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Lori Falce
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Community engagement editor, TribLive/Tribune-Review. Mom, foodie, Pittsburgh sports enthusiast.
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TribLive Taste Test: Thanksgiving-themed Cup Noodles
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TribLive Taste Test: Thanksgiving-themed Cup Noodles
As those who’ve watched these videos will recall, Thanksgiving has brought us some uniquely horrible opportunities here at the TribLive Taste Test. Witness the apocalyptic horror of Brach’...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Is mac and cheese a Thanksgiving must?
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Is mac and cheese a Thanksgiving must?
Macaroni and cheese at Thanksgiving — yes or no? For some families, it’s as expected as mashed potatoes or stuffing, a pot of gold beside the turkey. For others, it’s an outlier &mda...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's CROWN Act protects identities and restores hope
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's CROWN Act protects identities and restores hope
Imagine one of the most defining aspects of who you are. Maybe it’s your eye color or your height. Maybe it’s your name or your blood type or your language. Whatever it is, it’s part...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Lori Falce: From Nelly Bly to Mary Bruce, women journalists don't tiptoe around
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Lori Falce: From Nelly Bly to Mary Bruce, women journalists don't tiptoe around
Sit still. Be quiet. Don’t ask questions. These are the mantras of a little girl’s childhood. I learned a lot from my grandmother, like how to make chocolate cake and when a tomato is ripe...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Editorial: Why won't lawmakers consider a gift ban?
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Editorial: Why won't lawmakers consider a gift ban?
Why can’t Pennsylvania just have transparent government? Why is it so hard for the people to know who really is paying for the laws, the lawmakers and the influence? For nine years, March on Har...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Editorial: $1 million stolen, no jail time is a betrayal of justice - and police officers
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Editorial: $1 million stolen, no jail time is a betrayal of justice — and police officers
Sometimes when police officers are accused of misconduct, it can be difficult to break through the wall of support — or at the very least, the wall of silence — that surrounds them. To a d...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Making Thanksgiving happen: Filling the table despite high prices and tough times
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Making Thanksgiving happen: Filling the table despite high prices and tough times
Food insecurity has been an issue for many Americans since the covid pandemic and the inflation that followed. In 2025, it has escalated amid concerns about tariffs, program cuts, layoffs and the fede...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Editorial: What does selling naming rights buy a school?
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Editorial: What does selling naming rights buy a school?
If there’s one thing public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 mile...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Lori Falce: Politics, elections and not listening
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Lori Falce: Politics, elections and not listening
Over the last week, cable news and political columns have been thick with criticism of the Republican Party for not paying attention to what voters want. “Last night was a disaster,” U.S. ...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's Act 111 does not protect good policing
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Editorial: Pittsburgh's new mayor must be the bridge to what's next
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Editorial: Pittsburgh's new mayor must be the bridge to what's next
Pittsburgh’s mayor needs to be like the city — full of bridges. The mayor has to find a way to cross deep, perilous financial waters. The mayor has to span the chasm between the needs of r...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Editorial: The curse of cross-filing
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Editorial: The curse of cross-filing
Do you even remember a judicial election? In all the time you’ve been a voter — making choices and casting ballots — do you ever recall a campaign for a Pennsylvania judge at any lev...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Editorial: Voters chose confidence in election machines
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Editorial: Voters chose confidence in election machines
The voters of Westmoreland County were clear when they showed up at the polls. They picked a side. They made a choice. They went with the voting machines. In September, the county’s Republican c...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Lori Falce: Charity begins at home. It cannot end there
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Lori Falce: Charity begins at home. It cannot end there
Charity begins at home. It’s a familiar saying many people erroneously believe comes from the Bible instead of from 17th-century British writer Sir Thomas Browne. But what does Browne’s fa...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Editorial: Duty doesn't wait for big election years
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Editorial: Duty doesn't wait for big election years
An old Dutch story tells us the importance of doing what is necessary when duty demands. The Netherlands is a low-lying country prone to flooding. A system of earth and stone embankments makes up the ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Editorial: Two government crises face Pennsylvanians
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Editorial: Two government crises face Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvania is feeling a pinch other states aren’t. Oh sure, everyone is embroiled in the now month-old federal government shutdown. As of Saturday, what started out bad, with federal employees...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Penny haul of 70 pounds cashed in with Giant Eagle exchange
Penny for your thoughts? How about 12,350 of them? Rolled, bagged and boxed, that’s how many humble cents my husband and I hauled into Hempfield Square Giant Eagle on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a h...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Lori Falce: I was on SNAP. The real problem is how we judge those who need it
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Lori Falce: I was on SNAP. The real problem is how we judge those who need it
This summer, my son ran a leadership project for his school’s National Honor Society chapter. He targeted food that would help feed children — things kids would like and that they could ac...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Editorial: Narduzzi advice is better than NCAA rules on gambling
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Editorial: Narduzzi advice is better than NCAA rules on gambling
Coaches — no matter the sport or the discipline — help make people better at what they do. Voice coaches help turn good singers into stars. Dialect coaches can be the difference between a ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Editorial: Pa. Supreme Court retention is historically brutal fight
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Editorial: Pa. Supreme Court retention is historically brutal fight
People talk a lot about “election years.” When they use that term, they usually mean the presidential elections that roll around every four years. Perhaps they mean the midterms — th...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Editorial: Will promises ever be kept in the Hill District?
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Editorial: Will promises ever be kept in the Hill District?
There was a time in the early part of the 20th century when a handful of Black neighborhoods in America blossomed in a celebration of culture, economy and expression. One of those was Pittsburgh&rsquo...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Editorial: The people have a right to know about government settlements
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Editorial: The people have a right to know about government settlements
Legal settlements can be a locked box of information. In September, Reuters reported Tesla settled two cases regarding California crashes involving Autopilot software weeks after a $243 million ...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Lori Falce: Politics isn't a kids game
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Lori Falce: Politics isn't a kids game
Boys will be boys. Kids will be kids. These are the kinds of statements you often hear from parents. Sometimes they are faintly amused at the actions of their children, squabbling over who is next on ...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Editorial: Enough finger-pointing. Pass a budget
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Editorial: Enough finger-pointing. Pass a budget
The Pennsylvania Senate on Monday passed a bill to let winners of large lottery prizes remain anonymous. The bill now moves to the House for consideration. It’s a good idea. The Pennsylvania Lot...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Editorial: UPMC and AHN are growing their networks. Is that good?
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Editorial: UPMC and AHN are growing their networks. Is that good?
The human body is made up of assorted clusters of material. Cells combine to create tissues that can specialize into organs and work together in systems. That’s how we get cardiac tissue making ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM