Pope Leo may not be God’s gift to media ratings and computer clicks. When asked for a book to explain the perspective of the first Chicago-born pope, who was elected earlier this year, his answer was:...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidenc...

MONTREAL -- We know their names. Some of them are Margaret “Pearl” Fraser of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia; Mary Agnes McKenzie and Carola Douglas of Toronto; Alexina Dussault of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec; a...

IN 2022, EXCELA HEALTH announced a merger with Butler Health System. It was all about taking the two organizations and giving them “the requisite scale to accelerate and elevate its relevancy … in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump’s time in...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press Spencer Deery’s son was getting ready for school when someone tried to provoke police into swarming his home by reporting a fake emergency. Lin...

MIAMI (AP) — It has been nearly three decades since a Democrat held the mayor’s office in Miami, a span of futility the party is hoping to reverse during a special runoff election this week in one of ...

Since September of this year, the United States military has been blowing up boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean. Whether these attacks are legal is hotly debated. Congress hasn’t decla...

We are proud to support the initiative of the Mon Valley Paws nonprofit organization, which held its annual Giveback Celebration at Foster House II on Tuesday to thank donors and the shelters they are...

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...

Donora’s Alan Bradstock is challenging incumbent Republican Guy Reschenthaler. Donora native Alan Bradstock, who announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 14th Co...

State Rep. Eric Davanzo is opposed to the law that guarantees legislators a salary increase each year. Pennsylvania lawmakers received a 3.25% automatic pay raise this week, lifting their base salary ...

FOR MOST PEOPLE, GETTING A RAISE is not a given. It is also a process. You have a performance evaluation. Your whole scope of work over the last year is reviewed. Did you meet expectations? Did you ex...

To the Editor: True, Trump is withholding federal assistance to certain universities for good reason. One case in point is Harvard. Harvard’s administration has promoted rampant antisemitism. Jewish s...

After two National Guard members were gunned down by an immigrant from Afghanistan, President Trump immediately seized on the shooting to escalate nativist fears of foreigners. “This attack underscore...

the media Although are not typically interested in helping Republicans win elections, they seem awfully concerned that Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Charlotte, North Carolina, could hurt the GOP...

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EDUCATION IS BUILT ON THE BASICS. ABCs become words, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level, ever...

A FIRE HYDRANT IS PART of the landscape, something your eye may just slide past. Like a light post or mailbox, it is expected to be just off the curb of a street. That makes them easy to ignore or to ...

Nearly four years ago, on Jan. 18, 2022, this newsletter wrote about a frenzy that was sweeping the anti-Trump world. It had to do with a novel theory regarding the 2020 presidential election dispute....