Megan Swift

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When Jim Emmerling found out the Pittsburgh Pirates fired manager Derek Shelton on Thursday, he was elated. “I’ve been asking for this,” he said. “The last six years have been the worst baseball I can remember.”Shelton was replaced by bench coach Don Kelly as the team languishes in last place in the NL Central. Emmerling, 62, of Steubenville, Ohio, grew up in New Kensington and attended Valley High School.

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The late Pope Francis opened the way for women in the Roman Catholic Church to serve as readers and altar servers, and to assist priests during services or in administering Communion. But the church continues to bar women from the roles of deacon or priest, and debate over that issue doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.

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Most are familiar with the name Luigi Mangione by now — the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Well, his case is now being made into a musical. Titled “Luigi: The Musical,” the show will debut June 13 in San Francisco at the Taylor Street Theater and is already completely sold out, People reported. The musical is a reimagining of the musical “Chicago,” where the character Roxie Hart is based on accused murderer Beulah Annan, who was ultimately acquitted.

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Employees at Carnegie Mellon University will not receive merit increases in their salaries for the upcoming fiscal year. In an email addressed to colleagues Friday obtained by TribLive, CMU President Farnam Jahanian revealed the decision, which he said is a “pause” in merit increases. “I write to you with a sense of transparency and deep respect for the trust you place in our institution,” Jahanian said.

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Pennsylvania is launching a pilot program that will provide on-the-spot birth certificates to help speed up the process for people seeking new jobs and other opportunities. The Pennsylvania Departments of Labor & Industry and Health announced the initiative this week. The service will be available at some CareerLink locations later this year. Gov.