Supreme Court returns to gun rights for first time in 9 years
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits. The court’s decision to hear the appeal filed by three New York...
Penn State launches center to study campus Greek life
Penn State, which came under fire following the Feb. 2017 death of 19 year-old Timothy Piazza in an alcohol-fueled fraternity pledge event, is opening a research center to study Greek life on college campuses. University officials Tuesday pledged $2 million toward the creation of the Timothy J. Piazza Center for...
5 hearty red wine blends perfect for winter
A unified whole being more than the sum of its parts is an idea dating to the days of ancient Greek philosophers. Ideally each part brings qualities that complement and enhance the qualities of the other parts. The trick comes in skillfully selecting each part and then properly assembling all...
Trump’s shutdown proposal faces uncertain fate in Senate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen the government, sweetened with immigration provisions aimed at mollifying Democrats but which have alienated some conservatives, is headed for Senate action, its prospects uncertain. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to muscle through the 1,300-page spending measure, which includes $5.7 billion...
Pittsburgh-area friends bake top dessert on Food Network’s ‘Winner Cake All’
This story had a fairy-tale ending for Western Pennsylvania friends Cathy Lucas Burnheimer and Lesley Polinko Wasielewski. The pair conquered the Food Network’s “Winner Cake All” on Monday and claimed a $10,000 prize. Their masterpiece was chosen as the sweetest, tastiest and prettiest winner. Burnheimer and Wasielewski created cake fashioned...
3 groups, many videos, many interpretations of DC encounter
A group of five black men shouting vulgar insults while protesting centuries of oppression. Dozens of white Catholic high school students visiting Washington for a rally to end abortion. And Native Americans marching to end injustice for indigenous peoples across the globe who have seen their lands overrun by outside...
Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape complaint
PARIS — U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people were ordered to remain in custody in Paris on Tuesday after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials said. The Grammy-winning singer was detained Monday on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions, a judicial official said. According...
No one hurt in fire that spread to 3 homes in Donora
Firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire that spread to three homes in Donora, Washington County early Tuesday. The blaze broke out shortly before 3:30 a.m. along the 900 block of Thompson Avenue. No one was hurt, a Washington County 911 dispatcher said. Madasyn Czebiniak is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can...
Police: Baby stepped on, woman beaten in Latrobe altercation
State police in Greensburg are investigating an alleged altercation where a man severely injured a woman and stepped on a baby last month in Latrobe. The incident occurred just before 8:45 p.m. Dec. 28. State police reported that the man, 42, struck the woman, 38, several times with a closed...
From 1 ATM to multiple branches, Bank of America eyes expansion in Pittsburgh
Bank of America has started its push into the Pittsburgh market. A few years ago, the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank had only one ATM in Downtown. There are now 17 ATMs, including one along Hulton Road in Oakmont. The bank, which serves about 66 million clients nationwide, opened its first brick-and-mortar...
Harmar wants to buy fire substation to house public works equipment
Harmar supervisors are making a bid to buy an Allegheny Valley Volunteer Fire Department substation that is not being used. The board wants to use the No. 2 substation building at 1000 Freeport Road as the headquarters for the township’s public works department. “Knowing they (fire department) don’t use that...
Building bonds: Exercise groups offer friendship opportunities
When Brad Koenig divorced and moved from Toledo, Ohio, to Ormond Beach, Fla., in 2017, two of the first things he did were sign up for a yoga class and join a running club. “The only people I knew in the area were my brother and sister-in-law,” says the former...
Strive for healthy eating ‘most of the time’
It’s still January. How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Nutrition experts tell us our biggest challenge to long-term health is sticking to a plan for the long term. Not that our intentions aren’t honorable. It’s just that words like “routine” and “consistency” don’t often match life’s erratic and...
In limbo: Embryos left after IVF challenge clinics, couples
Tens of thousands of embryos are stuck in limbo in fertility clinics, leftovers from pregnancy attempts and broken dreams of parenthood. Some are outright abandoned by people who quit paying storage fees and can’t be found. In other cases, couples are struggling with tough decisions. Jenny Sammis can’t bring herself...
2nd Avenue in Hazelwood reopened after fatal morning crash
At least one person died when a car lost control on an icy road and struck a tree in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood early Tuesday. The crash occurred just after 5:45 a.m. in the area of Second Avenue and Greenfield Avenue, officials said. Pittsburgh’s Public Safety Department tweeted that a driver heading...
Firefighters battle flames and freezing temperatures in Cook Township
A vacant house was destroyed in an early morning fire Tuesday in Cook Township. Fire Chief Shawn Kestner said no one was living at the Jefferson School Road home when flames broke out at 1 a.m. The structure was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived amid bone-chilling cold. Fire trucks...
Fox News host Bret Baier, family survive motor vehicle crash
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family have survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana. In a statement released Tuesday, the anchor and executive editor of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” says that after a weekend of skiing he was driving to the airport on icy roads with his...
Orangutan bites Toledo Zoo volunteer, detaches her thumb
TOLEDO, Ohio — A zoo in Ohio says one of its volunteer’s thumbs became detached when an orangutan reached through a barrier and bit her arm. The Toledo zoo says the volunteer’s injuries were not life-threatening and that she was treated at a hospital. Zoo officials tell The Blade that...
3 arrested after police find Ecstasy, marijuana in Hempfield apartment
Three Hempfield men are behind bars after police seized 721 Ecstasy pills and about 200 grams of an “unknown crystal-like substance” from their apartment, according to court papers. Kangin Jacob Louis Ayo and Dimitri Nigel Victor, both 24 and Demarrius Quave Antoine, 22, were arrested Friday on drug and conspiracy...
Pittsburgh considers moving Thursday’s public hearing on gun ban bills
Pittsburgh’s anticipated public hearing Thursday on a proposed firearms ban could end up being held in the lobby of the City-County Building instead of Council Chambers on the fifth floor, officials said Tuesday. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said he suggested the move because of logistical concerns. City fire code...
Trump tells Sarah Sanders ‘not to bother’ and stop holding press briefings
Because he claims the media covers the press secretary ” so rudely & inaccurately,” President Trump has told Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday to stop holding press briefings. On Twitter, the president added, “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway! Most will never cover us fairly...
Former Brackenridge man pleads guilty to 2012 double murder in Arnold
An Allegheny County man was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to 30 years in prison for the fatal beating of an Arnold woman and her adult son more than six years ago. Robert Briestensky, 45, formerly of Brackenridge, pleaded guilty to two lesser counts of third-degree murder in connection with...
Alcohol-linked disease passes hepatitis C as top reason for liver transplant
An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver transplants in the United States, according to research published Tuesday in...
How did Western Pa. meme the winter storm that wasn’t?Video
We went out and bought bread. And milk. And all the street salt. And then … not so much. But at least Western Pennsylvania residents got some humor out of the fizzled-out forecast for last weekend’s winter storm. Once the local forecast became rain for good, the memes started coming...
Water line leak forces closure of 40th Street Bridge ramp to Route 28
A water line leak has prompted crews to shut down the ramp that links the 40th Street Bridge to northbound Route 28 in Millvale, PennDOT officials said Monday night. The ramp will be closed to traffic “until further notice” because of “safety reasons,” PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said shortly after...
