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Sophia Greene and Dr. Claudia Fernandes: A broken pipeline — costing us our next generation of scientists
Science has always relied on young innovators to drive progress. In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, still PhD students, founded Google. More recently, in 2020 and 2021, Kizzmekia Corbett, then a senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Vaccine Research Center, led a team of scientists...
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Republicans hope the Supreme Court will help them hold the House
Perhaps it was inevitable. But it seems increasingly likely that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, will play a major role in determining which party wins the U.S. House next year. That possibility increased when Justice Samuel Alito paused a lower court’s rejection of the effort by Texas...
Abby McCloskey: The gender wars are heating up — on the right
More than half a million women left the labor force this year. Many are mothers with young children. It’s being called the next she-cession. This may be a good thing to the extent it reflects women’s preferences, such as wanting to spend more time with their families or it represents...
Letter to the editor: Give peace a chance
To all people of the world, regardless of color or national origin or positions we might hold: We are in turmoil in the whole world. We are looking for answers to problems in the wrong places. We all have a part of the answer within us: our hearts and minds....
Letter to the editor: Deluzio, other Dems’ actions inappropriate
I think the article “Deluzio, other Dems tell troops to refuse illegal orders, Trump labels them as ‘traitors’ ” (Nov. 20, TribLive) was a blatant political attack on the Trump administration because the Democrats could not identify any illegal orders issued to current military forces. However, the Dems may have...
Editorial: Exploratory studies are smart, but crushing college debt isn’t
What do you want to be when you grow up? The older students get, the more complicated the answer can become. By the time they graduate high school, plenty of young adults don’t have a grasp on what their next act might be. Many pick a college but not a...
The Stroller, Nov. 29, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Free groceries available for...
Clothing drive, live nativity and more at Sewickley area churches
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 412-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center offers weekly Shabbat services, monthly family and Zoom Kabbalat...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas benefiting our communities
Butler County is once again reaping the benefits of the commonwealth’s natural gas impact fee. This unique Pennsylvania fee — which is essentially just another tax on the industry — provides funding every year to the state’s county and municipal governments. This year, Butler County received the seventh highest distribution...
Trump announces plan to terminate Biden’s autopen directives
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is terminating every document former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen in his latest move to eradicate his predecessor’s legacy. In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump accused Biden of signing “approximately 92%” of documents through the use of an autopen. The...
Cal (Pa.) football team returns home for 2nd round of playoffs
Cal (Pa.) will try to extend its postseason run Saturday when it hosts No. 24 Frostburg State in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs at noon at Adamson Stadium. The matchup marks the teams’ second meeting in four weeks and follows a dramatic opening-round win for the...
Dr. Nina Stachenfeld: So DEI doesn’t work. OK, what would be better?
It is no secret that diversity, equity and inclusion programs are under attack in our country. They have been blamed for undermining free speech, meritocracy and America itself. The University of Virginia is the latest to settle with the government and walk away from its DEI initiatives rather than defend...
Community, routine spur gym-goers to work out after the holiday
Judy Sproat of Buffalo Township is no stranger to working hard during the holiday season. “I worked as a nurse all my life. I always worked holidays and the day after,” she said. “I don’t take a day off.” Sproat, 75, brought the post-holiday habit into her retirement as she...
Allison Schrager: The American middle class is shrinking, and that’s OK
The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century, even for poorer and middle-class households. But because of the nature of...
Mall traffic sees boost as shoppers turn out for traditional Black Friday
Black Friday bargains no longer tempt people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs. Brawls in store aisles over toys and TVs with limited-time discounts are spectacles of holidays past. Online shopping and retailers launching discounts weeks before the turkey feast subdued that kind of fervor. But the sales...
Letter to the editor: Trump the greatest or the worst?
People actually praise and love President Trump. His circus goes on. Three more years of this sick comedy from Republicans. What are the Republican politicians afraid of? Don’t they care about our national debt and the interest to service it? No plan? Our children will suffer. No health care for...
Rutgers’ Greg Schiano offers thoughts on Penn State ties, Terry Smith ahead of matchup
Anyone who wants to know about Terry Smith’s Penn State playing career could ask Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. If you want to know what Smith was like when he directed the Gateway football program from 2001-12, well, you could ask Schiano about that, too. Schiano, whose Rutgers team faces Smith’s...
Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra rises to 174Video
PADANG, Indonesia — The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island Friday rose to 174 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said. Rescuers were hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment. The death toll in North Sumatra province rose to...
Letter to the editor: Military taught to not follow illegal orders
This letter is directed to the writer of the letter ”Democrats’ video urging insurrection is treasonous” (Nov. 21, TribLive). You, sir, have no understanding of history or the Universal Code of Military Justice. Following World War II, Nazis accused of killing innocent civilians were brought before the Nuremberg Court. The...
The Stroller, Nov. 28, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Tarentum Lions plan annual...
Letter to the editor: Trump, Mamdani setting a new tone for playing nice?
The 1970s was a bright few years for musical variety shows on television. How people loved the Osmond family, the Partridge Family, the Jackson Five. Retired as I am now, I lapse into deliquescent oldster memory jags and start singing. It was a generous hunk of a century going backward...
Laurels & lances: Fossils & fees
Laurel: To finding an icon. When you think about mascots, you think about the kind that wear exaggerated cartoon suits at a sports venue. We have those covered with the Pirate Parrot, Iceburgh and Steely McBeam. But Pittsburgh has other mascots — the inanimate kind that are more like landmarks....
1 dead in Washington County crashes on Thanksgiving
Portions of I-79 and I-70 in Washington County have reopened after two crashes Thursday evening, one of them fatal. A Wheeling woman was killed in the crash on northbound I-79 at the bridge over I-70 in South Strabane, according to the county coroner. Multiple injuries and vehicles were reported at...
Cold does not deter 2,000 from Greensburg Turkey Trot
With blustery weather more fit for Christmas than Thanksgiving, more than 2,000 runners and walkers braved the 3.1 miles up and down hills in the annual Greensburg Turkey Trot. Since its inception 34 years ago, the race has attracted those who make it part of their holiday, getting some exercise...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 28-30
The leftovers are packed in the fridge and the family is still hanging around for a couple more days. What to do? You can show them how fun and bright Pittsburgh is with these events. Enjoy! Beers of the Burgh’s Winter Warmer Get ready for some fancy holiday cheer and...
