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Greg Fulton: July Fourth and the American dream
We celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day because that is the date credited for when the Declaration of Independence was signed. The signing of the Declaration also represented the beginning of an experiment that the world had not witnessed before. It was the initial step in the creation...
Photo gallery: Anthrocon Day 2 in Pittsburgh
The 2022 Anthrocon Convention continued Friday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. “A fursuit is not a costume,” said Sam Conway, of North Carolina who is chairman and CEO of Anthrocon. “It’s wearable art. It’s how that person brings that character to life through an image....
Jim Souhan: What needs to happen now that USC, UCLA have blown up Big Ten?
MINNEAPOLIS — With the imminent arrival of USC and UCLA, the Big Ten’s overdue name change has become obvious. Welcome, West Coasters, to The Big Tent. When Kevin Warren left the Minnesota Vikings to become commissioner of the Big Ten three years ago, I predicted he could use the job...
UPMC to close Somerset hospice facility; care shifting to homes, hospital
SOMERSET — Hospice care inside Somerset’s In Touch Hospice House will end this summer, driven by changing industry trends, UPMC officials said. With more patients able to receive end-of-life care at home, demand for the North Center Avenue location’s 10-bed unit has decreased in recent years, a UPMC spokesperson said...
Viewpoint 2: On Independence Day, we could do better
Independence Day is recognized across America as the day to celebrate freedom. As the popular song says, “I’m proud to be an American/Where at least I know I’m free.” Yet many people don’t feel terribly free. Some think the traditional American way of life is under attack. Others think that...
Viewpoint 1: Our freedoms are under attack
Recent headlines, from the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings to the Supreme Court rolling back the right to reproductive health care, profoundly implicate the freedom that many will celebrate this Independence Day. Opponents of democracy — a system that works best when it empowers people to have an equal say in...
Ibram X. Kendi on preparing children for the realities of racism
LOS ANGELES — Ibram X. Kendi has spent years studying racism’s history, and he is intimately familiar with its violence, horrors and brutalities. So when he became a father six years ago, the thought of exposing his daughter to the legacy and realities of racism deeply troubled him. The issue...
Letter to the editor: Pro-life, then pro-strife
Hey lady, you gotta have that baby And sister, we don’t mean maybe. But when that bundle hits the floor, with a bawl and a shout You’ll find we’re pro-life while it’s inside, and pro-strife once it’s out. We packed the court, you can’t defeat us Oh, how we love...
How the Doobie Brothers survived ’50-ish’ years to finally get their due
LOS ANGELES — When it finally happened last summer, the Doobie Brothers’ long-anticipated reunion with Michael McDonald took just more than a week to run into trouble. Nine days after they kicked off a tour marking the California group’s 50th anniversary — a year late due to a pandemic-forced delay...
Letter to the editor: Republicans not pro-death
I was dumbfounded after reading Harold Franklin Weaver’s letter “GOP not pro-life” (June 22, TribLIVE). His nonsensical rant attempted to label the GOP as hypocrites, but, really, paying “lip service to the fact that the Supreme Court is about to begin the process of dismantling Roe v. Wade”? He is...
Editorial: Why can’t Pennsylvania pass a budget on time?
The legislative process in Pennsylvania can take awhile. Government, after all, is not just about getting two parties to work together. It’s not even about the governor and the Legislature rowing the boat in the same direction. There is also the challenge of focusing 253 lawmakers on the task at...
The Stroller, July 2, 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. Free lunch programs continue in the A-K Valley There are several free...
Letter to the editor: Timing everything for trail extension in Export
I appreciated the editorial “Businesses and trails should be partners, not rivals” (June 15, TribLIVE). As a business owner and member of the Export Business Group, I see daily the value of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail as a recreational asset and as an opportunity to connect new customers to the...
North Allegheny student news
The Monica Chibuogu Nneji Foundation has awarded North Allegheny Senior High School graduate Tejas Prasanna a $500 scholarship. She plans to study biology at University of Pittsburgh. The MCNF College Scholarship program is designed to support students pursuing higher education in health care fields such as nursing, medicine, occupational therapy,...
Pirates farm report for July 1, 2022: Yoshi Tsutsugo homers, but Indy gets blown out
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 37-37) fell 13-4 to Nashville (Brewers). DH Yoshi Tsutsugo (.412) smacked a two-run home run. 2B Kevin Newman (.353) was 3 for 5 with an RBI. Both were on rehab outings. 3B Taylor Davis (.264) was 1 for 1 with two walks and an RBI. LF Travis Swaggerty...
Riverhounds shut out New York Red Bulls II, snap 6-game winless drought
Russell Cicerone scored twice, and Alex Dixon added a goal as Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC earned a 3-0 victory over New York Red Bulls II on Friday night at MSU Soccer Park in Montclair, N.J. It was Dixon’s 48th career goal in the USL Championship and helped the Hounds snap a...
Photo gallery: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Music, arts, historical reenactments and more were on display Friday at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival....
Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Doctors explain how it works
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday and Missouri’s trigger ban outlawed nearly all abortion in the state, interest in vasectomies has been on the rise around Kansas City. Since the ruling dropped on Friday, The Kansas City Urology Care, which has about a dozen...
Inflation to blame for Hershey candy price hikes
Get ready to pay more for Hershey bars and other candies. The Hershey Company is raising prices to battle rising inflation and supply chain issues, according to analysts. Goldman Sachs analyst Jason English told Yahoo Money that Hershey has enacted “broad-based” price increases across its candy portfolio that “collectively amount...
Gary Franks: Republicans believe in God; Democrats, not so much
The Supreme Court has had to deal with three issues that seem to bring God back into the conversation. In all three, the inclusion of religious sentiment has prevailed. And I applaud the decisions. The three decisions affect prayer, school choice and abortion. On religion, America is changing. Until 2013,...
Testimony begins in question of lease termination for Pittsburgh airport concessions operatorVideo
An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge on Friday heard the first part of testimony over whether the company contracted to oversee concessions at Pittsburgh International Airport can continue with its work. Fraport Pittsburgh, which is contracted through 2029 with the Allegheny County Airport Authority to oversee its retail, and food...
Jan. 6 committee eyes pal of Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows who pressured Cassidy Hutchinson
The Jan. 6 committee apparently suspects that the Trump loyalist who sought to pressure witness Cassidy Hutchinson into keeping quiet was not only acting as an intermediary for White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The panel reportedly wants to interview the unnamed “associate” of Meadows as a “fact witness”...
Rob Altenburg: Supreme Court hurts EPA’s ability to fight pollution
The Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia vs. EPA is a major setback and hobbles the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate the pollution that causes climate change, but it doesn’t stop Pennsylvania from taking necessary steps here at home. The court’s ruling may have far-reaching consequences...
Ferrante loses appeal in 2013 poisoning death of his wife
A former University of Pittsburgh neuroresearcher convicted of poisoning his wife with cyanide lost his appeal in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on Thursday. Robert Ferrante, 73, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without parole at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, was found guilty of first-degree...
Cause of death for revealed for Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson died from “the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine,” according to a report in the Baltimore Sun. The Sun said the announcement came from a spokesman with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner there. Ferguson, 26, was found dead in his north Baltimore home...
