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Federal lawsuit challenges Pa. age requirement to be 21 to obtain a license to carry
Three young adults, including one from Verona, are suing the Pennsylvania State Police commissioner because they say state statutes prevent them from legally carrying and transporting firearms. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh with the support of two national nonprofits, asks that statutes requiring a person to...
Pa. could become ‘ground zero’ for court battles on — and after — Election Day
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 — In the weeks leading up to November’s historic election, there has been one constant: lawsuits and court decisions that...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers win over Browns, look ahead to Titans matchupVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Heinz Field. The Browns came into the game with a 4-1 record and hoped to shake off the Steelers dominance...
Greensburg City Hall reopens after suspected coronavirus case
Greensburg City Hall reopened as planned Monday after closing last week because of a presumed coronavirus case. City employees have returned to their offices after nearly a week of working from home. Officials closed City Hall on Tuesday because an employee was feeling sick with symptoms consistent with coronavirus, councilman...
John Sparks: Amy Coney Barrett and the Purdue sexual assault case
Liberal/progressive organizations like Public Justice are portraying President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, as soft on and complicit with campus sexual abusers. Public Justice has zeroed in on decision written by Barrett for a three-judge panel a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, Doe v....
Game time set for Penn State-Ohio State on Oct. 31
An expected top-10 clash between Penn State and Ohio State has now been assigned a start time. The Lions and Buckeyes will meet in primetime on Oct. 31 at Beaver Stadium. ABC will televise the Big Ten East showdown starting at 7:30 p.m, according to the conference. The game will...
Amazon fake reviews reach holiday season levels during pandemic
Fake reviews on Amazon.com during the pandemic have reached levels typically seen during the holiday shopping season. About 42% of 720 million Amazon reviews assessed by the monitoring service Fakespot from March through September were unreliable, up from about 36% for the same period last year. The rise in fake...
6 Russian intelligence officers indicted by U.S. for alleged cyber attacksVideo
The Justice Department on Monday indicted six Russian intelligence agency officers for their alleged roles in what prosecutors called some of the most destructive cyber attacks in history. One attack targeting more than 300 victims worldwide impacted the Sewickley-based Heritage Valley Health System, while others targeted the Ukrainian power grid...
1 injured in hit-and-run in Youngwood
One person was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene in Youngwood Monday afternoon, according to Westmoreland County 911. The hit-and-run crash on the 200 block of South 3rd Street happened just after 12:30 p.m. State police, Mutual Aid EMS and Youngwood Volunteer Fire Department responded. Details about the...
Nittany Lions hoping Brandon Smith can minimize loss of Micah Parsons
The meeting between two freshmen in their first college football games was brief and harsh. Kiahn Martinez, a 5-foot-7 running back for Idaho, hauled in a pass in the flat, turned up field and, well, that’s when he met the future of Penn State’s linebacking corps. Brandon Smith was a...
U.S. air passengers exceed 1 million, first time since March
The virus-ravaged airline industry reached a milestone Sunday, carrying more than 1 million passengers for the first time in seven months. U.S. airport security checkpoints processed 1,031,505 people, or 39.6% of the equivalent day in 2019, according to a tally by the Transportation Security Administration. Several of the busiest days...
Disney+ adds new content warning for racist depictions in classic films
Classic movies that feature racist stereotypes and other problematic elements now include a new content warning on Disney+. When viewers choose to play movies such as “Dumbo,” “Aladdin,” “Peter Pan,” “The Aristocats” and “Swiss Family Robinson” on the Disney streaming service, a written disclosure about its “negative depictions and/or mistreatment...
Walt Rowen: Small business to Washington — focus on us, not Supreme Court
The slow pace of bureaucracy is a running joke in America. It’s surprising, then, how quickly the Senate has advanced the confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Less than a month after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation...
Letter to the editor: Trump and coronavirus
President Trump’s new slogan could be “Keep America Dying.” Trump not only lied about covid-19, he knew in February how dangerous it was and intentionally kept it from the American people. More than 218,000 Americans have died. It seems to me Trump wanted this virus to spread. Why? Maybe he...
Letter to the editor: Trump never called heroes ‘suckers,’ ‘losers’
Longtime Democratic politician Don Walko wrote a letter bad-mouthing President Trump (“Backing Biden for president,” Sept. 24, TribLIVE). Kenneth Powell wrote a letter about several true American heroes (“Military heroes not losers, suckers,” Sept. 28, TribLIVE). The letters said “according to reports” and Trump “supposedly said” deceased veterans are “suckers”...
Emergency plans fail to consider complexity of Mariner East pipelines, and those most at risk in an accident
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan 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 weekly newsletter. Editor’s note: This story is Part 2 of a two-part series about the Mariner East pipeline system. Just after 7:30...
News briefs: Food drives, glass recycling and drug take-back days on tap
Aspinwall residents can discard unwanted or unused medication during National Drug Take Back Day. It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at the borough’s police station, 217 Commercial Ave. ^ Aspinwall expands trick-or-treat time Trick-or-treat in Aspinwall will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. The expanded...
Letter to the editor: Plant-based diet can help with covid-19
As we enter cold and flu season on top of continued covid-19 risks, Plant-Based Pittsburgh reminds everyone about the importance of nutrition in strengthening our immune systems and supporting overall health. Mortality data shows that over 90% of the people who have died from covid-19 suffered from preexisting medical conditions,...
Letter to the editor: Lessons in ‘classless’ from Trump
Such a shame that the leader of our country (not the free world — I say that’s Angela Merkel; among our allies Xi and Putin are more trusted!) got booed at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral. Seems that the Dems aren’t very good at classless. For the best classless, the greatest...
Eastbound lanes of I-70 in Washington County reopen following crash
Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Washington County were closed Monday morning for more than two hours following a crash involving a tractor trailer. Crews responded to the incident around 6:30 a.m. in South Strabane near the Interstate 79 South Junction, according to a Washington 911 dispatcher. Tribune-Review news partners...
Letter to the editor: Christians have no choice but to vote Republican
I was raised as a “blue collar” Democrat. My parents were both children of immigrants. They have both gone to Christ’s kingdom, but if they were alive today, they would both be staunch Republicans, as it would be the only political party they would even still recognize. The Democratic Party...
Letter to the editor: Our changing planet
Many scientists from many countries have many ideas as to the present-day climate change. As I was recently reading the papers and listening to the TV news, I was bewildered as to why the California wildfires did not penetrate into Canada or Mexico. Looking at the maps, there are no...
In brief: Pumpkin roll sale, fall leaf collection and more in Pine, Richland
Pumpkin roll sale Salem United Methodist Church is currently accepting orders for traditional pumpkin rolls! Rolls are handmade by members of Salem Church for this fundraiser. Each traditional roll is $15 and gluten-free rolls are $20 each. One roll serves 12-15. They can be frozen for your holiday parties and...
In brief: Garden club scholarship, hazardous material recycling and more in the North Hills
Garden club offering scholarship Applications are being accepted for the Ingomar Garden Club’s annual scholarship program. Each year, the garden clubs awards a $1,000 scholarship to a college student with a declared major of agriculture, horticulture, turf management or a related field. The scholarship is open to students with a...
In brief: Millers Run Road reopens, pop-up shop and more around Bridgeville, South Fayette
Millers Run Road between Sygan Road and Presto-Sygan Road in South Fayette reopened Oct. 13 but will close again Nov. 11-21 and Dec. 1-20. The closure dates (originally Oct. 1-Nov. 1) have changed because of delays in acquiring parts for railroad work. The official detour uses Route 50 east and...
