Новости за 28.03.2018

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled that the District of Columbia and Maryland may proceed with an unprecedented lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging that Trump’s business dealings have violated the Constitution’s ban on receiving “emoluments” or improper payments from individual states and foreign governments.

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Donald Trump broached the idea of Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Mike Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.

Pitt could’ve messed up its search for a basketball coach. It could’ve lasted until Easter. It could’ve lasted until May. It could’ve lasted until the heat death of the universe, turning into some endless rumor-denial-silence feedback cycle that outlasted us all. If that wasn’t conventional wisdom by Monday or so, we all had to at least open ourselves to the possibility that, one day, Pitt would be connected with a mid-major coach who wasn’t alive when the process began.

NEW YORK — Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months.

NEWARK, N.J. — Plenty of things went wrong for the Penguins in their 5-2 loss against the Red Wings in Detroit.

After spending nearly seven years on the North Shore, Tilted Kilt, a Celtic-themed sports pub featuring servers in skimpy plaid skirts and white tops, has met its demise.

The North Allegheny School District has called off active-shooting training for parents tonight after “inappropriate” social media posts by the company, according to the district’s website.

The Lawrenceville company that wants to install a plant that would treat shale gas drilling wastewater at the headwaters of the Allegheny River is threatening legal action against opponents of the proposal.

Frankly, it’s been quite a while since we last heard from Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke. She fired former basketball coach Kevin Stallings on March 8, conducted a nearly three-week search process for his successor, and finally landed one Tuesday in Duke assistant Jeff Capel. So after Capel’s opening news conference Wednesday, Lyke took questions from reporters for more than 20 minutes about how the hire came about, what happened with Stallings and much more:

Criminal charges of “neglect of animals” have been withdrawn against Joy Braunstein, the former executive director of a Pittsburgh animal shelter.

Fossils of a predatory dinosaur discovered in Patagonia represent a new family of dinosaurs that terrorized South America and Australia 85 million years ago.

Get ready for big changes in Market Square dining — which may lead to a raising of the bar for Downtown Italian fare.

Westmoreland County has been inundated by the same opioid drug crisis affecting Western Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, according to a report released Wednesday by its coroner's office.

Aaron Novak laughed and said he wasn’t going to disclose the name of his girlfriend. Likely, this was because the young woman, Katie Simons, was dressed as a huge, bright yellow light bulb.

A 14-month federal wiretap investigation into two alleged inter-related cocaine trafficking rings has culminated in the indictments of a dozen people across the region, including a reputed ringleader from Plum.

A 14-month federal investigation into two alleged inter-related cocaine trafficking rings has culminated in the indictments of a dozen people across the region.

BELLEFONTE — A district judge on Tuesday for a second time threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against Pennsylvania State University fraternity brothers related to the February 2017 hazing death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza.

ORLANDO, Fla. — League owners spent several days at the annual meetings discussing player behavior and how it relates to the national anthem, Steelers president Art Rooney II said Wednesday.

For five decades — whether as a player, assistant coach or head coach — Dave Long has been associated with the Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic boys basketball team. But Long’s days with the program are over, and not because of his choosing.

A prominent Squirrel Hill development site is back on the market after the group behind a proposed $40 million residential and retail project failed to close on the real estate.

A University of Pittsburgh student athlete is being treated for a possible case of bacterial meningitis, the university said Wednesday.

Neal Huntington insisted the Pirates weren’t “rebuilding” — he practically spat out the word — when the team traded Gerrit Cole and Andrew McCutchen for younger, cheaper players. He said the moves wouldn’t negatively impact the Pirates’ chances of competing for a playoff spot this season.

Pitt introduced Jeff Capel as the next men’s basketball coach today.

Pitt is getting ready to introduce Jeff Capel as the next men’s basketball coach today.

With Tuesday’s hiring at Pitt, Jeff Capel once again joins a fairly large fraternity of coaches who have moved from Mike Krzyzewski’s side to a bench of their own over the past 38 years, dating back to when he began at Duke in 1980. Granted, Capel’s situation is slightly different, as he, unlike many of the men listed below, was a Division I head coach before joining Krzyzewski’s staff.