I often get asked for my advice on how to vote. I’m the first to concede these requests come from a very niche slice of the electorate — that tiny remnant of people who know who I am, value my opinion...

Fall won’t arrive for another five weeks, but for students, teachers and other school personnel in the Mon Valley, the clock has just about run out on summer. All area schools will be back in session ...

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island as he remains revered by some who miss him in the face of a crippling U.S. energy bl...

THE AUGUST 2025 EXPLOSION at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works didn’t happen because employees weren’t following the rules. It happened because there weren’t rules to follow. This week, the U.S. Chemic...

When left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat in Michigan, Donald Trump cheered that it was “great news for the Republican Party.” In an important way, ...

Young women taking vows to be espoused to the Lord, Jesus Christ, on Fifth Avenue in New York. Pope Leo meeting with young people in Assisi, the birthplace of one famous man named Francis. And back in...

To the Editor: All the phone calls we receive daily from unknown sources raise a very important question — are the callers legitimate or are they seeking vital information that they may use for their ...

This political season, like the last couple, has featured Democratic candidates not only running for office but running away from things they said from 2019 to 2021. The latest is Francesca Hong, the ...

THE AVERAGE SALARY of a firefighter in the United States is about $60,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Pennsylvania, the paychecks can range from about $45,600 for a new hire to $8...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By QUINN YEARGAIN Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University Beyond picking g...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By MARK V. BARROW JR. Professor of History, Virginia Tech The migrant detention center k...

IT BECAME FASHIONABLE a few years ago for people to blame “misinformation” for others holding views they find wrongheaded. Social media platforms, sometimes jawboned by the federal government, invoked...

GILFORD, N.H. — Taped on the refrigerator are four pictures of the bear that recently wandered behind Robby Cosgriff’s house. On the opposite wall is a plea for contributions of arts and crafts suppli...

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republic...

It is not difficult, these days, to see the neo-communist flipside of “Democratic Socialists”—once they find power. Indeed, the more the ossified Democratic Party claims that its growing cadre of soci...

TODAY, FLAGS WILL BE LOWERED to half-staff across the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works’ three local plants, and employees will pause for a moment of silence to mark one year since an explosion at the Clair...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By NICHOLAS JACOBS GOLDFARB Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby Col...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL is set to implement a new policy about letting people know when something bad happens. This isn’t about telling the press. It’s not about telling the public. It’s a family notifi...

In January, the New York Times asked President Donald Trump if there were any limits on his global powers. “Yeah,” the president responded, “there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the ...

Congratulations to the Rostraver Township police, the City of McKeesport and its police department, as well as Port Vue council and police officers and many other communities that hosted successful ev...