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Tyler Samstag: From Mister Rogers to machine learning — Pittsburgh’s next big moment in education
When cellphones became widely available in 2007, educators suddenly faced a question with no clear answer: What happens when every student carries a device that can calculate, record and connect them to endless information? Some worried about distraction. Others saw possibility. Across Pittsburgh, teachers, artists, librarians, museum leaders and technologists...
News outlets reject Pentagon press access policy
WASHINGTON — At least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions. The policy requires journalists to acknowledge new rules on press...
Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused
JERUSALEM/CAIRO — Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Israel had threatened to keep Rafah shut and...
Letter to the editor: Penn State has money for Franklin, but not campuses?
Penn State will be closing seven branch campuses in 2027, including the New Kensington branch. Penn State cites financial pressures as a reason for these closings. But yet the university has $49 million to buy out James Franklin’s contract. I understand that this money will not be paid in one...
BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion AI data center deal
An investor group, including BlackRock and Nvidia, will buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management in a deal worth $40 billion, the companies said Wednesday, as AI infrastructure expansion powers on. The deal underscores an intensifying race to expand the costly, supply-constrained infrastructure required to develop artificial intelligence technology,...
Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia
SYDNEY — Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court on Wednesday backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community. Owens, who has built a large online following for her controversial...
Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
DHUMAIR, Syria — The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found. The conspiracy by President Bashar al-Assad’s military...
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to blunt key Voting Rights Act provision
WASHINGTON — Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled their willingness on Wednesday during arguments in a case involving Louisiana electoral districts to undercut a key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Arguments in the case focused...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Norwin board members, who did a thankless job
As a Norwin Community Republican Committeeman, I coordinated several of the past election’s staffing needs for our local conservative candidates. We touted our Republican candidates’ conservative agendas, especially on fiscal matters. Our school board candidates were a top priority. It is a thankless job. Our candidates ran modestly funded campaigns...
Editorial: Penn State cares more about coaching than campuses
Penn State has firmly held priorities. But are they the ones the university wants people to believe? The football team came into the season with the highest rank it has ever held to start the year; it was No. 2, right behind Texas and ahead of longtime rival Ohio State....
The Stroller, Oct. 15, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Sponsors needed for holiday...
Letter to the editor: Jail officers’ dark perceptions of Jail Oversight Board
The 2025 Allegheny County Jail correctional officer survey, completed by 216 officers, found that 72.2% of the officers strongly disagree and 18.1% disagree with this statement: “Our Jail Oversight Board (JOB) communicates effectively with our correctional officers, understanding our officers’ challenges and is effectively working to improve conditions of employment...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 14, 2025
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 5, North Allegheny 0 Class A Aquinas Academy 2, Ellis School 0 Football Thursday’s schedule City League Semifinals Allderdice at Westinghouse, 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 7 p.m. Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Hempfield...
High school roundup: Laurel Highlands claims final spot in WPIAL boys soccer playoff field
Cole Radcliffe had four goals and an assist to lead Laurel Highlands to a 7-0 victory over Albert Gallatin (2-15, 1-13) in Section 2-3A boys soccer Tuesday night. The result, coupled with Bethel Park’s 3-2 win over Ringgold, clinched a playoff spot for the Mustangs. Elliot Boor had a goal...
Browns’ Kevin Stefanski says he’ll keep calling plays
The Cleveland Browns are sitting at 1-5 in October for the second straight year after suffering an ugly loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 6. Following a similar start last season, coach Kevin Stefanski relinquished offensive play-calling duties to then-offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. After declining to answer Sunday whether...
Dan Campbell, Lions set sights on Bucs, ‘move forward’ with Branch banned
Dan Campbell sported a black T-shirt with the Lions logo and the word “SALTY” scripted across the chest, appropriate attire for the fiery head coach replying to questions about playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week without suspended safety Brian Branch. “My job is to move forward here. I know...
Miss Major, ‘foundational mother’ of transgender movement, Stonewall veteran, dies at 78
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an early activist for transgender rights and one of the protesters in the Stonewall Inn riots that sparked the modern movement for LGBTQ+ equality, has died. She was 78. Miss Major, as she was known professionally, died on Oct. 13 in the comfort of her home in...
Brice Turang provides Game 1 scapegoat for Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Brice Turang not letting himself be hit by a pitch in the ninth inning was the subject of debate, if not outright criticism, as soon as Game 1 of the National League Championship Series ended in a Milwaukee Brewers loss. But stand in that batter’s box, and see...
Ghosts keep Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez away from Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel
MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has refused to stay at the team hotel in downtown Milwaukee for years, convinced the famous Pfister Hotel is haunted. So when the Dodgers come to town, he always checks into an Airbnb away from the team, not ready to encounter any...
U.S. air safety at risk with traffic controllers as ‘pawns’ in shutdown, official says
ARLINGTON, Virginia/NEWARK-More than 13,000 U.S. air traffic controllers face rising stress and financial insecurity after Tuesday’s disbursement of what will be their last paycheck during the government shutdown, posing potential risks for air travel, the head of an employee union said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said last week that staffing...
Defendant in Monroeville police shooting testifies that he was wrongly accused
A man accused of shooting a Monroeville police sergeant as he responded to an armed robbery last year took the witness stand on Tuesday and told the jury he didn’t do it. Jamal Brooks said he didn’t rob Crumbl Cookie the night of Jan. 3, 2024, and he didn’t fire...
Overturned tractor-trailer on I-70 snarls traffic in New Stanton
A tractor-trailer overturning on the roundabout near the I-70 westbound exit in New Stanton snarled traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Tuesday evening. The tractor-trailer overturned at 5:33 p.m. Tuesday at the roundabout, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. There were no injuries, the dispatcher said. PennDOT cameras showed...
Trump awards Charlie Kirk nation’s top honor: Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to slain activist Charlie Kirk, a prominent voice in the conservative movement before his assassination last month. “Today we’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, beloved leader who...
Trump says he will unveil list on Friday of ‘Democrat programs’ to be shut
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday at the White House that his administration planned to produce a list on Friday of “Democrat programs” that will be closed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown. He did not specify the programs but indicated that the closures would...
D’Angelo, Grammy-winning singer and R&B icon, dies at 51 after cancer battle
D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-’90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born Michael Eugene Archer, died on Tuesday, Oct. 14, D’Angelo’s family confirmed to USA TODAY in a statement provided by a...
