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Guard won’t be charged in shooting outside LA synagogue
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors say they won’t charge a synagogue security guard accused of shooting a person who was recording video of the building. The Los Angeles Times reports the announcement Thursday came as the woman who was shot filed a civil lawsuit against the guard and his...
Streets weren’t so mean to Howard Schultz’s Brooklyn peers
BROOKLYN — When Howard Schultz tells people why he should be president of the United States, the billionaire often tells a story of a poor kid who escaped from the chaos and cacophony of a Brooklyn housing project to become the architect of a global coffee behemoth. The man who...
Highlands baseball coach: ‘Good things are coming’
To say that it has been a long time since the Highlands baseball team showed up in a WPIAL playoff bracket would be an understatement. There was a time the Golden Rams were the gold standard for Alle-Kiski Valley baseball. If opposing teams entertained any thoughts of making a postseason...
NFL notebook: Ravens make free-agent splash; add Ingram, Thomas
The Baltimore Ravens finally made their move during the NFL’s free agent frenzy this week. The Ravens signed running back Mark Ingram and safety Earl Thomas. Ingram played eight years with the New Orleans Saints, and Thomas arrives after a nine-year run with Seattle. The 29-year-old Ingram scored 50 touchdowns...
Democrats claim wins in Pennsylvania House special elections
HARRISBURG — Democrats are claiming victory in special elections to fill two vacant Pennsylvania state House seats. Movita Johnson-Harrell claimed victory Tuesday night in the election to a west Philadelphia seat, while Bridget Malloy Kosierowski claimed victory in a Scranton-area district. Both seats were occupied most recently by Democrats: Lackawanna...
‘Epic’ storm brings blizzards, floods, tornado to mid-U.S.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A window-rattling late winter storm sent blizzards, floods and a tornado across more than 25 states Wednesday, stretching from the northern Rocky Mountains to Texas and beyond. “This is a very epic cyclone,” said Greg Carbin, chief of forecast operations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
Unbeaten Chartiers Valley girls roll past Slippery Rock in PIAA 2nd round
When the final buzzer sounded Wednesday evening at Moon Area High School, the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team left the same way they came in, undefeated. Led by an energized effort from senior Mackenzie Wagner and freshman Aislin Malcolm, who scored 12 and 13 points, respectively, the WPIAL Class 5A...
Do voters long for a policy wonk? Elizabeth Warren hopes so
NEW YORK — More than 1,000 people packed a New York concert venue for an act that wasn’t on guitar and drums. It was Elizabeth Warren, vocalizing hard numbers. The Massachusetts Democratic senator wove data points into a stump speech that riffed on the policy proposals she’s rolled out in...
States weigh bans on shackling jailed mothers during childbirth
SALT LAKE CITY — Michelle Aldana gave birth to her first child chained to a hospital bed. Then serving time at the Utah state prison on a drug charge, she says she labored through the difficult 2001 birth for nearly 30 hours, her ankles bleeding as the shackles on both...
Tennessee high court rules for reporter in defamation suit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday expanded protections for reporters by ruling they can only be held libel for defamation if their reporting is not fair and accurate, regardless of their personal feelings toward a subject. Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk sued investigative reporter Phil Williams for...
Pentagon warns of cyberattacks from Russia, China, N. Korea, Iran
WASHINGTON — Cyberattacks from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly sophisticated and, until recently, were done with little concern for the consequences, the top Pentagon cyber leaders told a congressional committee on Wednesday. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command, laid out the escalating threats, following...
School rampage in Brazil leaves 9 dead, many wounded
SUZANO, Brazil — Two masked men armed with guns, knives, axes and crossbows descended on a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing five students and two adults before taking their own lives, authorities said. The men, identified as former students at the school in a suburb of Sao Paulo,...
Manafort gets 7 years in prison, then faces fresh N.Y. charges
WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison on federal charges Wednesday, then was hit almost immediately with fresh state charges in New York that could put him outside the president’s power to pardon. In Washington, U.S....
Scott Conklin: PIAA needs separate playoff systems
Since 2010, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has been debating the question as to whether private, parochial and charter schools (nonboundary schools) have a competitive advantage over public schools (boundary schools). Since fair competition is something we all want, I believe our public school student-athletes should have the same...
Dozens trapped in Nigeria school collapse; at least 8 dead
LAGOS, Nigeria — Emergency crews sifted through debris as night fell on frantic efforts to rescue scores of school children and others feared trapped inside a three-story building that collapsed Wednesday in Nigeria’s densely populated commercial capital, Lagos. At least eight people were confirmed dead and 37 others were rescued...
Health, tech companies lead U.S. stocks to 3rd straight gain
Health care and technology companies powered stocks broadly higher on Wall Street on Wednesday, giving the market its third straight gain. Boeing briefly dipped, but finished slightly higher, after the United States said it was joining other countries in grounding the company’s 737 Max 8 airplane following a fatal crash...
State Department says Khashoggi’s killing was human rights abuse
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Wednesday characterized the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by government agents as a human rights abuse but avoided implicating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA concluded was likely to have ordered it. In its annual human rights report of abuses in...
Move to March makes TPC Sawgrass different challenge for Players Championship hopefuls
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Thomas has played the 15th hole at The Players Championship some 20 times but never this early in the year. That’s why he turned to his caddie for some last-minute advice during a practice round. “We don’t have to worry about going through the...
Editorial: Boeing crash, FAA delay test confidence
Confidence is what makes transportation work. We have confidence in painted lines on the road keeping lethally fast cars in their lanes. We have confidence that a bus will follow its route and get us where we need to go. And we have confidence in all of the dominoes that...
Animal Friends hosting Bow Wow Bingo Soireé in Leetsdale
Animal Friends will host a Bow Wow Bingo Soireé from 6 to 10:30 p.m. April 13, at the Caryl Gates Gluck Resource Center, 562 Camp Horne Road. Attendees can enjoy beer and wine during a cocktail hour followed by a sit-down dinner. Featured events will include a No Fleas Scratch-Off...
Oddsmakers: Pirates have 125-1 chance of winning World Series
The Pittsburgh Pirates are projected to win 77.5 games and face 125-1 odds of winning the World Series this season, according to oddsmakers at SportsBettingDime.com. The site also projected the Houston Astros are 7-1 favorites to win the World Series, followed by the New York Yankees (8-1), Los Angeles Dodgers...
Claire’s recalls makeup products FDA said tested positive for asbestos
A week after disagreeing with the FDA about asbestos in three of its makeup products, girls’ fashion chain Claire’s did what the FDA wanted: issued an official recall of the three products. Claire’s pulled Eyeshadows, Compact Powder and Contour Palette from stores last week. So, this recall concerns those who...
Hugh Jackman set for 2020 Broadway return of ‘The Music Man’
Hugh Jackman is set to return to Broadway in 2020, this time starring as Harold Hill in a revival of “The Music Man.” The musical, which is slated for an October 22, 2020 opening night, will be produced by rare EGOT-title holder Scott Rudin. Jackman previously cited the 1957 show...
‘Good News!’ the musical starts tonight at North Allegheny
North Allegheny High School is presenting the musical “Good News” at 7 p.m. March 13, 14, 15, 16; and 2 p.m. March 17. For details, go to www.showclix.com/event/good-news-na-musical-2019...
Letter to the editor: Not true Democrats
My family — parents, uncles, aunts and cousins — were all members of the Democratic Party. They were members when it was the party of the working class; the people who came to America to worship God, work hard, raise a family and search for the American dream. I and...
