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Paula Reed Ward Associated Press   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit filed by students against the University of Pittsburgh for failing to refund any of their tuition and fees when campus was shut down last year because of the pandemic. U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV on Tuesday granted Pitt’s motion to dismiss. “The unforeseen circumstances relating to the ...

Call it prescience, or fortuitous timing. Just hours after President Obama proposed corporate tax reform in exchange for congressional support of a $302 billion transportation bill to pay for badly needed repairs to the nation’s decaying highways, roads, and bridges, power brokers from business, academia, and the federal government gathered at Harvard Business School (HBS) Wednesday evening to begin a private, two-day summit, “America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 2...

Paula Reed Ward Associated Press   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit filed by students against the University of Pittsburgh for failing to refund any of their tuition and fees when campus was shut down last year because of the pandemic. U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV on Tuesday granted Pitt’s motion to dismiss. “The unforeseen circumstances relating to the ...

Seriously. Here, let him explain: “Several years ago I attended a police leadership seminar-slash-training at the Washington Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust Museum and the events in Germany in the 1930s was a backdrop to why we need very strong, ethical police leadership and to avoid political influence and to insure that the mission of the police department is adhered to.” In 1934 Adolf Hitler ended Germany’s democracy by making himself dictator and ushering in the Third Reich: it wasn�...

LAS CRUCES – "Courts and juries are starting to understand that its very, very important to hold police officers that commit crimes responsible."  Albuquerque-based attorney Sam Bregman, who has been on both sides of cases involving police officers, reflected on the conviction Tuesday of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last May. Bregman noted that a major force behind that shift...

Robert Swift HARRISBURG — The challenges facing Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities, both related to COVID-19 and as well as beyond the pandemic, were a major topic of discussion Tuesday during a Senate budget hearing. The four leaders of Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and Lincoln University discussed the pandemic’s impact on remote learning, the digital divide, state and federal aid, budgeting and student enrollment in testimony befo...

Keel laid for US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Harvey C Barnum 7 April 2021 (Last Updated April 8th, 2021 11:51) A keel-laying ceremony for the US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Harvey C Barnum (DDG 124) was held at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Maine. USS Harvey C Barnum (DDG 124) keel laying: Credit: Bath Iron Works/ DENNIS GRIGGS. Share Article A keel-laying ceremony for the US Navy’s future Arl...

Family claims police shot and killed Seaford woman through closed door Delaware News Journal The family of a Seaford woman claims a Delaware State Police officer shot and killed her through a closed door. Police went to Danny Drive in Seaford the evening of March 25 "to assist medical personnel," Delaware State Police spokeswoman Heather Pepper said. As both medical personnel and police were "engaging" 51-year-old Kelly Rooks, "she armed herself with a firearm and threatened the individuals...

Family says police shot and killed Seaford woman through closed door Shannon Marvel McNaught, Delaware News Journal Sisters of man shot by police seek action on reforms UP NEXT The family of a Seaford woman says a Delaware State Police officer shot and killed her through a closed door. Police went to Danny Drive in Seaford the evening of March 25 "to assist medical personnel," Delaware State Police spokeswoman Heather Pepper said. As both medical personnel and police were "...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Terrier Claims Services, Inc. and MT Investigations, LLC April 1, 2021 GMT Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Logo (PRNewsfoto/Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.) ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced that its risk management services subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. (GB), has acquired Pleasantville, NY-based Terrier Cl...