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High school scores, schedules for March 4, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...
North Apollo opts to keep Kiski Township police coverage
Kiski Township will continue to supply police services to North Apollo. North Apollo council Monday night approved a new, three-year contract in which the borough would pay Kiski Township $49,800 annually for police coverage. That’s a hike of $3,000 per year over the five-year contract that expired last year. Had...
Helaine Olen: Alabama tornadoes another opportunity for Trump to reward supporters and punish opponents
It’s good when a majority of voters in your state back Donald Trump. Just ask the residents of Alabama, who discovered Monday morning that the president of the United States is going to make sure they receive VIP treatment following the devastating tornadoes that swept across a rural part of...
Upper St. Clair tops Baldwin in PIHL Class AA 1st round game
After being swept in both regular-season matchups, No. 2 seed Upper St. Clair got some sweet postseason revenge by defeating Baldwin, 6-2, on Monday in a PIHL Class AA Penguins Cup first-round game at Ice Castle in Castle Shannon. The Panthers’ Anthony Carone scored twice and added an assist as...
John Dorfman: Omaha man wins Derby of Economic Forecasting
“What did everybody get wrong this year?” my wife asked me at breakfast Sunday. It was a good question. I’ve been running the Derby of Economic Forecasting Talent, or DEFT, more or less annually since 1999. Contestants must predict six economic variables — gross domestic product, inflation, the interest rate...
‘The chain of command is broken,’ Guaido tells supporters upon his return to VenezuelaVideo
When Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido left the country a week ago, he slipped out like a hunted man, defying a travel ban by crossing into rural Colombia overland. On Monday, he returned in the most high-profile way possible: landing at the country’s principal airport in Maiquetia in broad...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Mars’ Andrew Recchia
Andrew Recchia School: Mars Class: Senior It really was ‘The shot heard around the world.” The intergalactic 3-point shot from Andrew Recchia in the final seconds of the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball title game made Mars a back-to-back champion. Led by Recchia’s 23 points, the Fightin’ Planets edged Moon,...
Mark Madden: Islanders fans booing John Tavares is perfectly understandable
Last Thursday, John Tavares played at the New York Islanders’ home rink (one of them) as a member of the visiting team for the first time. Tavares had 621 points over nine years as an Islander. But he only played in 24 playoff games and won just one postseason series....
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Chartiers Valley
The Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week picked up two postseason wins this past week, the second victory earning them gold for the second time in three years — the Chartiers Valley Colts. After two and a half decades of coaching the boys basketball team at Chartiers Valley,...
Trump’s new attorney general William Barr won’t recuse himself in Mueller probe
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said he won’t recuse himself from being in charge of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, a major development affecting the fate of the politically charged probe into President Trump. “Following General Barr’s confirmation, senior career ethics officials advised that General Barr should not recuse...
Thomas Botzman: Simplifying student loans
The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 was part of the Great Society campaign of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. Part of its noble goal was to create opportunities for students who dreamed of earning college degrees and advancing their careers by providing financial aid to students in need. By...
Tom Purcell: Why ‘springing forward’ takes my dad weeks
Nobody dreads daylight saving time more than my father. He has his work cut out for him this coming weekend, when we “spring forward” by setting clocks ahead by an hour before going to bed Saturday night. You see, my mother loves clocks — so much that he has 14...
Jerome Corsi retracts and apologizes for story promoting Seth Rich conspiracy theory
Conservative author Jerome Corsi on Monday apologized for writing an article in which he falsely alleged that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who was killed in 2016, and his brother Aaron had leaked thousands of emails to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks. Corsi said in a statement that the...
New Kensington-Arnold considers relaxing policies on electronic devices, dress code
New Kensington-Arnold School District is taking steps to relax policies on what students can wear and their use of electronic devices. Superintendent John Pallone said the district’s existing policy on electronic devices, last revised more than a decade ago, doesn’t reflect how prevalent the devices have become or how attitudes...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for week of March 4, 2019
Let the fun begin. Five rounds will produce six champions in three weeks in the Pennsylvania boys basketball version of March Madness. The state playoffs tip off this weekend with a lot of changes and head-to-head battles among teams in the Trib HSSN state rankings coming up in the next...
Tiger Woods withdraws from Arnold Palmer Invitational because of neck injury
Tiger Woods is withdrawing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational due to a neck injury, delivering a big blow to the Orlando tournament that surged in popularity when he played last year. Woods announced his decision Monday afternoon in two posts on his Twitter account. “Unfortunately due to a neck strain...
Evidence grows that Trump’s trade wars are hitting U.S. economy
WASHINGTON — President Trump regularly declares that he’s winning his trade wars. Yet evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is a net loser so far. In two separate papers published over the weekend, some of the world’s leading trade economists declared Trump’s tariffs to be the most consequential trade...
Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker leaves Justice Department
WASHINGTON — Matthew Whitaker, the former acting attorney general whose brief appointment generated intense controversy, resigned from the Justice Department over the weekend. Justice Department officials said Whitaker’s last day at the agency was Saturday. He had spent recent weeks working as a senior counselor in the office of the...
Editorial: Pittsburgh schools reduced pot penalties puzzling
Pennsylvania has yet to decide on the future of marijuana. Yes, it’s legal for medicinal purposes. Yes, the possibility of recreational use is being explored. There are very real reasons why that should be on the table. Why should alcohol be OK for frivolous consumption but marijuana isn’t? Valid question....
Coach, teacher’s assistant accused of choking student
CAYCE, S.C. — Police say a South Carolina teacher’s assistant is facing criminal charges for choking a student who briefly lost consciousness. News outlets report the Cayce Department of Public Safety announced Monday that 60-year-old Willie Louis Scott Jr. was charged with third-degree assault and battery. He’s also an assistant...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of March 4, 2019
Edgeworth Kristen Olson sold property at 322 Highland Lane to Alejandro Diaz and Marisa Helene Grywalski for $151,000. Leet Christiana Trust trustee sold property at 103 Main St. to Garden Court Properties LLC for $89,900. Leetsdale Amber Mitchell sold property at 323 Beaver St. to Marlex Properties LLC for $7,200...
‘The end of a fantastic era’ — a look back on the Concorde
The speed and elegant appearance of the Concorde inspired awe. Its ear-rattling sonic booms irritated people on the ground and led to restrictions on where the jet could fly. The Concorde’s maiden flight was 50 years ago this month. Although the plane went out of service in 2003, its delta-wing...
Lungs at Work hosting black lung screening
Lungs at Work is offering testing and assistance to coal miners who may have black lung disease, a respiratory disease caused by inhaling coal dust. On April 25, the McMurray nonprofit will provide pulmonary screenings, health assessments and benefits counseling and assistance for those impacted by the disease that makes...
Nevada ranch once owned by Bing Crosby on market for $7.3M
ELKO, Nev. — A northeastern Nevada ranch once owned by Bing Crosby is for sale for $7,280,000. The Elko Daily Free Press reported last week that the Lawson Ranch was one of several properties the late singer and movie star owned in the area in the 1940s and 1950s. Crosby...
Cheswick man arrested, charged with stealing from Springdale smoke/vape shop
A Cheswick man is accused of breaking into a Springdale smoke shop early Saturday and stealing at least $5,000 worth of bongs, CBD products, vape pens and batteries. Brady Richard Glover, 33, is accused of throwing a cinder block through the front door of Premier Glass and Vape on Pittsburgh...
