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Dave McElhinny: When your day goes from bad to worse
Have you ever had one of those days where everything you do is an uphill battle? The kind where no matter how hard you struggle or how positive you try to be, it all goes south? I was driving home from just such a day — one that included a...
Short ribs in a beer and cider vinegar lead to great tacos
Carne deshebrada, literally meaning “shredded beef,” is a common offering at Mexican taco stands. It’s made by braising a large cut of beef until ultra-tender and then shredding the meat and tossing it with a flavorful rojo sauce made with tomatoes and/or dried chiles. Although short ribs are a bit...
Old Joliet Prison offers tour-goers a ‘ruin-porn’ experience
At the start of “The Blues Brothers,” the 1980 comedy classic, “Joliet Jake” Blues walks out the front gate of Joliet Correctional Center, a looming, limestone fortress built in 1858. Now, for the first time since the facility closed in 2002, tourists can walk in through that gate. The Old...
Workplace wellness programs barely move the needle, study finds
Workplace wellness programs — efforts to get workers to lose weight, eat better, stress less and sleep more — are an $8 billion industry in the U.S. Most large employers offer some type of wellness program — with growth fueled by incentives in the federal Affordable Care Act. But no...
Climate protesters march in London again; arrests hit 710
LONDON — London police said more than 710 people were arrested and about 28 charged since climate change protests began last week in the British capital. The Extinction Rebellion protests started Monday and have at times paralyzed parts of London, with peaceful demonstrations at Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus and other...
British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware
MILWAUKEE — A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus has pleaded guilty to developing malware to steal banking information. Federal prosecutors in Wisconsin and Marcus Hutchins’ attorneys said in a joint court filing Friday that the 24-year-old agreed to plead guilty to developing malware called Kronos...
6 explosions hit churches, hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A security official said six near-simultaneous blasts hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The official said the explosions caused multiple fatalities among worshippers and hotel guests. The official said the blasts at two churches were suspected to be carried out...
Gunmen storm government building in Kabul; at least 7 dead
KABUL — Suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a high-rise government office building in a busy section of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least four civilians and three members of Afghan security forces in an hours-long battle that ended with all the assailants dead. No group claimed responsibility for the attack...
New attack on Ebola center in Congo; 1 militia member killed
BUTEMBO, Congo — Militia members attacked an Ebola treatment center hours after another attack killed a staffer with the World Health Organization, a Congolese official said Saturday. Butembo city’s deputy mayor, Patrick Kambale Tsiko, told The Associated Press that the attackers armed with machetes tried to burn down the center...
Pirates farm report for games of April 20, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 9-6) lost 3-1 to Louisville (Reds) in 10 innings. RF Gregory Polanco (.300) had an RBI double in the sixth inning, giving him five RBIs in the five game with the Indians. RHP Jesus Liranzo (0-2, 9.00) took the loss after allowing the go-ahead runs in the 10th...
Doctor-services firm says private data of patients exposed
DALLAS — Nationwide physician-staffing company EmCare says a breach exposed personal data for about 31,000 patients, including in some cases their Social Security numbers and clinical information. EmCare Inc. said Saturday that an unauthorized third party gained access to the information through employee email accounts. The company said that it...
Living with Children: Addiction to videogames
Julie Jargon is a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. Heretofore, she has written about food companies like Starbucks and McDonalds. As of April 2, however, Ms. Jargon is writing a WSJ column titled “Family and Tech,” described as dealing with “the impact of technology on family life.” In her...
High school scores for April 20, 2019
High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Homer-Center 6, Indiana 0 Norwin 4, Baldwin 3 New Castle at Shenango, ppd. Connellsville at Albert Gallatin, ppd. Softball Saturday’s result WPIAL Nonsection Indiana 11, Homer-Center 1 (6 inn.) To report scores, call 1-888-PIT-TRIB. Visit TribHSSN.triblive.com/scores for results, stats, standings and box scores...
G. Terry Madonna & Michael Young: Political polarization threatens our stability
Love and marriage, as the old ditty has it, may not always go together, but incivility and polarization sure go hand in hand in contemporary American politics. It’s virtually impossible to separate them. More importantly, it has led to chronic dysfunctionality in government. Recently, in a rare moment, the Pennsylvania...
Phyllis Zagano: No women, no Catholic Church
In August 2016, Pope Francis named a commission of 12 scholars to study the history of women deacons. The commission — the first in the history of the Church to have an equal number of men and women — provided a report some months ago. Will the pope restore the...
Outdoors notices for April 21, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • There were 180 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on April 18. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 194. Hecla (191), East Huntingdon (185), Youngwood (185) and Ruffsdale (184) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (24) leads the season standings, followed...
Editorial: Pennsylvania Senate’s turn on child abuse protections
Okay, Senate. Your turn. The Pennsylvania House did its job. They took a proposal to rewrite the rules on child sex abuse reporting and ran with it. One bill would chuck the statute of limitations if the reason child abuse wasn’t reported was that the mandated reporters didn’t report the...
Sounding off: Who will get reparations?
Many politicians on the left, including Beto O’Rourke, have stated that they support reparations for African-Americans. I would like to know how they would determine who is a descendent of slavery. Is a person’s color going to be the determinant, or does a person have to have documentation in order...
Bethel Park, Serra Catholic, California join Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
There were big changes to the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings with 10 teams falling out of the Top 5 from a week ago. The biggest change came in Class 3A where four teams had rough weeks and were bumped out of our pre-holiday rankings. The WPIAL had one...
Letter to the editor: Pencils, capitalism & socialism
I read with great interest Tom Purcell’s column “Erasing capitalism? Consider the pencil first” (March 19, TribLIVE) and his references to Leonard Read’s essay “I, Pencil.” Contemplating how such an item as seemingly mundane as a pencil could be produced — the basic idea, the type of wood, discovering that...
Letter to the editor: Let’s see Nancy Pelosi’s tax returns
Nancy Pelosi is two heartbeats away from slinking into the presidency. The Democrats have been banging away since the primaries to see Trump’s tax returns. He is a businessman, and his returns are complicated. They are also audited by the IRS yearly. The Democrats indirectly imply that the IRS is...
Letter to the editor: College isn’t for all students
I would like to thank Tom Davidson for his article “Pittsburgh region has thousands of job opportunities, Builders Guild says”. Although I am a retired educator, I have always felt that college is not the answer for everyone. I believe the problem is that parents do not agree with this...
Sewickley’s Sweetwater celebrates new space
Sweetwater Center for the Arts celebrated the opening of Studio419, a community art space and gallery at 419 Beaver St. About 50 students from 17 area schools submitted work that was displayed during the April 4 launch. Studio419 offers workspace and classes. Sweetwater’s spring fundraiser, SpringLUXE, will be held at...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, April 20
Hello, Sewickley, Join the Sewickley Public Library on their quest to watch every Pixar movie from the beginning. Today they will be screening “Finding Nemo” at 1 p.m. Bring a blanket and get cozy with your family. — What’s the Neighborhood News Network all about? With SewickleyHerald.com, we invite you...
Shaler Area teen qualifies for National Chemistry Olympiad
Shaler Area High School junior Kaitlyn Colucci is one of 13 high school students from the Pittsburgh region to qualify to compete in the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad on April 27 at the University of Pittsburgh. She qualified for the national level based on her scores from the regional exam...
