His bill would make the bidding more transparent. State Sen. Nick Pisciottano recently introduced legislation aimed at improving transparency and closing loopholes in the Redevelopment Assistance Capi...

The overhaul of American attitudes toward immigration has many fronts. One is the border, both the southern and northern frontiers. Another is workplaces — Mexican restaurants, manufacturing plants li...

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel’s attack on Hamas operatives in ...

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HISTORY, it is a timeline where the major marks are often political and frequently violent — and too regularly both. This is not unique to America. It is not a problem of modern hi...

emocrats so enjoyed forcing DAmericans to do silly things during COVID, like starving their children of oxygen and letting Grandma die alone, that they leapt right back to their hectoring at the Senat...

It may not be your imagination that your eyes seem more watery, your throat scratchier and your nose a little runnier. The fall allergy season is underway in Pennsylvania, and it’ll take a hard frost ...

To the Editor: Just when you thought some Democrats couldn’t get any dumber, they go and prove they actually can! The latest brilliant stand is defending the animal that killed that little Ukrainian g...

TRIALS SHOULD HAPPEN AS SOON as possible after the defendant is arrested. The U.S. Constitution spells this out in the Sixth Amendment, the first of several rights afforded. “In all criminal prosecuti...

“My worst day as governor,” Joe Manchin often lamented, “was better than my best day as a senator.” The West Virginia Democrat spent a combined total of 20 years in those two jobs, so he knows what he...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves. Kirk, who...

The president was there to mark the 24th anniversary of 9/11. NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump attended the New York Yankees 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night, drawing a mixe...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Just a few months ago, the rulers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to their palaces with camel parades and pomp. Now, those s...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By LUKE WILLIAM HUNT Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama, Institute...

Editor’s Note: Mon Valley Independent Managing Editor Stacy Wolford was a reporter for The Valley Independent when she covered the Flight 93 crash from Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. She has returned ...

From top to bottom are the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pa., all taken on Sept. 11, 200...

To the Editor: President Donald Trump desires to be the awardee of the highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize, a revered annual prize that Trump is so unworthy of. Such a significant prize for one so dishon...

When you think about the current political fight over immigration enforcement, start with this: There are millions of people, at least 15 million and perhaps as many as 20 million, who are in the Unit...

WHILE A GALLUP POLL this year indicated about 62% of Americans own stocks, the numbers are not quite what they seem. Many people may have retirement money in a 401(k) or sock away savings in an invest...

President Donald Trump’s greatest achievement within six months was simply ending illegal immigration as we had once known it— without “comprehensive immigration reform” or any other rhetorical tricke...

As a Catholic, I apologize. For what? Tim Kaine. At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, the Virginia senator and former vice-presidential candidate said, “The notion that rights don’t...