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Penguins clinch playoff spot, ending 3-year drought

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff hockey in Pittsburgh. The Penguins clinched a playoff spot Thursday night by beating New Jersey, ending their postseason drought that lasted three seasons. They had made 16 postseason appearances ...

EarthĢƵ climate out of balance

Warning lights are flashing according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization “WMO.” Mother Earth is being pushed beyond its limits and every key climate indicator is flashing red. EarthĢƵ energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the ...

Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students ...

New year, same results

Laurel Highlands’ Bella Baker and Diondra Brown showed Connellsville and Uniontown that it may be a new year, but the senior duo is ready to wreak havoc on the rest of the local teams after dominating in ThursdayĢƵ Section 2-3A tri-meet at Mustang Field on the campus of Laurel Highlands ...

Total team effort

After spending the first month of the season in less-than-ideal conditions, ThursdayĢƵ track & field tri-meet provided the athletes with a picture-perfect day at Mustang Field, as host Laurel Highlands welcomed Connellsville and Uniontown for a Section 2-3A showdown. While track ...

Frog Patrol

OTREBUSY, Poland (AP) — On rainy spring nights in a forest near the Polish capital, a citizen “Frog Patrol” springs into action — humans helping amphibians survive dangerous road crossings for a chance to enjoy millennia-old mating rituals. As warmer weather comes to Mlochowski ...