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Police: Man shot, woman, child unharmed in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood
A man was critically wounded after he was shot several times Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood, police said. The man was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a woman. A child was also in the vehicle when someone shot at them at about 1 p.m. in the 2200...
Robert Morris men’s basketball inks 6th member of recruiting class
Robert Morris men’s basketball announced Thursday the signing of forward Patrick Suemnick. Suemnick, who made a verbal commitment in June, averaged 19 points and 10.7 rebounds as a senior in helping Denmark High School near Green Bay reach the state semifinals. Suemnick (6-8, 225) attended Don Bosco Institute in Indiana...
Dismissal of Michael Flynn’s case will be heard by full appeals court
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court agreed to reconsider its ruling that the judge overseeing the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn had no choice but to dismiss it. The decision to grant a rare “en banc” rehearing before a larger panel of judges...
2 Pittsburgh motorcycle officers hurt in crash during Pence’s travel to Greensburg
Two Pittsburgh police motorcycle officers who were part of the security detail for Vice President Mike Pence’s Thursday visit to Greensburg were hurt in a crash on Route 837 in White Oak, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The officers are with the Special Deployment Division and were part...
Janet Jai: The dangers of Pittsburgh’s new Bike(+) Plan, especially for children
Pittsburgh’s new Bike(+) Plan will be coming to all of Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, maybe to your street. Be careful! This new bike plan may make Pittsburgh’s newly designated bike-path streets (and others around them) more dangerous — especially for children — and for drivers and pedestrians as well. Given the pandemic...
Wheeling Nailers sign former Robert Morris captain Luke Lynch
The Wheeling Nailers have signed former Robert Morris captain and forward Luke Lynch to an ECHL contract. A native of Shaler, Lynch completed his NCAA career in 2019-20. As a senior, he appeared in 37 games and scored 17 points (five goals, 12 assists). In 155 career games with the...
Alicia Keys producing PBS documentary on legendary Black female entertainers
Alicia Keys will do her part in paying homage to legendary Black female entertainers who came before her in an upcoming PBS documentary. The 15-time Grammy Award winning singer and actress has been tapped to executive-produce “American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free” for PBS. Based on historian Ruth...
Carnegie Carnegie presents The Woman’s Hour: 100 Years and Counting …
On March 6, jazz and blues vocalist Jessica Lee performed a beautiful tribute concert to Pittsburgh’s own jazz innovator, Maxine Sullivan. That concert became the first and last live, onstage performance in our 2020 Woman’s Hour program series due to the Music Hall’s abrupt closure due to covid-19. It seemed...
Pleasant Hills National Night Out a bit different this year – but still a success
Pleasant Hills held its 26th annual National Night Out on July 28 – and the parade was a welcome event to those in the borough. The procession, featuring about 120 vehicles of first responders including police and fire trucks, as well as a large number of motorcycles, traveled through Pleasant...
Greensburg man jailed without bond for allegedly providing alcohol to minors, assault
Two Greensburg boys were treated at Excela Health Westmoreland hospital late Wednesday after city police discovered them “extremely” intoxicated and one had a head laceration. Policearrested a relative of one of the youths, David M. Bramini, 38, of Autumn Brook Apartments, on multiple criminal charges including providing alcohol to minors,...
Greensburg hosts Pence visit, Rally for Black Lives event
Greensburg experienced opposite ends of the political spectrum Thursday, hosting a Cops for Trump rally and a Rally for Black Lives about a half mile from each other. Vice President Mike Pence attended the noon Cops for Trump rally held in Mid Town Plaza, next door to city hall and...
Letter to the editor: Sick of rioters
“Basta, ’nuff” is what my grandmother would yell at us when things got a little too much for her. So, to the rioters all over the country, I’m saying, “basta, ’nuff.” Listen, the entire country is sick of your crap. Sick of the lawlessness, sick of the riots, sick of...
Letter to the editor: ‘Defend our cops’ should be our new mantra
Did you read Lori Falce’s column “Good cops have power to demand change” (June 4, TribLIVE)? Please look it up. It needs to be reprinted for those who missed it. It has a powerful truth. The new statement, I believe, should be “Defend our cops.” Take it and run with...
Letter to the editor: Pa.’s school reopening guidelines too strict
It was amazing to read the front-page article “From masks to buses to recess, Pa. unveils guidance for schools finalizing reopening plans” (July 16, TribLIVE). It left me wondering where our state officials get the information to make their recommendations on schools reopening. I cannot imagine a child wearing a...
Letter to the editor: Defunding police in Pittsburgh
I was appalled after reading “Pittsburgh council set to enact police reforms before summer recess” (July 22, TribLIVE). Councilman Ricky Burgess states “we cannot defund the police” and then sets in action a “reform bill” that defunds the police budget by $250,000, which was set for a new recruit class...
Letter to the editor: Facts on Joe Biden’s platform
Instead of what I see as the constant biased CNN untruths and the conspiracy theories, let’s look at some facts. Joe Biden is promising (according to his website and the DNC platform) all of the following — none of which were done in the 40-plus years he has been in...
The Stroller, July 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family...
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tries to stop housing rule as Trump stokes racial division
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump implied that having Black neighbors leads to lower house prices and increased crime in a pair of tweets Wednesday boasting about killing an Obama-administration fair housing rule and replacing it with one that a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hope to...
Timothy L. O’Brien: William Barr only claims to respect the rule of law
Attorney General William Barr is famously unflappable, the legal technician and savvy Washington insider unswayed by lesser minds or weaker wills. But on Tuesday, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing examining the past 19 months of his tenure, Barr’s legendary composure dissolved several times. His anger flared at moments when...
Carl P. Leubsdorf: With campaign lagging, Trump has a Pence dilemma
When President George H.W. Bush faced an uphill reelection fight in 1992, aides discussed ways to change the political calculus and give his candidacy a much-needed boost. Now, Donald Trump faces a comparable situation and a similar option. In the case of Bush, several top advisers, including the candidate’s future...
Editorial: Nursing homes need continued covid attention
Pennsylvania has 693 nursing homes. According to the state Department of Health, all of them have now had at least one round of covid-19 testing. Every resident, every staff member, have reportedly been tested for the disease that is at its most lethal among the aging population. Personal care and...
Trump says Fox News ‘totally forgot who got them where they are’
President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News on Wednesday, accusing the cable channel of being ungrateful. “I was on Air Force One flying to the Great State of Texas, where I just landed. It is AMAZING in watching Fox News,” the president tweeted. “How different they are from four...
Port Authority reports 3 new covid-19 cases
Three more Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have tested positive for covid-19, spokesman Adam Brandolph said. The new cases bring the number of covid-19 cases involving Port Authority employees to 32. Two of the new cases are bus drivers: one based in Collier and the other in Ross. Both...
Trump says he never raised Taliban bounties in talks with PutinVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he hasn’t discussed reports that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite having numerous phone calls as recently as last week. “I have never discussed it with him,” Trump told Axios in a...
MacKenzie Scott begins giving away her Amazon wealth: Here’s where nearly $1.68B is goingVideo
SEATTLE — MacKenzie Scott sees the $59.3 billion she’s accumulated through her ownership of about 4% of Amazon stock as “the product of a collective effort, and of social structures which present opportunities to some people, and obstacles to countless others.” On Tuesday, a day before her ex-husband, Amazon founder...
