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Letter to the editor: Trump supporters own his actions
President Trump, how to support thee. Let me count the ways. 1. Support the deaths of over 170,000 Americans due to lying and not listening to the experts about covid-19. 2. Support endangering our children by forcing them back to school without getting the virus under control. 3. Support Vladimir...
Letter to the editor: Beekeepers care about their bees
Amy Elizabeth’s letter about honeybees is a misleading, at best, picture of beekeeping (“Be a ‘honey’ to the bees,” Aug. 15, TribLIVE). Historically, honeybees and their hives were an important part of American life. Honey was used as a sweetener and medicine. Wax from the hive was used in candles...
The Stroller, Aug. 29, 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. Follow the Stroller on Twitter @VNDStroller for a daily link to The Stroller. Help available from HOPE Center hotline If social distancing...
Federal lawsuits filed in Pittsburgh against insurance companies that didn’t pay for pandemic-related losses
Following on the heels of dozens that have already been filed across the country, three potential class-action lawsuits related to covid-19 were filed in federal court in Pittsburgh late this week. All three complaints were filed against insurance companies alleging that they failed to cover claims for losses their customers...
Lawsuit settled over misuse of Terrible Towel trademark on masks
The foundation that owns the Terrible Towel trademark has settled a lawsuit it filed last week against an Indiana County shop that had been marketing “The Terrible Mask” pandemic face coverings. On Friday, the Eamon Foundation, which previously operated as the AVS Foundation — part of the Allegheny Valley School...
Surge in mail-in ballots could delay election results, so Wolf wants to change the rules
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLIVE/The Patriot-News, Triblive/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday unveiled a wishlist of election reforms to address logistical concerns that some county...
6 Elizabeth Forward students test positive for covid-19, high school will start fully remote
Elizabeth Forward High School students will attend 100% online classes for the first week of the school year after several students tested positive for covid-19, according to a Friday letter from superintendent Todd Keruskin. Six students and one part-time employee have tested positive for the virus, according to the letter....
Monroeville police log: Aug. 24-28
Monroeville police filed the following charges Aug. 24-28 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Antwain Washington, 47, of Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood with retail theft. The charge was filed Aug. 28 in connection with an incident along the 4000...
Woman let newborn die in a toilet because a baby ‘would change her life’: police in N.J.
A Bergen County, N.J., woman charged in the death of her newborn told police she left her baby boy in the toilet to die because she didn’t want the child, according to court documents. “She left the baby there because she realized it would change her life,” a police detective...
Everything you need to know about the 2020 MTV Video Music AwardsVideo
This year, the VMAs are the Virtual Music Awards. MTV’s Video Music Awards are set to take place Sunday throughout New York City, but don’t expect to see the same types of the shocking performances or wild interactions between stars that we’ve witnessed at past ceremonies. After all, memorable moments...
Anonymous hack exposes Nicaraguan government secret covid-19 dataVideo
The Nicaraguan government has consistently reported some of the lowest coronavirus infection numbers in Central America despite never having implemented quarantine measures. Doctors and international health organizations have expressed doubt that the government was publishing the true numbers. Now, the former director of epidemiology of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health,...
Nurse says in lawsuit that Allegheny County Jail ordered her to change hair color or be fired
A former nurse at the Allegheny County Jail filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on Thursday, contending that she was ordered to change the color of her red hair or face termination. Angela Sisko, 41, of West Mifflin, includes claims for employment discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination, asserting...
How the team behind ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ assembled a band that could save the universeVideo
Ever since the 1989 cult comedy “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” sent them traveling through time in a cosmic phone booth, slacker friends Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winters) have explored some profound historical and philosophical questions. For example, what would Genghis Khan do...
Harold Johnson: Public servants and misdirected loyalty
When is it acceptable for people engaged in “public trust” to place loyalty to each other over loyalty to those they serve? The correct answer is never, because it breeds corruption and undermines trust. The fact is clear: No matter the endeavor of public trust ventured, all realize that, because...
Pittsburgh police: Man missing for more than month found safe
Pittsburgh police say they have safely located a man who was missing for more than a month. Authorities said Bryan Kisiel, 41, was last seen in Squirrel Hill North on July 6. Police reported Kisiel missing Aug. 26, and he was found by the next afternoon, according to the city’s...
Letter to the editor: Listen to the medical experts
Regarding Russell Fenton’s letter “We must keep Trump to keep our freedom”: B-a-a-a-a! I am a proud member of the “Sheep Party.” I am happy that I am intelligent enough to listen to scientists and medical experts. Perhaps Fenton is a member of the “Lemming Party” that follows President Trump...
Review: The Olympics are postponed, but ‘Rising Phoenix’ spotlights athletes of the ParalympicsVideo
Days before the close of the 2012 London Olympics, banners appeared around the city bearing the logo of the soon-to-follow Paralympic Games and proclaiming, “Thanks for the warm-up.” That cheeky, irreverent attitude permeates the new Netflix documentary “Rising Phoenix,” written and directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui. The film,...
Letter to the editor: Trump the one to fix USPS
Letter-writer Paul Carrick (“Trump and the post office’s problems,” Aug. 24, TribLIVE) is correct in saying that President Trump only wants to fix the United States Postal Service, and I can testify to how broke it is. When I operated a local contracted post office for seven years (sometimes called...
Review: Saving the world, backward, makes for an uneven ‘Tenet’Video
“Tenet” is about saving the world, backward and in heels. Off-screen, Christopher Nolan’s quarter-billion-dollar palindrome shoulders a ridiculous load of covid-defying, multiplex-rescuing, world-saving expectations. A few days ago, Warner Bros. released a new trailer for “Tenet,” one that begins with a shot of John David Washington of “BlacKkKlansman” sporting a...
Read President Trump’s full 2020 RNC acceptance speech
Here is the complete text of President Donald Trump’s speech, accepting the nomination as the Republican candidate for president. The speech came on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention, and delivered on the South Lawn of the White House. “Friends, delegates, and distinguished guests: I stand before you...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Harris on abortion, marriage
God tells us, “Judgment is mine says the Lord!” He is talking about the judgment at death when the soul is either saved or damned. We must make judgments every day when we associate with new people that we don’t yet have an opinion of. In November, we will cast...
Letter to the editor: Sports and the covid-19 numbers
IF the covid-19 situation and numbers are as bad as we are led to believe 24/7 on most news stations, why would anyone consider starting national, college and high school sports? All that “contact,” plus traveling, when we’ve been told repeatedly to stay home. Just a thought: Check the numbers....
Bridgeville police make drug arrest at Kona With the Cops event
Bridgeville police Wednesday arrested a man on charges of DUI and heroin possession at a Kona With the Cops event. Officers and a Kona Ice truck were handing out free frozen treats around the borough Wednesday afternoon. The arrest happened at the event’s final stop at Chartiers Park, according to...
Letter to the editor: Press must help us meet in middle
A Distinction. — We hold that whenever a publication confines the bulk of its views to any particular line of thought, class of views, or side of a mooted question, it becomes to that extent a class publication, and inasmuch ceases to be a newspaper. — Code of Ethics, Kansas...
TV Q&A: Will WQED-TV ever boost its signal?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions Wednesdays at TribLIVE.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Please try and find out if WQED-TV has any plans to increase its transmitting power so those of us using antennas can watch their channel again....
