Noble Dresser of Clairton was recently elected to membership into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Pennsylvania St...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unus...

DEAR ABBY: We were recorded on video and audio on our daughter’s porch, thinking we were talking to each other privately. We were discussing how hurt we were that she didn’t want to spend time with us...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister won’t answer my calls or call me back, and I have no idea what I did wrong. She has never been great at communicating, but now she has gone radio silent. At first, I thought ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: • Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest o...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or camp...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 58 and five years into my second marriage. We lived together a little over a year before getting married. I spent seven years as a caregiver for my parents before marrying my current hu...

• Clothes 4U ministry, First United Methodist Church, 200 State St., Belle Vernon, 9 a.m. to noon. • Rehoboth Cemetery Association annual lot owners meeting, at the chapel, Rostraver Township, 7 p.m. ...

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

By JON GAMBRELL AND AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over...

A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to some...

Shaquala Poole was given two years’ probation for her role in a New Year’s Eve road rage killing. A woman was ordered to serve two years on probation for tampering with evidence that was eventually us...

EASTER IS THE HOLIEST DAY in the Christian calendar, observing the day Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead three days after his death on Good Friday. Today, many churches will host special Good Fri...

• Anthony Williams, 29, of McKeesport was charged with strangulation and simple assault stemming from an alleged incident Thursday, court records state. • David Patrick Bercik, 37, of West Newton was ...

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