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Expert: No force needed in ex-Minneapolis officer’s fatal encounter
MINNEAPOLIS — Even if he was startled by a loud noise, the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond two summers ago would not have been justified in using a Taser or pepper spray — much less his gun — a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday. “The use of...
Bethel Park baseball, Mt. Pleasant softball move to top of Trib 10 power rankings
Only two teams left and two debuted in the TribLive High School Sports Network weekly Power Rankings for baseball, and there are no changes to the teams in the softball Top 10 this week. However, this week’s rankings have new No. 1 teams in both baseball and softball. These rankings...
High school scores, schedules for April 24, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Hempfield 5, Plum 0 Penn-Trafford 3, Connellsville 0 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 11, Armstrong 8 Gateway 6, Penn Hills 5 Section 3 Laurel Highlands 16, Carrick 1 (5 inn.) Class 4A Section 1 Greensburg Salem 6, Highlands 2...
High school roundup for April 24, 2019: No. 2 North Allegheny edges No. 3 Norwin
No. 2-ranked North Allegheny scored five runs in the first inning en route to a 7-4 victory over No. 3 Norwin in a Section 2-6A softball game Wednesday evening. Lauren Haywood knocked in three runs, and Regan Brodine had two RBIs for the Tigers (11-3, 9-2). Alexandra Brentzel had two...
Editorial: Westmoreland sheriff’s office raid shows problems
There is a problem in the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office. For the second time, authorities have conducted a raid on the agency. It happened Wednesday morning when state police investigators swooped in, collected documents, questioned people and left two hours later. “It’s not about me this time,” Sheriff Jonathan Held...
Pickleball expert Sarah Ansboury serves tips to players in O’Hara
Lower Valley pickleball enthusiasts had a chance last week to receive instruction from professional player Sarah Ansboury, a four-time medalist at the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) National Tournament. Ansboury, 35, a former tennis instructor from Portland, Oregon, is the pickleball pro at Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Her...
Snapchat user base grows 2%, Snap shares climb
Snap Inc.’s fortunes rise and fall on the size of Snapchat’s user base. When the user numbers started to decline in early 2018 because of a tumultuous redesign and flabby Android app, its stock price began a long slide to less than $5 a share. Executive churn followed, and a...
Letter to the editor: Farm workers & citizenship
The article “Pennsylvania congressman aims to expand immigrant worker program to dairy farms” (March 19, TribLIVE), which describes the bill to extend H-2A agricultural guest-worker visas to year-round jobs on dairy farms, does not discuss the downsides of the proposal nor a reasonable alternative. The H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker...
Letter to the editor: Clint Hurdle should go
Regarding the headline “Bullpen blows it again as Pirates lose to Nationals” (April 13, TribLIVE): It’s not the bullpen. It’s Clint Hurdle’s handling of the pitching staff. In at least four of the Bucs’ last six losses, Hurdle pulled the starting pitcher who was pitching great and had the lead....
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ Medicare for all
Democrats are using semantics again. They have a new name for national health care: Medicare for all. Eleanor Roosevelt wanted national health care, but her husband had trouble getting his other programs passed by Congress, so the subject was dropped. President Clinton’s national health care system proposal made “War and...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Wednesday, April 24
Hello, Sewickley, The Artist Guild at Sweetwater Center for the Arts will host mosaic artist Debbie Maier Jacknin at their next meeting, 7 p.m. April 29. Her artwork combines her passion for social issues and inspirational messages with her love of nature, sailing, water and Western Pennsylvania. Meetings are free...
Sewickley historical society presents ‘Golden Age of Bridge Building’
Gerry Kuncio will present “The Golden Age of Bridge Building” at 7:30 p.m. today at the Old Sewickley Post Office. From 1924 to 1940, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works erected hundreds of bridges, one of the largest infrastructure improvement programs ever undertaken by a Pennsylvania municipality. The bridges...
Ed Pfeifer: Mom’s lessons continue to guide, inspire
When my children were young, I loved to tell them stories. I created a cast of characters with funny accents and wild appearances and sent them on comical journeys through weird and interesting places. The kids howled at the stories, the players and the exotic lands in which they lived....
