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Few people venture out early for Black Friday dealsVideo
Carl Laird wasn’t going to let fears over the pandemic stop him from his 19-year tradition of Black Friday shopping. Shortly after 5 a.m., the 40-year-old from Rillton had already been to Dunham’s for gun ammunition and to Walmart for pajamas. But Laird was one of only a handful of...
Letter to the editor: Pa.’s bureaucratic nightmares
This is in response to Daniel Bernstein’s letter “License plate costs create confusion” (Nov. 4, TribLIVE). I had a similar situation with regard to replacing a faulty license plate. As an AAA member, I went there first and was told there were three options for replacement: Use MV-44 to self-request...
Deep-frying turkey sparks fire that leaves 27 people homeless on Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving morning fire — sparked by efforts to deep-fry a turkey — spread through three New Bedford, Mass., buildings and displaced more than two dozen people and inured at least one on Thursday. The New Bedford Fire Department said on its Facebook page that it responded to the blaze...
Letter to the editor: Dems, GOP, media and voter fraud
The article “Thousands rally behind Trump” (Nov. 15) noted President Trump’s “spurious” claim of a stolen election.” Regardless how deep the mainstream media buries its head in the sand, there is proof of multiple incidents of voter fraud in this country. Dare I say that the communistwealth of Pennsylvania is...
Police investigating shooting after wounded man arrives at Shadyside hospital
Pittsburgh police are investigating after they say a man arrived at a Shadyside hospital with gunshot wounds early Friday, officials said. Police said the man arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle shortly after 1 a.m. with gunshot wounds to his hip and leg. Police said he told them...
Coroner IDs woman killed in Trafford car crash
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office identified a Trafford woman who was killed in a car crash in the borough this week. Elizabeth E. Hufnagel, 87, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Steven Grabiak. According to the coroner’s report, Hufnagel was the passenger of a 2018 Subaru Legacy...
The Stroller, Nov. 27, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
HOPE Center seeks support for program The HOPE Center is seeking support for its annual Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program to benefit HOPE Center families. This program is recommended for individuals, families, community groups, businesses, churches, schools, or anyone looking to do something for those in need and give back to their...
4,000 more Disney theme park division employees are losing their jobsVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — On the day before Thanksgiving, the Walt Disney Co. revealed 4,000 more layoffs are coming in its theme parks division, bringing the total number of announced layoffs to 32,000 across the company. At least 18,000 of the total jobs lost belong to cast members at Walt Disney...
12 staff members at Westmoreland Manor test positive for coronavirus
Twelve staff members at Westmoreland Manor, the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield, recently tested positive for coronavirus, the facility announced Thursday. Since Sept. 19, the number of residents testing positive stands at 152; the number of staff with positive test results has reached 60, according to Assistant Administrator Abby Testa....
Justice Department makes last-ditch bid to derail Trump rape accuser case
NEW YORK — The U.S. government put forth a last-ditch attempt to derail a defamation lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump by a New York advice columnist who claims he raped her two decades go. The Justice Department is fighting to replace Trump as the defendant in the suit brought...
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell files election suits in ‘DISTRCOICT’ court
A lawyer who was dropped from President Donald Trump’s legal team filed typo-strewn lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia alleging massive election fraud. Sidney Powell, who has pushed some of the most extreme conspiracy theories around the election of Joe Biden, filed the lawsuits late Wednesday, according to a post on...
Fauci expects role in Biden’s coronavirus response, would consider Cabinet position
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, expects a role in the incoming administration and would serve in a senior position if called upon by President-elect Joe Biden. In an interview with McClatchy, Fauci said he assumes he will stay in his job as director of...
AstraZeneca likely to run fresh global vaccine trial, CEO says
AstraZeneca Plc. is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its covid-19 vaccine, according to the company’s chief executive officer, after current studies raised questions over its level of protection. The new trial would be run instead of adding an arm to an ongoing U.S....
More than 1 million U.S. air travelers screened on day before Thanksgiving
Travelers screened at U.S. airports on Thanksgiving Eve were the highest since coronavirus shutdowns began in mid-March, as many Americans bucked warnings by health officials. More than 1.07 million people went through airport screening on Wednesday, according to data from the Transportation Security Administration. That’s still only about 40% of...
Alex Trebek recorded powerful Thanksgiving message for ‘Jeopardy!’ ahead of his death
Beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek offered an uplifting vision for the future of the world in a video he taped shortly before his death to be aired as part of the game show’s Thanksgiving episode. “You know, in spite of what America and the rest of the world is experiencing...
Natrona Heights man ID’d as inmate who died at Allegheny County Jail
The Allegheny County Jail inmate who died Thursday is a 63-year-old man from the Natrona Heights neighborhood of Harrison, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said. Daniel Pastorek, 63, was found unresponsive in his cell, Warden Orlando Harper said. A corrections officer and medical staff tended to Pastorek until paramedics...
Archbishop Gregory stood up to Trump; now he’s about to be 1st Black cardinal in U.S.
WASHINGTON — Few of his parishioners were surprised when Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory took on President Donald Trump. Gregory isn’t known to speak out often about issues specifically facing Black Americans. But when he does, it is unambiguous and forceful — in words unusually strong for a man of...
Laurels & lances: Giving thanks, respecting rules
Laurel: To putting the “give” in Thanksgiving. It’s hard enough to nail the “thanks” part. There are different ways to do that, though. Some find the gratitude in the grace they say before dinner. Others do it by giving to others, whether in money or food or time. Plenty of...
Pennsylvania firearms hunting season for bear closes as 2020 bear kill tops 3,100
Hunters killed 78 black bears on Tuesday, the final day of the 2020 firearms hunting season for bear, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. That bumped the total harvest for the four-day season to 1,155 — a relatively low number for the firearms season — and to 3,135 for all...
Letter to the editor: Hockey players are the real pros
If you want to see real professional athletes, watch the National Hockey League. David W. Thomas Gilpin...
Woman who had sex with 15-year-old violates parole, gets sent to state prison
Sex offender Bonnie Rohn got a break when she was sentenced last year to Northampton County Prison rather than state prison, according to prosecutors. But after violating parole by getting kicked out of sex offender treatment, the 37-year-old Hellertown woman is now headed to state prison. Northampton County Judge Anthony...
Letter to the editor: Think green for holidays
While we all had a good social media-inspired laugh at the scrawny 45-foot-tall Norway spruce holiday tree being erected at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the 18-foot Oregon fraser fir to grace the first family’s White House, your readers may spare a thought for the...
Letter to the editor: Witness to a fair election
Two generations of my family have worked the polls in Westmoreland County, with 307 precincts, and Harris County, Texas, with 803 precincts. My mother has been working the polls for 25 years, and my brother worked the polls in Texas for the first time. I have not worked the polls...
Letter to the editor: Not everyone is blessed
I enjoyed columnist Tom Purcell’s positive spin on a year that appears to most other people as dreadful (“Covid-19 obscures so many ways 2020 is best year ever,” Nov. 16, TribLIVE). It is true, in some respects, that 2020 is the “best year ever” when compared to the quality of...
Letter to the editor: Common sense is our best covid-19 weapon
The reluctance to get tough with covid-19 is why positive cases are rising. We are all covid-19 fatigued. Most people weren’t ready to endure the restrictions early on, thinking maybe two weeks, two months, would be good enough. We should have accepted this together from the start and hung in...
