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Letter to the editor: Is Biden up to the task?
The hotly disputed 2020 presidential election, resulting in the ascendancy of Joe Biden into the Oval Office, has proven to be a Rorschach test of various optimisms to many outside observers. At least, that is what seems to be the theme of the many quoted in Deb Erdley’s Page 1...
Letter to the editor: Vaccine registry would help with rollout
As a health care provider and daughter to a Pennsylvania senior, I believe we both have met the criteria for Phase 1A of the covid-19 vaccine rollout in the state. It has been frustrating and time consuming as well as disturbing that the flow of vaccine administration has been less...
The Stroller, Feb. 18, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Several food and clothing distributions are planned Saturday in the Alle-Kiski Valley: Free Pot Love luncheon planned Saturday Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 87, North Hills 60 Seneca Valley 71, North Allegheny 70 Class 5A Section 1 Thomas Jefferson 67, Connellsville 19 Ringgold 65, West Mifflin 49 Section 2 New Castle 55, South Fayette 39 Section 3 Latrobe 56, Franklin Regional...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2021: Shady Side Academy shocks No. 1 South Allegheny
Thompson Lau scored 20 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with eight seconds left, as Shady Side Academy stunned No. 1 South Allegheny and moved into first place in Section 3-3A with a 68-61 boys basketball victory Wednesday night. Alex Kramer added 15 points and Ethan Salvia and Eli Teslovich had...
Letter: Teachers impact education more than buildings
I was privileged to attend a private Quaker school in the 1960s and 1970s. While it was a private school, it had a very small endowment, resources were scarce and budgets tight. While the walls may have been crumbling and gyms doubled as auditoriums, what I remember most were the...
Padres lock up Fernando Tatis Jr. to record 14-year, $340M contractVideo
SAN DIEGO — The Padres hope to never have to see Fernando Tatis Jr. play a game in another uniform. The team and its star shortstop took a giant step toward that aim Wednesday by agreeing to terms on a 14-year contract, according to multiple sources. The deal is worth...
Emerging tennis star from Pennsylvania advances to Australian Open women’s quarterfinalsVideo
An emerging tennis star from central Pennsylvania is just three wins away from her first Grand Slam championship. Jennifer Brady advanced to the Australian Open women’s singles quarterfinals on Monday. The 22nd-seed, who played college tennis at UCLA, earned a 6-1, 7-5 victory over No. 28 Donna Vekic of Croatia...
Ex-NFL WR Vincent Jackson suffered from chronic alcoholism
TAMPA, Fla. — Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Vincent Jackson suffered from chronic alcoholism and other health issues, according to autopsy reports, prior to being found dead in a Brandon hotel room, Hillsborough County sheriff Chad Chronister said Wednesday. Jackson’s family also has concerns he may have suffered from chronic...
Florida governor threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distributionVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that he would divert covid-19 vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution methods, sparking complaints that he is playing politics with lifesaving medicine. DeSantis is facing questions in Manatee County over a decision to give seniors living in two of...
Son of conservative activist Brent Bozell charged in Capitol riot
HARRISBURG — The son of a prominent conservative activist is accused of being inside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly riot on Jan. 6. Leo Brent Bozell IV, of Palmyra, Lebanon County, was charged with obstructing an official proceeding, entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct in a newly unsealed...
Amy Marcinkiewicz retires from WPXI, makes bid for Butler County office
WPXI reporter Amy Marcinkiewicz spent 26 years covering the news in Butler County — telling stories, meeting people and entering their homes, on the air and in person. The job required her to be impartial and open, to help her connect with those in the community she reported on. She...
Frederick Winter: Forgive student debt? There’s a better way
Study hard in high school. That and $320,000 (not including living expenses), and four years later you can graduate with a major in gender and sexuality studies from prestigious Ivy League Brown University. As a retired business school professor and dean who spent over 40 years in academics, even I...
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
Executioners who put 13 inmates to death in the last months of the Trump administration likened the process of dying by lethal injection to falling asleep and called gurneys “beds” and final breaths “snores.” But those tranquil accounts are at odds with reports by The Associated Press and other media...
Judge rules against Crack’d Egg restaurant: ‘They’ve largely chosen their fate here’
An Allegheny County judge said that the owners of the Crack’d Egg have “largely chosen their fate,” by remaining closed rather than comply with a covid-19 masking order. Common Pleas Judge John McVay on Wednesday denied the Brentwood restaurant’s request to stay an order he issued earlier this month requiring...
NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet
Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm only to spit out a single fuzzy gray picture before dying. Almost 50 years after the first casualty at Mars, NASA is...
Kamala Harris calls for teachers to get covid vaccine priority
Speaking in her first sit-down network television interview since taking office, Vice President Kamala Harris stressed the importance of getting educators vaccinated since their work is so important and they work in an environment where protective measures are tough to implement. “Teachers should be a priority,” said Harris on Wednesday....
Westmoreland news includes craft show, scholarship application deadline
Festival • The Fort Armstrong Folk Festival, planned for Aug. 5-8, in Kittanning, is accepting space applications from vendors. Hours of operation will be 5 to 10 p.m. Aug. 5, noon to 10 p.m. Aug. 6 and 7, and noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 8. Vendors in the artists market...
Stocks end mostly lower on Wall Street, led by drops in tech
Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street Wednesday as losses by technology and industrial sector companies offset gains in other parts of the market. The S&P 500 edged down less than 0.1%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gave back 0.6%. Small-company stocks also fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose thanks...
‘Face diapers not required’: Florida restaurant’s mask policy goes viral
A Florida restaurant’s face mask policy is going viral. On Facebook, BeckyJack’s Food Shack in Weeki Wachee, Fla., reminded its customers that it does not require face masks to be worn inside during the covid-19 pandemic. The post on Valentine’s Day has received more than 2,500 comments and more than...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland needs better vaccine plan
Saw on TV that Dr. Anthony Fauci indicated by April anyone who wants a vaccine can get one. Obvious concern: If there is not an unlimited supply of vaccine by then, then opening up to everyone would be beyond chaotic for registering using the wild system Westmoreland has now. Example:...
Watch live: Trump Plaza being imploded in Atlantic City
The former Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, shuttered in 2014 and vacant since, is set to be demolished around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Unlike the implosion of the Sands casino in 2007 — which was held on a Friday night and featured a fireworks display and drew 100,000...
Man set fire to his lawn to clear snow and ice, cops say
If you encounter a particularly rough patch of ice or snow while shoveling this winter, don’t reach for a can of gasoline like a Midland Park, N.J., man did on Friday, police say. Police and firefighters responded to the man’s home on Paterson Avenue where he had set a small...
Editorial: Abraham Lincoln, the statue that everyone can rally around
Statues have been a sticking point in the last year or so. It seems as though almost everyone who was hero enough to have a memorial to their contributions erected in a public area was also human enough to have darker aspects that have led people to ask for them...
CompetePA Coalition: Raising taxes will hurt Pennsylvania’s competitive standing
The following was sent to Gov. Tom Wolf on Feb. 15 by The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, which manages the CompetePA Coalition. CompetePA is a coalition comprised of statewide and regional business groups, small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as Fortune 500 companies. The coalition, which represents more than...
