RICHLAND TOWNSHIP - Losing your hair because of medical treatments can be traumatic, but a salon in Richland Township is helping people by pairing them with natural wigs. Niccola’s Hair Salon started the program in January and has helped about 30 people since they started. One of her clients is Connie Simmons. She recently started chemotherapy to help battle her cancer. “My first thought was my family; my second thought was I'm going to lose my hair,” said Simmons.

BEIJING (AP) — China will draw a "separation line" atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. A team of Tibetan mountaineering guides will set up the separation line at the peak before climbers attempt to reach the summit from the Chinese side, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It was not clear what the separation line would be made of.

BENEZETTE, Pa. (WJAC) — UPDATE: Elk County Coroner Michelle A. Mucciohas has ruled the death as natural. ORIGINAL STORY: State police are conducting an investigation after a man died in Benezette Township. Authorities responded to Hicks Run Road just before 11 p.m. Saturday, where 54-year-old Donald Dinger, of Smicksburg, had died. According to a release, authorities believe Dinger died sometime between 7 and 10 p.m. The cause and manner of death have not been released.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Andrew Dudum, CEO of the men’s telehealth service Hims, walked back his bold offer to hire students expelled for protesting in favor of Palestine in a lengthy social media post Sunday. On social media last week, Dudum urged pro-Palestine student protesters not to fear disciplinary action from their schools, claiming many companies are looking forward to hiring them. He noted "moral courage" trumps a "college degree." Hims stock took a nosedive following the remark, falling over 8% in a matter of hours.

Pittsburgh (WPXI) — Multiple firefighters were hurt battling a 5-alarm fire in Homestead, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Allegheny County 911 said firefighters, police and EMS were dispatched to a building just before 9:30 a.m. as heavy flames and smoke poured out of the attic. Officials say the blaze began in one residential building and spread to two others because of the extreme cold and windy conditions. Five firefighters sustained non-life-threatening injuries while working to put the fire out, and eight residents were displaced but not hurt.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Action star Chuck Norris took on medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit filed in California on Wednesday alleging a chemical used in MRI imaging scans poisoned his wife. Gadolinium that doctors injected into Gena Norris to improve the clarity of her MRIs have left her weak and tired and with debilitating bouts of pain and a burning sensation, the suit filed in San Francisco Superior Court says.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitching prospect Quinn Priester is to make his major league debut Monday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Saturday that the Pirates plan to call up Priester from Triple-A Indianapolis to face Cleveland. Priester was the Pirates’ first-round pick in the 2019 amateur draft. The 22-year-old right-hander is 7-3 with a 4.31 ERA in 18 starts for Indianapolis this season. “It’s a situation where he’s continuing to get better and deserves to get an opportunity at the major league level,” Shelton said.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz slowly made his way on crutches across the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse on Saturday toward a locker replete with a massive walking boot that the towering shortstop still uses to protect the left ankle he broke during an awkward slide home in early April. The days when he’ll need to rely on the crutches are numbered. Ditto for the walking boot. The 24-year-old’s recovery remains on track, meaning he could return sometime late this summer barring any setbacks.

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