe Biden is the most successful president since Ronald Reagan, but he faces skeptical voters in his bid for reelection. The American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure Act, Chips and Science Act and green energy, electric vehicle and other industrial policy initiatives embedded in the Inflation Reduction Act...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 25, 2023
Baldwin Borough Nicholas Cimino sold property at 5361 Brownsville Road to Lisa Schlegel for $212,500. Brian Frantz sold property at 501 Charlotte Drive to Fifth Avenue Property Group LLC for $90,000. Domenick Robert Deutsch sold property at 835 Irwin Drive to Aaron Joseph Zimmerman and Abigail Mae Stubenbort for $215,000....
Shaler parade of champions
Shaler Area School District honored its winning trifecta on June 20 with a celebration of champions parade on June 20. The baseball, softball and boys’ volleyball teams all went to the state championships this year. Attendees packed the high school’s campus to cheer on members of the winning teams....
North Hills High School graduates 323
The 323 members of North Hills High School’s class of 2023 celebrated commencement on June 2 at Martorelli Stadium. Academic honors student Alexandra Walker spoke, as did senior class president Sadie Dunlap. Performances by the North Hills High School Band and senior choral ensemble were also part of the event....
Why Penn State freshman LBs Tony Rojas, Ta’Mere Robinson are poised to contribute early
Penn State entered last season with a question mark in the heart of its defense. Not many people knew what the Nittany Lions would have at linebacker after a few key departures to the NFL — at least, not until a true freshman emerged in a big way. Abdul Carter...
Ron Klink: Biden must put American workers first and fight corruption overseas
As President Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House this week, Modi will become the third world leader to be honored with an official state visit by our president. As India implements economic reforms and emerges as a global economic power, the Biden administration must do...
Former Steelers Super Bowl champion linebacker Clark Haggans dies at age 46
Clark Haggans, a starting outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl XL championship team in 2006, died Monday in Fort Collins, Colo., at age 46. According to the Larimer County coroner’s office, an autopsy was performed Wednesday. Officials said cause and manner of death are pending further investigation, but...
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path, one marked by an overwhelming loss that often is abrupt, violent and public
For many of these survivors, each new police death opens old wounds. Some police widows have banded together in an informal network to reach out to newly bereft wives. The nonprofit Concerns of Police Survivors offers a safety net for grieving families. But after the pageantry of the police funeral...
A town derailed: ‘Shell-shocked’ East Palestine residents seek normalcy after train
For many people in and around East Palestine, Ohio, life changed when a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed Feb. 3 near the Pennsylvania border. The controlled burn of toxic chemicals that followed sent a large plume of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles....
Fern Hollow 1 year later: Strangers’ lives changed forever on a snowy Pittsburgh morning when the bridge collapsed beneath them
It was shortly before 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2022, minutes away from one of the worst infrastructure disasters in Pittsburgh history — the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge. Its abrupt failure dumped a half-dozen vehicles into a wooded gorge 100 feet below and transformed a pastoral scene into...
Radon: Most Western Pennsylvania schools don’t test for radon, despite high levels in the state
A months-long Tribune-Review investigation found that most schools in Southwestern Pennsylvania do not regularly test for radon, the odorless, colorless, radioactive gas found here in some of the highest concentrations in the nation. At risk is the health and safety of the state’s nearly 1.7 million school children — in...
Holding onto hope inside a covid ICU: ‘It’s like working in a war zone’
Inside a room in the intensive care unit at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital, a covid-infected man lies prone on his stomach, hooked up to a ventilator that is breathing for him....
‘A complete miracle’: 20th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue
John Unger promised his wife that if something bad ever happened on his job in the coal mine, he’d find a way to survive. For 29 years, he kept that promise, always returning to the rural, century-old Somerset County home where they raised a family and tended to their cattle....
Clemente family, Puerto Rican government ‘at war’ to keep Pirate legend’s Sports City dream alive
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico — Luis Clemente swats at insects as he stands on the edge of a swimming pool filled with stagnant, murky water in this San Juan suburb of 150,000 people. The pool had been a glistening centerpiece of Roberto Clemente Sports City. On this blistering May morning, nearly...
Summer solstice in Pittsburgh region delivers over 15 hours of daylight
Fifteen hours, 4 minutes. That’s how much daylight the Pittsburgh region will see Wednesday during the summer solstice — the official start of summer and longest day of the year, when the sun takes the northernmost path through the sky. The result is short nights, early dawns and late sunsets....
A list of local farmers’ markets
Editor’s note: This list has been updated to correct the days, times and location for the Central Westmoreland Famer’s Market. Here is a list of selected farmers’ markets in the area (listed in alphabetical order): Baldwin Farmers Market Dates: Second and fourth Thursdays of each month through August, plus Sept....
Letter to the editor: Animal rights activists pick and choose
Animal rights activists pick and choose what they are outraged about. In 1975 they delayed by three years the building of a dam in Tennessee because of a 3-inch-long fish called the snail darter. Today windmills kill over 500,000 birds, including the American eagle, and solar panel farms fry over...
Letter to the editor: Respect our country and its treasures
People today, particularly the younger generations, think it’s OK to bastardize and modernize the documents that created this great nation. They think a modern rendition of the homage to our flag or a modernized version of the national anthem is OK, cute, creative, whatever you want to call it. Taking...
Letter to the editor: Frick Park not place for sensory classroom
Frick Park is planning an outdoor sensory classroom for specialized outside activities for all abilities. Frick Park has multiple issues as a park in decay. One is bikers generating erosion by creating challenging slopes. Another is the expanding deer population seeking food. Protect our Parks and Gardens has been addressing...
Editorial: Harrisburg ethics shouldn’t be a game of chance — or skill
Should Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board officials meet privately with casino lobbyists? That’s a good question. State Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming County, and state Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, showed a rare moment of bipartisan and bicameral agreement when they asked the Office of the Attorney General and the state Ethics Commission...