For moist grilled pork skewers, turn to country-style ribs
For grilled pork skewers that were moist and flavorful, we turned to boneless country-style ribs, which are quick-cooking and tender, yet have enough fat to keep them from drying out. The flavorful North African-inspired seasonings of garlic, lemon, coriander, cumin, nutmeg and cinnamon did double duty, first in a marinade...
Give your mayo-heavy American potato salad a French twist
American-style potato salad, thickly dressed with mayonnaise and sweet pickle relish, is archetypal picnic fare and will always have a place on summer tables. But we’ve cooked (and eaten) piles of it over the years, and these days we yearn for something lighter and fresher to serve with grilled fish,...
High school scores, schedules for April 23, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, ppd. Section 3 Peters Township 10, Baldwin 0 (5 inn.) Bethel Park 17, Brashear 1 (4 inn.) Class 5A Section 1 Gateway 18, Woodland Hills 3 (4 inn.) Kiski Area 6, Fox Chapel 3 Franklin Regional at...
Pirates farm report for games of April 23, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-7) lost 5-2 to Gwinnett (Braves). 2B Jake Elmore (.426) went 3 for 4 with a double, homer and two RBIs. RHP Alex McRae (1-2, 6.20) struck out four but allowed four runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings to take the loss. Next: Wednesday at Gwinnett, 7:05...
High school roundup for April 23, 2019: No. 1 Blackhawk rallies past Central Valley
Class 4A No. 1 Blackhawk scored twice in the top of the seventh to come back and earn a 3-2 win over Central Valley (4-5, 3-4) in a Section 2 game Tuesday afternoon. Jarrett Wright singled three times and had an RBI, and John Malagise singled, doubled and had a...
Thomas Jefferson topples Belle Vernon in Section 2-4A
For the first four innings of Tuesday’s Section 2-4A contest, the defending WPIAL Class 4A champions and defending Class 5A runner-up played even softball. It wasn’t until the fifth inning when Thomas Jefferson pulled away a bit, while continuing to pitch and defend well, en route to a 5-1 victory...
George Guido: Pennsylvania not only state with public-private sports debate
My goodness! I go on vacation for a week and come back to a major Alle-Kiski Valley upheaval. Kelly Robinson retired as St. Joseph boys basketball coach after 21 seasons. Jerry Concannon stepped down as Springdale girls soccer coach after 12 seasons, and Chuck Debor will no longer be Highlands...
Social Security could go broke by 2035, but lawmakers have new ideas to fix it
WASHINGTON — There’s nothing like waiting until the last minute — as long as waiting doesn’t make the problem worse. Therein lies the conundrum facing lawmakers and 2020 presidential candidates when it comes to Social Security, which last year paid out retirement and disability benefits to some 63 million Americans....
Easton’s Weyerbacher Brewing files for bankruptcy, announces new majority owner
Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Inc., the 24-year-old Easton business known for its big Belgian-style brews, is restructuring its operations. The company on Monday announced it has finalized a partnership with 1518 Holdings LLC, a Philadelphia private investment group that will take a 55% ownership stake in Weyerbacher. As part of that...
Judge selected in Leetsdale carjacking case
A judge has been selected in the criminal case against John Matheny, who is accused of forcing his way into a woman’s car in a Leetsdale Borough parking lot in February. A pre-trial conference is scheduled before Allegheny Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert Colville on May 17. Matheny, 38,...
Consumers are hanging onto old mobile phones in record numbers
Wireless customers are hanging on to their old phones longer than ever. That’s the message from Verizon Communications Inc., which said its upgrade rate fell to a record low last quarter – a harbinger of tough times ahead for the iPhone and other devices. Faced with $1,000 price tags on...
Editorial: Murrysville needs more polling places
If you want people to vote, you can’t make it a challenge. In two Murrysville precincts, there are just too many voters to make showing up at the polls an easy proposition. Newlonsburg has 3,454 registered voters. Sardis has 3,498. That’s almost 7,000 voters — nearly half of Murrysville’s overall...
