Новости за 22.02.2018

Nestled into the northwest corner of North Park — just past the skating rink — Latodami Environmental Nature Center provides educational opportunities within one of Allegheny County's best-kept secrets.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday said he would take legal action if the Trump administration followed through on a proposal that would give restaurant owners control over servers' tips.

Steaming bowls of soup will help nourish Westmoreland County residents struggling with hunger at the 10th annual Empty Bowl luncheon.

Five Roman Catholic sisters will tell stories March 8 on environmental topics ranging from raising bees to dining on donated roadkill at a free public event, “Standup Sisters: Green Habits.”

Frances McDormand has an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony.

Peters council on Feb. 12 authorized the township’s administration to negotiate a settlement with a company that wants to build a senior living facility over the installation of a turning lane at the site.

Banning backpacks, installing metal detectors and arming teachers were among the suggestions made by parents after a threat incident at Moon Area High School.

Gateway School Board is expected to vote next week on whether to advertise for proposals for firms to market and sell the Gateway Middle School property.

Charlene Moff won't have to go to prison for stealing about $30,000 from Victoria's Secret in an online scam.

A Scranton-area based offshoot of the Unification Church is encouraging couples to bring their AR-15 rifles with them to a commitment ceremony in the Pocono Mountains, a half-mile from an elementary school.

Cumberland County in central Pennsylvania, not Mercer County, is now targeted as the site for the state’s fourth mini-casino.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Bob Nutting’s hand moved up and down, mimicking a roller coaster, as he described the ebb and flow of contention and rebuilding other teams go through and his club’s aversion to the approach.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Bob Nutting’s hand moved up and down, mimicking a roller coaster, as he described the ebb and flow of contention and rebuilding other teams go through and his club’s aversion to the approach.

Weekend morning anchor Bofta Yimam has left WTAE, as well as the state.

Eric Chapman loves movies.

OXON HILL, Md. — The head of the National Rifle Association, speaking publicly on Thursday for the first time since last week’s deadly school shooting, defended gun ownership while criticizing the news media, Democrats and the FBI.

Mayor Bill Peduto stood beside two Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients Thursday to call on Congress and the president to agree on a solution to keep them in the United States.

MIAMI — At times, Nikolas Cruz’s behavior could be a school administrator’s nightmare: Teachers and other students said he kicked doors, cursed at teachers, fought with and threatened classmates and brought a backpack with bullets to school. He collected a string of discipline for profanity, disobedience, insubordination and disruption.

This isn’t so much about Mike Zmijanac, who was fired Wednesday night as Aliquippa High School football coach. He will be just fine. He grew up in Aliquippa and devoted his life as a teacher of creative writing and American literature for 39 years, coach of multiple sports and athletic director to the small, financially crushed district that was racially torn in the 1960s and 1970s and devastated by the collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. He deserves a long, happy, healthy retirement.

A convicted child molester from Sewickley who, according to prosecutors, admitted to abusing more than 25 children in previous decades will spend the next 13 years in federal prison on unrelated child pornography charges.

YouTube’s list of “Trending” videos typically includes funny clips, updates from popular YouTube personalities, movie trailers and viral TV segments. On Wednesday, for a brief time, the No. 1 trending video on YouTube featured David Hogg, a survivor of the massacre last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

All of eastern Ghouta in Syria is underground.

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented manner, high school students have taken the lead in calling for increased gun regulation, including through a lie-in at the White House, a rally in front of a state capitol, classroom walkouts and three upcoming nationwide protests.

“An evangelical,” historian George Marsden once said, is “anyone who likes Billy Graham.”

A Monongahela municipal police officer on patrol Thursday morning became trapped by floodwaters in Washington County.