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Gov. Wolf expands indoor dining capacity to 50%
Pennsylvania restaurants can increase their indoor dining capacity to 50% later this month, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday. The increase — double the 25% limit that has been in place since July — can begin Sept. 21, according to Wolf’s announcement. He said restaurants must complete a self-certification process showing...
Review: Put down that phone, urges doc in ‘The Social Dilemma’Video
“The Social Dilemma” is the first film you’ll watch and immediately want to toss your smartphone into the garbage can. And then toss the garbage can through the window of a Facebook executive. It’s an eye-opening look into the way social media is designed to create addiction and manipulate our...
Letter to the editor: Is a vote for Biden really a vote for Biden?
Letter-writer William Werts states “I’m pro-life, and I’m voting for Biden with no regrets” (“Pro-lifer plans to vote for Joe Biden,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE). With all due respect, voting for the devout Catholic who is pro-abortion aside, I don’t believe you are voting for Biden and his self-proclaimed values, but...
Letter to the editor: Questions on fear, racial unity
Just two questions for readers: Can a Republican win an election without appealing to fear? Why is racial unity so scary for white people? Suzie Morris Dunbar...
South Fayette neighborhood hosts driveway chalk art contest
The Pinnacle Pointe neighborhood in South Fayette Township got a bit more colorful on Aug. 30, when residents adorned their driveways with impressive chalk art designs. “After five, six months of not being able to act normal, we all gathered as a community to create something together. It was so...
Letter to the editor: A speech Trump would never give
The speech Donald Trump would never give: My fellow Americans, America is going through a difficult time. We have lost over 187,000 citizens to the coronavirus. We mourn their loss and pray for their families. A reporter asked me recently if I feel responsible. I answered the way our previous...
Living with Children: Don’t ask them, tell them
A grandmother in Arkansas says her adult children have great difficulty telling their children what to do. They turn instructions — more accurately, what they think are instructions — into questions and then wonder why their kids don’t seem to appreciate their timidity. Grandma’s email made me think of a...
Letter to the editor: Abortion is the greatest pandemic
The greatest pandemic is not covid-19. It is and has been the abortion virus for 50 years. There have been 70 million-plus deaths due to abortion since the 1970s. In one year, for example, 860,000-plus abortions (2017) were performed — four times the current covid-19 death count. Yet so many...
Tips sought from public on missing 12-year-old Homewood boy
Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help locating a 12-year-old who was reported missing on Monday evening. Taesean Gibson is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen at about 6 p.m. on Monday in Homewood, according to city...
Editorial: Keep protests out of residential areas
Protests are staged where people feel they will do the most good. That seldom means they happen where they are the most convenient. If workers go on strike, they make their situation known outside the building, making a visible symbol of their opposition to the management. When people bring their...
Letter to the editor: Trump is pro-life, and not racist
Regarding William Werts’ letter “Pro-lifer plans to vote for Joe Biden”: You claim to be a pro-lifer, but I find that hard to believe, since President Trump this year became the first president to speak at the March for Life in Washington. I hope you read Albert Bianchini’s letter above...
Letter to the editor: Climate crisis and hurricanes
Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, quickly strengthening from a Category 1 intensity. The rapid rise in the force of the wind is caused when three factors are present: • The water over which the storm is forming is warm — the Gulf of...
The Stroller, Sept. 8, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. The Stroller will return to the print edition of the Valley News Dispatch Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning Sept. 11. Free meals...
Driver critical after pickup hits utility pole in Downtown Pittsburgh
The driver of a pickup truck suffered critical injuries when the vehicle struck a utility pole early this morning in Downtown Pittsburgh, according to authorities. The crash occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of Commonwealth Boulevard and Liberty Avenue. Emergency responders found the driver unconscious and pinned inside...
Looking for fat profit margins? Try these 5 stocks
Obscene profits. Don’t you miss them? Since the pandemic and recession began, fat profits have been hard to come by. Here are five stocks whose profit margins are still wide and whose prospects look good to me. Applied Materials Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT), based in Santa Clara, Calif., is one...
Analysis: Trump made a promise to save coal in 2016. He couldn’t keep it
President Donald Trump spent more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds, rolled back environmental rules and tried to stop power plant closings to fulfill a vow he made to West Virginia coal miners in the 2016 campaign. But nothing he’s done is rescuing the coal industry. Since Trump’s inauguration, U.S....
Trump boat parade sails into Erie, met ashore by protesters
A few hundred boaters doubling as Donald Trump voters crossed the channel between Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay, honking horns, flying their blue “Keep America Great” flags and waving to the dozens of land-based MAGA backers who took in the spectacle from the South Pier. Vessels of all sizes,...
Evolution of top defensemen on display in NHL playoffsVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Victor Hedman put the Tampa Bay Lightning on his back and carried them to the Stanley Cup Final in 2015. Five years later, the 6-foot-6 monster of a man can shoulder even more of a load. Hedman is perhaps the best defenseman in the world and headlines...
Man in critical condition after shooting in Pittsburgh
A man was hospitalized Sunday night after being shot in Pittsburgh, police said. Pittsburgh police said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple shots fired in the 2100 block of Watson Street in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood around 6:45 p.m. Officers did not find a victim at the scene. A...
Kris LaGrange: Will election end attack on organized labor?
Labor Day 2020, like no other in our nation’s history, is absent of parades and large gatherings. Canceled due to covid-19, celebrations are replaced with Zoom meetings that commemorate the American worker as we all hope better days are ahead. Traditionally on Labor Day union leaders boast of accomplishments of...
David Zatezalo: Serving America’s miners Labor Day and every day
As assistant secretary for mine safety and health, I know firsthand how miners across the country — more than 300,000 individuals — provide an essential service to our country. Miners work to extract, process and deliver the minerals, metal and coal that keep America working. President Trump has been a...
Editorial: Celebrating jobs on Labor Day
Labor Day. You know what it is. It’s a lazy day. A picnic day. The line in the sand beyond which no white shoes used to pass. The first Monday in September is a day off for most. Since 1894, the federal government has set it aside as a day...
Letter to the editor: Positive outcomes of coronavirus
Covid-19 has taught us some notable lessons. The virus has brought families closer. The lockdowns forced people to stay home and take a break, giving them time to spend with their loved ones. Coronavirus has also taught us to differentiate between wants and needs. Many businesses shut down for the...
Letter to the editor: What has happened to our blessed nation?
How can the most blessed nation in history find itself in such chaos and despair? How can so many be deceived so easily and led down the path of destruction? The standardized testing and corrupted curriculum of primary education and the subversive groupthink and indoctrination by universities have conditioned most...
Letter to the editor: Garbage problems in New Kensington
Regarding the article “New Kensington considering dumping garbage hauler as residents’ complaints pile up” (July 21, TribLIVE): Complaints are coming in about the new garbage hauler. Councilman Todd Mentecki said no one has told him they wouldn’t be willing to pay more, $3, $4 or $5 a month, to get...
