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Letter to the editor: Poor choice of headline word
Your Jan. 16 edition included the headline, “New pack of migrants heads north,” on a wire story. I would like to know who chose the term “pack” to refer to a group of people. Whatever your views on immigration, can’t we at least agree that we are talking about human...
Letter to the editor: Tomlin should go
I agree with the letter-writer who suggested firing Steelers coach Mike Tomlin (“Fire Steelers coaches,” Dec. 29, TribLIVE). After the fourth-down call in New Orleans, giving the ball to the Aints, they scored. This showed he didn’t know how to preserve a lead. Why would Tomlin go for a “fake...
Letter to the editor: Fanning flames of Russian hysteria
“Without presenting any evidence, President Trump said … .” This is how the media covers the Trump administration, with additional commentary accusing him of lying. The New York Times on Jan. 11 published a piece about the FBI’s inquiry into the possibility that Trump was working on behalf of Russia....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 21.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 21....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 21
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 21....
Give blood, support fellow Hampton student
A blood drive on Jan. 30 is being held at Hampton high school from 7:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. in honor of a junior who has been battling acute lymphoma leukemia since last year. Hampton’s Sam Triulzi was diagnosed with the disease last May at the end of his sophomore...
Curtain to raise on ‘Footloose’ at Pine-Richland Middle School
Students at Pine-Richland Middle School are performing the musical “Footloose” this winter and they aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to the production. “We don’t know who’s more excited, the kids or their parents,” director Angela Gross said. “We’ve had so much good feedback from the parents.” The...
Canevin student among Medallion Ball recipients
Ann Walsh, a senior at Bishop Canevin High School, was among 128 young women to receive St. Joan of Arc medallions for volunteering a minimum of 150 hours with local organizations. The event was part of St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind’s 55th Medallion Ball, held this past November at...
To protect concrete from road salt, Drexel engineers have an odd idea: bacteria
If past years are any indication, trucks will spread 900,000 tons of salt on Pennsylvania’s state roadways this winter, lowering the melting point of snow and ice to the point where some of it turns into harmless liquid. Their counterparts in New Jersey will disgorge an additional 300,000 tons. Great...
Dear Mr. President, that’s not how global warming works
Sunday morning began with a stern, concerned warning from President Trump to thousands of Northeasterners expected to be affected by a massive weather system: “Be careful and try staying in your house,” the president tweeted. “Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of snow and near record...
South Florida eateries add marijuana ingredient CBD to menus
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Customers are raving about the new slices at Pizza City in Fort Lauderdale — especially the marinara sauce, which is infused with cannabidiol, aka CBD oil, the trendy but controversial compound commonly found in marijuana. At Foxworth Fountain in Delray Beach you can order ice-cream floats,...
Editorial: Whose shutdown is it?
Whose problem is it anyway? President Trump sat in a meeting with Democrats and pushed for a border wall. He did it emphatically and without question. “I am proud to shut down the government for border security,” he said Dec. 11. “I will take the mantle.” And government shut down....
Mitchel Nickols: King legacy makes difference today
When a person is born, we don’t know what impact their birth will make on the lives of others. When Martin Luther King Jr. was born, it would take a number of years to see and hear the things that would transform the lives of so many who had been...
Letter to the editor: Do math on wall
I do not understand why politics is taking such a toll on the government shutdown. Do the math: Estimates put the cost of illegal immigration at $130 billion per year. The president is asking for $5.7 billion for a border wall. If the wall proves to be over 80 percent...
Letter to the editor: Progressive coup
It’s a shame that the letter-writers fraught with anxiety and seething rage concerning President Trump are wasting so much energy and happiness when most of their stated reasons are, I believe, without basis in truth and fact. It’s also a shame that so many intelligent, reasonable people have been convinced...
Letter to the editor: Preventing gerrymandering
With news of the Supreme Court open to hearing gerrymandering cases from North Carolina and Maryland, it’s time to fan the inferno about Pennsylvania’s own redistricting reform. For a long time, I believed that promoting an independent, nonpartisan citizens’ commission on redistricting that is proposed by Fair Districts PA was...
Richland residents will soon see hike in sewer bill
Some Richland residents will soon begin to feel the impact of scheduled improvements both to Hampton Township’s Allison Park Water Pollution Control Plant and the Allegheny Valley Joint Sewer Authority plant. The board of supervisors approved ordinances setting the capital improvement charges that will be felt by customers of both...
Shaler North Hills Library participating in ‘Big Read’
As part of the Big Read, Shaler North Hills Library is hosting programming through March focused on Julia Alvarez’s historical novel “In the Time of the Butterflies.” The Big Read, made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, “broadens our understanding of our world,...
Josh Williams leads Robert Morris past Bryant in Northeast Conference play
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Josh Williams hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points as Robert Morris rolled to a 79-65 win over Bryant on Saturday. Malik Petteway added 14 points with nine rebounds and four steals for the Colonials (9-9, 4-1 Northeast Conference). Matty McConnell (Chartiers Valley) had 13 points, five...
Rocking beds and pillows that nudge when you snore: Tech wants into your bed
I’ve tried a mattress with water cooling and another that sways like a boat. I’ve worn brainwave-measuring helmets and rested on pillows that nudge you when you snore. In the hunt for better sleep, I’ve even snuggled up with a robot. For the gadget industry, sleep is the new exercise...
Deborah Kearns: The 4 most common mortgage and real estate scams and how to stop them
The last thing consumers should have to worry about is being scammed when they buy or rent a home, or consider refinancing options. Unfortunately, criminals are getting more creative in how they target their victims, leading to major financial headaches for their unsuspecting victims. In 2017 alone, 9,645 victims reported...
Outdoors notices for Jan. 20, 2018
NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League on Jan. 9, Frazier-Simplex (7-0) defeated Murrysville (1-5), 1,483-1,464; and Allegheny (3-5) beat Irwin Post 228 (0-7), 1,440-1,427. Dormont-Mt. Lebanon (6-1) had a bye. Murrysville’s Kevin Dufford and Frazier-Simplex’s John Husk each shot 298 for the high score...
Emotional support alligator offers comfort, sharp teeth
YORK, Pa. — On a recent Monday afternoon, Joie Henney walked into the Glatfelter Community Center at the Village at Sprenkle Drive, an assisted-living development north of York, with his emotional support animal on a leash. He walked by an elderly woman sitting on a bench by a window, reading...
Editorial: STEM doesn’t have to mean college
A good job. A good paycheck. A balance between work and home. These are the things most of us want, and the things most of us want for our kids. They aren’t things that have to come with a college degree. Maybe your child really wants to go to college....
Harold Johnson: Corruption in the Catholic Church
My Catholicism, my faith, states that the Catholic Church consists of the people, and the head of the Church is Jesus Christ. Not the pope, the cardinals, the bishops and archbishops, or the priests and deacons. They are administrators of the Catholic organization, and, yes, they are members of the...
