Trib Lunch Box: Science center name change, Super Bowl streak, TV news personalities take vacation

Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024:

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• Carnegie Science Center changing name after receiving $65M gift

Daniel G. Kamin built his own telescope when he was a teenager — he was fascinated with space.

That passion has remained with him more than six decades later, and now he wants to fuel that same energy in others.

That’s a reason he and his wife, Carole L. Kamin, gifted a historic $65 million to the Carnegie Museum’s Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.

The donation was announced Tuesday at a media event. The Carnegie will change the signage to read: The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center.

Tom Henschel

Tom Henschel dons a Steelers sweater Tuesday that he plans to wear at the Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

• He’s never missed a Super Bowl in person

Harrison native and mega-Steelers fan Tom Henschel isn’t letting recent physical ailments deter him from continuing his streak of attending every Super Bowl.

“It’s my 58th year going to a Super Bowl,” Henschel said Tuesday.

WTAE-TV

Allegheny County Police are investigating after a man was killed Wednesday morning in an officer-involved shooting in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes neighborhood.

• Police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in South Side Slopes

Officials said Pittsburgh police were dispatched to the 1900 block of Huron Street for a ShotSpotter notification at 1:38 a.m.

TribLive

A man was killed Wednesday morning when his car rolled over into a creek in Harmar.

• Man killed when car goes into creek in Harmar

A man was killed Wednesday morning when his car rolled over and into a creek in Harmar.

The car, a Tesla, apparently sped across the Primanti Brothers parking lot and rolled over before entering the creek shortly after 8 a.m., according to Harmar police.

Point Park University

Point Park University campus in Pittsburgh.

• New report sees a boost in undergraduate enrollment on college campuses

Research released Wednesday suggests that fall undergraduate enrollment on college campuses across most of the nation rose for the first time since before the covid-19 pandemic, ending a slump that has strained many institutions.

But while more than two-thirds of states saw overall gains, others — including Pennsylvania — continued as a whole to decline.

WPXI-TV and WTAE-TV

A viewer says Scott Harbaugh, Trisha Pittman, Ashley Dougherty and Ryan Recker often return from vacation near the end of the week, but the TV personalities say that’s largely a coincidence.

• Why do many TV news personalities return from vacation on a Thursday?

Is that a thing? Rob Owen takes your questions.

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