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Letter to the editor: ‘Weird’ is a mean word, and Trump may take the bait
Was anyone surprised last week to hear so many prominent Democratic spokespeople use the same exact word? The word of the day was “weird.” When you see a montage of the clips, it’s obvious to me that they brainstorm via Zoom each morning to decide on the talking point for...
Letter to the editor: Netanyahu visit strange time for consensus
Congress gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a standing ovation. He has faced calls to resign from 72% of Israelis, including Hamas hostages’ family members, six of whom were arrested protesting the very address Congress applauded. He has faced indictments in Israel for corruption. Just a year ago, Israelis took...
Westmoreland happenings: Brewfest, super bingo, more
Festival • Cook Township Community Center will host its third annual Backyard Brewfest from 3 to 9 p.m. Aug. 10 at the center, 1714 Route 711. Must be 21. There will be food and music. Cost: $10, in advance; $15, at the gate. Tickets: tinyurl.com/mptr5dh9. Fundraisers • Westmoreland County Blind...
The Stroller, Aug. 4, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. National Night Out celebrations scheduled Three National Night Out celebrations are...
Editorial: This trade is not finished, Mr. President
A Rube Goldberg machine is the intersection of inspired engineering, cartoonish imagination and childlike faith. Familiar from Goldberg’s own illustrations in the 1930s and Saturday morning programming like “Tom and Jerry” and “Scooby-Doo,” they are contraptions that string together improbable parts to accomplish a seemingly simple task. A marble rolls...
Letter to the editor: Ending price gouging
Fidelity sends a periodic newsletter to its investors. Its June 17, 2024, issue dealt with the gap between the reality and the perception of the U.S. economy. The data shows the economy is healthy and growing, but Americans are very pessimistic. Our gross domestic product has grown over the past...
Edward Kizza, Eric Dick lead Riverhounds to road win in Sacramento
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds continued their midseason surge with a 1-0 road win over Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday night. Edward Kizza scored late in the first half and goalkeeper Eric Dick made eight saves to lead the Riverhounds to their third win in their last four games, regaining momentum after...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 3, 2024: Billy Cook, Nick Yorke each double twice in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 49-54) lost 8-7 to Toledo (Tigers) in 10 innings. RF Billy Cook (.282) went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two runs scored and a stolen base. LF Nick Yorke (.313) went 2 for 4 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI. C Henry Davis (.314)...
Richard Forno: Social media and political violence — how to break the cycle
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 added more fuel to an already fiery election season. In this case, political violence was carried out against the party that is most often found espousing it. The incident shows how uncontrollable political violence can be — and how dangerous the...
Sheldon H. Jacobson: Who will pay for the Crowdstrike outage?
Crowdstrike did not have a good day on July 19. During a routine software update, the file that the cybersecurity firm issued triggered a logic error that prohibited Windows machines from rebooting. Microsoft estimates that about 8.5 million computers may have been affected by the event. This created a tsunami of...
Elisabeth Rosenthal: Why many nonprofit (wink, wink) hospitals are rolling in money
One owns a for-profit insurer, a venture capital company and for-profit hospitals in Italy and Kazakhstan; it has just acquired its fourth for-profit hospital in Ireland. Another owns one of the largest for-profit hospitals in London, is partnering to build a massive training facility for a professional basketball team and...
EMS treated 250 at Butler Trump rally, including shooting victims
Less than a half-hour after getting set up at the Butler Farm Show grounds for former President Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally, the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company received its first call for a heat-related issue. About 250 people were overcome by the heat, but whoever was counting might have...
Letter to the editor: Red-light tech could increase fatalities
Regarding the July 30 article “Red-light district: Pittsburgh mulls tech to catch traffic light scofflaws” (July 30, TribLive): Pittsburgh City Council should consider the data from other cities that have implemented this policy. Washington, D.C., has been utilizing this technology since 2015, and fatalities have actually increased since doing so....
Sounding off: Politics week’s top letters’ topic
Why don’t we better protect our presidents, candidates? How many times have we heard the same refrain from a U.S. president, federal officials serving in the Secret Service, FBI and Central Intelligence Agency, and news media pundits after a president or presidential candidate has been assassinated or wounded in assassination...
A Pittsburgh homecoming: Dan + Shay feel the love at Star Lake
Here are some fun facts about Dan Smyers: he’s a born-and-raised native of the Pittsburgh area; he’s a Steelers fan; he still calls Acrisure Stadium by its previous name, Heinz Field; he’s half of a Grammy Award-winning country duo called Dan + Shay; and, according to him, he had the...
Letter to the editor: Our pitiful world
What a pitiful world we live in when drag queens are in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, when illegals seem to have more rights than citizens, when many criminals are not held accountable, when the government wants to force its agendas on us and, especially, when a first-grader is...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ bait and switch
I find it curious how quiet the mainstream media is about the bait and switch pulled by the Democrats. It was President Biden who got the votes and the delegates, not Kamala Harris. If the Republicans had done this prior to the nomination, you know we wouldn’t hear the end...
Laurels & lances: Doing good & doing nothing
Laurel: To a sense of purpose. When you mention “volunteering” and “dementia,” people have an image in mind. It’s about people coming to a nursing home and doing something with the patients. Maybe they read. Maybe they play music or just sit and talk. But it’s about an able person...
The Stroller, Aug. 3, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual YMCA golf outing planned at Hill Crest CC Valley Points...
Letter to the editor: We should all be concerned about Project 2025
Americans of all stripes should be concerned about Project 2025, a transition plan for the Trump government put together by many people who served in Donald Trump’s first presidential administration. For example, the section I cite below was written by Ken Cuccinelli, who served in the Department of Homeland Security...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 2, 2024: Isiah Kiner-Falefa collects 2 hits in 1st game of Altoona rehab stint
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 49-53) fell 5-4 to Toledo (Tigers). C Henry Davis (.318) went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, his 11th. LF Billy McKinney (.272) went 1 for 3 with his third home run. 3B Jose Rojas (.248) went 1 for 3 with his 20th homer. RHP Mike Burrows...
Fans get pumped to meet their favorite players at Latrobe Friday Night Lights practice
Pittsburgh Steelers fans got an up-close look at some of their favorite players Friday during the team’s annual Friday Night Lights practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium in Latrobe....
Here’s how a pro-Trump, Elon Musk-backed super PAC is getting Pa. voters’ personal info
A pro-Donald Trump super PAC funded by billionaire Elon Musk is collecting battleground state voters’ personal information through an ad pretending to help them register to vote. CNBC.com reported Friday that Musk’s America PAC is running an online ad that shows a young man scrolling through his cellphone while lying...
Fogel family lawyer: ‘wrongfully detained’ status could have led to freedom
Marc Fogel’s loved ones started hearing rumblings on Tuesday through Russian media sources that a prisoner exchange was underway with the United States. All day Wednesday, they made a push with their congressional delegation to see if the 62-year-old Oakmont teacher, who had been held in Russia for nearly three...
‘Our baby is now forever 10’: Family of 10-year-old killed in Donegal Township stabbing speaks out on social media
The mother of a 10-year-old Donegal Township boy who was stabbed to death this week asked for his name to be remembered. “Scream our baby’s name! HUNTER WILLIAM SCOTT MEYERS! He’s the one that needs remembered. Our baby is now FOREVER 10!” Meyers wrote on Facebook Friday. Meyers and other...
