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With the recent news that our administration allowed a known spy balloon to traverse the United States, allowing it to surveil and gather intelligence on our missile sites and our B-2 bomber airfields, I need to restate the obvious: If President Trump and his supporters lose, China wins. That is,...

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Words can be a cheeky little monkey. During the war in Bosnia, taking place between 1992 and 1995, the term “ethnic cleansing” became a euphemism for racist genocide. At that time our president, politicians and newscasters spoke of it, glibly, using the term with the same normalcy as “cleaning house,”...

High school presents ‘Addams Family’ Bethel Park High School presents the musical “The Addams Family” at 7 p.m. March 15-18. Tickets are $10 per ticket, plus fees, and will be sold exclusively through the school district’s website, starting March 1, at www.bpsd.org/Musical.aspx. As has long been the case at Bethel...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 20....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 20....

Garden club slates February program Longvue Acres Garden Club’s February program will be Lawn to Nature presented by Ken Knapp and Leah Fulton, assistant naturalists at Latodami Nature Center. Learn how to replace part of your lawn with a No Mow garden of native species. The Latodami Nature Center has...

UNIVERSITY PARK — After hitting a record-breaking fundraising total in 2022, the 2023 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon smashed the record again, raising $15 million to combat pediatric cancer. Each year, the largest student-run philanthropy raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund, which goes toward cancer research and covers childhood...

High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s 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 Quarterfinals Wednesday’s...

It is a rare moment in modern history when both of a state’s U.S. senators are sidelined with health issues. But if the Senate, where Democrats hold a 51-seat majority, were in session today Pennsylvania’s two Democratic senators would be absent. Pennsylvania’s senior senator, Bob Casey, is recovering from surgery...

LANSING, Mich. — Kristina Karamo, who lost her secretary of state race by 14 percentage points but refused to concede, will lead the Michigan Republican Party following an 11-hour convention and three rounds of voting at the Lansing Center. Karamo, considered a grassroots favorite, beat out former attorney general candidate...

In Pennsylvania’s first general election held using new legislative maps that are the most fair and inclusive in the history of the commonwealth, we saw historic gains in BIPOC communities statewide having the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choosing. Now this new crop of legislators has the opportunity...

One person was taken to a hospital after a car drove into an H&R Block building on Towne Square Way in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon. Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said the initial call reporting the one-vehicle crash came in at 2:21 p.m. Brentwood first responders were sent to the scene,...

Until the late 1800s, river crossings were accomplished primarily using ferries throughout much of the Alle-Kiski Valley. They were used to transport not only pedestrians but also animals, carriages and wagons filled with goods going to market. As the population increased in communities along the Allegheny River, the ferry system...

It’s not by the power of the pen or a symbolic sword that Highlands School District administrators are fighting chronic student absenteeism but rather a Golden Spatula. The trinket is awarded each month during the RAMS Roundup rewards party, where behavior expectations are reviewed and student successes are acknowledged. To...

I would like to thank Michael Malcanas, director of Olde Towne Overhaul, for coming to New Kensington and revitalizing the town. I watched the PBS episode featuring Malcanas and was amazed by his generosity and how he has put his time, energy and money into the town. I have so...

Reading the story “Greensburg 1st responders lauded for saving victims of heart attack, house fire” (Feb. 16, TribLIVE), I feel compelled to add my story. I suffered cardiac arrest at Planet Fitness on Sept. 23. I, too, owe my life to the quick response of strangers — the gym’s personnel,...

The Allegheny Township supervisors will investigate the costs for installing street lights in the Pleasantville neighborhood. That’s in response to an inquiry by Michael Blakeny, a resident of Sunrise Drive. Blakeny said he is concerned about the safety of pedestrians, particularly children, walking the neighborhood after dark. He said it...

Aleppo AMC Real Estate Services Inc. sold property at 414 Rockledge Drive to Joseph Zottola Jr. and Taylor Zottola for $529,497. Bell Acres Kimberly Ambrose sold property at 2435 Campmeeting Road to Michael and Amy Louise Minnock for $160,000. Edgeworth Dustin Mounts sold property at 213 Orchard Ln to John...

If President Biden is serious about preserving Social Security, as he demonstrated with great theatrics at his State of the Union address, he should work with Congress to eliminate the salary cap on the payroll tax. The Social Security payroll tax salary cap is set at $147,000, which means that...

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been home for 10 weeks. It was Dec. 8 that she was released from a Russian prison after months in custody for possession of a small amount of medically prescribed cannabis. It took a concerted effort from the highest levels of the federal government. A...

Churchill Estate of Jacquelin Tschiegg sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Apt 508 to Todd Kavo for $190,000. Jennifer Somers sold property at 17 Lancewood Drive to Bryan Benjamin McQuaid and Rebecca Joanne Altman for $233,500. Yolanda Covington sold property at 2709 Saybrook Drive to Steven and Sheila Rawlings for...

Etna Estate of James Kuhn sold property at 21 Lincoln St. to Daniel Bill for $14,500. Franklin Park Judy Duckworth sold property at 2509 Brandt School Road to Joseph and Kimberly Woodell for $405,000. Jeffrey Craft sold property at 1522 Brimfield Drive to Brian John and Lindsey Marie Litz for...

Bethel Park Andrew Dorfner sold property at Irishtown Road Ext. to Janine Smith for $70,000. Harry Hamilton trustee sold property at 215 Iroquois Road to Justin Hoge and Shana Braun for $485,000. Ranjit Kaur Inder Singh sold property at 2104 Lenox Drive to Judith Rokop for $190,000. Thomas Butler sold...