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Letter to the editor: Pa. deserves protection, not pandering
President Biden’s border policies are a complete disaster. Interfering with the constitutional right of every state to defend their borders sends a chilling message to all Americans. The result of support for Biden’s border policies is a continuous record-breaking number of actual suspected terrorists allowed to enter our country. How...
Letter to the editor: U.S. funding of Hamas attack
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated on Jan. 28. Shamefully, the South African delegation in the International Court of Justice in the Hague chose that date to accuse Israel of genocide for the Israeli response to Hamas atrocities committed on Oct. 7 against Israeli citizens. These accusations were sponsored by...
Editorial: Gator tales are more than viral stories
There are stories that news organizations cover because you need to know the information. There are others we cover because we think you will want to know about it. Then there are the ones that seem like one but are really the other. Take alligators. People love alligator stories. You...
Letter to the editor: Patel a better alternative to Lee
I am writing to urge District 12 residents to vote for Bhavini Patel, the clear and welcome alternative to Summer Lee. Lee has consistently voted against the interests of one of America’s staunchest allies and the region’s only democracy, Israel. She has emboldened our adversaries by voting “no” on: •...
The Stroller, Feb. 13, 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. Garden center accepting applications for college scholarship Greensburg Garden Center is...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s no victim
People keep asking, “How could the corrupt DOJ indict the leading ‘Republican’ candidate for POTUS? It’s political interference, it’s unfair, it’s Biden’s fault!” It’s no secret that Donald Trump is flawed; so is President Biden, but Trump is likely running for POTUS to save himself from prosecution. If Trump is...
Police: Penn State professor on video partially nude crawling around park, masturbating
A longtime and award-winning Penn State professor was charged Monday after dozens of videos showed him performing sexual acts in Rothrock State Forest, the same place he was caught on camera last year enticing a dog to lick his anus. Themis Matsoukas, 64, of Patton Township, was accused of recording...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 12, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Feb. 23 schedule Times TBA Pine-Richland (7-14) at Mt. Lebanon (18-3); North Allegheny (10-11) at Baldwin (16-5); Canon-McMillan (9-12) vs. Central Catholic (13-8) at TBA; Butler (15-5) at Upper St. Clair (16-5) Class 5A Preliminary round Friday’s schedule Woodland Hills (8-13)...
High school roundup for Feb. 12, 2024: Moon tops Mt. Lebanon in clash of top seeds
Aiden Reesman scored 20 points as Class 5A No. 1 Moon defeated Class 6A No. 1 Mt. Lebanon, 55-51, on Monday night in a matchup of top seeds in the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs. Elijah Guillory added 17 for the Tigers (19-3). Liam Sheely scored 21 points and Nate Girod...
Monroeville Convention Center will close this summer to make way for Hobby Lobby store
The Monroeville Convention Center will be shuttered this summer to make way for a Hobby Lobby, a national art and crafts retail chain. Owners Oxford Development confirmed Monday the 100,000-square-foot expo center — adjacent to Monroeville Mall and the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on Mall Boulevard — will close. The...
Tom Suozzi, Mazi Melesa Pilip enter final stretch in New York race for George Santos’ seat
Voters in eastern Queens and Long Island are due to make their call Tuesday in a special congressional election to replace George Santos, with Tom Suozzi and Mazi Melesa Pilip on the ballot. The race, which has taken a deeply negative tenor, has appeared to be less a referendum on...
Blockbuster hearing could be key moment in Fulton County Trump case
A hearing this week could prove to be a defining moment for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her election interference case. For the first time since misconduct allegations surfaced against Willis, the judge overseeing the case will weigh in. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has scheduled...
McKeesport man, convicted as teen of triple murder, wins new trial
At his son’s sentencing hearing in 2011, Trent Hereford told reporters the jury got it wrong when they convicted the 18-year-old of a triple murder in McKeesport. “My son was not there,” insisted Hereford. “They convicted an innocent man.” Now, more than a dozen years later, his son, Isaiah Hereford,...
