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23 votes cast at Chartiers precinct might not count due to poll book issue

Nearly two dozen votes cast by people using emergency special ballots at a Chartiers Township polling place Tuesday morning may not be counted after the judge of elections there failed to sign in the voters when the electronic poll book failed. The 23 votes cast during a brief period of time ...

Cooper flips Senate seat in N.C. as Democrats win in Ga., N.H.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats flipped a Senate seat in North Carolina and won races in Georgia and New Hampshire on Tuesday as they tried to recapture majorities in Congress and break Republicans’ unified hold on power in Washington. Former Gov. Roy Cooper’s win against Republican Michael ...

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No. 10 Belle Vernon knocks off North Catholic in WPIAL semis

McMURRAY — The phrase “seeds don’t matter” is uttered so much in sports that the team with the higher seed uses it as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Belle Vernon has proven through three matches in the WPIAL Class 2A boys soccer playoffs that there could be some truth to the adage that ...

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Penn State cruises past Canisius

UNIVERSITY PARK (AP) — Roko Prkacin scored 28 points, Ivan Juric had a double-double, and Penn State rolled past Canisius 97-57 on Monday night in the season opener for both teams. Prkacin made 12 of 14 shots and 4 of 5 free throws. Juric scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. The ...

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Hertl’s goal with 32 seconds left lifts Vegas past Penguins

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tomas Hertl's second goal of the night with 32 seconds left in regulation lifted the Vegas Golden Knights past the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Vegas won in Pittsburgh for just the second time in franchise history when Hertl tipped a pass from Mark Stone past ...

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Opinion

OP-ED: The time to get AI right is now

As recently as early summer, artificial intelligence, or AI, was far from the center of public concern or worry. Now, it's at center stage, though to many it remains a mystery. During a recent class reunion, a friend confided that AI was a head-scratcher. "I don't know anything about it," he ...

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Church holding soup sale

Chartiers Cross Roads Church at 102 Old Hickory Ridge Road in Washington will hold a Soup To Go Sale from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Price is $10 per quart.

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