In a stunning turn of events, Gertrude Abercrombie's painting, Alderman Merriam's Shells, was auctioned for $1,352,600 after being found at an estate sale for just $30. Having been lost for 75 years, the piece drew significant attention at Freeman's auction house, far exceeding expectations. A dedicated collector meticulously verified its authenticity, ...

German Chancellor Friedriz Merz's visit to Ukraine was met with Russian missiles as he pledged 1.3 billion to Kyiv. In Iran, the country's deputy foreign minister says Washington is reviewing Tehrans proposal to end the war. And in Brazil, Bolsonaro wins Brazil's first round election.

If there is history to be made on the scholastic links Monday, a comeback will be needed for Carson Kittsley.

Trib HSSN football team of the week – Canon-McMillan Big Macs

While the second half of the high school football season is underway, we are heading into the final couple of weeks of district soccer and volleyball this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

The semifinals are set for the 2026 WPIAL boys team golf championships.

MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio hit a two-run single off hard-throwing Mason Miller with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the San Diego Padres for the second straight day, a 4-3 victory Sunday for a 2-0 NL Division Series lead.

LAS VEGAS — Chase Briscoe held off a last-lap charge from points leader Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

MIAMI — Ken Griffin’s record-breaking $2 billion gift to establish a Carnegie Mellon University campus in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was lauded as the single largest donation to a higher education institution in history.

In his season debut, goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 20 saves on 23 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Saturday.

A woman died in a crash in Harrison on Sunday afternoon, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner.

LAS VEGAS — Klint Kubiak didn’t sound like a coach searching for a moral victory Sunday.

LOS ANGELES — Michael Harris II tripled and scored the go-ahead run on reliever Kris Bubic’s wild pitch in the fifth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, on Sunday night to even the National League Division Series at a game apiece.

Question will be on ballot about amending Home Rule Charter

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If you recently left a job, it’s likely you lost access to your old inbox and the saved records of those tedious Zoom or Teams meetings. Leaving such digital detritus behind now is part of life. But we doubt you anticipated your employer being able to make money from what you had to say while gainfully employed.

Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 5.

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 5.

Alexis Wilkins, 27, said she met Kash Patel at a Nashville gathering hosted by mutual friends in 2022, at country singer John Rich's event.

The 45-year-old senator was little known nationally before his jailed father anointed him as his political heir, and he had never expressed ambition to follow in his footsteps.

Sam Altman's remarks come amid a growing debate within the AI industry over the pace of development and the risks posed by increasingly capable systems.

A Pew survey found economic issues easily topped voters' worries, while a September Emerson poll put the Iran war, jobs, tariffs, gas prices, immigration and AI regulation among the most important factors in voting decisions.

The Justice Department said Zhang travelled to Seattle in 2025 at the direction of Chinese officials and subsequently sent them photos, video and licence plate information of the Taiwanese leader's son and his family.

The man said that the agent took Rs 80,000 from him and promised a job in Oman.