HOW HARD IS IT TO REPORT suspected sexual abuse of a minor? In recent years, we have been buried under an absolute avalanche of proof that children have been sexually abused, if not outright raped, by...

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Tru...

It looks like the fight between the Harris and Trump campaigns over former President Donald Trump‘s appearance at Arlington National Cemetery is intensifying, not diminishing. Vice President Kamala Ha...

LAST WEDNESDAY, NIPPON STEEL made a promise. The Japanese giant would invest “no less than $1 billion” into the U.S. Steel operations in the Greater Pittsburgh area. “Nippon Steel believes that a tran...

How do accomplished radicals elect a mediocre far-left presidential candidate? The task might at first seem impossible. Kamala Harris is currently a radical incumbent vice president. For more than thr...

“ Have mercy on us — and ISIS.” Shortly after the mass killing of Christians by that terrorist group in Iraq 10 years ago, a young women born in a refugee camp lead an arena of young people in prayer....

(Editor’s note: The following is an updated version of our annual Labor Day editorial.) ON MONDAY, WE SALUTE THE WORKER. When it comes to the reasons for Monday’s Labor Day holiday, the U.S. Departmen...

The single most abused, misused and misunderstood word in American politics is “unity.” All presidential candidates vow to unite Americans. Nearly every pundit and public intellectual laments the lack...

To the Editor: I am a 28-year-old Trump supporter from Rostraver. I have been a loyal follower of Donald Trump from the moment he came down the golden escalator in 2015. Although I have immense respec...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that voters were ready for “a new way forward,” as she was questioned along with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in their fir...

“Singin’, freedom “Freedom “Where are you? “’Cause I need freedom, too “I break chains all by myself “Won’t let my freedom rot in hell” Those lyrics are from Beyonce’s song “Freedom,” the unofficial a...

Anybody who writes a newspaper column gets used to angry emails. It comes with the territory, as people say. And why not? If you write provocatively, you shouldn’t object when people are provoked. Oft...

JUDGES CAN’T PICK and choose when it comes to death penalty cases. That’s the ruling of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The case in question started with the Bellevue killing of Rachel Dowden in Janu...

CHILDREN WILL MAKE UP elaborate stories to get out of trouble. The broken cookie jar is because of a monster. Or an imaginary friend. Or the dog. Yeah, that’s it. The dog did it. The child will tell t...

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...

The biggest problem Democrats have this year is the mess they’ve made of the border. No matter how many cartwheels the media do for Kamala Harris, immigration remains a top issue for voters — and they...

To the Editor: Well, Monessen folks, you missed another Monessen council meeting (Aug 22), which featured the “Keystone Kops,” otherwise called Monessen’s mayor and council members; and for those who ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed...

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said Wednesday after National Se...

ice President Kamala Harris Vhas done an impressive job lowering the bar on the question of how she will communicate her views to the American people. As you know, Harris has not done an interview sin...