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A man was shot in the back and a woman detained for questioning Saturday in Pittsburgh’s Uptown section, according to police. Pittsburgh police responded about 12:15 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert followed by notification that a man had shown up to a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to his...

A Troy Hill man with an alleged obsession with Nazis and mass shootings will remain in federal prison while he awaits trial on weapons charges, a judge ruled Friday. Dennis A. Riggs, 50, was arrested by FBI agents about 6 a.m. Wednesday when authorities served a search warrant on his...

A driver is in critical condition after crashing into a wall coming off the Liberty Bridge at Forbes Avenue on Saturday morning. Pittsburgh police responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision at about 8:10 a.m. just off the bridge. The vehicle crashed into a wall on the inbound side...

A 29-year-old man is in critical condition following a shooting early Saturday morning in McKeesport, according to police. McKeesport officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Maple Street just after 2:15 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. They arrived to find a 29-year-old man with multiple gunshot...

New findings from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be the topic of a presentation by Andrew Kloes next month in Pittsburgh. A Penn Hills native, Kloes is a researcher at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Since 2016, he has...

A 17-year-old boy is in stable condition Saturday morning after a shooting Friday night in Wilkins Township. Police responded to the 100 block of Ivy Street at 8:47 p.m. Jan. 24 and discovered the teen with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and lower right abdomen. Allegheny County detectives...

A federal agent testified Friday that Allegheny County Police offered financial assistance to the family of the key witness against one of two men charged in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting. Defense attorneys contend that prosecutors knew this information some time ago, but failed to disclose it. The homicide case...

Two Catholic schools in Allegheny County will close while four others will merge into a single school in the South Hills in efforts to confront declining enrollment and climbing debt, officials announced Friday. St. Maria Goretti School in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood and East Catholic School in Forest Hills will close...

One kitten was found dead and 19 others were removed by Humane Animal Rescue officials from a White Oak home Friday morning. Investigators said they received a tip about 30 cats possibly living there in disgraceful conditions. A warrant was obtained Thursday to seize the animals. Most of the cats...

The state House scaled back a proposal that would have exempted many Pennsylvania drivers from vehicle emissions inspections — now calling for a study instead of an immediate overhaul. “They essentially gutted and replaced it,” said state Sen. Kim Ward, R-Hempfield, chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and the driving...

Way Hollow Road in Edgeworth and Sewickley Heights will close indefinitely starting Tuesday, PennDOT announced. Multiple landslides in the area have made the road a public safety hazard, according to PennDOT. At this time, there is no time frame for the slides to be repaired or the roadway reopened. The...

There will be lane restrictions on the Parkway West (I-376) over the weekend, PennDOT announced. Crews from Mackin Engineering Company and the Sofis Rigging Company will conduct overhead sign inspections in various locations along the Parkway West on both Saturday and Sunday, PennDOT said. Lane restrictions will occur from 6...

Women are gaining an increasing stake on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. A new report, published in Pitt’s University Times, revealed that women made up 46% of the full-time faculty, up from 44% three years earlier. While that falls short of the 51% of the population that is...

In response to what the Allegheny County Health Department says is a problem rooted in institutional racism, officials will receive training to help develop and implement new policies to address birth disparities. The training and technical assistance comes from CityMatCH, a national organization of city and county health departments’ maternal...

Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh will undergo “extensive cleaning” this weekend after learning one of its students has been diagnosed with whooping cough, school officials said Friday. School officials sent out a letter to parents and guardians on Jan. 23 stating the state Department of Health confirmed a case...

The Tri-COG Land Bank plans to put two houses up for sale on Jan. 27, the organization announced Thursday. The houses, located in Turtle Creek and Braddock Hills, will be the land bank’s first two houses to be listed for sale since the organization’s 2017 launch. The land bank was...

At least four people on Pittsburgh’s South Side have reported hearing recordings of children’s voices and crying babies outside their homes, according to police. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said police have received four reports from different areas of the South Side. The callers said they heard a crying baby...

Whether it’s running or riding, boxing or boot camp, Sunday is the time to gear up and send relief to Australian wildlife charities still scrambling from ongoing and devastating fires. Ramp ‘N Rize fitness center in Sewickley is spearheading a unique fundraiser to benefit WIRES, an Australian wildlife charity dedicated...

Crews from Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority are working to repair a water main at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Herron Avenue, PennDOT said Friday. Water line work on Route 400 outbound in Pittsburgh is currently underway. Lane restrictions will occur at the intersection until 3 p.m. If additional...

See ya, January. Here are some ways to spend the weekend in Pittsburgh. Crawling along The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Winter Gallery Crawl is Friday night throughout the Cultural District, Downtown. There will be free exhibits, entertainment and other activities. Thousands of visitors are expected to attend. Wood Street Galleries, SPACE,...

Danny DeVito wants to be your state representative, Pennsylvania District 45. No, not the Hollywood star known for his roles in “Taxi” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” This Danny DeVito, 27, is a self-proclaimed working class conservative who is seeking the Republican Party nomination on a pro-drilling, pro-industry platform....

A Pittsburgh man already serving probation for a drug trafficking conviction pleaded guilty to heroin distribution charges, federal prosecutors said. Davee Ward, 29, who has ties to Mt. Oliver, admitted to possessing and intending to distribute heroin in July 2016 — when he was on supervised release from a prior...