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On Friday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office has filed 161 charges against the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) over elevated lead levels. For years, Pittsburgh community members and environmental coalitions like the Our Water Campaign — a local coalition of environmental, labor and community organizations...

Arconic named Chairman John Plant to serve as chief executive officer, ousting Chip Blankenship just a little more than a year after he took the helm at the embattled manufacturer. Plant, the company’s fourth CEO in less than two years, is expected to serve in the top post for a...

West Mifflin Code Enforcement declared Century III Mall unsafe and uninhabitable because of a water and fire suppression system in the building, according to social media posts by the borough. The borough posted a photo of the notice on Facebook and Twitter. “This structure is unsafe and uninhabitable. (Its) occupancy...

A Baldwin Borough business has come to the rescue for South Hills residents who lost the option to recycle glass at the curb starting Jan. 1. Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling has launched a free glass recycling pilot program at its Horning Road facility that will run through the beginning...

Donald Trump’s dream of putting his name on a tower in Moscow came with a hefty price tag: $20 million. Trump demanded that non-negotiable fee in 2006 from a Ukrainian-Russian named Pavel Fuks, who made his fortune in oil trading, banking and real estate development. Fuks, who says he’s been...

The region got a warm-up after record-breaking lows last week, and folks took full advantage of the unseasonable temps at Squaw Valley Park in O’Hara....

NEW YORK — Spotify is making a bigger bet on podcasts as it looks to bring a Netflix-like model of original programs to the audio world. The music-streaming pioneer gobbled up two podcasting companies, Gimlet and Anchor, on Wednesday. Although streaming is becoming an increasingly popular way to listen to...

In his letter “Cosmic luck” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE), Thomas C. Spallone claims that “If you were born in America, you didn’t earn your citizenship” because your good fortune came from “random cosmic luck,” and therefore we are no better than immigrants trying to cross our borders. To understand why his...

In his op-ed “Free press, elections help debunk ‘official’ lies” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE), Joseph Sabino Mistick includes a typically sordid narrative portraying Joe McCarthy as a hoaxer. Unfortunately, it’s outdated. M. Stanton Evans’ landmark 2009 “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s...

This is an answer to Jim Blahovec’s letter “What if Native Americans had built walls?” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE): As I view the Smithsonian Channel’s “Aerial America,” I think about the killing, burning and pillaging of the Native Americans by immigrants who took away their land. This leads me to want...

Beauty Shoppe is giving the traditional office environment a makeover. Bucking the cubical farm layout, the organization transforms historic, yet underutilized buildings into sleek, sophisticated co-working spaces for individuals, businesses and others. Memberships vary and can range from a standing desk located in a common area to private office suites...

Planet Fitness opened in the former Grand China Buffet and Fine Wine & Spirits store location in the Chartiers Valley Shopping Center, 1025 Washington Pike, Bridgeville. It offers strength machines and free weights, ellipticals, treadmills, bikes and unlimited fitness training for cardio, upper and lower body. It is one of...

Marianne (Miraglia) and Terry Cummings of Ft. Pitt will celebrate their 59 wedding anniversary Feb. 13. They are the parents of five children, Jovanna (Paul) Magersuppe, Madonna (Mark) Mullin, Brian (Karen) Cummings, Cindy (Alan) Cunningham and Ken (Dawn) Cummings. Marianne and Terry also have nine grandchildren, Katlin, Kevin, Korey, Zack,...

Residents can sign up now for the second annual Hampton Township Citizens Police Academy, which will be held from 6 to 9 p.m every Thursday from April 4 through May 30. The free program will again be held at the township community center on McCully Road. “The program is designed...

Misericordia University recently recognized the academic accomplishments of Kailey Vogl of Wexford as co-valedictorian for the winter 2018 graduating class during the eighth annual winter commencement ceremony at the Anderson Sports and Health Center. Vogl, a North Allegheny alum, graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in...

I have been writing this column in one version or another since 1994 for a variety of long-suffering publishers. The version published in the newspaper these days is about 550 words long, satisfying the requirements of the printed newspaper. To produce this version, I begin with a rough draft that...

Losing that first baby tooth. Becoming a big sibling. Starting the first grade. All are milestones of childhood that, for 26 years and counting, young readers have been able to experience alongside sassy fictional first-grader Junie B. Jones. Written by Barbara Parker, the Junie B. books have sold tens of...

WASHINGTON - Over his shoulder, a female speaker of the House. In the audience, a sea of suffragette white. President Donald Trump spent his last two speeches to Congress surrounded by men. But on Tuesday, in the glare of television spotlights, he began his State of the Union address with...

One of President Trump’s most persistent economic promises has been to rewrite the U.S. relationship with China. Yet as he approaches a potential deal, some of the very hawks who have cheered on Trump’s trade war already fear he may end up falling short. With less than a month before...

President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address in a divided Washington Tuesday night. Here are some big takeaways: 1. A discordant call for unity From the start, it was clear Trump wanted his speech to be remembered as a call for bipartisanship, a high-minded missive about common...

PHILADELPHIA — Man, if there were a BostonVoice website, a New England version of PhillyVoice, the local boutique media outlet, would it ever have a field day with that Tom Brady. You know, the quarterback who just won his sixth Super Bowl on Sunday night. Selfish? Oh boy. The guy...

A member of Cranberry Township EMS is facing charges after, police say, he put a hidden camera in a women’s restroom. WPXI-TV reports that Matt Leonard, a 12-year veteran of the EMS company, was charged Tuesday with invasion of privacy by viewing or photographing a person without consent and invasion...

Jason Bay, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2004, has been named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Bay, who also played for the Padres, Red Sox, Mets and Mariners, was selected on Tuesday along with pitcher Ryan Dempster, coach...

Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution — just the latest cautionary tale in the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies. The online startup can’t retrieve about $145 million in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and other digital tokens held for its customers, according to court documents filed...

To manifest his opposition to President Trump’s decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, and half of the 14,000 in Afghanistan, Gen. James Mattis went public and resigned as secretary of Defense. Now Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, in public testimony to Congress, has contradicted Trump...