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High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 18, 2021
Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (8-9) vs. Canon-McMillan (8-10) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m. Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (17-3) vs. Upper St. Clair/Canon-McMillan winner at Shaler, 2:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (11-7) vs. Butler (13-6) at Shaler, noon; Norwin (13-3) vs. Seneca Valley...
Connellsville rallies from 5-run deficit to beat Shaler in Class 5A softball playoffs
Having lost five of six to close the regular season, the Connellsville softball team entered the WPIAL playoffs without much momentum or swagger. But the Falcons picked the perfect time to snap out of their slump. The 13th-seeded Falcons erased a five-run deficit, and Tagan Basinger delivered the winning hit...
FBI probes campaign donations to Maine Sen. Susan Collins
WASHINGTON — The FBI has been reviewing a possible scheme to funnel illegal donations to the 2020 reelection campaign of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, recently unsealed court records in Washington, D.C., show. The FBI is investigating whether Martin Kao, the former chief executive officer for Hawaii-based contractor...
Airline passengers may soon get weighed before boarding flight
Passengers boarding an airplane may soon be asked to step on a scale to measure their weight before the flight, according to a report by View from the Wing. The preboarding weight check would come in order to comply with FAA rules. According to the report, the calculations airlines have...
Justice Department drops subpoena for information on Devin Nunes parody Twitter accountVideo
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has withdrawn a subpoena filed in the final weeks of the Trump administration that sought information about a Twitter user who parodied Rep. Devin Nunes, according to people familiar with the matter. The California Republican has spent years seeking to unmask such anonymous users and...
Food Podcast: A look at crisis nursery Jeremiah’s Place
This week, the food podcast focuses on the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s “food justice is social justice” initiative and features Jeremiah’s Place, a crisis nursery in the Pittsburgh area. “A crisis nursery is essentially an emergency childcare center. Pittsburgh didn’t have one till about 2014 when we opened our...
Pittsburgh woman who robbed 3 PNC branches pleads guilty
A woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to committing three bank robberies with another woman who used to work for PNC Bank. Donna Poremski, 44, and formerly of Pittsburgh, pleaded to conspiracy, bank robbery and armed bank robbery before U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. She will be...
House Republicans line up against bipartisan Jan. 6 commissionVideo
WASHINGTON — House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern on Tuesday questioned House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s fitness to lead after he came out in opposition to establishing a Jan. 6 commission to investigate the insurrection of that day, a measure the Rules panel teed up for floor debate on Wednesday...
Steelers sign 2 more draft picks; 3 remain unsigned
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced they signed two more draft picks Tuesday in offensive tackle Dan Moore Jr. and linebacker Buddy Johnson. They were teammates at Texas A&M. The Steelers selected Moore Jr. (6-6, 311) in the fourth round (128th overall). He started 37 games at Texas A&M, including 10 last...
Hampton’s Recycle Rama a success
Hampton once again staged a successful recycling program where items, such as electronics and glass, were diverted from landfills. Recycle Rama was hosted May 15 at Hampton Community Park. Just two years ago, more than 50,000 pounds of electronic waste was collected, according to JVS Environmental, which also was a...
Model Naomi Campbell says she is mother to a baby girl at 50
Naomi Campbell says she has become the mother of a baby girl. The 50-year-old British supermodel announced the news Tuesday on Instagram, posting a picture of her hand holding a baby’s feet. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Naomi Campbell (@naomi) Campbell’s spokesperson declined to provide more...
50 students participated in Chartiers Valley School District vaccine clinic
Chartiers Valley School District held a covid-19 vaccine clinic for students 16 and older on May 13 at the high school. Fifty students received their first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine. Mikaela Duckstein, director of communications and strategic partnerships for the district, said that while an initial survey indicated...
South Hills pools prep for opening
As covid restrictions are lifted and the weather heats up, South Hills residents will have a few options to cool off. After being closed for two years for renovations, the Brentwood Pool will be open this year. Located at Brentwood Park, it will open at 11 a.m. on May 29...
Unruly passenger on JFK flight prompts emergency landing
A flight out of Kennedy Airport made an emergency landing after an unruly, foul-smelling passenger refused to wear a mask, snorted a white powder, groped a woman and uttered racial slurs, according to reports. The suspect was taken into custody when the JetBlue flight to San Francisco made an unscheduled...
North Huntingdon man charged with double homicide in Penn Township killingsVideo
A North Huntingdon man is accused of killing a Penn Township man at his home as well as his girlfriend as she tried to escape early Monday, fulfilling what police say was “a grudge reconciliation weekend.” Before District Judge Helen Kistler on Tuesday night, Victor Steban, 53, of North Thompson...
Police log: Multiple charges filed in Monroeville court April 30 – May 7, 2021
The following charges were filed April 30 through May 7, 2021, with Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. All charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Darrell Carr, 31, of Pitcairn with burglary, criminal trespass, stalking, criminal mischief and loitering, and prowling at night. Pitcairn police filed...
Burglary, drugs among charges handled by Monroeville Judge Jeffrey Herbst on May 10, 2021
Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst handled these cases May 10. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. All charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Anthony Watkins, 43, of Pittsburgh on charges of retail theft and...
DUI, drug charges among those handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court May 10, 2021
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases May 10. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Diorr Grier-Phillips, 22, of Penn Hills on charges of firearms not...
Mark Schweiker: It’s time for America to put 9/11 mastermind on trial
Two decades ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was plotting the terrorist attacks that would murder thousands of Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. Terrorist cells were inside our country. America had no idea what was to come when they boarded airplanes that morning. These terrorists would become possibly the most hated criminals...
Now at Penn State, transfer guard Eric Wilson looking forward to competing for playing time this fall
Eric Wilson decided back in January that Penn State was where he wanted to finish his college football career. Now, the former All-Ivy League pick and interior offensive lineman is on campus and ready to get rolling with his new team. Wilson previously played at Harvard, which did not have...
Living with Children: Don’t overanalyze bad behavior
No small number of today’s parents view their children through psychological lenses, especially when it comes to misbehavior. Instead of regarding a given misbehavior as simply an error that needs to be corrected through the application of proper discipline, the parents in question interpret it. “What does it mean?” they...
Letter to the editor: Straight shooting on guns
Letter-writer Al Duerig (“More guns means more shootings,” March 28, TribLIVE) states that gun advocates fabricate “specious arguments.” With simple math he states that 40,000 people are killed by guns each year, a planeload a day, he says. But how conveniently he leaves out the fact that 25,000 of those...
Sewickley’s Nonprofit Corner for the week of May 18, 2021
Editor’s note: The Nonprofit Corner is a new weekly listing of the Sewickley area’s nonprofit events and fundraisers. To have your information listed, email Sewickley Herald editor Katie Green at kgreen@triblive.com. Fern Hollow Nature Center 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, Sewickley Heights. 412-741-6136. fhnc.org. National Get Outdoors Day In honor of...
Letter to the editor: Teachers not to blame for potential Penn-Trafford tax hike
I take offense to Dallas Leonard’s blaming the proposed tax increase on Penn-Trafford’s teachers’ contract (“Penn-Trafford proposes 2-mill tax hike for next year,” May 3, TribLIVE). First, this contract was signed three years ago. Penn-Trafford has an ample tax base, and obviously had time to plan ahead to pay for...
Letter to the editor: Lies about Ga. voting rules
It is heartbreaking and frightening that some folks believe the despicable misinformation and outright lies being told by those promoting socialism. I’d like to address the letter “Georgia voting rule not Christian” (April 21, TribLIVE) and the “drink of water” lie about the Georgia voting law and the connection to...