Jason W. Park: Commonsense thoughts on gun rights, gun control, gun violence
Jennifer Crumbley’s conviction for her son’s school shooting is a sea change in the public’s view of gun violence. My own parents could have suffered the same fate as hers had not fate intervened. Shortly after a diagnosis 25 years ago for bipolar disorder, I was mis-medicated when I got...
Pitcher Wily Peralta among non-roster invitees headed to Pirates’ spring training
Veteran righty Wily Peralta will join the Pittsburgh Pirates for spring training as a non-roster invitee, the club announced Monday. Peralta, 34, has a record of 56-61 with a 4.29 ERA and 16 saves over 258 games in his major league career, spanning stints with the Brewers, Royals and Tigers...
Trib Lunch Box: Super Bowl ads, Mayor of Kingstown and is more snow coming?
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024: Best/worst Super Bowl ads Pittsburgh native Jeff Goldblum not only starred in one ad but he also had a cameo in another and could be briefly glimpsed in a third spot. Is more snow coming? The biggest...
‘A horrible, perfect storm’: Frustrations rise as shortage of Adderall, other ADHD medication continues
All Jennifer Howell wanted was to find medication for her son. Instead, she was caught in a maze of desperate phone calls to pharmacies and physicians. Her son, Linus, had been diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 during the grips of the covid-19 pandemic. Many of his behavioral traits — restlessness,...
After a pandemic, flyers are facing a ‘new normal’ for travel
Travelers who sought vengeance after the pandemic halted plans for over a year have already rescheduled and gone on those trips, but now are looking to venture out to their next destination, according to travel experts. After two years of travelers making up for lost time during the pandemic, leisure...
Italian flourless chocolate cake hits the right sweet notes for Valentine’s Day
Chocolate is inextricably linked to Valentine’s Day, and much of it comes packaged in heart-shaped boxes. For something different, consider making a torta Barozzi, a sumptuous and sophisticated flourless chocolate cake that’s often imitated but rarely duplicated. Traditionally, torta Barozzi is made without wheat flour (and is therefore gluten-free). Instead,...
Plum grad Phillip McNeal starts college track career by setting pair of marks for Saint Vincent
Phillip “P.J.” McNeal might have taken awhile to find his footing as a track athlete. But it didn’t take the Plum grad long to find his place in the Saint Vincent record books. In his first college indoor meet, Dec. 1 at Youngstown State, McNeal ran the 200-meter dash in...
Greensburg Salem grad Abby Mankins ups her production in 2nd season with Seton Hill women’s basketball
Abby Mankins spent most of her freshman season with the Seton Hill women’s basketball team getting adjusted to the college game. Though she appeared in all 32 games, the Greensburg Salem grad’s contributions were modest as she averaged 1.3 points in just over 10 minutes per game. So as her...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford’s Ian Temple
Playing in a section with five teams vying for four playoff spots, Penn-Trafford has been in a battle for most of the boys basketball season. As it turns out, the first weekend of the season in December gave the Warriors a good idea what they were in for. At the...
Penguins host 2 children through Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Pittsburgh Penguins “signed” two children to one-day contracts at the team’s facility in Cranberry on Monday Jayden Flick and Kent Kennedy were hosted by the team through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A press conference was staged in which president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas signed contracts with Flick and Kennedy....
Francis Wilkinson: Pa. Supreme Court takes aim at politics of cruelty
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a victory to abortion-rights advocates in directing a lower court to consider a challenge to the state’s 1982 prohibition on Medicaid funding for abortions in cases other than rape and incest. The 3-2 decision was widely viewed as an invitation to declare the ban a...
Letter to the editor: US Steel’s smoke means prosperity
When I was growing up, I would ask my father, who worked in the engineering department at U.S. Steel’s Clairton works, about the white plumes of smoke that would rise up from the plant. Across the river, no trees grow on the hill due to the chemicals that were blown...
