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Trump pledges to nominate woman for Supreme Court, pushes Senate to move quickly
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday promised to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay. Taking the stage at a North Carolina rally...
Murrysville couple funds purchase, training of new police dog
Murrysville Police Sgt. Scott Kettren was not shy about his emotional state when his K-9 partner of nearly a decade, a Belgian Malinois named Argos, spent his last day with the department in May 2019. “I cried driving home that night,” Kettren said. Kettren took stock of his professional skills...
1 killed in Hempfield along Norfolk Southern railroad tracks
A person has died after being struck by a train in Hempfield. A Westmoreland County dispatcher said the incident took place around 4:45 p.m. Saturday along the Norfolk Southern tracks at the end of Clark Street. Authorities could not confirm if the victim was a man or a woman. Railroad...
What’s next with the Supreme Court vacancy?Video
WASHINGTON — The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is putting the Senate in unchartered political terrain. There’s no recent precedent for a confirmation vote so close to a presidential election. President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination, even...
Conservatives address socialism fears at Washington County conference
Conservative politicians and media personalities drew battle lines Saturday at an airplane hangar in Washington County. “Donald Trump is the only thing standing in the way of socialism in this country,” said Sean Parnell, a Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb for the 17th Congressional District. “He fights for us,...
AP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin
WASHINGTON — Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday. The letter was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and President Donald Trump, the official said....
Allegheny County sees 85 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 85 new coronavirus cases. The county now has a total of 11,663 cases of covid-19, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Among Saturday’s batch of newly reported cases, 69 were confirmed while 16 were listed as probable. The results came from tests conducted from...
With Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix canceled, classic motorcycles hit the road in Ligonier for charityVideo
Motorcycles new and old left Ligonier with engines roaring Saturday morning for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix’s motorbike back roads tour. The tour is a new event this year, organized after the July cancellation of the Grand Prix because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Those of us that are on the...
Editorial: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and necessary dissent
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not a judge. She was a justice. A judge sits on a lower court, hearing criminal and civil cases as they enter into the judicial system. Judges set bail, instruct juries, rule on objections. A justice, on the other hand, sits on higher courts — in...
Pennsylvania’s cut of $300-a-week jobless aid half gone, apply now before it’s too late, state says
A week after the Trump administration abruptly announced that hundreds of thousands of covid-19-related jobless Pennsylvanians would receive an extra $300 weekly for six weeks only rather than through the end of the year, as initially promised, the state said it already distributed almost half of its allocation. Pennsylvania sent...
Larimer domestic dispute leads to SWAT response, man’s arrest
Pittsburgh police arrested a man Friday night after a domestic dispute and SWAT response in the city’s Larimer neighborhood. Officers responded at about 9 p.m. to the dispute, reported at a home in the 600 block of Lenora Street. A SWAT team was called when the man refused to come...
WPIAL high school football Week 2 scores for Sept. 18, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 2 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • PINE-RICHLAND 34, UPPER ST. CLAIR 13 Rams quarterback Cole Spencer threw three touchdowns — two to wide receiver Alex Gochis — and Caden Schweiger also scored twice in the win. •...
2 killed in 1-vehicle crash in Forward Township; driver identified
Two people were killed in a one-vehicle crash Friday evening in Forward Township. The driver, Christopher Suss, 37, of Elizabeth, was found dead at the scene by first responders, according to Allegheny County Police. The cause of his death was blunt force injuries to the head, trunk and extremities, the...
After Ginsburg: McConnell pledges quick vote on successor
WASHINGTON — The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just over six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates. McConnell, in a statement just...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death just over six weeks before...
Fox News to feature Trib editor on ‘America’s News HQ’ on Saturday
The Fox News program “America’s News HQ,” with anchors Arthel Neville and Eric Shawn, will include a Tribune-Review editor as a guest on Saturday’s broadcast. John Allison, the Trib’s director of content, will appear on air in the 5 p.m. segment. The likely topics will be the swing-state role of...
GNC sold to Chinese pharmaceutical group
GNC Holdings Inc., the Pittsburgh-based international health and wellness chain, has been for sold for $770 million to a Chinese pharmaceutical firm in a deal approved Thursday in bankruptcy court in Delaware. Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Holding Co., an affiliate of GNC’s largest shareholder that owns 40% of the company, also...
Gov. Wolf’s on-site alcohol sales order extended an hour to 11 p.m.
Alcohol sales at bars and restaurants won’t have to end until 11 p.m. starting Monday, according to orders for on-site alcohol consumption from Gov. Wolf and state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. Wolf had earlier said that alcohol sales would be required to end at 10 p.m. Alcoholic beverages must...
Presidential town hall a deciding factor of some undecided voters
Currying favor with Pennsylvania voters such as Laura Galvas, Alexandra Stehman and Flora Cruceta could prove crucial in the battle to claim Pennsylvania’s 20 Electoral College votes this fall. Like the other participants in ABC’s Philadelphia Town Hall — where they had an opportunity to question President Trump last week...
DA: Police justified in killing shotgun-wielding man in New Kensington
Police who fatally shot a man wielding a shotgun in New Kensington in March were justified in the killing, Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck ruled Friday. Marc Morgan, 62, of Upper Burrell, threatened to shoot Black people March 13 and refused to put down the shotgun, lobbing expletives at...
Wolf administration asks schools to voluntarily enforce gathering limits
The updated guidance for high school sports and spectators promised by Gov. Tom Wolf was a no-show Friday. Instead, the state Department of Education released an afternoon statement encouraging schools “to voluntarily enforce the 25-person indoor and 250-person outdoor gathering limitations while all of us wait for the court to...
Schenley Park’s Columbus statue ‘erases history,’ Pitt professor says
The Pittsburgh Art Commission held a special hearing Thursday to gather public comment on the future of the 62-year-old Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park. The statue has been the subject of debate as the city determines whether to remove or replace it. An online petition has garnered more than...
Jonah Goldberg: Scrapping Electoral College is a bad idea
Let’s squarely face an ugly possibility: President Trump could get elected a second time without winning the popular vote. Indeed, according to most experts, that’s the only way he could be reelected. This would surely prompt another chorus of calls to scrap the Electoral College. I think that would be...
State police make another large marijuana bust on turnpike in Westmoreland County
For the third time since April, state troopers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County stopped a driver for traffic violations and ended up seizing more than 100 pounds of marijuana. Chui Jiang of Oklahoma City and Guangzhang Ye of San Antonio, both 41, were charged with manufacture, delivery and...
CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlashVideo
NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and is now advising anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, getting rid of language...
