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Why analysts say password sharing is now a bigger problem for Netflix, other streamers
LOS ANGELES — The website promised some tantalizing deals. One seller offered 10 days access to Netflix in Ultra HD for just $1 — substantially below the regular cost of $19.99 a month for a Netflix premium account. Another seller pitched access to HBO Max, home of critically acclaimed shows...
Fan-favorite Mexican pizza is returning to the Taco Bell menu
Taco Bell pulled Mexican pizza from its menu in 2020. Now, the fan-favorite item is returning, due in part to a petition on change.org. Fan Krish Jagirdar spearheaded a change.org petition that received more than 171,000 signatures. “Like many Indian-Americans who grew up vegetarian, we had limited access to the...
Find out and fix what Big Data says about you
I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number — a database that reports every paycheck I’ve received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going back to my hire date six years ago. Another consumer...
Happenings for week of April 18, 2022
Hampton Community Library programs Hampton Community Library will continue its children’s programming mask policy: Tuesdays masks are required, and on Thursdays masks are optional. It’s a Wonderful World Drop-in Storytime is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 19, featuring stories and songs, “investigate and create,” parachute play...
In brief: Sewickley resident receives ACE award, rummage sale and more
Sewickley resident receives ACE Award Peter F. Schlicht, a financial advisor and vice president with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC in Sewickley, has earned the 2021 Ameriprise Client Experience Award. Award recipients earned an overall client satisfaction rating equal to or greater than 4.9 out of 5.0 and maintained stellar business...
What’s happening: Week of April 18, 2022
Y’s Healthy Kids Day scheduled YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh’s Healthy Kids Day will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30 at locations including the Sampson Family YMCA, 2200 Golden Mile Highway, Plum. The event features activities such as swim lessons, paint by numbers and relays to motivate and teach...
In brief: Penn Hills Musical Alumni Night, Freemasonry history program
Musical Alumni Night Started by Class of 2003 musical theater students Heather Lubay Broderick, Joe Nickel, Nicolette Chilton-Spudic, Lacy Brooks, and Tiffany Murdy Sozynski, Penn Hills Musical Alumni have come together since 2018 to celebrate and enjoy a long-standing Penn Hills tradition of the spring musical. In 2019, they added...
Letter to the editor: More mental health facilities needed in Westmoreland
Westmoreland County needs additional mental health resources, especially for those in immediate crises. Pathways, a former Excela program, helped people with mental issues avoid hospitalization. Reinstituting this program would deliver services directly to people in need and avoid costly hospitalizations. A return to Pathways would give people appropriate levels of...
Sean Clifford, Penn State offense hopes to reap benefits of 2nd year under Mike Yurcich
STATE COLLEGE — Sean Clifford’s revolving door of offensive coordinators at Penn State has been well-documented. In his first three years as a starting quarterback, he had three different voices in his ear, from Ricky Rahne in 2019 to Kirk Ciarrocca in 2020 to Mike Yurcich in 2021. This spring,...
Editorial: Common problems, common sense solution
Hear that kids are being locked out of the school bathrooms, and it can bring up questions. It’s an issue that is happening at Kiski Area High School. Is this allowed? The number of bathrooms in a building are not just randomly assigned. They are prescribed by building codes and...
Witnesses detail chaos of shooting that killed 2 teens on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Less than an hour into Easter Sunday, nearly 100 gunshots sent hundreds of young people — many of them teenagers — running into the streets on Pittsburgh’s North Side. At least 50 shots were fired inside a three-story home on Madison Avenue at Suismon Street, authorities said, and just as...
Letter to the editor: Democrats and racism
Critical race theory in our public schools has raised a lot of controversy. I Googled some interesting facts of U.S. history that relate to theories of racism in the U.S. but are probably overlooked by the Democratic teachers union. 1. President Abraham Lincoln formulated the Republican Party to end slavery....
The Stroller, April 18, 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. Please include a daytime telephone number. St. Joseph HS to honor alumni St. Joseph High School, Natrona Heights, Harrison, will honor several alumni with Spirit of St....
Letter to the editor: The good ol’ days of January 2021
Ah, the good ol’ days. January 2021: Gasoline averaged $2.67 a gallon in the East and $3.70 a gallon in the West. Household electricity was 13.09 cents per kilowatt hour. Eggs cost $1.67 a dozen. Yep, January 2021. Think everything costs more? Guess what? Even President Biden’s U.S. Bureau of...
O’Hara’s Pilarski named Student of the Month at Thiel
Pilarski named a student of the month at Thiel Sydnee Pilarski of O’Hara Township has been named a Student of the Month for March at Thiel College. The Student of the Month honor is awarded to seniors. It is among the most prestigious student awards at Thiel College with only...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 18
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 18....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 18
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 18....
Pirates farm report for April 17, 2022: Luke Brown’s grand slam sparks Bradenton’s blowout win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-5) lost 5-1 to St. Paul (Twins). SS Oneil Cruz (.219) was 0 for 4 but knocked in the lone run for the Indians. DH Travis Swaggerty (.194), Crus, 3B Rodolfo Castro (.333) and 1B Mason Martin (.359) combined to go 0 for 14 at the top of...
High school sports schedules for April 18, 2022
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 Bethel Park at Peters Township, 7 p.m. Class 4A Section 3 West Mifflin at Elizabeth Forward, 4 p.m. Class 3A Section 1 Hopewell at Ellwood City, 4:30 p.m. Class 2A Section 2 Aliquippa at Shenango, 4 p.m. Riverside at Summit...
What are Penn State’s areas of concern as spring season winds down?Video
One week to go. Penn State’s spring season concludes with Saturday afternoon’s Blue-White game at Beaver Stadium. James Franklin’s Nittany Lions, coming off a disappointing 2021 that saw them drop six of their final eight games, are replacing talented players at wideout, left tackle, linebacker, cornerback, safety and even at...
Pa. Department of Agriculture confirms state’s 1st case of avian flu in domestic poultry in Lancaster County
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Saturday confirmed the state’s first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in domestic poultry, saying it was found in a flock of commercial layer chickens on a Lancaster County poultry farm. The state said there is no risk to the human population —...
Ever Forward ship freed from Chesapeake Bay after being stuck for more than a monthVideo
BALTIMORE — At long last, the Ever Forward is free. After weeks of tugging, pulling, digging and dumping, the 1,095-foot cargo ship was pried from the muddy clutches of the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday morning. Two pulling barges and five mighty tug boats maneuvered the massive ship backward and sideways...
1 arrested in South Carolina mall shooting; police looking for more suspectsVideo
COLUMBIA, S.C. — One person has been arrested following shooting at a mall here on Saturday, and at least two others could face charges, the Columbia Police Department said. Jewayne M. Price, 22, was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, police said in a news release. The man, who...
Letter to the editor: Argument against democracy
I’m not certain whether Winston Churchill actually said the below quote, but after reading the following gibberish written to this newspaper: “Biden worst president ever” (April 8, TribLIVE), “A plan to track immigrants, politicians” (April 8, TribLIVE), “Let Ukraine, Russia duke it out” (April 7, TribLIVE), “Biden a better car...
Letter to the editor: Our children should learn about the world
Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel “Persepolis” shows her life as a young girl in 1970s Iran in a clear light that should show life far outside our comfortable American cocoon. Why is anybody afraid for our children to learn about the world? Bad things happen, and courageous young people like Marjane...
