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The Kid Mero and Desus Nice go separate ways, taking out Showtime’s ‘Desus & Mero’
The late-night talk show “Desus & Mero” will not return for a fifth season at Showtime as hosts Desus Nice and the Kid Mero look to pursue separate creative endeavors, a spokesperson for the network told the L.A. Times on Monday. “Desus Nice and The Kid Mero have made a...
On The Fringe: Major disappointments belong to more than McIlroyVideo
The trouble with winning so much so early is that the losing can feel worse than it really is. The British Open stung Rory McIlroy, even if he said it wasn’t life or death. It might have hurt even more than his 80 in the final round of the 2011...
Try peanut butter cookie bars, vegan style
During the Original Pittsburgh Vegan Expo and Festival, representatives of Monroeville Public Library were present to support the event and distribute the recipe for a vegan dessert. So if you enjoy baking, you may want to give a plant-based version of peanut butter cookie bars a try: Ingredients½ cup plus...
Memorial Park Church schedules McCandless blood drive
Memorial Park Church is teaming up with Vitalant to host a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. on Monday, July 25. The blood drive will be hosted in the Clayton Center on the main campus at 8800 Peebles Road in McCandless. Child care will be provided for parents who want to...
Find out what’s in the new Pa. budget during this virtual forum
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. A week after their June 30 deadline, Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a new state budget. The $45 billion spending plan, which was...
Doug Mastriano campaign blames ‘default Facebook setting’ for deleted videos
PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor, is sounding the “fake news” alarm over a Monday article about his disappearing Facebook videos, claiming that they were removed due to a “default Facebook setting” that automatically deleted the videos after 30 days. His campaign did not address why the...
Q&A: Meet Brent Faiyaz, R&B’s antihero: ‘It’s not human to be constantly writing love songs’
This summer, billboards in major cities across the country displayed the following cryptic phrase: “I would like to apologize in advance for the person I’m gonna become once this album drops.” The billboards belonged to 26-year-old singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz; the album in question was “Wasteland,” a cautionary, R&B-trap opera deriding...
Pittsburghers celebrate city’s name with ‘H Day’
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018. It’s just one little letter, but it makes all the difference. We might not think much about the “h” on the end of Pittsburgh now, but back in the late 1800s and early 1900s it was removed by the federal government...
Sen. Ryan Aument: We have the number for real growth, so let’s put it on speed-dial
A vibrant economy is sometimes just a matter of the right number, and for Pennsylvania the right number has never been 9.99%. That’s the mind numbingly high rate our commonwealth levied on corporate net income (CNI), a rate that arguably has scared off out-of-state investors and prevented us from replacing...
A-K Valley baseball standouts get taste of college game with Butler Blue Sox
The Butler Blue Sox field one of the youngest teams in the Tri-State Summer Collegiate League at Pullman Park. Despite their youth, the Blue Sox are picking up steam and swinging hot sticks as the season progresses. Valley News Dispatch Baseball Player of the Year Justin Brannagan, who graduated from...
Inside the ‘crazy’ plan to boost track and field’s popularity before the 2028 Olympics
With a gold-medal stride and an image gracing Nike marketing campaigns, Sanya Richards-Ross was one of the United States’ most successful track and field stars during her decade-plus career — a stature she sustained, every year, by leaving the United States. The strongest competition, attention and most lucrative paydays each...
Letter to the editor: What about male responsibility?
When a female becomes pregnant, it was a male who caused the condition. Is there no shared responsibility? Lynne Henry Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Parents have right to decide what children see
Parents have the right to direct their child’s education. With that right comes the responsibility to oversee what their children are exposed to, especially when it comes to deeply personal topics like sex and sexuality. Unfortunately, it seems Sen. Lindsey Williams thinks she knows better than parents. Recently, she voted...
Letter to the editor: Why Mastriano is feared
As an older citizen, I have long been following Pennsylvania political news. Yet I recognized only two names of the nine Republicans, the majority from southeast Pennsylvania, listed as endorsing Josh Shapiro in the article “Democrat Josh Shapiro picks up Republican endorsements in race for governor” (July 6, TribLIVE). Shapiro...
Editorial: Westmoreland County handles elections office like an afterthought
Westmoreland County commissioners have come to a decision about who will run the elections bureau, and it seems to be a decision they could have made official a long time ago. Greg McCloskey will continue to serve double duty as he has done since taking on the responsibility of the...
Letter to the editor: Worst president ever?
Has the country ever had a worse president and administration? After only 18 months, President Biden and his socialist cabinet have clearly shown themselves to be at war against America. Forcing outrageous inflation on the country through restrictions on American fossil-fuel supplies and investments with no alternative workable energy system...
The Stroller, July 19, 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. Tickets on sale for 80s Beach Bash An 80s Beach Bash will...
Officials identify man killed in McKees Rocks shooting — the second shooting within hours
The man who was killed early Tuesday morning in a McKees Rocks shooting has been identified. Keith Wicks, 39, from McKees Rocks, died at around 6 a.m. in a hospital after he was shot at 2 a.m. on Island Avenue, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities said...
Letter to the editor: Fracking should be kept away from county parks
The Allegheny County executive’s veto of Bill 12162-22 must be overturned. Contact your Allegheny County Council representative today. The eighth edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking was released in May by Concerned Health Professionals of New York (a project of...
Skittles ‘unfit for human consumption,’ California lawsuit claims
Skittles, the colorful, fruit-flavored candy, are coming under fire after a lawsuit filed in Northern California says people are tasting more than the rainbow. Although most people can identify Skittles flavors like lemon, strawberry and orange, few can probably name titanium dioxide, a coloring additive that helps give the candies...
Woman testifies about deadly Penn Hills home invasion
A Penn Hills woman who was terrorized for hours during a 2018 home invasion described to a jury on Monday finding her fiance partially nude and hogtied after she was able to free herself from being bound by zip ties. Monica McWilson said she had been sleeping in the couple’s...
How weird could things get if Twitter settles with Elon Musk?
As Elon Musk’s imbroglio with Twitter moves from the boardroom to the courtroom, one might expect that, under the watchful eye of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, things will take on a more predictable trajectory than they have so far. In theory, the lawsuit that the social media platform launched Tuesday...
Strategy to recruit, retain teachers in Pa. introduced by Wolf administration
Out of Gov. Tom Wolf’s commitment to leaving the state’s education system in better shape than he found it comes a three-year strategy to recruit and retain more educators to work in Pennsylvania’s classrooms, according to Acting Education Secretary Eric Hagarty. Hagarty said filling vacancies at schools is the most...
Man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2020 Mt. Washington shooting
A Pittsburgh man will spend three to eight years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter for a shooting outside a bar in Mt. Washington. Damian Schott, 26, of Mt. Washington, admitted to shooting and killing Edgard Fumbula, 22, outside of Satalio’s Bar just after midnight on...
John Dorfman: Foot Locker and CVS look good on price-to-sales
Stock-market bargain hunters are a little like baseball scouts, trying to find talent that other teams have overlooked. A scout might find a pitcher who is wild (walks a lot of batters) but has a thunderbolt of a fastball. An investor might find a stock with a low price relative...
