THE HOLIDAYS ARE EXTRA special this year. Not only was Dec. 25 Christmas, but it also marked the beginning of Hanukkah. This particular alignment of the holidays is rare. In fact, it has only occurred...

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Tonight’s music • Dennis Smith, Giant Oaks Winery, Monongahela, 6 p.m. Tonight’s events • Hogwarts Holidays, Monongahela Area Library, noon. Friday Music • Pete Hewlett and Scott Anderson, Giant Oaks ...

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewart’s “The Great American Songb...

DEAR ABBY: I think the world of “Celia,” my best friend of 25 years. She has been there for me through many major ups and downs in my life. She is beautiful inside and out, well-educated and works har...

DEAR HARRIETTE: When I was single, I never learned how to cook; my mom always took care of that for us. However, after getting married, I’ve been wanting to learn how to cook more than just fried food...

NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit “Wicked” to the delightful Moo Deng. But, hear us out — there’s some...

NEW YORK (AP) — As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 80 concerts in 2024. Here are some of her picks for the best and biggest shows of the year. Most shows on this l...

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EDITORIALS in newspaper history was written in response to a child’s letter in 1897. Francis P. Church of The New York Sun was instructed to put together a response to Virginia ...

DEAR ABBY: Six months ago, I began seeing a man I like very much but don’t want to be intimate with. We are in our “young” 70s, and both of us were widowed two years ago after 50-year marriages. We ag...

DEAR READERS: Merry Christmas! It’s amazing that we are already at this time of year. For those who observe Christmas as a religious holiday, I wish you the peace and hopefulness that this day stands ...

The Mid Mon Valley Lutheran Parish will hold the following Christmas Eve services today: Grace, Monongahela, 4 p.m.; Lynnwood, 5 p.m.; Hope Memorial, Smithton, 5 p.m; Christ, West Newton, 7 p.m.; St. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. A New York subway line rumbled overhead, then an officer’s voice crackled over the radio. After wa...

By WILL WEISSERT AND DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, conve...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays prov...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears ...

A regional police response and chaotic scene among shoppers at the Monroeville Mall on the final Sunday before Christmas was triggered after a call to emergency dispatchers about a dispute between two...

• Stephanie Ives, 36, was charged on Friday with access device used to obtain or in attempt to obtain property/service and receiving stolen property, after an alleged incident on Oct. 12, court record...

DEAR ABBY: My best friend of 60 years lost her husband 13 years ago. She has one son, who is successful and busy with his young family. They try to include her in various family gatherings, but she al...