By JILL COLVIN AND LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are deeply frustrated with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy and rising prices, with most panning his perf...

WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSIBILITY, the most important thing is understanding who is involved. That’s an issue that came up when Westmoreland County Sheriff’s deputies took a Jeannette man into custody o...

For more than 50 years, voters of faith have aligned strongly with the Republican Party. In the last election, white evangelical Christians accounted for almost 1 in 4 voters, and they backed Donald T...

Blessed Sheen Day didn’t grab the headlines like the incoming nor’easter or Xi Jinping’s White House visit, but it marks something important. On Sept. 24, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was raised to the ...

AS WE DO EACH YEAR, the Mon Valley Independent is going pink this month to support an important cause. Through the end of October, we will place a pink ribbon on our masthead to mark Breast Cancer Awa...

This has been the week that a deep sense of pessimism about the upcoming midterm elections set in among Republicans around the country. Not just the political class of consultants and others intimatel...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Turning artificial intelligence research into real- world tools isn’t always straightfor...

When someone in a position of power moves to punish or shut out independent reporting, it’s often viewed as another media story — an argument between politicians and journalists, happening somewhere e...

BIDS CAN MAKE YOU THINK of an auction. A fasttalking salesman unveils an item, and a flurry of offers drives up the price. But bidding for a contract happens in the opposite direction. The point is no...

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — The governor of Virginia was relieved there was no school in the colonial capital. No newspaper, either. “Thank God we have no free schools nor printing,” boasted Gov. William...

PENNSYLVANIA STATE University has built a sprawling physical presence across Pennsylvania. There is the antique architecture of Old Main and the athletic shrine of Beaver Stadium at University Park. T...

The midterm elections are six weeks away. Suddenly, a debate has erupted over the existential dangers of artificial intelligence. Jacob Coxon, a little-known Silicon Valley researcher who worked at Op...

LEARNING A TRADE during a prison stay is common. In Pennsylvania, that might mean auto mechanics or construction. It might mean getting into culinary arts, cosmetology or computers. The idea recognize...

Homecoming celebrations kicked into high gear last night with Monessen and South Allegheny high schools crowning the new king and queen. Homecoming is an important high school tradition that plays a s...

No one likes to think they’re being hysterical. And nothing makes hysterical people angrier than being described as such. So, let me offer my apologies in advance for what follows. Jeremy Musighi, an ...

BEING SICK IS EXPENSIVE, but being prepared for it is becoming exorbitant. And for Pennsylvanians who buy their own health insurance, it’s about to get worse. This week, the Pennsylvania Insurance Dep...

The flight of Hispanic voters from the Republican Party is one of the most important trends this political season, and a few numbers explain why. In the latest New York Times poll, only 7% of Hispanic...

“It’s hard to bear yourself at the foot of the cross. And it’s hard to recognize your own shortcomings, but it’s also the only thing that helps.” Claire Lai had been reading Fulton J. Sheen, the archb...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY BOARD of Health has rehabilitated its proposal for paid parental leave. The board had originally proposed 18 weeks of paid leave for employees of any business in the county. It’s the ...

Did you know that recently released Census Bureau statistics show the poverty rate in the United States fell to a record low in 2025? That’s an extraordinary development, but it has so far not attract...