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Best pictures of the week by Trib photographers: Aug. 22-28
A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of Aug. 22-28....
‘Roseanne’ alum Michael Fishman is out of ‘Conners’ ahead of new season
“Roseanne” alum Michael Fishman “was told” he would not be along for the ride of the upcoming “The Conners” season, but is taking the exit in stride, the 40-year-old actor confirmed in a statement to People. “It has been my honor to play D.J. Conner,” said Fishman. “It’s every actors...
Remember When: Longtime legislator C.L. Schmitt was outspoken advocate for consumers
He was called “Mr. Consumer” for his advocacy in the state House of Representatives. C.L. Schmitt, who served in the Pennsylvania Legislature from 1964-80, was always in the forefront of battling banking, utility and medical interests to the benefit of his middle-class constituents. Schmitt represented the 54th legislative district, based...
Bed Bath & Beyond to sell stock, shut 150 stores in survival bid
Bed Bath & Beyond said it’s close to securing financing and is putting in place a new business strategy to reduce costs as the troubled retailer tries to convince investors, vendors and customers that it has a credible survival plan. The home-goods retailer said it has received commitments for a...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez: Young voters can save the planet
For America’s young voters, famished for positive action on climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is cause for celebration. The passage of this landmark legislation is a signal to young climate activists across the country that unprecedented progressive change is possible. For the millions of young Americans who...
Review: ‘Black Snow’ delivers an uncomfortable, important World War II history lesson
In 1940, Seattle-based Boeing engineers designed a massive beast of an aircraft. The B-29 Superfortress — composed of 55,000 parts — had a tail three-stories high, enormous propellers and a 5,500-mile range. The aircraft, one of which is on display at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, would play a key role...
Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress talks about her new album, ‘Good Person’
DENVER — In the liner notes for her new album, “Good Person,” Highlands Ranch, Colo., native Ingrid Andress ends a detailed, heartfelt list of thank-yous with a note to herself. “For going through a lot of heartache and adventure to get to this point and turning it into something beautiful,”...
Westmoreland happenings: Broom sale, bingos, car shows
Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can be emailed to Carol Pinto-Smith at cpinto-smith@triblive.com or mailed to Briefly Speaking, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084. Include a complete address and daytime phone number. Submissions are due at least two weeks before the event. Each announcement is printed once; there...
Letter to the editor: Jesus was not an American
Oh, Mary Ann Klingensmith (“We must return to ‘one nation under God’,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE). You seem to still cling to the notion that God, or Jesus, or someone, has chosen the United States to represent your view of a God and country forever united together against … the Democrats?...
Love Frank Lloyd Wright? Visit Pennsylvania for a house tour or 2
In 1935, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed what was to become his masterpiece, Fallingwater. Situated in the Laurel Highlands just south of Pittsburgh, it’s his most masterful melding of home and environment. It’s a bucket-list destination and, along with his other homes, a UNESCO World Heritage travel site. But...
Letter to the editor: Abortion is a private matter
I’ll gag if I read one more anti-abortion letter, naturally written by a male. Saying it’s up to the female to prevent her unwanted pregnancy is a true chauvinistic statement. Men have help for erectile dysfunction and Viagra to enhance their sexual desire. Yet many want women to defend themselves...
Letter to the editor: Carbon neutrality unattainable
Once again, President Biden has committed the United States to be carbon neutral by 2050. Consider the following before agreeing. The people of the United States travel approximately 1.9 trillion miles per year via gasoline-powered automobiles, consuming about 83 billion gallons of gasoline. To be carbon neutral, the climate alarmists...
Letter to the editor: Words of wisdom to guide our votes
It is my belief that in the Nov. 8 election if we as Americans use the words of these famous people to aid us in our choice of who to vote for, we will be on the road to healing. Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Ezra Stiles, president of...
The Stroller, Aug. 31, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dance planned for young adults with special needs A dance for young...
Letter to the editor: Eyes are finally opening on abortion
Mary Sanchez’s editorial “Every vote in America now about abortion” (Aug. 23, TribLIVE) gave me cause to celebrate. It’s about time! Before Roe v. Wade was recently overturned, and the question of the legality of abortion was returned to the states, the silence in the media about this subject was...
Fetterman says no to Oz offer to debate, calls list of ‘concessions’ insulting
John Fetterman isn’t about to debate opponent Mehmet Oz, saying the GOP candidate’s campaign thinks “it is funny to mock” his recovery from a stroke. “I’m eager to put my record and my values up against Dr. Oz’s any day of the week,” Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, said in a...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 30, 2022: Nick Gonzales drives in 4 runs for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 62-60) lost in walk-off fashion to Louisville (Reds), 7-6, in 10 innings. Indianapolis used a slew of RBI singles to score five runs in the top of the first. 1B Kevin Padlo (.424) went 1 for 5 and knocked in the first run. RF Bligh Madris (.289) was...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 30, 2022
High schools Football Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Nonconference Aliquippa at Armstrong, 7 p.m. Ambridge at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. Avonworth at Central Valley, 7 p.m. Avella at Bentworth, 7 p.m. Beaver at Beaver Falls, 7 p.m. Bethel Park at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. Blackhawk...
High school roundup for Aug. 30, 2022: Seneca Valley surges past Fox Chapel
Beaux Lizewski scored the tie-breaking goal with less than 12 minutes left to lead Seneca Valley to a 3-1 victory over Fox Chapel in Section 1-4A boys soccer Tuesday night. Ben Randall and Adam Conrad also scored for the Raiders (3-0, 1-0). George Tabor found the net for the Foxes...
Column: Big moments in PGA Tour season lost amid LIV GolfVideo
ATLANTA — Two weeks after Justin Thomas won the PGA Championship with a record-tying comeback and a defining shot in a playoff, Dustin Johnson led a pack of players over to LIV Golf. Two days after Tiger Woods strode across the Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews for what might be...
Clarence Page: ‘Quiet quitting,’ work and worth
Just as I was wondering whether various crises were coming too fast to allow our usual “silly season” of oddball late summer news, an appropriately weird-sounding social trend popped up on social networks and intriguingly struck a nerve. It’s called “quiet quitting.” Put simply, it refers to the act of...
The FBI had a file on the Monkees, and now Micky Dolenz is suing to find out why
The FBI kept a file on the Monkees, and now the beloved California pop band’s last surviving member wants to know why. On Tuesday, Micky Dolenz filed a lawsuit requesting that the FBI release all files and documents pertaining to the popular 1960s band. According to legal documents filed through...
More Republicans backing Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor
The ranks of Republicans rejecting State Sen. Doug Mastriano, their party’s nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, grew this week as a former national security Cabinet member and a former Trump administration lawyer endorsed the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Michael Chertoff, who served as secretary for the U.S....
Tony Ornato, Secret Service agent for Trump, retires after Jan. 6 scrutinyVideo
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Secret Service agent whose name figured prominently in testimony before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has retired from the agency. Tony Ornato retired Monday after 25 years with the Secret Service “in good standing,” a spokesman said. It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted...
Editorial: There’s still real work to do, Gov. Wolf
OK, Governor, it’s your turn. We recently took the Republican-controlled state Legislature to task for continuing to chew on Act 77 and its aftermath in recent elections like a pack of dogs with a particularly juicy bone. Several lawmakers have been in and out of court with challenges to the...

