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Georgia Senate runoff: Loeffler, Warnock face off in heated debateVideo
ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and the Rev. Raphael Warnock faced off in their first, and possibly only, one-on-one debate Sunday night at the Atlanta Press Club, trading barbed attacks in their fight for the right to represent Georgia in the Senate for the next two years. Over the...
U.S. Supreme Court moves up deadline in congressman’s bid to upend Pa. election results
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court moved up a key deadline Sunday for Pennsylvania officials to respond to a last-minute bid by one of Trump’s top boosters in Congress to decertify the state’s elections results. Previously, Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who oversees emergency matters arising out of Pennsylvania...
Irwin officials to meet virtually
The covid pandemic has forced Irwin Borough council to go virtual this week for its meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting via Zoom will be livestreamed for the public via Facebook live on the borough’s Facebook page. The agenda will be available to the public on Monday on the...
David L. Lander, Squiggy of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 73
LOS ANGELES — Actor David L. Lander — the unforgettable Squiggy on ABC’s “Laverne & Shirley” — has died, his family confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. Lander passed away Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after having battled multiple sclerosis for 37 years. His wife, Kathy Fields...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s actions criminal?
When it was determined that American presidents would be inaugurated on Jan. 20 of the year following an early November election, could anyone have envisioned that some day, a vengeful leader who lost would repeatedly assert that he had won, desperately seek one plot after another to cheat and disenfranchise...
Letter to the editor: Biden deserves same chance Trump got
Oh, by all means, Ron Giuliana, let’s “Give Biden a chance” (Nov. 29, TribLIVE). Let’s give him the same chance that the Democrats gave President Trump when he was elected. Let’s begin immediately forming plans to spend the next three years of his presidency doing everything we can to impeach...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Churchill Daniel Seaman sold property at 1909 Beulah Road to Bryan Weiss for $140,000. Robert Nicholas Willocks sold property at 15 Churchill Road to Jason Spider and Leena Ahmad Matthews for $492,000. Lowell Mark Mate trustee sold property at 27 Churchill Road to David Andrew Marr and Lauren Ashley Pawling...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Etna Josephine Meinhardt trustee sold property at 51 Bridge St. to 51 Bridge St. LLC for $2,950,000. Transcendent Staging & Renovation LLC sold property at 23 Kittanning St. to Ryan Moll and Danielle Miller for $245,900. Reserve Estate of John Robert Chernosky sold property at 1 Scriba Place to Kellen...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Hampton Adelina Zottola sold property on Big Rock Road to Allegheny Land Trust for $2,000. Elif Sonel sold property at 2615 Carriage House Drive to National Transfer Services LLC for $865,000. Steven Seel sold property at 4025 Grand Ave. to Charles Carlyle for $436,950. Billie Marie Harlan sold property at...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Aspinwall Diana Nassar sold property at 700 Fourth St., Unit 7, to Jonathan Wallissch for $139,000. Blawnox Jack Novak sold property at 130 Fourth St. to Narula Investments LLC for $90,000. Etna Josephine Meinhardt trustee sold property at 51 Bridge St. to 51 Bridge St. LLC for $2,950,000. Transcendent Staging...
Letter to the editor: An ode to the year of covid-19
2020 has been quite the year, Less celebration and a lot more fear, A new enemy is among us Invisible to the eye, As if it literally dropped from the sky. Covid is all around us, it is very real, It is not a hoax, it is the real deal....
Editorial: Pa. should take it slow on legalizing marijuana
Marijuana is the trend the whole country is watching. Weed was first banned by Massachusetts in 1911. Pennsylvania was one of the last states to outlaw it in 1933. The federal government followed in 1937. For a long time, everyone was on the same page about it — at least...
Letter to the editor: As president, Biden must support Roe v. Wade
In her letter “Biden against death penalty, but not abortion?” (Nov. 30, TribLIVE), Michele M. Lucas proclaims the president-elect supports abortions but does not support capital punishment. As a practicing Catholic, Joe Biden is supposed to support life, from conception to natural death. He has noted this often. But as...
Letter to the editor: Republicans need to learn to fight
To answer Paul Kengor’s question at the end of his column “Is Western Pa. home to a new Republican coalition?” (Nov. 27, TribLIVE), about whether the GOP can keep the “Reagan Democrats” voting for American values: I don’t think the Republicans can keep those voters and others who hold those...
The Stroller, Dec. 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to serve free takeout Christmas dinners? Send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Drive-through food distribution set for Tuesday at Pittsburgh Mills Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host a drive-through...
Prantl’s has new owner, plans new location in North Huntingdon
The last five years have been quite a ride for those baking Prantl’s famous Burnt Almond Torte — also known as “the greatest cake America has ever made.” The Huffington Post made that declaration in 2014, a year before a string of new developments at the business, which now has...
Annual PNC Christmas Price Index Reflects Season Of Silence For Many Live Performers
PITTSBURGH — In a year marked by unprecedented shocks to the country’s economy, PNC’s 37th annual Christmas Price Index (CPI) accounts for the pandemic’s impact on the cost of purchasing presents from the classic holiday song, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” A lighthearted take on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Bellevue Elizabeth Jean O’Mara sold property at 514 Orchard Ave. to Thornridge Investments L.P. for $240,000. Thomas Yelenovsky Jr. sold property at 230 W Riverview to Emily Kristin Brosko for $179,000. Bradford Woods Erwin Weischedel sold property at 20 Laurel Road to Matthew Dugan and Annalisa Almendras for $435,000. Vancil...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Bell Acres William Chappell sold property at 13 Highview Drive to Kurt and Jacquelyn Gottschalk for $618,753. Edgeworth Benjamin Pritts sold property at 5 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Seth and Ali Shaltes for $572,000. Marshall Roberts sold property at 303 Pine Road to National Residential Nominee Services In for...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR Inc. for $220,779. Michael Jay Brown sold property at 151 Alder Drive to Johnathan Roos and Elissa Stremlau for $665,000. Villas of English Farms L.P. sold property at 509 Cambridge Ct to NVR Inc. for $182,900. NVR Inc....
Ravens say ‘highly contagious’ covid-19 strain led to outbreakVideo
BALTIMORE — A “highly contagious” strain of covid-19 and noncompliance with NFL protocols led to one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in sports, Ravens president Dick Cass said in a statement Saturday. In the organization’s most extensive comments about an outbreak that altered the NFL’s schedule, depleted the Ravens roster,...
Peter Morici: Biden must make a covid-19 stimulus bill happen now
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” the oft-quoted opening line from “A Tale of Two Cities,” is an apt description of the American economy. And we know how those times ended — in revolution. The stock market booms as if America shines more brightly...
Jonathan Goldstein: How we know who wins elections, and why it matters
By now we know the story of the 2020 election. One with heroes and villains. Laudatory tales and vile conspiracies. And, most importantly, a fog that obscured the winner for days. In a normal year, we tune into the news on election night to learn who won and who lost....
Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Biden is not ‘The One’ to fix America’s race problem
SAN DIEGO — Joe Biden wants to be the civil rights president. You don’t say? That old dog isn’t likely to learn new tricks, and so it’s no shock that the 78-year-old president-elect sees America in Black-and-White. However, what is new — and noteworthy — is that the Biden White...
Police: Woman killed in Stowe shooting likely wasn’t intended target
Someone shot and killed a woman in Stowe early Saturday, and police say evidence suggests she wasn’t the intended target. The shooting happened about 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of Tunnel Way and Island Avenue, Allegheny County Police said in a release. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the...
