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Butler County Prison losing inmate phone commission due to FCC rule

Butler County Prison is losing the $30,000 a month average commission it receives from its inmate communications contractor due to a federal regulation aimed at reducing ...

February 18, 2025 Government

High school roundup: Josh Book scores 22, Slippery Rock boys basketball wins District 10 opener

Slippery Rock boys basketball had recently gone cold, losing five of its final six regular season games. The No. 10 Rockets were able to right the ship in time to save th...

February 18, 2025 Sports

Ben Detisch, Austen Wroblewski lead Mars boys basketball to dramatic WPIAL upset of South Fayette

SOUTH FAYETTE TWP — Regional conflict doesn’t usually have a lot to do with basketball. It kind of did for Mars on Tuesday night. During a pivotal moment in a WPIAL Class...

February 18, 2025 Sports

Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback f...

February 18, 2025 National News

Brazil’s prosecutor-general files charges against former President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election ...

February 18, 2025 International News

Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky is found not guilty of firing a handgun and avoids decades in prison

LOS ANGELES — Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. “Thank y’all for saving my life,” he to...

February 18, 2025 Arts & Entertainment

Fogel home in Pennsylvania

Marc Fogel returned to Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Feb. 18, after successfully completing a medical evaluation in San Antonio, Texas. In a statement Tuesday evening...

February 18, 2025 Local News

As egg prices soar, feds plan new strategy to fight bird flu

MINNEAPOLIS — With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instea...

February 18, 2025 Business

Trump administration fires 1,000 workers at National Park Service, raises maintenance concerns

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other f...

February 18, 2025 National News

KFC is leaving its ancestral home as parent company moves its corporate office to Texas

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake up that will relocate its U.S. corporate office to Texas, the chain's ...

February 18, 2025 Business

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