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Arbitrator orders Fox to pay $179M to ‘Bones’ stars

An arbitrator has ordered 21st Century Fox to pay $179 million in a dispute over profits with the stars of the long-running TV show “Bones,” saying Fox executives engaged in “intentional fraud and malice.” The decision was reached earlier this month and revealed in a court petition from the plaintiffs...
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction coming to Disney parksVideo

LOS ANGELES — The world of Star Wars is coming from a galaxy far, far away to become the largest single-themed land created in a Disney park. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is an adventure through the grungy planet Batuu where guests can build their own droids and lightsabers, interact with...
WPIAL basketball Top 10: Longest playoff streaks

The Top 10 If it seems like some schools are making the WPIAL playoffs continuously, you’re probably right. Here is a list of the top 10 playoff streaks: Boys School, Playoff streak, Years covered 1. Monessen, 38, 1982-2019 2. Blackhawk, 31, 1984-2014 3. Aliquippa, 23, 1997-2019 4. Penn Hills, 22,...
Ice castles turn farmland into winter wonderlandVideo

NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. — On a clear, frigid night in a courtyard made of walls of ice, Bruce McCafferty and his young son stand mesmerized, bathed in the pulsating rainbow light emanating from a series of stout ice formations. McCafferty and his son Dougie have come out to Ice Castles...
Goetz Dembowski appointed to fill Millvale Council vacancy

Millvale Council appointed Katie Goetz Dembowski to fill a board vacancy prompted by councilman Jason Miller’s resignation due to his relocation to another municipality. Democrat Goetz Dembowski must run for re-election in November to carry out a four-year term starting in January 2020. Goetz Dembowski, 36, a Millvale native, has...
Couple celebrates birth of first child

Susan and Brian Wilkeson of Upper St. Clair are receiving congratulations on the birth of their first child. Brian Oliver was born on Feb. 8, 2019, weighing 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Mary Ellen Wilkeson of Carnegie, the late Jim Wilkeson of Carnegie, and...
For this family, cooking is for the dogs

Creating and modifying recipes is entertainment for Julie Hilldofer and her family. The entertainment comes into play when they all cook together getting that meal on the table. Taking on a standard recipe to refine generates fun and brainstorming for the group, but so many times they return to the...
Pedestrian deaths up 41 percent in Pennsylvania

Fueled by ubiquitous sport utility vehicles and distracted drivers, Pennsylvania saw a 41 percent increase in the number of pedestrian fatalities in the first six months of 2018 over a similar period the previous year, a new report has found. Pennsylvania wasn’t alone. The more than 6,200 pedestrians killed on...
Doug Oster speaking daily during Duquesne Light Home and Garden Show

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster will be appearing at the Duquesne Light Home and Garden Show from March 1-10, speaking every day. The event is held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and Oster will be speaking from the Green Thumb Stage, which is on the first floor, in...
Shaler Area students selected for All-State Orchestra

Shaler Area High School senior Marissa Fukas has been selected into the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s All-State Orchestra. Fukas earned second chair in the viola section of the All-State Orchestra following the audition process for the ensemble. This year, Fukas also was selected for the PMEA Honors Orchestra, PMEA District...
2 Pine-Richland students named National Merit Scholarship finalists

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) named two Pine-Richland High School students among approximately 15,000 finalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Seniors Luke Francis and Devin Golla were named semifinalists and then again finalists in February of 2019. More than 1.6 million juniors in about 22,000 high...
Man, 19, accused of assaulting 81-year-old over MAGA hat

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Authorities say a young man at a New Jersey supermarket assaulted an 81-year-old who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. Somerset County prosecutors have charged 19-year-old Ryan Salvagno with assault and harassment. Officials say Salvagno exchanged words with the older man about the hat...
New Castle boys hoping to tie Farrell’s longstanding WPIAL record

It was a record many considered unassailable for years. But New Castle is on the brink of tying Farrell’s longstanding mark of 13 WPIAL boys basketball championships. Farrell won its 13 titles from 1951-92, a period of 42 seasons. New Castle (20-4) will go after No. 13 at 1 p.m....
Duquesne drops another game against St. Bonaventure

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Courtney Stockard had 21 points as St. Bonaventure easily beat Duquesne, 68-47, on Wednesday night. Lamar Norman Jr. scored a season-high 20 points for the Dukes (18-10, 9-6 Atlantic 10). Eric Williams Jr. had five points despite coming into the contest as the Dukes’ leading scorer...
WPIAL boys, girls basketball teams clinch PIAA playoff berths

While the Path to the Pete is complete and the finals are set for this weekend, the Road to Hershey will tip off next week. The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five teams to seven teams. While all...
Va. first lady Pam Northam reportedly gave out cotton to black students during tour

Virginia first lady Pam Northam, who told her husband not to moonwalk during a news conference about wearing blackface, reportedly handed out cotton to black students on a tour of the governor’s mansion. Last week, the first lady and her husband, Ralph Northam, hosted about 100 students who had worked...

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