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Steelers hold off Ravens to improve to 7-0
BALTIMORE — On a cold, rainy day at M&T Bank Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers were on their way to watching their unbeaten record and AFC North lead get washed away by the Baltimore Ravens. Then, Lamar Jackson intervened. The NFL’s reigning MVP threw one interception that was returned for a...
Joe Biden, Lady Gaga expected to visit Pittsburgh on election eve
Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Pittsburgh metro area on Monday while other members of his campaign fan out across other parts of the state. Biden is expected to canvass in Beaver County and participate in drive-in events in Pittsburgh. The Biden campaign did not provide...
Beaver County’s role in presidential race attracts attentionVideo
Beaver County’s role in the presidential election and the political transformation of the former Democratic stronghold are explored in a WPXI Now streaming special featuring Tribune-Review senior news editor Tom Fontaine. WPXI-TV investigative reporter Aaron Martin hosted the special, which also featured NBC News reporter Dasha Burns. “It’s hard to...
Women-powered grassroots efforts support Biden, Trump in Western PennsylvaniaVideo
Stasia Vernallis knew she was onto something when Facebook groups of frustrated female voters began cropping up across Pennsylvania just days after the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. “We counted 550 grassroots organizations from January to July,” Vernallis said. Like the suffragists who rallied for years in towns small and...
When will election results be known for Westmoreland, Allegheny, Pennsylvania?
Gov. Tom Wolf recalled that when he won office in 2014 and reelection four years later, media reports unofficially declared him the victor within minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m. “Ain’t happening this time,” Wolf said, acknowledging that Pennsylvania’s vote count is expected to take not minutes or hours...
How covid-19 did and didn’t affect the election in Pennsylvania
Daniel Stern said he was never planning to vote for President Trump, even if the pandemic hadn’t disrupted nearly every facet of American life. Stern, 75, of Blawnox voted by mail for former Vice President Joe Biden weeks ago. The decision, he said, was made “months and months ago.” Barbara...
3 dead, 1 injured in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood
Three people are dead following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood Saturday night, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said. Officers responded to Beltzhoover Avenue near Edgemont Street shortly after 9 p.m. for reports of multiple shooting victims. Officials pronounced two men dead at the scene. A third man died Sunday morning,...
Trump nears end of campaign with boisterous rally near Butler
President Donald Trump doubled down on attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday evening as he offered closing arguments for his 2020 reelection campaign to a pumped-up crowd of supporters at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. “Joe Biden will shut down your economy, ship your jobs to China where...
Judge orders U.S. Postal Service to take extraordinary measures
SALEM, Ore. — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service. Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Wash., issued the order Friday after being...
Candidates for president, vice president, their surrogates swarming across Pennsylvania
All four presidential and vice presidential candidates will fan out across Pennsylvania, a decisive battleground state, to make public appearances Monday, the last day of campaigning before Tuesday’s general election. The nominees’ surrogates will be visiting the state, too. The Trump family is swarming Pennsylvania, with President Trump having held...
No hoax: October marks pandemic’s deadliest month to date in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County could be in for a bleak fall if the coronavirus death rate continues its grim increase. October has been the deadliest month since the pandemic started in March, according to state figures and county Coroner Ken Bacha. The county’s death toll surpassed 100 on Friday, with 47 of...
Neighbors with differing political views find they still can act neighborlyVideo
Despite her lone Joe Biden sign in a street filled with Donald Trump signs, Suzanne Nace knows there’s no animosity between her and her neighbors. “You have your beliefs; we have our beliefs,” said Nace, 51, of Glenview Avenue in Greensburg. In neighborhoods across Westmoreland County, differing political views are...
Public gets access to half-mile stretch of Mill Creek in Ligonier Township
Fishermen, hunters, hikers, cross-country skiers and outdoor enthusiasts will be able to enjoy a half-mile stretch on both sides of Mill Creek that is north of Ligonier. It’s now possible because a Pittsburgh conservation non-profit has obtained a conservation easement that allows people to get to the stream. The Western...
Westmoreland County reports 70 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 70 new cases of coronavirus in Westmoreland County. Saturday’s addition puts the seven-day average at 71 cases; the county reported 68 cases on Friday. The high of the week was on Wednesday when 91 cases were posted. Two additional deaths were reported,...
Pennsylvania reports 2,510 new covid-19 cases, 28 deaths
Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 2,510 new coronavirus cases, the fifth consecutive day and eighth day of the month that the state has posted more than 2,000 cases. The state Department of Health reported 28 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus after posting 22 Friday. The week’s high was 44 on...
Allegheny County reports 174 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 174 new coronavirus cases. No new deaths were reported. In addition, a death reported last week has been transferred to Greene County’s statistics, reducing Allegheny’s total to 434. Interestingly, the spike in cases throughout the county hasn’t meant a spike in deaths. October’s total of...
Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
LONDON — Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as suave, fearless secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an equally successful, Oscar-winning career playing a variety of leading and character roles, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions...
17th District House race pits ‘rising star’ Conor Lamb against Trump-backed challenger Sean Parnell
Western Pennsylvania’s suburbs and working-class towns across much of the Alle-Kiski Valley and Allegheny, Beaver and Butler counties will have their say Tuesday in a nationally watched match-up — whether to re-elect “rising star” Democrat U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb. In the battle for the House’s 17th Congressional District, Lamb, 36,...
Black voters a focal point in election, but many feel campaigns haven’t done enough
Jojo Burgess has spent the past month or so reaching out to Black voters across Southwestern Pennsylvania. A common sentiment, according to Burgess, is: “Why vote? No one cares about us.” While a record 137.5 million Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election, Black voter turnout decreased by about 765,000...
WPIAL football playoff opening round scores for Oct. 30, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s WPIAL high school football playoff action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • 6A (semifinals): No. 3 CENTRAL CATHOLIC 35, No. 2 MT. LEBANON 0 Central Catholic defensive lineman Bralen Henderson had four sacks and his teammates added four more. • 5A: No. 4...
Westmoreland: Third week in ‘substantial’ category for covid-19 transmission
For the third consecutive week, Westmoreland County remains in the “substantial” level of community transmission for coronavirus cases, even though the number of actual cases decreased from Oct. 23 to 29, the Department of Health said Friday. The county had 114.9 coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents for the seven-day reporting...
Western Pa. police ready for any election-related shenanigans, as report warns of possible militia violence
As law enforcement in the region plan how to respond to any potential Election Day issues or unrest, along with anything that may arise post-election, a global watchdog on armed conflict warns that Pennsylvania is a state at high risk for militia violence. Local authorities — mainly at the county...
Illinois judge OKs extradition of accused Kenosha shooter to Wisconsin
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An Illinois judge on Friday ordered a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charges, saying it wasn’t his role to vet a case brought by Wisconsin protestors and approved by a Wisconsin judge....
Female police officer claims sexual harassment in suit against ex-McCandless chief, lieutenant
A McCandless police officer is suing the town, former chief and a lieutenant alleging discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. Melissa Delval filed the lawsuit on Friday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court naming as defendants former chief David DiSanti and Lt. Jeffrey Basl. DiSanti resigned last November after previously being...
Indiana University of Pennsylvania notifies 81 faculty members of pending job losses
Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Friday notified 81 faculty members — including the entire faculties of several departments — that they will be out of work at the end of the academic year. Although IUP officials previously announced the proposed job cuts, actual notices went out Friday to those slated...
