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As Trump threatens ban, TikTok launches U.S. ad campaignVideo
TikTok on Tuesday announced a nationwide ad campaign that features people who create content for the viral social video app. The move comes as the company, owned by China-based ByteDance, faces growing pressure from President Trump, who believes the app is a national security threat because of its ties to...
Trump’s 2016 campaign chair communicated with Russian intelligence, bipartisan Senate panel findsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign eagerly capitalized on Russia’s efforts to meddle in the U.S. election four years ago, according to a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report that raises new concerns about connections between his top aides and Moscow. As Russian military intelligence officers were releasing hacked Democratic...
Kelton Edmonds: Shadows of Charlottesville
Three years ago this month, the world witnessed extremely disturbing images emerge out of Charlottesville, Va. as Unite the Right protesters marched through the University of Virginia’s campus, holding torches and shouting ominous chants such as “Jews will Not Replace US.” Rally organizers suggested the overall goals of the marches...
13 new coronavirus cases reported in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County saw 13 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The new cases make a total of 1,640 cases in the county since the virus was first reported there March 20. Of those cases, 1,591 are confirmed, 49 are considered probable....
Letter to the editor: New Quaker Valley school costs grossly underestimated
The interview of Mr. Antoline in the Aug. 6 issue of the Sewickley Herald, “Quaker Valley calculates the tax impact for the proposed high school project” contained a number of inaccurate and misleading statements. Citizen’s for a Great School, a non-profit organization based in Sewickley, has points of rebuttal: •...
Jay Urwitz: Trump administration a disaster for college students
From the moment Betsy DeVos was nominated as secretary of Education, those of us in the education field have been anxious about how the Trump administration’s policies would harm low-income college students. Our fears were justified — and then some. Yet President Trump has not singled out low-income students. His...
Letter to the editor: Quaker Valley tax impact overstated
In the Aug. 6 print issue, Sewickley Herald published an article titled “Quaker Valley calculates the tax impact for the proposed high school project.” Actually, the tax increases quoted were overstated. Using the example of the mean assessed home valuation in QV of $227,850, the actual annual tax increase between...
Letter to the editor: Highlands band ‘goes extra mile’
As I delivered mail on my route in Natrona Heights one recent Friday afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised and honored by a group of considerate, talented Highlands High School band students. Their continuous performance on the drums as they followed me and waited at each stop along one of the...
District court: Judge Jeffrey Herbst handles drug, weapons charges
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police. Held for court • Zachary Arthur Coffey, 30, of Mt. Oliver on charges of possession of a controlled substance and...
Letter to the editor: Democrats should think twice about Biden
The election for our next president is coming fast and, like it or not, the presumptive candidates are Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Therein, for the Democrats, lies a big problem: Joe Biden. He doesn’t appear to be the Biden we remember from his years as vice president, but an...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden is a moral, ethical man in control
I wonder where letter-writer “Dr.” Bob Jacobs received his medical degree (“Are Democrats hidin’ Biden?”). To make the statement that Joe Biden “seems to be showing signs of early Alzheimer’s disease” is totally irresponsible. I wonder if he watched Biden’s speech introducing Kamala Harris as his running mate. This was...
Editorial: Low-visibility arrest a high-visibility failure
It was supposed to be a low-visibility arrest. That didn’t really work out. On Saturday afternoon, Matthew Cartier, 24, was in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh as part of the weekly protests for racial justice. Pittsburgh plainclothes police officers apprehended him and hustled him into an unmarked white van, which...
Letter to the editor: Pa. citizens in a ‘timeout’
As I look at the haphazard virus guidance and restrictions imposed on the citizens of Pennsylvania, I can only conclude we are being treated as children by shutting down life, essentially putting us in “timeout.” This should not come as a surprise, as Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine’s training...
Letter to the editor: Media, show us the success stories, too
A roaring Page 1 headline about the Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center launched last Sunday’s news (“I don’t want to die here,” Aug. 9, TribLIVE). But when over 300 of the 400-plus residents first tested positive and 73 died in that facility, there were just modest reports, no giant headlines....
Letter to the editor: Risks of returning to school
In her column “The math of school safety and coronavirus,” Community Engagement Editor Lori Falce said she would not let her child return to school. She says the risk is too high given that there have been (at the time of writing) more than 7,200 covid-19 deaths in Pennsylvania, which...
The Stroller, Aug. 18, 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. Knead Community Café to distribute grab and go dinners...
Western Pa. players affected by cancellation of CFL seasonVideo
The Canadian Football League became a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, officially canceling its 2020 season Monday. The nine-team league had been trying to salvage at least a shortened season. First, the CFL announced March 30 the start of May’s training camps would be delayed. A week later, the June...
Can Trump win without winning the most votes? Yes. Pennsylvania shows how
PHILADELPHIA — Few people think President Donald Trump will win the most votes in the 2020 election. But he could still become the first president to serve two terms without ever winning a majority of the country’s support. And Pennsylvania is a big reason why. It’s older and whiter than...
‘Low profile’ arrest creates firestorm as officials, experts blast Pittsburgh police tactic
More Pittsburgh city leaders on Monday added their voices to a growing chorus of concern and alarm over tactics used by city police in the weekend arrest of a protester in Oakland, with Mayor Bill Peduto decrying the arrest as “disturbing” and barring the tactic from use during peaceful protests....
Sen. Bob Casey: Problems at USPS a ‘5-alarm fire’ for democracyVideo
SCRANTON — Senator Bob Casey appeared at a United States Postal Service facility in Scranton today — a facility which has had three of its large-scale sorting machines removed in recent months — and called changes at the post office a threat to our very democracy. Case, D-Scranton, was scheduled...
Mayor Peduto decries tactics used by Pittsburgh police during protest
The arrest tactics used when a protester was whisked into an unmarked van Saturday in Oakland won’t be used again in Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto said Monday. “It is hard to find the words for how livid I was after seeing the online videos of the disturbing arrest at Saturday’s...
Emily Persico: Our future depends on moving past fracking
Earlier this month, the president and CEO of CNX Resources Corp., one of the largest fracked gas companies in Western Pennsylvania, published a dishonest opinion piece in PennLIVE that spoke to the desperation of the fossil-fuel industry. While easily dismissed, Nick DeIuliis’ piece is part of a larger disinformation campaign...
Pumpkin spice lattes: Dunkin’ beats Starbucks again, declares early start of the season
College football has been canceled. But another fall classic is returning — earlier than ever. Because yes, if there ever was a year when we needed a soothing pumpkin-spiced latte, 2020 is it. Dunkin’ announced that its pumpkin menu of drinks and bakery items will return Wednesday. Making their debut...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Penguins moves, possible Josh Bell trade, Steelers training campVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page and discuss the concert that was supposed to happen Sunday at PNC Park: Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett. They would have been there, but now wonder whether any concerts will happen...
Hersheypark denies boy, 9, had ‘near death’ experience on the Storm Runner rollercoaster
A father who claims his 9-year-old son faced a near death experience on the Storm Runner rollercoaster has no legal grounds to sue Hersheypark, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts is contending in a bid to have the case dismissed. The son of Anthony DeNoto III wasn’t physically injured when he leaped...
