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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 4, 2024
Valley Clean Air Now has distributed more than 500 air purifiers in the region. In 2020, the U.S. Steel Community Benefit Trust was created in response to a settlement agreement between U.S. Steel and...
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By By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press 
June 3, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s l...
Area woman among fatalities as 9 are shot at hookah bar
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By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media 
June 3, 2024
Police said the Penn Hills establishment was operating without a license. A Penn Hills hookah bar where nine people were shot over the weekend, two fatally, was operating without a liquor license, aut...
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June 3, 2024
By BILL SCHACKNER and MICHAEL DIVITTORIO Trib Total Media A barricaded, pro-Palestinian encampment continued Monday outside the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning and protesters continue...
Shoppers gather at Fleatique on the Mon
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June 3, 2024
Heather Hart / For the MVI Debbie Pellegrini and Emma Simon of Monongahela bought flowers at the Fleatique.
Progress made on White Oak native plant garden project
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 3, 2024
Heritage Hill Park is the site of the joint effort with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. The Borough of White Oak voted in May to partner with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania t...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 3, 2024
The annual event is designed to promote “healthier lifestyles.” UPMC is inviting residents to have some fun and get free health screenings Saturday at the fourth annual McKeesport Community Day. UPMC ...
Fallowfield VFC in the market for new firefighter
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 3, 2024
The full-time, paid position will be filled once Noah Quattro leaves for a new job in West Virginia. Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Company will soon begin a search for a new full-time paid firef...
Remembering D-Day 80 years later
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A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
By By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press 
June 3, 2024
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for ...
Veterans depart to be feted in France as part of 80th anniversary of D-Day
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By By SHARON JOHNSON AND JEFFAMY Associated Press 
June 3, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Hilbert Margol says he didn’t look on himself as a hero when his U.S. Army artillery unit fought its way across Europe during World War II. But he will be feted in France as one of 60 A...
Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere
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By By DAN MERICA AP 
June 2, 2024
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approac...
Plan a budget-friendly picnic date in the great outdoors
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June 2, 2024
There are many unique sites worth visiting in Western Pennsylvania. By JOYCE HANZ Trib Total Media Nothing screams summer like a scenic alfresco picnic. Take your sweetie on a “datecation” outdoors fo...
Politics
June 2, 2024
By JILL COLVIN, WILL WEISSERT AND MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a...
Mammoth Fest draws faithful, builds crafter business
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
June 2, 2024
Events like Mammoth Fest give local crafters doing something they love a way to share their products with the masses. Oftentimes, a buyer at a small, local event turns into a loyal customer. “We do ge...
Staskos bring veterans’ awareness to Valley
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 1, 2024
They’re collecting supplies for those who need them, and they provide holiday displays at a park in Belle Vernon. Ed Stasko has been weeding, maintaining and decorating J.E. “Ted” Kuhn Community Park ...
Kenny Chesney concert, festivals will make for a busy weekend in Pittsburgh
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June 1, 2024
Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesman Adam Brandolph said people looking to travel to, through and around the festivities should be prepared for some delays. By RYAN DETO, JULIA FELTON AND JOANNE KLIM...
Redesigned envelope leads to fewer rejected mail ballots
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By By CARTER WALKER Votebeat 
June 1, 2024
However, state data points to a new voter mistake affecting rejections. Fewer mail ballots were rejected for voter errors overall in this year’s primary election, a Votebeat and Spotlight PA analysis ...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 1, 2024
PennDOT is spending nearly $10 million on Pa. airport upgrades. Allegheny County Airport was awarded $750,000 to renovate its hangars as part of a nearly $10 million PennDOT investment to upgrade airp...