Under mounting pressures, small private colleges across Pa. close their doors
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
Clarks Summit College in Lackawanna County is the latest addition to the list. A wave of small private college closures in Pennsylvania that already upended career plans of students from Pittsburgh to...
Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months hits a children’s hospital
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July 8, 2024
The strikes resulted in at least seven deaths, including two staff members at the hospital. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s larges...
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July 8, 2024
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is releasing a new memoir at a particularly fraught moment, both for herself and for the Democratic Party. Set for release today amid the frenzy ov...
NATO leaders descending on Washington for celebration of 75th anniversary
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July 8, 2024
President Biden will be in the spotlight amid concerns about his reelection campaign. WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO leaders meet this week for a summit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the military alli...
Family, friends gather in Monessen to remember Anthony Madison Sr.
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
He was one of 13 members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who were killed in a 1991 missile attack. Friends and family gathered Saturday at Anthony Eric Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park in Mones...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The Open Markets Act would bring antitrust protection to Pennsylvania for the first time. A bill authored by state Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, that would establish an antitrust law in Penns...
MVAA looking for volunteers, teachers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 7, 2024
The organization is expanding the programs it offers throughout the Valley. Volunteers and instructors are needed to help as the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts continues to expand its programs. The M...
Rising Latino population drives economic growth in Western Pennsylvania
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By By ANNA MARES Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Hispanics account for more than half of the state’s population increase over the past 20 years. New Spanish grocery stores are opening, adding a fresh flavor to the city. Amid the usual Pittsburgh tra...
Pitt nursing students to work in BVA schools
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The clinical placement program will begin when classes resume. The Belle Vernon Area School District reached an agreement in May with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nursing School that will allow the ...
Pa.’s elder abuse investigations moving slowly
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By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
July 7, 2024
Spotlight PA conducted a months-long probe into woefully slow investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect involving older adults. In Pennsylvania, county-level agencies investigate allegations ...
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By By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer 
July 7, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. “Despicable Me 4,” the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75...
Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages
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July 7, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and ...
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By By MEG KINNARD Associated Press 
July 7, 2024
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s campaign provided lists of approved questions to two radio hosts who did the first interviews with him after his faltering debate performance, both hosts sai...
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July 7, 2024
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is not a melting pot of cultures. The people who have come to or passed through Pittsburgh and surrounding communities have not blended into a homogeneous puree of creamy uniformi...
Adoptive family burned by daughter’s birth mom
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July 7, 2024
DEAR ABBY: We adopted our daughter, “Opal,” at the age of 2. She is 6 now. Opal lived with us off and on as a newborn, but by age 1, she lived permanently with us. We live in a small community, so eve...
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July 7, 2024
• Elizabeth Township Seniors meeting, Rock Run Inn, 11 a.m. • Bellmar High School Class of 1966 meeting, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, Rostraver Township, 2:30 p.m. • South Hills Coin Club, Bethel Park ...