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ESPN: Raiders to make push for Tom Brady if he reaches free agencyVideo
There’s a chance New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady could hit the free-agent market. If that happens, the Las Vegas Raiders will be there waiting. The Raiders are expected to make a push for the six-time Super Bowl champion if he does not re-sign with the Patriots and hits free...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 2, 2020
The biggest games on the schedule for North Hills are still ahead, and the Indians know that. After all, the Indians play in what has been one of the best divisions in the PIHL, if not the best. Class A’s Southwest Division boasts Thomas Jefferson (30 points), South Park (26...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 1
For most of this season, the chase for the top spot in Section 3-3A has involved four teams. But a strong week by Carlynton has given the Cougars the edge heading into the final week of the regular season. The Cougars are 10-2 in the section and have a one-game...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 1
When the week began, Charleroi was tied with Brownsville for third place in girls basketball Section 2-3A. Thanks to another big week by senior Bella Skobel, though, the Cougars are alone in third and have clinched a WPIAL playoff spot. That itself is cause for celebration after Charleroi finished 5-16...
Walter Block: Critiquing Yang’s universal basic income
Andrew Yang is a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. He is not a member of the first grouping (Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigeig) but if they falter, Yang might well be in the running for the top spot on this ticket. His signature policy is universal basic income....
Duquesne Light customers get power back Sunday night
Duquesne Light reported that all of the customers who lost power in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods Sunday evening had it restored by 9:30 p.m. As of 9 p.m. Sunday, Duquesne Light was reporting less than 500 customers were still without power after having more than 2,000 customers across parts of Allegheny...
Donnie Collins: Dear NFL, don’t screw this one up
Dear Roger Goodell, It has been a rough January. We lost an NBA legend in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of parents and coaches and — it’s still so hard to understand this a week later — three promising, gifted young women. The weeks leading up to...
Joe Biden could be impeached by GOP over Ukraine if he wins, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst saysVideo
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst warned Sunday that Republicans would immediately push to impeach Joe Biden over his work in Ukraine as vice president if he win the White House. “I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened,” Ernst said in an interview with Bloomberg...
Eastern suburb area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 2
Churchill Helen Copetas sold property at 1705 Jamestown Pl to Karen Khan for $191,500. Delmont Brian Lunn sold property at 232 Aurora St. to Sean and Jessica Glew for $119,000. Dean Tortorice Jr. sold property at 132 Barrington Ridge to Ethan Edward Shirey for $220,000. Edgewood Scott & Rotondo Realty...
Penn Hills area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 2
Penn Hills Federal National Mortgage Assn. sold property at 734 Seventh St. to Alex Dapper for $107,000. Darnell Rankins sold property at 11347 Althea Drive to Ross Snow and Thomas Rossini for $20,000. Leslie Douglass sold property at 214 Anthon Drive to Latia Barnett for $88,000. Arlene Sebastian sold property...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 2
Blawnox Gregory Bruce Sutton sold property at 1107 North Ave. to Matthew and Heidi Stanczak for $39,900. Etna Edwin Lunz sold property at 21 Christler St. to Corey Sabo for $92,000. Geoffrey O’Connor sold property at 32 Wilson St. to KVSR Properties LLC for $75,000. Robert Newman sold property at...
Editorial: Where do bright ideas come from?
The visual representation of a good idea is usually a light bulb. Since Thomas Edison’s popular invention was, in itself, a stroke of inspiration, it seems apropos. It’s the symbol that is instantly recognizable in cartoons and comic strips. It doesn’t require a word to convey an idea. But it’s...
Letter to the editor: Property taxes ruin seniors’ ‘golden years’
We senior citizens are on fixed incomes, and again school taxes go up. We paid taxes for years, and we don’t have any kids in school. These taxes will put us out of our homes. We need to keep our homes for these so-called golden years. We worked for our...
Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring for 2nd consecutive yearVideo
Pennsylvania’s beloved and world-famous Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Sunday morning after he did not see his shadow. Phil has only made such a prediction 20 times in the 134-year history of Groundhog Day, according to state officials. This year marks the first time he has envisioned an early...
Letter to the editor: Minds change on abortion
Thank you for your coverage of the March for Life and the statements by President Trump about his position on abortion (“Trump, a late convert to cause, attends anti-abortion rally”). You repeated Trump’s statement from 1999 that he was “pro-choice in every respect.” We witnessed at the March for Life...
Letter to the editor: CTE is real, and it kills
Regarding John Steigerwald’s insensible and disheartening piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“It might be time to show skepticism about CTE research.”): To date, we have come to realize that 1) the world is not flat, 2) asbestos is bad, 3) cigarettes cause cancer and 4) lead will poison you. Humanity...
The Stroller, Feb. 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
River City Brass Band to perform in Allegheny Township The River City Brass Band will play a concert, “Sounds of the 60s” to benefit the Kiski Area Education Foundation at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the high school auditorium, 240 Hyde Park Road, Allegheny Township. Tickets are $25. For tickets...
Living with Children: Children should not be the objects of psychological therapy
Question: I’m new to reading you, but it appears that you don’t have much in common with other psychologists. You don’t agree much with about their approach to children and parenting. Correct? Answer: Correct. I’ve been licensed to practice psychology since 1979. Since then, I’ve concluded that psychology is an...
Use these tips to upgrade your flight without paying full price
For me, flying in business or first class is not about the extra attentive service or the meals — which are, let’s face it, still airplane food — or even about the endless supply of free booze (well, maybe a little about the endless supply of free booze). It’s about...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2020: Quaker Valley boys edge Cornell in Shootout at Sewickley Academy
K.C. Johns, who finished with 16 points, made a basket with less than a minute remaining to give the Quaker Valley boys (14-5) a one-point lead against Cornell (13-5), and the Quakers held on to win 72-69 at the Shootout at Sewickley Academy. Adou Thiero scored a team-high 22 points,...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 1, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Carrick 45, South Park 33 Laurel 71, Mercer 50 North Catholic 63, Central Catholic 46 North Hills 78, Shady Side Academy 46 Washington 82, Burgettstown 39 Shootout at Sewickley Academy Quaker Valley 72, Cornell 69 Beaver 56, Sewickley Academy 53, OT Vincentian...
Living ‘American Dream,’ Sofia Kenin wins her 1st Grand Slam titleVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Back in 1987, 11 years before new Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin was born, her parents left Moscow for New York City, eager to escape the Soviet Union and live in the United States because, as her father, Alex, put it: “You want to see the world....
Jessica Myrick: Trump’s love of fast food may be bad for public health
“You are what you eat,” the old adage goes. But are you also what you watch? In a media-saturated world, it is worth considering the degree to which our exposure to media about food choices can — either directly or in more subtle ways — shape our own food beliefs...
Isaac Brown: Curbing emissions benefits all Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvanians realize that natural gas plays a significant role in the state’s economy. However, the state’s energy resources should be developed responsibly by minimizing natural gas waste and air pollution from new and existing oil and gas infrastructure. To that end, we applaud the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf as...
Kevin Walters: Pros & cons of civilian review boards
Last month’s reintroduction of a proposed ordinance by the Allegheny County Council to create a civilian police review panel is sharply dividing the community between those who believe it necessary to prevent or detect misconduct on the part of county law enforcement officers and those who believe such a civilian...
