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BOSTON — A Jane’s Addiction reunion show in Boston didn’t go quite as planned, as the show ended early after frontman Perry Farrell body-checked and appeared to take a swing at guitarist Dave Navarro. “Whatever’s going on in that band obviously boiled over on stage last night and it’s too...

Sander Sahaydak, after winning the starting place-kicking job at Penn State for the second year in a row, lined up for his first field goal of the 2024 season at West Virginia in Week 1, a 47-yard try. The game was already in hand, late in the fourth quarter of...

An Ohio woman whose Facebook post sparked harmful rumors about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield — accusations repeated by former President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s debate — has admitted the claims are false, saying she regrets how they’ve spiraled into a political frenzy. “It just exploded into something I...

The AP article “Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings” (Sept. 6, TribLive) caused me great sadness and consternation. Apparently Colin Gray had given his son a gift of an AR-15 assault-style rifle, which he used in the shooting. When I was...

The writer of the letter “Who’s cross-checking the mail-in ballots?” (Sept. 4, TribLive) suggests there is something nefarious going on with Westmoreland County’s mail-in ballot system. I suggest he educate himself to the truth and to the process. For example, 50 ballot requests will still only result in the receipt...

Kamala Harris has many great campaign ideas that, if elected president this November, she says she will implement on day one to strengthen and protect our nation and the citizens she will represent. But I must ask — where have President Joe Biden and Harris been for the last 3½...

Bell Acres Peter Walker sold property at 110 Meta Drive to Ryan and Zoe Gorka for $330,000. Franklin Park Andrew James Spangenberg sold property at 2519 Brandt School Road to Benjmain Sedelmeier and Kaeleigh Gagnon for $485,000. Estate of Donald Corace sold property at 2613 S. Hunters Point Court to...

Aspinwall Panagiotis Benos sold property at 922 Guyasuta Lane to Jeffrey and Debra Zukerman for $149,000. Etna Michael Strathen sold property at 268-272 Butler St. to Verkat Ventures A LLC for $168,000. Ronghan Li sold property at 44 Vilsack St. to Will Milner and Marina Lopez for $337,000. Indiana Hidden...

Bellevue Kyler Valecko sold property at 417 Hallett Pl to Nathaniel Shaffer and Shannon Coppola for $245,000. Bradford Woods Shannon Titus sold property at 213 Washington St. to Charles and Susan Hogan for $585,000. Etna Michael Strathen sold property at 268-272 Butler St. to Verkat Ventures A LLC for $168,000....

The average person is not happy about prices, but this is not something you can blame on government policies. It goes back to our free market system that I learned about at Butler High School in the 1980s. Supply and demand control prices in our system. During covid, supplies became...

Pittsburgh may be making a payment to the victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. What a victory for justice. What a ringing endorsement for government accountability. What an absolute bare minimum. The Gainey administration made the announcement Friday in a news release from Pittsburgh Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak. The...

The Supreme Court, with Citizens United, allowed U.S. corporations to spend unlimited money on elections. In doing so, the Supreme Court opened the door to two inevitabilities: Misleading ads everywhere and foreign influence in our elections. Normally, foreigners can play no role at all in our elections, but big corporations...

Church News • Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1120 Harvey Ave., Greensburg, will host a fall Bible study series from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 18 and Dec. 18 at the church. The Sept. 23 class will be an introduction to the Bible. Other sessions will be about...

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After doing the Democrat/Republican thing for a decade apiece, I’m now well into my third decade of being an independent. Sometimes it’s not easy being an independent, especially around primary time in Pennsylvania. Yes, I know it’s my choice. Living in a closed primary state that suppresses independent voters is...

Steel lightboxes, intricate embroidery, wall sculptures and room-size installations are among the pieces that will be showcased at an upcoming retrospective exhibit of the works of artist Anila Quayyum Agha at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. “Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven” will bring together two decades of art in different...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Elaine Franke sold property at 764 Margaretta St. to 764 Margaretta LLC for $280,902. Jennette Blumer sold property at 3319 Scathelocke Road to Ahmed Mamdouh El Sergani for $335,000. Edgewood Robert Keith McGaha sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 1 to Patricia Beasock for $257,500....

Anthony Quirion hit a walk-off, three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Quebec Capitales the Frontier League championship with a 7-6 victory over the Washington Wild Things in Game 4 of the best-of-five final series Saturday night. Quebec scored five times in...

High schools Field hockey Nonsection Saturday’s results Pine-Richland 5, Hawken 0 Novi (Mich.) 3, North Allegheny 0 Football Saturday’s result Class 2A Midwestern Western Beaver 49, Beaver Falls 6 Saturday’s summary Western Beaver 49, Beaver Falls 6 Beaver Falls 0 0 6 0 —6 Western Beaver 28 21 0 0...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds saw their playoff hopes take a hit Saturday night, giving up two second-half goals in a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Leo Fernandes’ goal in stoppage time was the dagger for the Hounds, who saw a 10-game unbeaten streak (5-0-5) come to an end. The...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 73-67) gave up three runs in the top of the 12th to suffer an 8-6 loss to Rochester (Nationals). RF Joshua Palacios (.283) went 3 for 4 with a three-run homer, his third, a double and his fifth stolen base. LF Billy McKinney (.299) went 3 for 4...

Jaivin Peel threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown to lead Western Beaver to a 49-6 victory over Beaver Falls (0-4, 0-1) in Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference football Saturday afternoon. Curtjuan Moore caught two passes — both for touchdowns — for 104 yards. Western...

Todd Phillips caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Jake Cruz on a fourth-and-4 play with nine seconds left to lead Seton Hill to a 15-14 comeback victory over Bloomsburg in a PSAC crossover game Saturday afternoon. Phillips’ touchdown capped a 15-play, 62-yard drive for the Griffins (1-2). Ky’Ron Craggette ran...

A woman who was arrested Friday and held in the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh overnight died Saturday morning in what officials said was a “medical incident.” Acting Warden Shane T. Dady reported the woman’s death on Saturday morning took place in the jail’s intake department. The person was identified...

North Allegheny’s boys water polo team finished 4-0 at its host tournament Sept. 6-7. The Tigers earned wins over Reading, 12-5, Governor Mifflin, 17-6, Lower Merion, 12-3, and Cumberland Valley, 7-5. Filip Malezanov had goals and two assists, and Thomas Bihler added three goals to lead the way against Lower...