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“Restore Pennsylvania” is a good concept. Pennsylvania could use a little restoration. That’s not a revelation. Pennsylvania needs more jobs. It needs more business. It needs more industry. It needs more development. But Gov. Tom Wolf’s push to take $4.5 billion in severance tax that could be generated from Marcellus...

More trash, more treasure. Tarentum’s first “Trash to Treasure” flea market was so successful that the borough’s Recreation Board has scheduled four more for this year. The markets will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and Oct. 20 in the parking lots...

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania seems to be in a growth mode, what with the recent opening of an outlet store in Monroeville and the impending opening of a new store near Mt. Pleasant. “We do have a lot of donations,” said Goodwill spokesman David Tobiczyk. “We’re very fortunate and appreciative...

The Boyce Park Wave Pool is set to reopen to the public starting Monday after receiving emergency repairs for a week. The Allegheny County Facilities Management and Parks Department closed the wave pool last Tuesday when they discovered the pool was losing water on May 31 due to a malfunctioning...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon protesters have been sentenced to five days in jail for throwing horse lubricant mixed with gold glitter on two police officers at a protest. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says the defendants were protesting against a rally organized by a right-wing group called Patriot...

Pittsburgh Police and the U.S. Marshall’s Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a woman on a Pittsburgh walking trail. Robert Lynn Williamson Jr., 62, of Pittsburgh is charged with attempted rape and related crimes. The unidentified woman told police that she’d been walking on...

STERLING, Va. — President Donald Trump on Sunday dangled renewing his tariff threat on Mexico if the U.S. ally doesn’t cooperate on border issues, as Democratic challengers criticized a deal reached to avert the tariffs as overblown. In a series of tweets sent before departing for his golf club in...

Wildlife officials in North Carolina and South Carolina are warning beachgoers about Portuguese Man O’ Wars in the ocean and on beaches. On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources posted to Facebook that a small number of the sea creatures were reported on state beaches. The post warns,...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it’s “case closed.” But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller . House Democrats have scheduled a series of hearings this coming week on the special counsel’s report as they intensify their focus on the Russia probe and pick up the pace on...

A 17-year-old boy from Butler suffered a suspected serious injury in a two-vehicle crash on Route 356 in Jefferson Township on Saturday morning, according to state police. State police did not release the teen’s name. He was flown by helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh. The crash happened around...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday lamented what he called a “culture of insults” enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other “exclusivist ideas” that he said contrast with a Christian mission to foster harmony. In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis...

LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Most surfers know it’s best to avoid surfing near pipes that dump storm water into the ocean soon after a storm, due to the increased chance of getting sick from bacteria that enter the surf. Many do it anyway because the periods just after storms often...

SAN DIEGO — A lottery ticket worth $530 million in the Mega Millions draw was sold at a liquor store in San Diego, the City News Service reports. The winner will have to decide whether to receive the estimated $530 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $345.2 million cash...

Adamsburg’s Rescue 14 EMS hauled a Hempfield woman to court this spring over outstanding charges for medical services. Within minutes, another ambulance company wheeled her out of the Westmoreland County Courthouse on a stretcher. Ashley James, 36, appeared in compliance court May 21 after failing to make monthly payments on...

UPMC’s newly relaxed prepay rules for Highmark-insured seniors and cancer patients have not assuaged Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s intensity in his legal fight against the health giant. As he prepares to face off UPMC in Commonwealth Court on Monday, Shapiro appears more determined than ever to take on UPMC...

People rocked out Saturday night at a hotel ballroom to raise money for the Back the Blue benefit concert that honored fallen New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw. After the first benefit concert Friday at the same venue, six bands signed on to play their music at the New Kensington...

Officials called for a helicopter to medically transport a man who crashed his motorcycle in Belle Vernon near Sweeney Plan on Saturday. “There’s one male down on the road, they requested a helicopter,” said a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher, referring to emergency personnel. The crash, which happened on the 1500...

A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania died Friday when his car crashed over an embankment in East Franklin. Brian H. Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County, was pronounced dead at the scene by Armstrong County Chief Deputy Coroner Robert Bellas early Friday morning. State System chair and chancellor, Cindy Shapira...

MAGNA, Utah — A gathering at the Great Salt Lake in hopes of making it into the record books fell way short. Utah park officials invited people to a beach on the lake’s south end Saturday in an attempt to set the world record for the largest number of people...

They’re old pros at the Relay for Life of Apollo. Too windy to keep the purple-and-white inflatable arch up at the track? Take it down. The T-shirts belong here, the luminarias over there. The signs and banners lined the fence around the Apollo-Ridge High School track Saturday in Kiski Township...