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Police: Man shot in Frazer, in stable condition
A man was shot Wednesday afternoon at a location off of Clarks Pike Road in Frazer, police said. The incident occurred at about 4:50 p.m. in which an unidentified man was shot in the leg. Allegheny County Police said the victim was transported to an area hospital and was listed...
Amtrak raises prices on Northeast Corridor multi-ride tickets
Owen Sahnow, who works at the Delaware Theatre Company, wonders how he’ll commute in the future from Philadelphia to Wilmington now that Amtrak is raising the price of his monthly pass by nearly 70%. He moved to Philadelphia last year for his partner’s work and has been taking a trolley...
Saquon Barkley: ‘Everything I want to accomplish is still there’Video
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley arrived at his old high school field in Lehigh County with a pair of slippers on his feet, golf clubs in his trunk and the type of levity that comes only from deliverance. The Philadelphia Eagles’ newly signed running back, hosting a youth camp at the...
NASA says meteor fireball was responsible for boom heard over New York and New Jersey. So what exactly is that?
It wasn’t an earthquake this time. The sky isn’t falling either. Instead, it was a meteor that shares a name with the cinnamon whiskey fans shoot outside at Eagles tailgates. Residents in New Jersey and New York reported hearing a loud boom Tuesday morning, with some even saying that they...
Pittsburgh City Council recognizes Woodside Place of Oakmont resident on 100th birthday
Mary Frances Russell celebrated her 100th birthday July 11 at Woodside Place of Oakmont. Born in Alabama, Russell grew up in West Virginia and moved to Pittsburgh after graduating from high school in 1941. She and her husband, James , raised two daughters and a son. Russell graduated from business...
Conor Lamb and Kate Harper: Western Pa. ready to lead hydrogen energy revolution
Western Pennsylvania has abundant natural resources and now it has the opportunity to be at the leading edge of a technological innovation that can change our communities, our economy and the world — all for the better. That’s what we have with the advent of hydrogen as a viable low-carbon...
Letter to the editor: Companies should find courteous humans to answer phones
I recently had a package delivered by FedEx; however, it wasn’t delivered to my house. I called FedEx and got a machine; after going through the drill, it hung up with no answer as to where my package was. I repeated this four or five more times and couldn’t get...
Letter to the editor: Marc Fogel is correctly detained
What’s with everyone determined to spring Americans who trafficked narcotics internationally? As a medical marijuana patient and advocate, I can say that Marc Fogel is actually correctly detained, pursuant to both American federal and Russian laws. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and I find it hard to believe...
Letter to the editor: The real top issues for voters
The letter “Vote for legislators who listen” (July 12, TribLive) appeared to be an attempt to persuade readers to adopt conclusions set forth by the author. The observations were “supported” by data presented as factual, but not sourced. I would submit that it either cannot be sourced or it came...
Editorial: Rustic Ridge report doesn’t deliver final answer
Investigations give us answers. They do not necessarily make us feel better. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission delivered an answer to a question lingering since August. Did the Peoples Gas service lines play a part in the Rustic Ridge explosion that claimed six lives, obliterated three homes and...
Letter to the editor: Trump hate stems from promise to drain swamp
MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough and many Democratic politicians call Pesident Donald Trump an “existential threat to democracy” and cite the importance of keeping Trump out of the White House as their overriding concern, despite the prospect of an 81-year-old man with obviously declining cognitive abilities in the White House and...
Westmoreland happenings: Festivals, sandwich and salad luncheon, blood drive, more
Festivals • St. Regis Parish, Trafford, will have its community festival from 6 to 10 p.m. July 19 and 20 on the church grounds, 517 Homewood Ave. There will be food, beer, games and a DJ. Details: Guy Lucas, 412-992-1173 or glucas762@comcast.net. • Wesley Family Services and ParentWISE will sponsor...
The Stroller, July 17, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Donations sought for holiday flag display Lower Burrell Veterans of Foreign...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court’s moves
The Supreme Court conservatives essentially lied through their confirmation hearings, piously saying they would “respect precedent.” Now we also know some are demonstrably corrupt. Less noted is that, going back decades, they are also remarkably stupid. They made George W. Bush president, and he gave us two of the longest...
Young Thug trial in peril after judge’s removal: ‘Irrevocably tainted’
The recusal of Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville in the midst of the gang and racketeering trial against rapper Young Thug and his alleged associates is unprecedented and places what has become Georgia’s longest trial in uncertain territory. Legal experts say a mistrial is likely, and that, if there...
President Joe Biden to propose Supreme Court reforms, including term limits
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is planning to unveil proposals that could dramatically reshape the Supreme Court, including term limits on justices who now sit on the court for life, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. The effort represents a substantial shift for a president who has long...
J.D. Vance as VP pick fuels European anxiety over U.S. backing for Kyiv
When an outraged Ukrainian lawmaker berated J.D. Vance at this year’s Munich Security Conference over the Republicans’ blocking of aid to his country, the U.S. senator listened patiently. But Oleksiy Honcharenko couldn’t change his mind. That task will now fall to European allies and Ukrainian politicians after former President Donald...
Cyberattack targets Allegheny County DA’s office
A cyberattack that targeted the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office last week continues to disrupt prosecutors’ phones and computers and has left administrators scrambling to restore services while they jury-rig solutions. Those efforts continued Tuesday, even as the office said it caught the intrusion early enough to avert disaster. Officials...
Kiski Township man who snorted heroin before causing fatal head-on crash sent to prison
A Kiski Township man who was high on heroin when he crashed the car he was driving and killed his friend in 2022 will serve at least two years in state prison. Matthew Carlson, 36, was sentenced Tuesday in Allegheny County to 27 to 54 months after pleading guilty in...
Trump compares bullet to ‘world’s largest mosquito’ in call to RFK Jr.
Former President Donald Trump compared being shot to being bitten by “the world’s largest mosquito” in a leaked phone conversation with rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that also suggests the two men share radical anti-vaxxer views. “It felt like a a giant … like the world’s largest mosquito,” Trump told...
5 years into Amazon’s Climate Pledge, workers challenge its progress
Five years after Amazon committed to an ambitious climate goal, the company says it is making progress on reducing emissions, but critics allege those calculations are misleading. In its annual sustainability report, released this month, Amazon said carbon emissions dropped 3% last year, largely because of its sizable investment in...
Sam Rosenberg: The Secret Service failed
There has been no shortage of political and cultural commentary related to the attempted assassination that occurred in Western Pennsylvania on Saturday night, so I will avoid that sort of commentary here. What I would like to focus on instead is related to security, and what I see as a...
John Dorfman: Pilgrims Pride, Wabash National look good on this ratio
Want to invest in a company that is better at generating sales than profits? On the surface, that sounds like a remarkably bad idea. But investing in a company that has robust revenues and skimpy profits can sometimes pay off. New management, new products or plain old cost cutting may...
Anita Prizio and Erika Strassburger: Pa. stands to gain from methane reduction funding
The recent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy regarding $850 million in federal funding for methane reduction projects marks a significant opportunity for Pennsylvania’s economy and environment. This investment, part of President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda, not only aims to cut methane emissions from oil and...
With Roe overturned, Trump’s GOP turns to transgender health care
WASHINGTON — When he ran for office in 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump focused heavily on abortion, vowing to nominate Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade — which he did as president. But this year, with Roe now overturned, the 2024 GOP presidential nominee and the Republican...
