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Supreme Court shuts down Trump bid to shield records from Jan. 6 investigation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has formally rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to block release of documents from his administration to the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, bringing a formal end to his executive privilege claims in connection with the records. The decision follows the court’s Jan. 19 order...
Apollo-Ridge boys basketball hopes rebuild is quick
Greg Fox figured it might go like this. The Apollo-Ridge boys basketball coach saw the writing of a bridge year on the wall after a successful 2020-21 season that included a trip to the WPIAL playoffs. “No one lost as much as we did as far as graduation,” said Fox,...
James Dillard: Does scaring people work when it comes to health messaging?
In the recent film “Don’t Look Up,” two astronomers learn that a comet is on track to collide with Earth and destroy human civilization. When they try to sound the alarm, all manner of obstacles get in their way. In the end, well, you’ll have to watch the movie to...
Letter to the editor: How can anyone justify abortion?
Abortion is the killing of innocent human beings. Forty-nine years and over 62 million innocent children simply discarded. How can anyone be so heartless and cruel? How can anyone justify such a heinous act? If you do not want the child, please don’t kill it. Give it up for adoption...
Week in pictures: Feb. 14-20
A selection of the best photos from Tribune-Review photographers from around the Pittsburgh region from the week of Feb. 14-20. Previous weeks Week in pictures: Feb. 7-13, 2022 Week in pictures: Dec. 6-12, 2021 Week in pictures: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2021 Week in pictures: Nov. 22-28, 2021 Week...
Letter to the editor: Bradshaw, not Roethlisberger, the greatest quarterback
I do not like when Ben Roethlisberger is portrayed as our greatest quarterback. Terry Bradshaw has been through more battles than Roethlisberger ever saw, and people keep forgetting he won four Super Bowls. Roethlisberger had great defenses the same as Bradshaw, but he survived before all of the rule changes....
Letter to the editor: Biased media a danger to our country
How do you explain the many extreme, conflicting viewpoints in the pro-Biden and anti-Biden letters in this paper? Are both sides getting the same set of “facts” from their media? For example, I believe that MSNBC and CNN and much of the mainstream media are in the back pocket of...
Student news for the Pine Creek area for the week of Feb. 22, 2022
Colleen Malone received a bachelor of science in nursing and Anya Oukaci received a master’s of information and library science with school library media from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Both graduated in December. Jamie Crouse, Cheyenne Rosenberg, Cole Clifton and Holly Dougherty were named to the Dean’s List at Clarion...
Sewickley area student news for the week of Feb. 22, 2022
Sewickley Academy students, junior soprano Avani Venkat and sophomore tenor Max Peluso, won finalists awards Feb. 12 in the annual international Butler University Vocal Competition for classically trained high schoolers in Indianapolis. Both traveled to the competition and performed live before judges and an audience, advancing to the finals round...
Chartiers Valley area student achievements for the week of Feb. 22, 2022
Allyson Palucis was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Alabama for the fall 2021 semester. Vincent Chow has earned a bachelor of science in computer engineering with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Armand Dellovade has earned a master of business administration in business leadership...
North Hills School District student, teacher accolades
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Nineteen works of art and writing created by 11 North Hills students were chosen to receive Scholastic Art and Writing Awards this year. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards honors students in grades seven through 12 in 28 categories of art and writing. Entries are...
South Hills student news for the week of Feb. 22, 2022
Dalton Randolph, Rachel Bohonek, Jake Monroe, Emma Kraus, Margaret Whittaker, Paige Crawley, Liam McCue and Anthony Tranquilli were named to the Dean’s List at Edinboro University for the fall 2021 semester. Rebecca Shimko and Jamie DiLeonardo, both students at Duquesne University, were initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa in December. Students...
Bethel Park student news for the week of Feb. 22, 2022
Sasha Henderson has been named to the Dean’s List at St. Lawrence University for the fall 2021 semester. Henderson is a member of the class of 2024 majoring in psychology and history. Christian Frazier has been accepted into Palmer College of Chiropractic for the winter 2022 semester at the Port...
Letter to the editor: Tired of Fauci’s tactics
Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s covid rule-maker, recently challenged Fox News as a source of covid misinformation. This time, Fauci’s ire was directed at Tucker Carlson and his frequent guest, Alex Berenson. Berenson is an investigative journalist who challenges the “vax everyone” mandates. He reports on vaccine effectiveness, questions the lack...
Police: Woman followed Aspinwall man from Rivers Casino, robbed him of winnings
A Forest Hills woman has been charged with assaulting and robbing a man of around $1,500 after following him from Rivers Casino to his Aspinwall home, according to Allegheny County Police. A 66-year-old man turned up at UPMC St. Margaret hospital around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday with face and head trauma,...
Libya’s embattled PM says replacing him could trigger war
CAIRO — Libya’s embattled prime minister is warning that the appointment of a new interim government could set off war and chaos in a Mediterranean country mired for a decade in turmoil. Addressing Libyans late Monday, Prime Minister Abdul Hamdi Dbeibah reiterated his insistence that he will hand over power...
Editorial: Contractors and government both need good communication
On the surface, it’s kind of funny. Construction equipment is what people use to dig things up. It’s not supposed to be the stuff that gets sucked down into the ground. And yet there they are — two bright yellow excavators sticking out of the muddy ground along the Allegheny...
Letter to the editor: Where’s proof of hospitals’ covid ‘subsidies’?
“Early on, state and federal subsidies were offered to hospitals throughout the nation for administering specific treatments and reimbursing hospitals for deaths classified with covid-19. These subsidies are poor incentives for achieving the mutual goal of minimizing suffering.” This is a quote from Garrett Ringler’s letter “End covid reimbursement policies”...
The Stroller, Feb. 22, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Support available...
Letter to the editor: Republicans taking us back to the past
In the past, I thought the Republican Party wanted to return to an idealized version of the 1950s and 1960s. Men were the breadwinners. A much lower number of women were employed outside the home. However, recently I have begun to realize that what the GOP really wants is to...
Kmart is down to its last 4 stores in the country
AVENEL, N.J. — On a busy stretch of Route 35 near Rahway, N.J., one of the nation’s last Kmart stores looks like a relic from the past. Its big red K is faded and cracked. Inside this most American of retail stores, popular for K Cafe luncheonettes and Bluelight Specials,...
High school roundup for Feb. 21, 2022: Laurel Highlands, other top seeds cruise in 5A 1st round
Rodney Gallagher scored 22 points and Keondre DeSheids followed with 21 to lead No. 1 Laurel Highlands to a 74-44 victory over Woodland Hills in a first-round game in the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs Monday night. Brandon Davis added 15 and Joe Chambers chipped in with 11 for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 21, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (22-0) bye; Baldwin (12-10) at North Allegheny (14-8), 7 p.m.; Hempfield (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7 p.m.; Penn-Trafford (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (15-7), 7 p.m.; Fox Chapel (21-1) bye; Bethel Park (16-6) at Pine-Richland...
Michigan coach Juwan Howard suspended 5 games for striking Wisconsin assistantVideo
As the Wolverines enter a brutal home stretch, they’ll be without their head coach for the rest of the regular season. The Big Ten, in collaboration with Michigan and Wisconsin, announced Monday that it has suspended Juwan Howard for the next five games for his role Sunday’s postgame altercation when...
Junior hockey league player gets lifetime ban after punching refereeVideo
A junior hockey league game between the South Shore Kings and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights has been trending for all the wrong reasons. And that’s because Paul Halloran, of the USPHL’s South Shore squad, decided to punch a referee, dropping him to the ice, during the first period of their recent game,...
