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The whole truth? Patients often conceal details from doctors
A new medical study upholds an old truth about patients deceiving their health care providers: It happens a lot. The deception is, of course, mutual. In medical journals, it’s generally referred to as “nondisclosure” or “withholding.” On the TV drama “House,” it was called “lying” and the lead character, Dr....
Flipper fun at Pinball PA and other places around Pittsburgh region
It’s just before 11 a.m. on a Saturday when Zakk Akin arrives at work. He makes his way through the dark, maze-like facility. The place is silent, save for the jangling of his key chain. He flips a switch, creating a cacophony of buzzing, beeping, bells and robotic voices. Colorful,...
Pine, Richland townships gear up for 2019
Both the Pine and Richland supervisors will continue on in their current roles in 2019 following their respective organizational meetings to start the new year. In Pine Township, longtime Chairman Michael Dennehy was unanimously selected to retain that position in 2019, as were Philip Henry and Ed Holdcroft in the...
Comedy show to benefit Reserve VFD
The International Fire Chiefs Association, an organization representing firefighting and emergency response leaders, estimates that it costs more than $9,000 to outfit one firefighter with the proper equipment. The Reserve Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual comedy show 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Mt. Troy Ballroom, with the...
Jefferson Hills strips certification from Gill Hall VFC
Despite the protests of its members, Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company has been cut off from municipal funds and no longer will receive dispatches from Allegheny County Emergency Services. Citing flagging membership and a decline in quality of service, Jefferson Hills Borough Council voted Jan. 14 to drop the department...
Airbnb says it made a profit again in 2018
Airbnb Inc. said it made money for a second straight year, based on a common measure that excludes some expenses, as the online home-rental service prepares for an initial public offering. Airbnb said in a memo that it generated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization in 2018. A spokesperson...
William Barr carefully distances himself from Trump on key issues
WASHINGTON — William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, told a Senate panel Tuesday that he did not believe special counsel Robert Mueller was on a “witch hunt” and said he would not fire Mueller without good cause. “I would not carry out that instruction” if asked to do...
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson: ‘I want to be the Brady’ of Baltimore
BALTIMORE — In late December, Ray Lewis visited Ravens headquarters to film an “Inside the NFL” segment with Lamar Jackson for the Showtime show. On Monday afternoon, the final product was posted on Twitter — eight days after the Ravens’ season-ending playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. But while...
Lovin’ it: Trump fetes NCAA champion Clemson with burgers, fries
WASHINGTON — The scent of burgers, fries and victory wafted through the stately White House on Monday as President Trump saluted college football’s Clemson Tigers for winning the national championship. Trump, a fast food lover, said he even paid for their meal himself because of the partial government shutdown. He...
Texas recyclers face challenges of weak demand, low prices
HOUSTON — Oceans choked with discarded plastics. Beached whales found with hundreds of pieces of plastics in their stomachs. Soil contaminated by tiny fragments of plastics. The Houston Chronicle reports as environmentalists, corporations and the public increasingly focus on the mass of plastics discarded every day, they are running into...
Wolf inauguration price tag: $1.7 million and counting
HARRISBURG — Labor unions, law firms, lobbyists and big energy companies are among dozens of donors who have kicked in more than $1.7 million to help pay for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s inaugural events Tuesday, according to information disclosed by the governor’s inaugural committee. And that number is only expected...
Pat Buchanan: Trump should declare emergency
In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump’s stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States. Why? Because mass migration from the global South, not climate change, is the real existential crisis of the West. The American people know this, and even...
Wayward West Leechburg turkey has new home, new nameVideo
A displaced domesticated West Leechburg turkey has a new home. And a new name. Meet “Hot Sauce,” the newest fowl resident of Gilpin. Hot Sauce was adopted Monday by the Karpinski family of Gilpin after weeks wandering around West Leechburg — roosting on porches, wandering through yards and seemingly having...
Latest polls show voters blaming Trump for the government shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Trump said a month ago that he’d gladly take the blame for a government shutdown over his proposed border wall. Polls show he’s getting it. Six surveys taken since the partial government closure began last month tell a consistent story — half or more Americans believe Trump...
House GOP leaders move to strip Rep. King of committee assignments over comments
WASHINGTON — A panel of Republican leaders voted unanimously Monday to keep veteran Iowa lawmaker Steve King off of House committees, a firm rebuke to a influential opponent of illegal immigration who sparked outrage last week after openly questioning whether the term “white supremacist” was offensive. House Minority Leader Kevin...
Editorial: Mayor’s plan needs more details
“We welcome more details on the mayor’s full plan.” That’s what Highmark spokesman Aaron Billger said about Mayor Bill Peduto’s OnePGH idea. We second that. It’s not that we are critical of the plan or the goal. We don’t really have enough information to be critical. The initiative wants to...
How Pennsylvania achieved its steepest decline in state prison population
Pennsylvania cut its prison population by just over a thousand inmates during 2018 — a figure equivalent to the population of one entire state prison. “The 2018 calendar year reduction represents the single largest year-over-year decrease of inmate population on record,” Gov. Wolf said in a statement that credited the...
Chicago high school student charged with murder in shooting of transgender escort
CHICAGO — A Cook County judge on Sunday denied bail for a high school senior accused of fatally shooting his transgender lover in a death that drew public attention to violence against transgender women of color. Dressed in a brown juvenile detention sweatshirt, shackled at the waist and surrounded by...
Letter to the editor: Steelers, borders & pot
My thoughts about some recent news. • Once more the Steelers will not be in contention for a Super Bowl win. They have the talent, but need a coach. Mike Tomlin is a nice guy, but will never be a winner like Chuck Noll because he doesn’t enforce strict discipline....
Letter to the editor: Trump bully & liar
The letter I wrote a few weeks ago (”Trump’s made us laughingstock,” Dec. 13, TribLIVE) has been proven true. Our president is a bully, and this government shut down proves it. He is like a little boy who gets mad when he doesn’t get his way, takes his football and...
Letter to the editor: Tlaib misinformed on impeachment
Newly sworn in to Congress, Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib is getting some negative feedback regarding the profanity she used in a recent speech. Apparently, Tlaib was caught up in the excitement of discussing the opportunity to impeach President Donald Trump. In an online article, CNN noted that advocating a...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 14....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 14.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 14....
Carnegie police increased patrols in 2018, calls for service up 12 percent
Carnegie police officers ramped up foot patrols in 2018 in what Chief Joe Kennedy called a proactive approach to policing. The number of officer-initiated calls for business, school and welfare checks rose to approximately 3,700 in 2018, according to service call records, up 41 percent from 2017. Kennedy said, for...
Bleach isn’t so scary if you know how to use it correctly
There is dissension in laundry rooms and grocery store cleaning aisles everywhere. For some of us, when it comes to whitening and disinfecting laundry and certain areas of our home, common household bleach is a wonder product. To others, bleach is a hazardous chemical. To get to the hard truth...
