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Twelve staff members at Westmoreland Manor, the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield, recently tested positive for coronavirus, the facility announced Thursday. Since Sept. 19, the number of residents testing positive stands at 152; the number of staff with positive test results has reached 60, according to Assistant Administrator Abby Testa....

NEW YORK — The U.S. government put forth a last-ditch attempt to derail a defamation lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump by a New York advice columnist who claims he raped her two decades go. The Justice Department is fighting to replace Trump as the defendant in the suit brought...

A lawyer who was dropped from President Donald Trump’s legal team filed typo-strewn lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia alleging massive election fraud. Sidney Powell, who has pushed some of the most extreme conspiracy theories around the election of Joe Biden, filed the lawsuits late Wednesday, according to a post on...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, expects a role in the incoming administration and would serve in a senior position if called upon by President-elect Joe Biden. In an interview with McClatchy, Fauci said he assumes he will stay in his job as director of...

AstraZeneca Plc. is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its covid-19 vaccine, according to the company’s chief executive officer, after current studies raised questions over its level of protection. The new trial would be run instead of adding an arm to an ongoing U.S....

Travelers screened at U.S. airports on Thanksgiving Eve were the highest since coronavirus shutdowns began in mid-March, as many Americans bucked warnings by health officials. More than 1.07 million people went through airport screening on Wednesday, according to data from the Transportation Security Administration. That’s still only about 40% of...

Beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek offered an uplifting vision for the future of the world in a video he taped shortly before his death to be aired as part of the game show’s Thanksgiving episode. “You know, in spite of what America and the rest of the world is experiencing...

The Allegheny County Jail inmate who died Thursday is a 63-year-old man from the Natrona Heights neighborhood of Harrison, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said. Daniel Pastorek, 63, was found unresponsive in his cell, Warden Orlando Harper said. A corrections officer and medical staff tended to Pastorek until paramedics...

WASHINGTON — Few of his parishioners were surprised when Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory took on President Donald Trump. Gregory isn’t known to speak out often about issues specifically facing Black Americans. But when he does, it is unambiguous and forceful — in words unusually strong for a man of...

Laurel: To putting the “give” in Thanksgiving. It’s hard enough to nail the “thanks” part. There are different ways to do that, though. Some find the gratitude in the grace they say before dinner. Others do it by giving to others, whether in money or food or time. Plenty of...

Hunters killed 78 black bears on Tuesday, the final day of the 2020 firearms hunting season for bear, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. That bumped the total harvest for the four-day season to 1,155 — a relatively low number for the firearms season — and to 3,135 for all...

If you want to see real professional athletes, watch the National Hockey League. David W. Thomas Gilpin...

Sex offender Bonnie Rohn got a break when she was sentenced last year to Northampton County Prison rather than state prison, according to prosecutors. But after violating parole by getting kicked out of sex offender treatment, the 37-year-old Hellertown woman is now headed to state prison. Northampton County Judge Anthony...

While we all had a good social media-inspired laugh at the scrawny 45-foot-tall Norway spruce holiday tree being erected at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the 18-foot Oregon fraser fir to grace the first family’s White House, your readers may spare a thought for the...

Two generations of my family have worked the polls in Westmoreland County, with 307 precincts, and Harris County, Texas, with 803 precincts. My mother has been working the polls for 25 years, and my brother worked the polls in Texas for the first time. I have not worked the polls...

I enjoyed columnist Tom Purcell’s positive spin on a year that appears to most other people as dreadful (“Covid-19 obscures so many ways 2020 is best year ever,” Nov. 16, TribLIVE). It is true, in some respects, that 2020 is the “best year ever” when compared to the quality of...

The reluctance to get tough with covid-19 is why positive cases are rising. We are all covid-19 fatigued. Most people weren’t ready to endure the restrictions early on, thinking maybe two weeks, two months, would be good enough. We should have accepted this together from the start and hung in...

I was just a kid in 1966 when “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” aired on television for the first time. I’ve been watching it, along with “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” every year since. I am now 65. I’ve enjoyed these wonderful shows with my kids and was hoping to...

A heartfelt thank you to all our loyal readers. Happy Thanksgiving! – Carol Pinto-Smith Westmoreland County Marines to supply Christmas groceries Westmoreland County Marines will provide Christmas groceries to local veterans’ families in need. To apply, veterans must provide proper identification and proof of military service such as a VA...

’Tis the gift to be simple. ’Tis the gift to be free We often think of Thanksgiving in terms of the visuals. A Norman Rockwell kind of festivity with packed tables of loved ones and browned turkeys the size of laundry baskets. Everyone is dressed in their holiday best and...

Tom Yankello has been in the corner of four world champions, two world title contenders and 16 amateur world titleholders. These numbers measure his success as an elite boxing trainer. Nonetheless, the gaudy figures he generates on the internet might be a harbinger of hope for the sport’s future. Yankello...

The West Virginia men’s basketball team will get an early-season test against the nation’s No. 1 team. The No. 15-ranked Mountaineers will play top-ranked Gonzaga in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 2 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The game will tip at 7 p.m., followed by Baylor...

WILKES-BARRE — Asymptomatic testing will now be available for individuals 13 and older at existing Rite Aid testing sites, the company announced Tuesday. To continue to provide its customers with an essential service during the pandemic, Rite Aid is updating its covid-19 testing program through its partnership with the U.S....

Last week: 1-0 Season: 72-22 (76.6 %) Jeannette has a lot of traditions. Winning football games is one. Starting basketball late is another. The Birdie has been around the Jayhawks long enough to know the sneakers do not start squeaking at Jeannette until late November, sometimes later, because of long...