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Michael Avenatti accused of hiding millions of dollars from bankruptcy court
LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti hid millions of dollars from the court overseeing his law firm’s bankruptcy and used much of the money for personal compensation, a former partner alleges in new court records. The firm, Eagan Avenatti, was required by law to file monthly reports on its income and...
Report: 7 women claim singer Ryan Adams was inappropriate
NEW YORK — A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive. In the story published Wednesday, a 20-year-old female musician said Adams, 44, had...
Judge finds Paul Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel in the Russia probe, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson was another loss for the former Trump campaign chairman, who faces years in prison in two...
Vince Mercuri: Care for physical, emotional heart
I recall sitting in a health/science class in the early ’70s where the subject was caring for the heart. Topics included the typical instructions about height and weight , exercise, diet, heart-rate monitoring, blood pressure ranges, and overall health and wellness do’s and don’ts. The homework assignments involved tracking daily...
Mike Preston: Longtime Ravens QB Joe Flacco leaves behind a strong legacy
Shortly after the Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC wild-card round, head coach John Harbaugh gave Joe Flacco the ultimate compliment when he called him the best quarterback in Ravens history. To some, that might not have meant much because the Ravens have only been here...
In House’s Yemen vote, Congress reasserts war-making powers
WASHINGTON — Asserting congressional authority over war-making powers, the House passed a resolution Wednesday that would force the administration to withdraw U.S. troops from involvement in Yemen, in a rebuke of President Trump’s alliance with the Saudi-led coalition behind the military intervention. Lawmakers in both parties are increasingly uneasy over...
Gamblers bet on new football league despite no history
ATLANTIC CITY — Almost no one knows the players and there’s virtually no history to look back on. But that’s not stopping gamblers from making — and bookmakers from taking — bets on America’s newest professional football league, the Alliance of American Football (AAF). With one weekend of games under...
Trump’s coal pledge could be tested by TVA vote this week
FRANKFORT, Ky. — President Trump’s support for the coal industry — and for a particular power plant — will face a test this week when a utility board he appoints considers whether to close a coal-fired Kentucky plant whose suppliers include a mine owned by one of his campaign donors....
Editorial: Pittsburgh, Parkland linked by tragedy
Load. Pull back. Take aim. On Valentine’s Day, that scenario should be about Cupid loosing arrows, inspiring love and leading to bouquets of roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. It should not be about high school kids lying dead in pools of their own blood in hallways where minutes before...
Arnold hires former Tarentum police officer
Retirement didn’t last long for Ryan Hanford. Arnold hired Hanford as a police officer less than a week after he retired from Tarentum’s police department. Hanford, 44, has been a police officer for 25 years, 22 of them serving on Tarentum’s force. His retirement was approved by Tarentum Council on...
People magazine names the most stylish stars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — They are the A-listers who wow on the red carpet. Ahead of the Academy Awards, People magazine on Wednesday released its list of Hollywood’s most stylish stars. The magazine calls Lupita Nyong’o a trailblazing beauty and Emma Stone the modern romantic. Nicole Kidman is the elegant...
Photo Gallery: Spontaneous Fun Day at Linton Middle School
For the past 21 years, Penn Hills has hosted the Western Pennsylvania Odyssey of the Mind Spontaneous Fun Day. Forty-five teams from throughout the region gathered Feb. 9, at Linton Middle School to practice and prepare for the upcoming problem-solving competition. This year’s Odyssey of the Mind event will be...
Letter to the editor: Trump a doer, not a talker
I see Sen. Pat Toomey wants to take away the president’s authority on tariffs (“Toomey bill would strip Trump of tariff authority,” Feb. 6, TribLIVE). For years we watched Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton cry that “the Chinese are manipulating their currency and stealing our technology,” yet none of them...
Letter to the editor: Happy National Donor Day
The Health Resources and Services Administration (www.HRSA.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell transplant systems in the U.S. and for initiatives to increase organ donor registration and donation in this country. And while we all know February 14 as Valentine’s Day,...
Letter to the editor: Liberals, taxes & illegals
A simple question that liberals cannot answer without dragging in the president, who has nothing to do with it: What incentive does anyone have to get up every morning, work hard and try to achieve when you want to tax them over 70 percent of their income (federal, state, county,...
Letter to the editor: Time’s up for Trump
The media keeps asking why Roger Stone would use email to plot and plan President Trump’s dirty campaign and threaten a witness. Well, it’s obvious to me that Stone, Trump and the rest of the dirty dozen, or half dozen, felt they were above the law. America has a long...
Bridgeville author keeps writing books, songs that inspire faith
Bridgeville resident Michael Aquilina is a prolific writer. He is the author of more than 40 books on Catholic history, doctrine and devotion, including “Angels of God” and “Mothers of the Church: The Witness of Early Christian Women.” His most recent publication is “Villains of the Early Church and How...
Friends offer free podcast that focuses on women’s health
Former Hance Elementary School teacher and Cranberry resident Kim Maravich is furthering her goal of empowering and inspiring women to take charge of their health with a new podcast launched in January along with her friend Laurie Bittel. So far the two have teamed up to discuss topics including detoxifying...
Former Steeler Brett Keisel, North Hills science teacher take part in Shear Da Beard
Kris Proctor’s beard may not be quite as massive and legendary as former Steeler Brett Keisel’s. But his heart sure is. Proctor, a science teacher at North Hills Middle School, grew his beard for nine months, then sacrificed it in front of 651 middle-school students during a school-wide fundraiser that...
Before Bezos fight, National Enquirer publisher AMI faced steep losses
NEW YORK — The publisher of the National Enquirer, currently under attack by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, has been facing steep financial losses that have left the once-loyal keeper of Donald Trump’s secrets with more than $1 billion in debt and a negative net worth. The closely held American...
Michael Galant: It’s time to shut down tax havens
For many Americans, February is tax time — or at least the time they are reminded of their need to pay taxes, now that the forms are all in. That means millions of people are starting to sift through piles of paper hoping they won’t owe more than they can...
Penn State alumni trustees attack Louis Freeh investigation into Sandusky report
PHILADELPHIA — A report compiled by long-standing critics of Louis Freeh’s 2012 investigation into the sex-abuse scandal at Penn State University asserts that the former FBI director didn’t have the evidence to blame the school’s football “culture” as he did, much less prove that its leaders knew or conspired to...
John Gibson: Setting record straight on Veolia’s PWSA work
In response to Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy’s op-ed “Real culprit in Pittsburgh’s lead crisis” (Feb. 6, TribLIVE), we would like to state that we wholeheartedly agree with the author’s desire to put the interests and safety of the people of Pittsburgh first. We wish to set the record straight, however, regarding...
Pat Buchanan: Has Trump found formula for 2020?
If the pollsters at CNN and CBS are correct, Donald Trump may have found the formula for winning a second term in 2020. His State of the Union address, say the two networks, met with the approval of 76 percent of all viewers — 97 percent of Republicans, 82 percent...
Ex-boyfriend confesses to slaying of woman found dead inside suitcase
GREENWICH, Conn. — An ex-boyfriend of Valerie Reyes is in federal custody after prosecutors say he confessed to the slaying of the 24-year-old New Rochelle, N.Y., woman, whose body was stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped on the side of the road in Greenwich a week ago. Detectives from Connecticut...
