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Many covid positive Pennsylvanians ignoring contact tracing questions
Fewer than a quarter of Pennsylvania residents who tested positive for covid-19 in late October answered questions from contact tracers as to whether they’d been to any restaurants, bars or mass gatherings, according to data released Monday by the Department of Health. “You might save a life by being honest...
Phipps annual winter flower show goes ‘Home for the Holidays’
The Winter Flower Show: Home for the Holidays will open Nov. 20 at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. “There’s no better place to celebrate the holidays than Phipps’ Victorian glasshouse jewel,” said Joe Reed, director of marketing and communications. “This year’s show presents a ‘horticultural home...
Pittsburgh’s Row House Cinema seeks ‘weird, off-kilter’ films for festival
With many movie theaters still closed and few new releases right now, Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville is calling for entries for Rowhouse Online’s Sweded Film Festival for Creative Re-Creations, a feature-length compilation of homemade films. “ ‘Sweded’ films have nothing to do with Sweden and everything to do with...
Dancer takes steps to open The Movement Factory on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Dancer Maria Caruso is taking steps to reach beyond the performance stage. The founder of Bodiography Contemporary Ballet in Squirrel Hill, a performance space for ballet dancers, Caruso is turning a renovated warehouse on the Ohio River on Pittsburgh’s North Side into Maria Caruso’s The Movement Factory. “I had been...
Heaven’s view: Pilot explores Latrobe landmarks from aboveVideo
Two Tribune-Review journalists last month gained a bird’s-eye view of Latrobe, the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and the Route 981 corridor stretching between them, thanks to clear skies and a helicopter piloted by Anthony Ferrante. The trip over Latrobe and environs occured about 1,000 feet above ground level. According to...
Octobrrrr? Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US
BOSTON — If you had snow in October on your 2020 bingo card, you’re a lucky winner. Several inches fell across much of the northeastern U.S. on Friday, accumulating on lawns, fouling roads and inspiring social media posts with a mock “snowpocalypse” theme. “Bike commuting in a snow storm in...
Moon Township dog gets custom wheelchair, car crane thanks to RMUVideo
Ginger Stage and her 12-year-old German shepherd, Dakota, used to see their Moon Township canine and human neighbors regularly during their long daily strolls together. When a few bulging disks caused Dakota’s back legs to begin giving out about a year ago, Stage started walking alone. It wasn’t the same....
A welcoming sign from the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy wants people to know trails, playgrounds and lawns are for everyone. The conservancy invites people to enjoy the outdoors. The conservancy said Friday it will place “All Are Welcome” signs throughout Pittsburgh parks. It is part of a mission “to promote equity throughout the city’s shared...
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens U.S. health care system
BOSTON — Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals could unleash a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. health care system, an effort that, if successful, could paralyze hospital information systems just as nationwide cases of covid-19 are spiking. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies...
Hampton teen inspired by Taylor Swift wins WYEP’s singer-songwriter competitionVideo
Lindsay Liebro hasn’t had years of vocal training or lessons on a musical instrument. The 16-year-old Hampton High School junior says she developed her vocal style by singing in the choir and performing in school musicals. And she is self-taught on the guitar, which she says “came so naturally.” But...
Pitt Library System acquires August Wilson archive
An adage taken from the title of a Thomas Wolfe novel states, “You can’t go home again.” However, August Wilson is doing just that. Or at least his archive is. The University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) has acquired the August Wilson archive with the help of Wilson’s widow, Constanza...
SiriusXM launches 14 of its holiday music channelsVideo
SiriusXM announced today that 14 of its 17 holiday music channels are available now on the app. The lineup will include 17 ad-free channels including a new channel, Jolly Christmas. The holiday music channels include traditional songs, classic Christmas carols, holiday pop, country Christmas, contemporary, soul, Hanukkah and Christmas favorites....
