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I spent almost two years after I left the Cyber Protection Brigade working on training. Not traditional military training like ranges, land ...

Taxes are going up. Debt is skyrocketing. Priorities are out of whack. The government is rounding up citizens. And what are the parties doing? Gerrymandering for power. What is the president doing?

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The Dodgers aren’t putting Mookie Betts back in right field. Or, at least, they aren’t actively considering it yet. Manager Dave Roberts made that much clear this week, saying the club has had no such ...

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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Horrible news out of Clairton on Aug. 11 ...