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Plenty of black Pittsburghers are success stories, but many more battle economic challenges and disparities.
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Breaking News
Body found in rubble after Shaler house fire
By Michael Hasch 12:52 a.m.At least one person died in a fire Friday night at a home in Shaler. …
Top Sports
Indiana boys beat Beaver Falls for 1st WPIAL basketball title
By Chris Harlan 12:21 a.m.The final seconds were falling away, and Indiana’s Dylan Stapleton found himself falling down. But …
- Gorman: A victory for small-town teams 12:01 a.m.
Editor's Picks
Leonard Nimoy, world famous as Mr. Spock on ‘Star Trek’, dies
Staff and Wire ReportsFor generations of “Star Trek” fans and others throughout the world, actor Leonard Nimoy will …
- Ohio school district ends Midland contract 12:38 a.m.
- Easier home loan rules worry some 12:01 a.m.
- Black Pittsburghers still challenged in education, workforce, housing 12:38 a.m.
- New Monroeville Mall policy aims to tame teen shoppers 12:38 a.m.
- Spring Hill woman sentenced to jail for stealing, euthanizing neighbor’s dog 12:52 a.m.
- Port Authority committee to focus on natural-gas bus fleet for proposed rapid transit line from Downtown to Oakland 12:38 a.m.
Allegheny
Pittsburgh police chief: Officers, public must unite against violence
By Megan Guza 12:38 a.m.Pittsburgh’s high-crime East End neighborhoods — specifically Homewood — are the centerpiece of police Chief Cameron McLay’s effort to build upon the community-oriented policing groundwork he has laid in six …
- Mt. Pleasant Business District Authority picks officers 12:36 a.m.
- Fast-growing Americans for Prosperity opens location in Greensburg
- Few in Westmoreland County opposed to expansion plan for Mariner pipeline 12:21 a.m.
- Woman charged for holding teen drinking party after video found at Penn-Trafford
- Westmoreland County Courthouse, annex roofs will be given $665K fix
Westmoreland
Sale of former SCI Greensburg prison to advance despite lawmakers’ objections
By Debra Erdley 12:01 a.m.Officials say they are moving ahead with the sale of a shuttered state prison in Hempfield to a Carlisle businessman who bid $950,000 for the 96-acre property last week. “We have a vacant prison that has sat vacant since June …
- Severance tax on natural gas drilling backed by Pa. voters 12:01 a.m.
- Highmark lays off nearly 100 workers, mostly in IT, as membership declines
- Mylan closes $5.3B tax-lowering deal with Abbott Labs
- U.S. economic growth revised downward to 2.2%
- Stocks wrap best month since 2011
Business
Easier home loan rules worry some
By Alex Nixon 12:01 a.m.It’s getting easier for people without much money in the bank to buy a home, triggering concerns that the nation is setting the stage for another housing bust. The government …
- Leonard Nimoy, world famous as Mr. Spock on ‘Star Trek’, dies
- Pittsburgh producer T.J. Lubinsky revives, re-airs an expanded ‘Motown 25 ’
- ‘American Falls’ opens Barebones’ new permanent space in Braddock
- Author in Pittsburgh lecture series addresses hospital tragedy after Hurricane Katrina
Arts & Entertainment
Carnegie Science Center’s ‘H2Oh!’ exhibit explores everything water
By Kellie B. GormlyWhen you stand in the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore and gaze out at the confluence of the three rivers, you see just a tiny teaser to a …
- Homework: Pencil cactus gains popularity
- Launch your wildlife garden with butterflies
- Cafe Con Leche helps Pittsburgh’s Latino community meet wider audience
- First Draft: Homebrew guru says Budweiser’s message was the opposite of crafty
Lifestyles
Duquesne Light Home & Garden Show show displays latest and greatest
By Bob KarlovitsBoyce Thompson says homeowners are finding it easier to take care of matters around the house. After all, they have an app for that. “The biggest thing that will be …
- Multiculturalism’s malignancy
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- Facts on police & race
- Life at the museums
Featured Commentary
GOP’s unending wars
By Pat BuchananIf the sadists of ISIS are seeking — with their mass executions, child rapes, immolations and beheadings of Christians — to stampede us into a new war in the Middle East, they are succeeding. “Nearly three-quarters of Republicans now favor …
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Friday - Feb. 27, 2015
Daily images from around the region by Trib Total Media staff photographers. …
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