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Quinn on Nutrition: Treats for your sweet — not all are bad
February brings us to Valentine’s Day. And it’s also American Heart Month. Quick, it’s time to give something special to someone you love this week. And surprise, some of our favorite Valentine treats can also be good to our hearts. Chocolate: There is room for chocolate in a healthy diet,...
Older adults susceptible to pertussis, vaccine may be warranted
Dear Mayo Clinic: Why is my health care provider recommending that I get the Tdap vaccine now to prevent whooping cough, even though I am in my late 70s? Doesn’t whooping cough usually affect young children? Answer: While it’s true that babies are most at risk of pertussis infection and...
What to do if your home health care agency ditches you
Craig Holly was determined to fight when the home health agency caring for his wife decided to cut off services. The reason he was given by an agency nurse? His wife was disabled but stable, and Medicare was changing its payment system for home health. Euphrosyne “Effie” Costas- Holly, 67, has...
Pine-Richland/Mars AFJROTC cadets fly in C-130
The Pine-Richland/Mars AFJROTC cadets traveled to Youngstown Air Base on Jan. 29 for an educational trip as well as the opportunity to fly in a C-130. The cadets got to explore the ship and learn all about it uses and capabilities. They then boarded the aircraft through the backhatch and...
Professor delving into culinary world at Chatham’s Eden Hall campus in Richland
Veda Sankaran loves to combine the cuisine of India with traditional comfort foods of this country, but the term fusion bothers her. She may be drawing from both what her family prepared and what she ate growing up in Altoona after moving to the United States in the late 1970s,...
Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day declared in Millvale
Brian Spoales, mayor of Millvale, declared Jan. 31 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day in the borough as “an opportunity to encourage citizens to find out if they can claim this important tax credit.” The date was the 14th anniversary of a national awareness campaign to increase EITC familiarity....
Emergency fund reserve key in handling unexpected expenditures in Hampton
For unexpected projects requiring emergency repairs, such as the current stabilization work on Clearview Road, Hampton Township Council periodically draws on an emergency fund reserve. Jerry Speakman, who serves as controller for the township, explained the purpose of the fund and some history on recent actions regarding this reserve. “Over...
WPIAL basketball brackets unveiled, team rifle finals set for Tuesday
The Path to the Pete officially begins Tuesday as the WPIAL unveils brackets to the six boys and six girls basketball playoff tournaments. Some of the questions heading into the big reveal: • How far will Fox Chapel fall in boys Class 6A after losing for the first time Friday?...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 9
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Fox Chapel, Lincoln Park, Vincentian all fall from No. 1 in HSSN boys state rankings.
There was some shuffling and a couple of changes at the top of the classes but not a whole lot of exiting and entering in this week’s Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings as the regular season concludes. We have four new No. 1 teams in Class 6A, 4A,...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
In a school year in which the football team played its first WPIAL playoff game in 40 years and the girls basketball team took a perfect record into the final night of the season, the Southmoreland boys basketball team has a message: Don’t forget about us. The Scotties finished on...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
As Santa Claus was checking his list one final time before his big day, he may have noticed the Jeannette boys basketball team was on the naughty side. Coming up on the holiday break, the Jayhawks were 0-1 in Section 2-2A and 1-6 overall. Since then, Jeannette has risen to...
Cruise ship infections nearly double as China virus deaths spike
BEIJING — The number of people infected on a cruise ship south of Tokyo with a new strain of coronavirus almost doubled Monday, as authorities in China and beyond pursued greater quarantine measures to contain the disease. Deaths from the new coronavirus have hit 909, the Chinese government announced, with...
Editorial: Retire in Pittsburgh with $1 million?
Sometimes it isn’t how much money you’ve got. It’s how you’re going to spend it. Last week, SmartAsset released its third annual study showing how long a $1 million retirement nest egg would last in various U.S. cities. In Pittsburgh, you can stretch that pot of money to cover 23.14...
More high school students than ever are coming out, but their despair remains acute
PHILADELPHIA — The proportion of high school students who identify as a sexual minority — lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning— doubled in the past several years, according to a new study published Monday. Yet those greater numbers have not necessarily meant they have found greater acceptance or peace. The study,...
Alphabet heads my list of balance-sheet powerhouses
The wealthiest people don’t always have the biggest salaries. And the wealthiest companies aren’t necessarily those with the best earnings lately. I believe that companies with a great balance sheet deserve recognition. So, in 2001 I started compiling an annual list of Balance Sheet Powerhouses. To make it, a company...
Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Canon-McMillan goalie Mario Eafrati
Team success usually hinges on good goaltending, and good goaltending coupled with team success usually leads to the netminder being in the spotlight. Those statements ring true for Canon-McMillan goalie Mario Eafrati, who picked up his third shutout of the season Monday night in a 3-0 Big Macs win over...
Trib HSSN PIHL team of the week: Greensburg Salem
It’s been an extended playoffs of sorts over the last few weeks for the Greensburg Salem hockey team. They’re in quite the race. Entering this week of action, the Lions trail Norwin and Bishop McCort for a playoff spot in Class A’s Southeast Division by five points with four games...
Bernie Sanders tops Democratic field in national poll after Iowa
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders is leading the Democratic field in a national poll taken after the Iowa caucuses. The Quinnipiac University poll showed the Vermont senator with 25% support, topping the survey for the first time. He was followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 17% and former...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Penguins’ weekend, Minkah Fitzpatrick comments, MLB newsVideo
TribLIVE columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden recap a bunch of news from the weekend. The Penguins lost one game and won another in Florida, but another injury is going to hurt the team. Minkah Fitzpatrick made some interesting comments about how he thinks he should be used in the...
New album by Peters musician Tom Breiding focuses on coal miners’ lives
If not for a theme-oriented album he released in 2008, Tom Breiding’s life would have been less complicated. He was then content being a schoolteacher and releasing albums that cast him as a storyteller with a rocker’s heart. He was happily married with a young son. Then art interceded, and...
Letter to the editor: Sen. Pat Toomey’s cowardice
So Sen. Pat Toomey has admitted that his vote for acquittal was largely due to fear of “societal upheaval” if the president was convicted and removed from office. I hoped never to see the day when our leaders voted based on intimidation. That hope is now dashed, as the cowardice...
Letter to the editor: Hatred & the privilege of voting
Regarding Edward A. Svitek’s letter “Trump & hatred” (Feb. 3, TribLIVE): I find it hard to read such hatred spewed against one man who happens to be our standing president. Elections come and go, and as Americans, our privilege is to vote. I would encourage you to do whatever you...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 10....
Letter to the editor: Buyer’s remorse on Trump
I’m finally hearing from Trump supporters who express buyer’s remorse on their vote in 2016. Really! Trump made his ideas clear in the pathetic preelection rally stops. Constant name calling of those who disagreed with him. Encouraged violence at rallies when he said about a protester, “Try not to hurt...
