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I have a solution for those countries who do not want to take back their residents who illegally crossed the U.S. border. These C-130 aircraft are typically used as troop transports, especially for our airborne soldiers during field exercises. When any country refuses to repatriate these people, we simply load...

In answer to the letter “Liberals won’t see the truth” (Jan. 18, TribLive): After the thousands of documented lies told by President Donald Trump, the writer accuses liberals of being “ignorant.” He claims that the “talking points” of “Russia, Russia, Russia, tax breaks for the rich, a convicted felon, the...

What is the difference between an investment and a purchase? Apparently, it could be enough to move President Donald Trump’s sentiments on the relationship between U.S. Steel and would-be buyer Nippon Steel. The Japanese company in December 2023 offered almost $15 billion to buy U.S. Steel. Most of 2024 was...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfw baptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy...

The Cooper-Siegel Community Library and its Sharpsburg branch offer a variety of programming for visitors of all ages. To view a complete list of offerings, visit coopersiegel.librarycalendar.com. Events at both libraries are listed and can be viewed according to age group and location. Registration is required for most programs as...

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Regarding the massive improvement planned at the Norwin football/sports stadium: $25 million for upgrades at a facility used by 15% of the student population? That number may be higher or lower. But the point is, what is the benefit of this investment? Will it improve our standing locally, statewide or...

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 50, Fox Chapel 43 New Castle 72, North Allegheny 52 Pine-Richland 64, Seneca Valley 34 Woodland Hills 59, North Hills 34 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 61, Connellsville 59 Hempfield 49, Norwin 32 Upper St. Clair 41, Mt. Lebanon 31 Class...

Scoop Smith and Donshae Mosley scored 14 points apiece to lead Woodland Hills to a 59-34 victory over North Hills in Section 1-6A boys basketball Friday night. Calvin Barksdale added 10 points for the Wolverines (11-11, 6-8), who avenged a 26-point loss from earlier this season and clinched a playoff...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021. Trump made the announcement on social media shortly after arriving at Mar-a-Lago for the...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge heard arguments Friday over whether to block Trump adviser Elon Musk’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investigated the billionaire’s companies. The Trump administration agreed earlier this week that DOGE wouldn’t get access to Labor Department data until after a ruling...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday said he will temporarily block the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to...

NEW YORK — Two owners of a New York City pawnshop that was raided by the FBI in connection with an investigation into a burglary at the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow were denied bail Friday, with a federal judge saying it would be “ironic” to release the...

ATLANTA — It’s been nearly three decades since Atlanta-born child beauty pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey was brutally killed in her Colorado home. Her family now hopes advances in DNA technology can help solve the case soon, but it’s unclear if police have engaged the private companies at the center of...

Can we learn from the past? We must. Immediately after the Civil War, radical Republicans collaborated with President Abraham Lincoln to assist the newly freed slaves with a program called Reconstruction. This truly brief period ended after the controversial election of President Rutherford Hayes via the Compromise of 1877, when...

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Nippon Steel would no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese company would instead invest in the symbolically important American business. The U.S. president mistakenly referred to Nippon Steel as “Nissan,” the Japanese automaker. But it’s Nippon Steel’s bid that generated...

Calvin Crew had so many choices. He could have chosen to leave his girlfriend’s gun home that night, the prosecutor said. He could have chosen not to press its barrel into the back of the Uber driver’s head as they arrived at his destination in Penn Hills, she continued. Even...

“It’s … a delicious and smooth blend of dance and live music.” That’s how co-founder and artistic executive director of Attack Theatre Michele de la Reza described the company’s upcoming “Sessions” performance. The one-night-only show — which will take place Saturday — will feature live music, storytelling and dance soundracked...

Less than five years after moving from the Strip District to Upper Lawrenceville, local arts group Contemporary Craft is expanding into a second building, dubbed the Contemporary Craft Timmons Studios — conveniently located just across the street from its current home. The group’s existing workshop, gallery and store space —...

Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump ran on a platform of massive giveaways to billionaire oil and gas CEOs. Trump has pledged to roll back historic clean energy programs — transformational investments that are creating thousands of union jobs and positioning the United States as an international leader in the 21st-century...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that “there should be no negotiations with such a government,” but stopped short of issuing a...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Friday, Feb. 7, 2025....

Thank you for the editorial “Register of wills nomination plays politics when it didn’t have to” (Feb. 2, TribLive). It seems partisan politics resulted in the nomination given to someone other than Katie Pecarchik. From all accounts. Pecarchik has been exceptional, taking the leadership role which was so needed. She’s...

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