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Laurel: To a spirit of giving. Now that the Halloween candy has been eaten — what, you still have some left? — and the plastic skeletons put away, many people are turning their thoughts to the season of holidays that march from now until Jan. 1. One part of those

Several Western Pennsylvania school districts were the target of swatting emails this week, authorities said. They included Mt. Lebanon, North Allegheny, Pine-Richland and South Park in Allegheny County and Belle Vernon and Derry Area in Westmoreland County. The school districts reported receiving threatening messages via email on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It’s training police officers hope to never use. “Heaven forbid, if (an active shooter event) would happen, they would have to familiarity with the buildings,” said Greg Garcia, a Ross Township police officer and and member of the North Hills Special Response Team. Police officers from throughout Allegheny County’s northern

PHOENIX, Arizona — As campaigns across the country hurtle toward Election Day, courting voters in a flurry of events, the result could be anticlimactic in the Senate battleground of Arizona. A new reality has emerged over the last couple of cycles after candidates in statewide races waited days for vote tallies to be finalized. With Arizona’s Senate race in a dead heat, it’s an outcome the campaigns, election officials, and political operatives are both expecting and preparing for.