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Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week’s assassination attempt
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign released an update on the former president’s health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The memo, from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as Trump’s White House physician, offers new details...
Ortiz cruises through 7 innings, Cruz has 3 RBIs as Pirates win 6th straight, 4-1 over Phillies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Luis Ortiz pitched seven shutout innings, Oneil Cruz had a home run and three RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates stretched their winning streak to six games with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. Ortiz (5-2), who had not gone more than six...
The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here’s how its newspaper met the moment
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified. She hardly froze, though. Bucur tried to text her assignment editor, through spotty cell service, to tell him...
Miracles still happen today
It was G.K. Chesterton who observed, “the most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen!”. If you were watching online or live on television Saturday, July the 13 late in the afternoon as former President Donald Trump spoke in Butler Pennsylvania, you can say that you witnessed a miracle.
Penguins' 7th-rounder Mac Swanson tunes out size questions, produces electrifying stats
Mac Swanson knows the question is coming. When you’re a hockey prospect listed at 5-foot-7, 165 pounds in the Penguins development camp media guide, you get it a lot. “It gets old after a while,” Swanson laughed. “For sure, I think that’s part of it. It’s not a very common thing to have a forward that’s 5-7, which I understand. But the game’s played on the ice. The off-ice stuff gets a lot of attention sometimes, but it’s what you do on the ice that’s really important.”
Mark Dyreson: 100 years ago, Pittsburgh’s R. Earl Johnson made history
As the 2024 Paris Olympics approach, Pittsburghers have begun to recall some of their area’s famous Olympians. There’s wrestler Kurt Angle, basketball star Suzy McConnell-Serio, sprinter turned bobsled-pusher Lauryn Williams, who amazingly medaled in the summer and the winter games, and John Woodruff, the University of Pittsburgh gold-medalist who stunned the world at Berlin’s 1936 games and helped to dismantle Nazi racism alongside Jesse Owens and a contingent of African American track stars who dominated their German rivals.
Pirates run win streak to six by beating Phillies
Luis Ortiz scattered three hits and two walks over seven scoreless innings and Oneil Cruz homered and drove in three runs, lifting the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Andrew McCutchen homered to lead off the sixth inning for the Pirates, who recorded...
COMMENT: Trump's reaction and photo that will endure sealed the 2024 election
The 2024 presidential race is over. The image of a bloodied Donald Trump, his fist raised in defiance and his voice yelling “Fight, fight, fight!” to a crowd of followers, removed any doubt as to who the next president of the United States will be. The former president’s...
Hundreds of thousands swarm Picklesburgh for a big dill weekend
Pickled peanuts and pickle-filled pierogis, fried pickles and pickle-perfumed gelato: All things sour and dill-icious can be found Downtown this weekend. The annual Picklesburgh festival runs through Sunday, featuring myriad vendors along the Boulevard of the Allies, live music, and the Olympickles, an assortment of games that test the resolve — and the stomachs — of pickle lovers.
COMMENT: Leadership under fire remains the ultimate presidential test
Veterans perhaps took it the hardest witnessing former President Donald Trump wounded minutes into his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as America remained shocked. Millions watched Trump’s reaction from the near miss of an assassin’s bullet whizzing by his head, wounding the top of his ear. Military combat training...
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