TV Talk: CBS’s ‘Mom’ returns next week with Pittsburgh native directing
When CBS’s “Mom” returns next week (9 p.m. Nov. 5, KDKA-TV) the show will have some big changes in store as star Anna Faris’ Christy departs off-screen. It’s a changing-of-the-guard “Mom” series director and Pittsburgh native Jamie Widdoes has overseen before on TV series. He was there when “8 Simple...
Space Force’s second-in-command tests positive for covid-19
The second-highest ranking for the recently formed U.S. Space Force has tested positive for covid-19, the U.S. Air Force said late Wednesday in a statement. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said the vice chief of space operations, Gen. David Thompson, took the test after learning that a family member with...
See 30,000 pounds of jack-o’-lanterns at Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins displayVideo
The champion pumpkin weighs 2,111.5 pounds. An Atlantic Giant, this breed of pumpkin will be part of the orange mass at the Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Pop-Up Festival on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The Halloween-inspired event opens Friday and runs through Nov. 5. Because of the pandemic, it will be a drive-by...
Duquesne University, Housing Authority team up to battle health care inequities
Duquesne University is working with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Live Well Allegheny to narrow the health care gap between white and Black people in the Steel City. They are offering health care services to underserved communities during the covid-19 pandemic. The team is providing...
TV Q & A: What happened to ‘Pennsylvania’s icebox’ in TV weather forecasts?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Pittsburgh TV weather forecasters’ temperature maps always used to include what the late Joe DeNardo called Pennsylvania’s icebox, Bradford, Pa. Now none do. What caused...
TV Talk: ‘This is Us’ spotlights Pittsburgh’s Jonny Gammage
Please note: This article includes spoilers from the fifth-season premiere of “This is Us” that originally aired 9-11 p.m. ET on Oct. 27, 2020. NBC’s partially Pittsburgh-set “This is Us” often imports real-life Pittsburgh, whether it’s references to sports figures, locations, characters dressed in Steelers gear or a 1970s-era visit...
Here’s what you need to know about the Libertarian candidate for president
Could a psychology lecturer at Clemson University cost Donald Trump the presidency? Possibly, according to Joseph DiSarro, chairman of the political science department at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington County. Jo Jorgensen is the Libertarian Party candidate for president. She won’t win, but for those who won’t hold their...
Top 10 dog costumes for Halloween
Forget about the kids’ costumes — what is your dog wearing for Halloween? Costumes for furry friends are big business. According to the National Retail Foundation, Americans spent about $490 million on Halloween costumes for their pets in 2019. With entertainment options at a minimum during the pandemic, it’s a...
Lost interviews hold new Bob Dylan insights
For nearly half a century, they were blowin’ in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of the 1971 interviews with the late American blues artist Tony Glover — and letters the two friends exchanged — have surfaced at a Boston auction...
Halloween week is the perfect time to tune into ‘Dead and Buried Treasures’
Erik Sprowls recalled watching “Chiller Theater,” a Saturday night show of horror, fantasy and science fiction movies. It was on years ago and hosted by the late Bill Cardille known as “Chilly Billy,” on WIIC-TV, now WPXI-TV. Sprowls has created a production, “Dead and Buried Treasures,” where he shows similar...
TribLive Taste Test: Budget Halloween candyVideo
As we’re all well aware, there are many levels to the candy haul kids bring home on Halloween night. You have your first-tier candy, your Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, your full-sized candy bars, etc. Then you have your middle-tier treats — stuff that’s not your favorite but still good, like...
Scientists remove 98 ‘murder hornets’ in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. — Workers from the state Department of Agriculture managed to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States without suffering any stings or other injuries, the agency said Monday. The nest, located in Whatcom County near the Canadian border, created concern because the...
Super supporters: These voters go above and beyond in their adoration for Trump, Biden
As the 2020 general election looms, all eyes are on Pennsylvania. As a key battleground state with 20 Electoral College votes, Pennsylvania is viewed as a linchpin in the candidates’ hopes to win the presidency. Here are eight Southwestern Pennsylvania voters who have gone above and beyond in their support...
