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Imagine itĢƵ morning rush hour and you’re at a stop light. Your child is strapped into the back seat and you are driving her to day care. You look in the mirror and see a woman who is putting on makeup and looking down at what is probably a screen. OK, thatĢƵ multitasking, but you ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: When you mention Ohiopyle, everyone automatically thinks of the state park, and understandably so – thousands of visitors are drawn every year to its hiking trails, waterfalls and opportunities for biking and camping. The borough of Ohiopyle doesn’t receive as much attention, but ...

What could be bigger than Taylor Swift? Maybe the solar eclipse that is set to happen Monday. Various prognosticators say the rare alignment of the Earth, moon and sun will be a bonanza for the slice of the United States stretching from Texas to Maine that will experience a total eclipse. ...

LetĢƵ say you’re house hunting, and you find a property that seems to check off all the boxes. Enough space, the roof is solid and so are the heating and cooling systems. And the price is reasonable. ThereĢƵ one catch, though. The house across the street has long been abandoned. Its ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is, as that cityĢƵ mayor called it, “an unspeakable tragedy,” particularly for the families of the six workers who were on the bridge when a cargo ship smashed into it early Tuesday morning and are now presumed dead. ...

If only our leaders would be less profane

In May, a press release from the office of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman landed in the email inboxes of journalists around Pennsylvania. It was headlined this way: “Fetterman on New Castle Train Derailment: Same S–t, Different Day.” The train that derailed in New Castle was a Norfolk ...