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Cranberry EMS veteran fired over camera in women’s room
A member of Cranberry Township EMS is facing charges after, police say, he put a hidden camera in a women’s restroom. WPXI-TV reports that Matt Leonard, a 12-year veteran of the EMS company, was charged Tuesday with invasion of privacy by viewing or photographing a person without consent and invasion...
Former Pirate Jason Bay headed to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
Jason Bay, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2004, has been named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Bay, who also played for the Padres, Red Sox, Mets and Mariners, was selected on Tuesday along with pitcher Ryan Dempster, coach...
Crypto CEO dies holding only passwords that can unlock millions in customer coins
Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution — just the latest cautionary tale in the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies. The online startup can’t retrieve about $145 million in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and other digital tokens held for its customers, according to court documents filed...
Pat Buchanan: Who’s right, Trump or spy chiefs?
To manifest his opposition to President Trump’s decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, and half of the 14,000 in Afghanistan, Gen. James Mattis went public and resigned as secretary of Defense. Now Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, in public testimony to Congress, has contradicted Trump...
Sanders to pharma firm: Why are you charging $375,000 for life-saving drug?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has sent a letter to Florida-based Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. demanding to know why it is charging $375,000 for a drug that treats a rare disease. In the letter, released Monday, Sanders asked Catalyst CEO Patrick McEnany how many patients “will suffer or die” due to the...
Andy Warhol said he wanted to be ‘a machine’ — two new shows prove he was anything but
NEW YORK — We live with Andy Warhol in much the same way we live with the visual material he reproduced and exploited — the vast Americana of consumer products, movie stars and news. He sought to claim this iconography as art, to harness its seductive power and mimic the...
Trump judicial nominee Neomi Rao backs away from remarks on date rape
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on a high-profile appeals court backed away from language she used as a college student in writing about sexual assault, race and equal rights for women. “To be honest, looking back at some of those writings … I cringe at some...
Lakers pull out of Anthony Davis trade talks amid Pelicans’ ‘outrageous’ requests
INDIANAPOLIS — The Lakers have pulled out of conversations aimed at trying to acquire New Orleans All-Star Anthony Davis because of the Pelicans’ “outrageous” trade requests, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Magic Johnson, the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, told New Orleans general manager Dell Demps...
Nurse accused of raping patient in Arizona pleads not guilty
PHOENIX — A nurse facing criminal charges in the rape of an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a long-term care facility in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Tuesday during a brief court appearance. The only comments by Nathan Dorceus Sutherland were made when he identified himself to the court...
Trump’s travel to Mar-a-Lago alone likely cost taxpayers more than $64 million
One of the ongoing questions about the administration of President Trump has an answer - at least, in part. Since his first month in office, with his first weekend forays to his private retreat in Florida — Mar-a-Lago — questions have been raised about the cost of those trips. This...
Texas man dies after vape pen explodes in his face, medical examiner’s office says
FORT WORTH — A 24-year-old Fort Worth man died last month after his vape pen exploded in his face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office. William Brown was at a vaporizer store in Keller when it happened. His grandmother, Alice Brown, said he had just purchased the device...
U.S. commander: ISIS hold in Syria, Iraq on verge of collapse
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare near-total triumph over the Islamic State group in Syria in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but U.S. defense officials are increasingly fearful that the militants are simply biding their time until the Americans leave the battlefield as planned. ISIS has...
Editorial: Is Wolf’s budget feasible?
Wow, does Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget sound good. He started out his 2019-20 budget address — a kind of “State of the Commonwealth” — with what he acknowledged was the thing people really wanted to know. “This proposal asks for no new taxes. Not one dollar. Not one dime. Not...
Bonfire Food & Drink is heating up the South Side
The South Side has added another restaurant to its stacked roster: Bonfire Food & Drink, a much- anticipated new culinary concept by Chris Bonfili, the chef and owner of Shadyside’s former Avenue B and Sewickley’s B Gourmet. After closing Avenue B last year, Bonfili scoured the city for a location to...
Letter to the editor: Trickle-on vs. trickle-down
The only thing new in the world is the history you haven’t read. This country was conceived by wealthy white men who wanted to retain the fruits of their labor. The big government across the waves wanted to confiscate that wealth to pay for wars without giving “we the people”...
Letter to the editor: Gun ban proposal lazy, illegal
Mayor Bill Peduto and Pittsburgh City Council, who do you think you are? Your lazy, unlawful attempts to further burden the fine people of Pittsburgh with absurd laws are asinine. You are well aware that your attempt at a gun ban in the city of Pittsburgh, and that’s what it...
Letter to the editor: Harrison should give chief respect
After learning about the controversy surrounding the retirement of Harrison Police Chief Mike Klein, I attended the Jan. 28 township commissioners meeting (“Harrison moving toward retirement plan for police Chief Klein,” Jan. 29, TribLIVE). Clearly, the controversy is not only manufactured, but completely disrespectful. The votes to accept the retirement...
Letter to the editor: Check your ‘facts’
Some thoughts concerning Bob Jacobs’ letter “Impeach Pelosi” (Jan. 29, TribLIVE): First: Since when has it been acceptable to label a whole category of people “stupid”? Intelligent political discourse does not include name-calling; instead, it relies on facts and logic. Second: The United States has controlled borders, requiring valid documentation...
Duo bringing hackathon to Pine-Richland
Pine-Richland High School students Arjan Guglani and Justin Waltrip are already app designers who’ve participated in tech events across the region, and now they’re bringing a “hackathon” to their own school. The two whiz kids are hosting the school’s first Hack-the-Ram Hackathon in which students in grades seven through 12...
Chocolate Bread Pudding perfect addition to Valentine’s Day dinner
Looking for a recipe that is personally created yet extraordinary to charm your Valentine? Lori Burgman, business logistics manager at Northern Tier Library, allows you access to her rich, chocolate bread pudding. She and her husband of 32 years, John, took a favorite bread pudding and over the years refined...
Editorial: Trump talks unity, doesn’t achieve it
The State of the Union address hit all of its marks. President Trump danced through the annual speech, following all the footprints on the floor to pull off a waltz that moved from point to point. Acknowledge everyone. Applause. Use the buzzwords. America. Jobs. Economy. More applause. And as usual...
Check your compass: The magnetic north pole is on the move
WASHINGTON — North isn’t quite where it used to be. Earth’s north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really was,...
Hurricane Michael recovery has a big problem: People aren’t donating
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — More than three months after Hurricane Michael bludgeoned the beachside communities in the Panhandle, dozens of people crammed into the Messiah Lutheran Church on a recent Thursday. They were there to address enormous questions that hang over their largely lower-income part of the state. “Affordable Housing,”...
Charlotte Russe plans to close 94 stores, 4 in Pa.
The year 2018 was not a stellar year for some retailers. It looks as if 2019 is not getting any more traction. Charlotte Russe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close 94 stores, the company announced Monday. The chain plans to completely liquidate if it can’t find a...
Joe Scarborough: Trump’s State of the Union will come against grim political backdrop
President Donald Trump will be entering the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night to deliver a State of the Union address that he hopes will lift his sagging political fortunes. The 45th president has stumbled his way into an approval rating in the mid-30s, according to...
