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Add Spork to the list of Pittsburgh restaurants requiring proof of vaccination for diners. Beginning Tuesday, the Bloomfield restaurant on Penn Avenue will begin enforcing the dining policy. Sean Enright, Spork general manager, said Friday that he and the staff are joining other restaurants in solidarity with the requirements. “In...

Twelve months ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was admired and seen as a future president. Some Democrats were wishing that Cuomo was the one limbering up for the fight with then-President Donald Trump. Had the Democrats made an error by not skipping a generation to choose Cuomo? Today, New...

United Airlines will require all of its U.S.-based employees get the covid-19 vaccine by this fall. Earlier this year, United CEO Scott Kirby said he wanted to make the vaccine mandatory as long as the Chicago-based airline wasn’t the only company to do so. Now, with covid-19 cases rising, United...

CHICAGO — Alison Goodwin was eager to attend Lollapalooza, excited for both the live music lineup and the strict pandemic protocols that she had assumed would keep the event safe for her and her wife, who traveled here from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yet she became increasingly worried during the four-day festival,...

If you stuck around after the credits of James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” sequel (reboot?) you know there were not one but two post-credits scenes teasing the resurrections of two fallen members of the squad. First, following his untimely drowning in the opening scene of the film, Weasel is seen...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A staffer who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her has filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday. The unnamed assistant, whose claims were detailed and corroborated in a bombshell report from Attorney General Letitia James, alleges that the...

For the first time in 586 days Thursday, Micah Parsons strapped on his helmet and took the field for live football action. The Harrisburg native hadn’t played in a game since he earned MVP honors in Penn State’s win over Memphis in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 28, 2019. In...

It’s no surprise that GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, will close a manufacturing facility in Carlisle. Last February, the company said it would transfer operations at the plant site off Allen Road would transfer to Puerto Rico. At the time, the company said the decision would impact...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical depression appears likely to form in the next few days off Africa and drift west across the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said Friday morning. The patch of stormy weather has been given a 60% chance of forming a tropical cyclone, a rotating storm...

On July 30, 2020, Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine visited the Millersville location of Lancaster EMS to laud the response of the Commonwealth’s EMS providers during the covid-19 pandemic. “During the pandemic, our emergency responders have become more important than ever,” Gov. Wolf said. “They have...

I am hoping folks will begin attending the Gateway School Board meetings starting on Aug. 10 and Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. Check with, or call, the administration office for the location, which can change. Did any of you get a tax bill recently with an increase? Our kids in...

Obviously, the Democrats and Dr. Anthony Fauci don’t mind spreading diseases during a pandemic by allowing illegal immigration. They are shipping migrants by bus, trains and airplanes all over our country and then have the nerve to consider mandating that vaccinated people wear masks again. What is wrong with this...

Letter-writer Dave Majernik (“Beware of mail-in ballots”) fails to point out that the large mail-in ballot response was most likely because of the global pandemic. People of all political parties, or no party, may have been reluctant, as I was, to vote in person because of that. People aren’t “too...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free concert scheduled Sunday at Christ the King Church The Kiski Valley Community Band will perform a free concert at 1:30...

I think it is time all Americans, especially President Biden’s Cabinet and Congress, realize that our president has some aging health problems. It almost appears to me he is a shell of a man, and he is being used. Certainly we have many intelligent people around the president. The world...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 38-42) used four pitchers to throw a six-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over Iowa (Cubs). CF Anthony Alford (.293) went 1 for 4 and hit a two-run home run, his 12th, in the sixth inning. 3B Michael Chavis (.275) went 1 for 3 with a double and...

Authorities are investigating an accident at the intersection of Durabond Lane and Old William Penn Highway in Export that sent a bicyclist to a local trauma center Thursday evening. According to Westmoreland County Emergency Management, a driver struck the cyclist at approximately 6:53 p.m. Thursday. The Export Volunteer Fire Department,...

Laurel: To a sweet birthday. While the cake is usually the centerpiece of most kids’ birthday parties, we feel confident saying that ice cream will always play a role in Emmett Hendrickson’s special day The newborn Butler Township boy came into the world on July 30 after a stop at...

Allegheny County administrators have approved two no-bid contracts totaling more than $400,000 to provide militaristic training, weaponry and other equipment for the jail’s emergency response team. The contracts, recommended by Warden Orlando Harper, come at the same time that the administration is seeking public bids for “rethinking the Allegheny County...

An 18-year-old Erie man has died after rescue crews pulled him from Presque Isle Bay on Wednesday night. The man, whose name was not released as of Thursday afternoon, was pronounced dead at UPMC Hamot on Wednesday at 9:55 p.m., about 30 minutes after Erie Bureau of Fire divers pulled...

Variety is reporting that Sony Pictures Television is in negotiations for a permanent host of the game show “Jeopardy!” to replace the late Alex Trebek. The front-runner appears to be executive producer Mike Richards who served as a guest host, according to Variety. The show’s slate of guest hosts expires...

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry is a major methane emitter. More than 5½ years ago, Gov. Tom Wolf promised regulations to reduce methane emissions from existing oil and gas industry operations. It’s time to finalize these regulations. Methane reduction is critical in addressing...

Freeport Council has authorized its engineer to apply for grants to finance the estimated $15 million Freeport sewage plant construction project. On Monday, council unanimously gave the green light for project engineer Kevin Creagh of KLH Engineers to start applying for as many grants as possible. Creagh told council he...

State police at Newport said a woman was killed after three dogs, for which she was caring, attacked her for unknown reasons in late July. Police reported Thursday morning that Rhoda Marie Wagner, 60, of Newport was found dead in the first block of Henry Road in Miller Township on...