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Letter to the editor: Why build the wall?
Some of those who don’t want to build a wall say it’s too expensive. Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and others on the left say we could use drones and electronic devices to do the same thing cheaper. Their thinking is shortsighted. If illegal aliens are detected crossing the border, they...
Letter to the editor: Dog verdict disgusting
I absolutely cannot believe the “not guilty” verdict in the case of the UPS driver attacked by three German shepherds trained as attack dogs (“Penn Township man found not guilty of dog law citations in UPS driver mauling,” Jan. 9, TribLIVE). It was weird that those dogs were not euthanized...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh crime will increase
Gun ban = more crime Regarding George Karpacs’ letter “Address gun issue now” (Jan. 6, TribLIVE): Do you do any thinking on your own? Pittsburgh’s mayor and Pennsylvania’s governor don’t. If they are successful with their gun-ban legislation, Pittsburgh will become like Chicago and other cities with high murder rates,...
‘Mary Poppins Jr.’ debuts at North Hills Middle School
Audiences’ favorite nanny will take center stage in the North Hills Drama Club’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical, “Mary Poppins Jr.,” on Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 in the North Hills Middle School auditorium. The 70-minute, one-act middle school production is based on the Broadway musical and one of the most popular Disney...
Harmar wants to buy fire substation to house public works equipment
Harmar supervisors are making a bid to buy an Allegheny Valley Volunteer Fire Department substation that is not being used. The board wants to use the No. 2 substation building at 1000 Freeport Road as the headquarters for the township’s public works department. “Knowing they (fire department) don’t use that...
Building bonds: Exercise groups offer friendship opportunities
When Brad Koenig divorced and moved from Toledo, Ohio, to Ormond Beach, Fla., in 2017, two of the first things he did were sign up for a yoga class and join a running club. “The only people I knew in the area were my brother and sister-in-law,” says the former...
In limbo: Embryos left after IVF challenge clinics, couples
Tens of thousands of embryos are stuck in limbo in fertility clinics, leftovers from pregnancy attempts and broken dreams of parenthood. Some are outright abandoned by people who quit paying storage fees and can’t be found. In other cases, couples are struggling with tough decisions. Jenny Sammis can’t bring herself...
Family history turns Frittata into special meal
Alicia Blair — owner of Alicia and Scott Jewelry Store on Warrendale Road, has the best of both worlds. She sees beautiful diamonds every day, but her real jewels are her family. Her shining diamond was her 100-year-old grandfather, Gabriel Veltri, who was always in the kitchen making something fresh...
George Washington’s 1770 expedition to the Ohio country
This month, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society’s workshop series on George Washington’s impact on Western Pennsylvania focused on his 1770 expedition to the Ohio country. Now 38 years old and a highly successful Virginia country gentleman, he had been appointed to administer the disposition of 200,000 acres of land “on...
Mizgorski appointed to fill Shaler Board of Commissioners vacancy
The Shaler Commissioners appointed David Mizgorski on Jan. 8 to fill a vacancy on the board due to his wife, Lori’s, resignation from the board to serve as state representative for the 30th Legislative District. Magisterial District Judge Daniel Konieczka administered the oath of office to Mizgorski, a Republican, representing...
Pa. native is recording world languages in a mission to save them
When Daniel Bogre Udell turned 13, the small world he knew in the Poconos expanded into a much larger one in the kitchen of a local restaurant. It was the first time Bogre Udell, now 27, heard people speaking to one another in Spanish. That job as a busboy in...
Trump tells Sarah Sanders ‘not to bother’ and stop holding press briefings
Because he claims the media covers the press secretary ” so rudely & inaccurately,” President Trump has told Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday to stop holding press briefings. On Twitter, the president added, “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway! Most will never cover us fairly...
White House considering new candidates for open Fed board seat
WASHINGTON — White House officials are considering new candidates for at least one and possibly both empty seats on the Federal Reserve Board for President Trump to nominate, according to people familiar with the matter. Fed economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration earlier this month for one of the vacancies....
Alcohol-linked disease passes hepatitis C as top reason for liver transplant
An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver transplants in the United States, according to research published Tuesday in...
Girl, 12, dies after snow fort collapses near church
CHICAGO — A 12-year-old girl who was playing in the snow with a friend died after a fort they had built by a suburban church collapsed on top of them Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The girl was playing with a 9-year-old girl near Rothem Church in Arlington Heights, Ill., when...
Part of Trump’s base is faulting him for the shutdown
MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Two years ago, Jeff Daudert was fed up with politics. He wanted to shake up the status quo. He didn’t mind sending a message to the establishment — and, frankly, he liked the idea of a disruptive president. But the 49-year-old retired Navy reservist has had...
Undeclared missile bases have been discovered in North Korea, according to new report
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have something new to discuss in February. An undisclosed North Korean missile base has been found 132 miles from the South Korean border, according to the nonpartisan think tank Beyond Parallel. The Sino-ri Missile Operating Base is the latest of...
Robert Morris defeats Central Connecticut, stays atop NEC
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Josh Williams scored 15 points to lead four Colonials in double figures and Robert Morris defeated Central Connecticut, 70-59, on Monday to stay atop the Northeast Conference. The Colonials (10-9, 5-1) have won six of their last seven and concluded a four-game road trip against NEC...
Trump ‘never spoke’ with Michael Cohen about false testimony, Rudy Giuliani says
President Trump did not speak with Michael Cohen before he testified falsely before Congress about plans to develop a skyscraper in Moscow during the 2016 campaign, Rudy Giuliani said Monday, backing off previous assertions that such talks may have taken place. The former New York mayor, who serves as Trump’s...
Editorial: Amnesty could stop avalanche of legal trouble
A little amnesty can be a good thing. A lot of people in Allegheny County have a chance to find that out. The county is swimming in about 450 bench warrants issued to people who didn’t show up at court appearances. It’s just about the easiest way to guarantee a...
Jason Kelce, Eagles strongly defend Carson Wentz after damning report
A report Monday by Phillyvoice.com quoting anonymous Philadelphia Eagles players and other sources within the organization calling quarterback Carson Wentz “selfish” and “uncompromising” has teammates rushing to his defense via text and social media. According to the report by Joe Santoliquito, more than a half-dozen players and other sources paint...
More college students are turning to emotional support animals
Sometimes Liv Tempesta feels like she doesn’t have any emotions. That comes with the territory when you’re coping with clinical depression. The 19-year-old sophomore at Temple University last year tried a new type of treatment: a cat. Skittles, her 8-year-old tabby and her first emotional-support animal, lived on campus with...
Planetary diet could save Earth, save lives and aid world hunger, study says
Our current food production and consumption habits are doomed to “exacerbate risks to people and planet,” according to a landmark study published in The Lancet this week. But if we make a radical change — as in, cut our sugar and red meat by half and double our vegetable, fruit...
Program on scams to be held in Pleasant Hills
The Borough of Pleasant Hills will host a Senior Services program “What is a Scam?” from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 30. The event, to be held in the Community Room at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building, 410 East Bruceton Road, will teach attendees how to avoid becoming victims of...
Letter to the editor: Op-ed missed mark on pro-life goals
Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche’s op-ed “Nothing ‘pro-life’ about overturning Roe v. Wade” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE) misses the mark on anti-abortion goals. It begins with the subtle rhetorical move of “pro-life” in scare quotes that is often used to assert the absurd idea that the very people attempting to save...
