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When you look back on recent American history, you can see how one event reverberated through ëƵ and in some ways defined ëƵ a whole decade. In the 2000s, 9/11 set the tone and established the most urgent issues for that time all the way through the financial collapse of 2008-09 ëƵ which ...

The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on March 25, 1911, still stands as one of the most devastating workplace tragedies in United States history. When the blaze broke out on the eighth floor of the factory late in the afternoon on that Saturday, scores of workers ëƵ ...

Cheers & Jeers

JEERS: In the same way that it doesnëƵt hurt to look before you leap or check the depth of the water before you jump in a lake, it also doesnëƵt hurt to check the provenance of information or images you post to social media. ThatëƵs a lesson that state Sen. Doug Mastriano learned the hard ...

The movie version of ëƵThe GodfatherëƵ has a scene where mob boss Vito Corleone is shot and wounded by two anonymous hit men decked in fedoras and trench coats. They swiftly carry out their deed and then blend back into the hurlyburly of New YorkëƵs Little Italy. That scene unfolds in ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to West Greene wrestler Colin Whyte, who claimed the gold medal at the Chartiers-Houston Invitational on Saturday. Whyte, a junior in Class AA, defeated Class AAA Mt. Lebanon senior Ben Lloyd, 1-0, in the championship bout at 285 pounds. Lloyd was a state qualifier last season. ...

Before Thanksgiving, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the results of three statewide student assessment tests, and the results were not so bad. Proficiency rates crept up from or stayed near the results from the year before. Math proficiency moved up to 40% from 38%, and ...