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Letter to the editor: Let’s cancel cable
I really enjoyed Tom Purcell’s column “Living the cord-cutting dream” (Feb. 18, TribLIVE). He hit the nail on the head when he wrote that the average cost for cable TV is $1,848 yearly and will go up again this year. Purcell writes of cancelling cable and getting an antenna to...
Letter to the editor: Pope’s words on sex abuse misinterpreted
After reading the editorial “Pope lowers sex abuse expectations” (Jan. 29, TribLIVE), I am left somewhat disillusioned by the writer’s interpretation of the Pope Francis’ words. While I agree that sexual abuse is a major problem in the Catholic Church and powerful action must be taken, the “inflated expectations” the...
Letter to the editor: Debunking ‘gateway drug’ argument
Letter-writer Susan Jones worries that legalizing marijuana could potentially lead to an increased usage of cocaine, crack or heroin (“Legalized pot a gateway drug,” Feb. 16, TribLIVE). The “gateway drug” argument is an example of assuming that correlation is evidence of causation. Studies do show that the majority of people...
Letter to the editor: Reform the cash bail system
Hundreds of thousands of people in the United States — people who have not been tried or convicted of any crime — are held in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. They may spend days, weeks or months in jail awaiting trial. And in the process, they may lose...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Tuesday, March 5
Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Public Library will hold a movie night for adults starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a screening of “Crazy Rich Asians.” Based on the best-selling novel, the film is a contemporary romantic comedy following native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family. —...
Developers of suicide prediction score hope to prevent teen deaths
Suicide is an increasingly prominent public health issue, with rates rising across the country and suicide ranking as the second leading cause of death for Americans aged 15 to 34. But ask an expert to predict who is most at risk, and they’ll only be able to give you an...
Avoiding overuse wrist injuries
It may seem hard to believe, considering that you use your hands and wrists to do almost everything, but some of the most common wrist injuries are caused by overuse and repetitive motion. Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, says you have to get creative...
Vitamins: What men and women need
What’s the difference between men’s and women’s multivitamins? If a woman takes a formulation designated for men, will her voice lower an octave? Will a young man’s hair turn gray if he ingests a supplement for men over 50? Maybe these dreary days of winter cause me to wonder about...
How to train like Captain Marvel — physically and mentally
Brie Larson was hanging upside down and suspended by her legs when she was about to attempt one of her most challenging “Captain Marvel” stunts for the first time on set. It had already been a long day by the time the 29-year-old actress was dangling by a wire system....
Here’s what you need to know about Real IDVideo
Pennsylvania cardholders can apply for and receive Real ID, the federally compliant identification needed to fly commercially next year. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation began issuing the cards March 1. The only Real ID center in the Pittsburgh region that provides same-day service is the Bridgeville location at 1025 Washington...
PIHL roundup: Mt. Lebanon defeats Cathedral Prep in Penguins Cup playoffs
Luke Husak and Wyatt George each had two goals to lift No. 4 seed Mt. Lebanon to a 7-3 victory over Cathedral Prep in the first round of the PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup playoffs Monday at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center. Griffin Erdely, Feno Monaco and Samuel Mitchell also scored...
High school scores, schedules for March 4, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...
North Apollo opts to keep Kiski Township police coverage
Kiski Township will continue to supply police services to North Apollo. North Apollo council Monday night approved a new, three-year contract in which the borough would pay Kiski Township $49,800 annually for police coverage. That’s a hike of $3,000 per year over the five-year contract that expired last year. Had...
Helaine Olen: Alabama tornadoes another opportunity for Trump to reward supporters and punish opponents
It’s good when a majority of voters in your state back Donald Trump. Just ask the residents of Alabama, who discovered Monday morning that the president of the United States is going to make sure they receive VIP treatment following the devastating tornadoes that swept across a rural part of...
Upper St. Clair tops Baldwin in PIHL Class AA 1st round game
After being swept in both regular-season matchups, No. 2 seed Upper St. Clair got some sweet postseason revenge by defeating Baldwin, 6-2, on Monday in a PIHL Class AA Penguins Cup first-round game at Ice Castle in Castle Shannon. The Panthers’ Anthony Carone scored twice and added an assist as...
John Dorfman: Omaha man wins Derby of Economic Forecasting
“What did everybody get wrong this year?” my wife asked me at breakfast Sunday. It was a good question. I’ve been running the Derby of Economic Forecasting Talent, or DEFT, more or less annually since 1999. Contestants must predict six economic variables — gross domestic product, inflation, the interest rate...
‘The chain of command is broken,’ Guaido tells supporters upon his return to VenezuelaVideo
When Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido left the country a week ago, he slipped out like a hunted man, defying a travel ban by crossing into rural Colombia overland. On Monday, he returned in the most high-profile way possible: landing at the country’s principal airport in Maiquetia in broad...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Mars’ Andrew Recchia
Andrew Recchia School: Mars Class: Senior It really was ‘The shot heard around the world.” The intergalactic 3-point shot from Andrew Recchia in the final seconds of the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball title game made Mars a back-to-back champion. Led by Recchia’s 23 points, the Fightin’ Planets edged Moon,...
Mark Madden: Islanders fans booing John Tavares is perfectly understandable
Last Thursday, John Tavares played at the New York Islanders’ home rink (one of them) as a member of the visiting team for the first time. Tavares had 621 points over nine years as an Islander. But he only played in 24 playoff games and won just one postseason series....
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Chartiers Valley
The Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week picked up two postseason wins this past week, the second victory earning them gold for the second time in three years — the Chartiers Valley Colts. After two and a half decades of coaching the boys basketball team at Chartiers Valley,...
Trump’s new attorney general William Barr won’t recuse himself in Mueller probe
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said he won’t recuse himself from being in charge of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, a major development affecting the fate of the politically charged probe into President Trump. “Following General Barr’s confirmation, senior career ethics officials advised that General Barr should not recuse...
Thomas Botzman: Simplifying student loans
The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 was part of the Great Society campaign of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. Part of its noble goal was to create opportunities for students who dreamed of earning college degrees and advancing their careers by providing financial aid to students in need. By...
Tom Purcell: Why ‘springing forward’ takes my dad weeks
Nobody dreads daylight saving time more than my father. He has his work cut out for him this coming weekend, when we “spring forward” by setting clocks ahead by an hour before going to bed Saturday night. You see, my mother loves clocks — so much that he has 14...
Jerome Corsi retracts and apologizes for story promoting Seth Rich conspiracy theory
Conservative author Jerome Corsi on Monday apologized for writing an article in which he falsely alleged that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who was killed in 2016, and his brother Aaron had leaked thousands of emails to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks. Corsi said in a statement that the...
New Kensington-Arnold considers relaxing policies on electronic devices, dress code
New Kensington-Arnold School District is taking steps to relax policies on what students can wear and their use of electronic devices. Superintendent John Pallone said the district’s existing policy on electronic devices, last revised more than a decade ago, doesn’t reflect how prevalent the devices have become or how attitudes...
