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A second man faces charges for the deadly 2013 shooting that killed an infant at a family picnic in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, court records show. Marcus White Jr., whose nickname Baby Marcus became a rallying cry against gun violence after his killing, was 15 months old when multiple people...

Publicize your club meetings, 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. Blue Star Memorial Marker to be dedicated in Lower Burrell Burrellton Garden Club will sponsor a dedication ceremony of the Blue Star...

Pennsylvania legislators have a strong sense of entitlement. The recent article “From frames to furniture to food, here’s how Pa. lawmakers spent millions of taxpayer dollars” (May 12, TribLIVE) shows how generously the state taxpayer supports the perquisites of legislators in running their offices. If that isn’t bad enough, legislators...

Pittsburgh hall-of-fame athletes Mario Lemieux and Jerome Bettis will serve as honorary chairmen of the 121st U.S. Amateur golf championship set for Aug. 9-15 at famed Oakmont Country Club and Longue Vue Club, the USGA announced. Lemieux and Bettis are members at Oakmont. “For the event to be held at...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-7) lost 3-1 to Omaha (Royals). RHP Chad Kuhl, out since April 18 with a shoulder injury, allowed one run on one hit, striking out four and walking two, in 3.1 innings in his second rehab start. 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes went 0 for 3 with a strikeout in...

Austin Lafferty homered and drove in two runs and Derek Kalafatis went 2 for 2 with two RBIs as No. 3 South Park took a 5-0 lead after three innings and rolled to an 8-2 WPIAL Class 3A baseball semifinal victory over No. 2 Avonworth on Tuesday afternoon. Winning pitcher...

Police in New Hampshire have issued an arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson on assault charges. Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, is wanted in Gilford, N.H., on suspicion of two counts of simple assault, the town’s Police Department said in a Facebook post. Cops said the 2019 incident involved...

High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results North Allegheny 10, Butler 0 Hempfield 12, Norwin 2 Finals North Allegheny (19-3) vs. Hempfield (15-7), TBA Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Franklin Regional 9, Peters Township 1 Bethel Park 1, West Allegheny 0 Finals Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. Bethel...

For the first time in 20 years, Riverview is headed for the WPIAL Class A baseball final. The Raiders jumped on Jefferson-Morgan for four runs in the top of the first inning and kept adding on, defeating the Rockets, 12-2, in five innings at Plum High School. Tyler Zellefrow and...

While some kids get excited for school to let out for summer, others worry. Children who live with food insecurity often rely on free meals at school to get by, and without school, organizations including the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank shift into high gear to create as many options...

May 25—The film adaptation of Stephen Karam’s Tony Award-winning play “The Humans” should hit our screens this year. The movie, which wrapped production in 2019, is set to come out in 2021, according to the Internet Movie Database, although an exact release date has not been announced. The story focuses...

Sunday, May 30, is the first of 2 Fish-for-Free Days in Pennsylvania this year. The second will be Sunday, July 4. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission annually designates a couple days during holiday weekends when anyone may legally fish in Pennsylvania without buying a fishing license or trout/salmon permit....

The road that links the Liberty Bridge to Grandview Avenue on Mt. Washington will be closed for two weeks in June for bridge work, Pittsburgh officials said. McArdle Roadway is set to close June 7 and reopen June 20 to allow for the routine work, which is being done by...

LOS ANGELES — It started with a 17-year-old from the Inland Empire planning a birthday bash in Huntington Beach. He sent the announcement on TikTok. And just like that, “Adrian’s kickback” ended up becoming a viral sensation, one that also became a serious problem for Huntington Beach police. Over the...

The 3rd Annual Hound Hike was held May 22 at Camp Guyasuta. The event was open to scouts and community members to bring their pup to camp for the day. Vendors were set up throughout camp for demos, samples and agility courses. The Hound Hike benefits local scouts in the...

DETROIT — A Detroit man who spent 48 years in prison for a fatal robbery pleaded no contest to second-degree murder Tuesday in an extraordinary compromise that settles his claim of innocence and allows him to go free. Ray Gray, 69, wasn’t exonerated during the video court hearing. But the...

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth and walked away bloodied after she was physically assaulted by a passenger Sunday morning, part of a disturbing uptick in traveler misconduct. “This past weekend, one of our Flight Attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss...

DALLAS — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth and walked away bloodied after she was physically assaulted by a passenger Sunday morning, part of a disturbing uptick in traveler misconduct. “This past weekend, one of our Flight Attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and...

Question: My husband sometimes gives our very defiant 7-year-old daughter “prizes” for doing what she is told. The other night, for example, Juliette didn’t like what I chose for her to wear the next day to school and threw a mega-tantrum. I didn’t give in, but the next morning, she...

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan 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. HARRISBURG — After refusing to release details about wasted coronavirus vaccine, citing a decades-old disease prevention law, the Wolf administration has...

WPIAL baseball playoffs preview Tuesday’s games Class 5A Semifinals 1-Franklin Regional (17-1) vs. 13-Peters Township (10-10) 4 p.m. at Latrobe Coaches: Bob Saddler, Franklin Regional; Rocky Plassio, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 2-Bethel Park (17-3)/3-West Allegheny (17-3) on June 1 or 2 in WPIAL championship at Wild Things Park,...

The parents of a 3-year-old Monroeville girl who was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother are facing criminal charges. Martaz Colvin, 29, and Brea Sanders, 27, turned themselves in Tuesday just before noon at the Pittsburgh Municipal Court building. Investigators said that, at the time of the shooting,...

Memorial Day weekend traditionally has been Conneaut Lake Park’s opening, but the new ownership is now targeting the July 4 weekend instead with one of its nostalgic rides gone. A bigger blow to summer nostalgia than the delayed start date, the Tumble Bug — one of the park’s iconic rides...

As he closed in on his 5,000th game umpiring in the major leagues four years ago, I asked Joe West if he planned to hang around long enough to break Bill Klem’s all-time record. “That’s a few years down the road,” West said, dodging the question. So how long can...