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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Radon: Most Western Pennsylvania schools don’t test for radon, despite high levels in the state
A months-long Tribune-Review investigation found that most schools in Southwestern Pennsylvania do not regularly test for radon, the odorless, colorless, radioactive gas found here in some of the highest concentrations in the nation. At risk is the health and safety of the state’s nearly 1.7 million school children — in...
Holding onto hope inside a covid ICU: ‘It’s like working in a war zone’
Inside a room in the intensive care unit at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital, a covid-­infected man lies prone on his stomach, hooked up to a ventilator that is breathing for him....
‘A complete miracle’: 20th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue
John Unger promised his wife that if something bad ever happened on his job in the coal mine, he’d find a way to survive. For 29 years, he kept that promise, always returning to the rural, century-old Somerset County home where they raised a family and tended to their cattle....
Clemente family, Puerto Rican government ‘at war’ to keep Pirate legend’s Sports City dream alive
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico — Luis Clemente swats at insects as he stands on the edge of a swimming pool filled with stagnant, murky water in this San Juan suburb of 150,000 people. The pool had been a glistening centerpiece of Roberto Clemente Sports City. On this blistering May morning, nearly...
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf residence program prepares students for what’s ahead 
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on residency at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. Interviews were done with the help of an interpreter. Many students’ last names have been omitted at the request of the Western...
Olympic oak: How Connellsville native John Woodruff’s 1936 gold-medal run dispelled white supremacy
Halfway home, “Long John” Woodruff made his move. It wouldn’t be his last. The young, novice runner raced before 110,000 people packed into the Olympiastadion, including those in a special box built for Adolf Hitler. The German chancellor and his Nazi brass believed the Berlin Games — the Hitler Games...


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