Новости за 24.03.2018

A crowd that Mayor Bill Peduto said was more than 3,000 strong has gathered at the portico of the City-County Building as the Pittsburgh March for Our Lives gets under way.

Congratulations are in order—the Hays bald eagles welcomed their first eaglet of 2018 on Friday night, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania announced.

From Jan. 1-Feb. 26, the Penguins allowed just nine power-play goals and produced a success rate of 86.6 percent on the penalty kill. Only the Maple Leafs (8) allowed fewer goals, while the Jets were the only NHL club with a better kill rate (86.7).

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pirates on Saturday optioned outfielder Jordan Luplow and catcher Jacob Stallings to Class AAA Indianapolis and reassigned right-handers Tyler Jones and Richard Rodriguez to minor league camp.

Katharine Fredriksen made history when she was appointed president of a major U.S. coal company, Consol Energy Inc., in July.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions and criminal indictments against an Iranian hacker network it said was involved in “one of the largest state-sponsored hacking campaigns” ever prosecuted by the United States, targeting hundreds of U.S. and foreign universities, as well as dozens of U.S. companies and government agencies and the United Nations.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, whose experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam has established him as Congress’ moral conscience on torture, asked CIA director nominee Gina Haspel to detail her role in the agency’s enhanced interrogation program.

Kristina King had 17 points and Katrina Pardee added 16 as West Virginia pulled away from visiting James Madison for a 67-55 win in the third round of the WNIT Friday in Morgantown.

TREBES, France — A gun-wielding extremist went on a rampage Friday in a quiet corner of southern France, killing three people as he hijacked a car, opened fire on police and took hostages in a supermarket, where panicked shoppers hid in a meat locker or ran through the aisles.

If it’s a contest to see who has the worst

Thousands of people will take to the streets today for the March for Our Lives, a youth-driven gathering to show it’s time for action to reduce gun violence. Pittsburgh is one of more than 800 places that will host demonstrations. Promoters expect the main rally in Washington to attract a half-million people.

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Norris family has built a thriving enterprise from businesses that former owners abandoned in frustration.

Ken Kaszak is a financial adviser based in Pittsburgh.

Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So declared Donald Trump a few weeks ago, after announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum. Actually, trade wars are rarely good, and not at all easy to win — especially if you have no idea what you’re doing. And boy, do these people not know what they’re doing.

Paul Taylor is the author of “The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown.” This first appeared in The Washington Post.

WASHINGTON — As “60 Minutes” prepares to air its interview with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, conservative Christians are being accused of hypocrisy. How can so-called “values voters” continue to stand with President Donald Trump despite revelations that he allegedly had affairs with a porn star and a Playboy model, and paid them for their silence?

United gives $10,000 travel voucher to 'bumped' passenger

If you enjoy Edward Elgar’s music, you’d have liked Friday’s Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concert.

While school shootings have been occupying much of the nation’s attention, locally there is good news in the effort to contain gun violence. Within the city of Pittsburgh, this type of violence dropped to a 12-year low in 2017. The number of shootings was 18 percent lower than the prior year.

Jamie Oleksiak needed fewer than 10 words to properly summate the Penguins’ 4-3 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday at PPG Paints Arena.

An offer that could be worth a few thousand dollars is awaiting scores of Pittsburgh water customers this year.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pirates lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-2, at LECOM Park on Friday. Here’s what you need to know from the day’s action:

In a change that affects restaurants — what’s become the biggest industry in Pittsburgh — updated tipping regulations were tucked among the last ten pages of a 2000-plus page, $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday.

A former Aliquippa police officer was found not guilty on Friday for his involvement in a 2016 shooting in Carrick.