Pittsburgh category, Page 139
Pittsburgh poker player hits $1.4 million jackpot at Rivers Casino
It was a seven-card straight flush. And it was worth $1.4 million. Rivers Casino Pittsburgh early Sunday morning saw its record for the largest jackpot win broken. A nearly $1.4 million Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive jackpot hit around 2:45 a.m., breaking the prior $1.2 million jackpot record for the...
$1M artwork allegedly stolen by Nazis and once housed at Carnegie Museum returned to heirs
A drawing that was housed in a Pittsburgh museum and believed to be stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust was returned to its heirs Friday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced “Portrait of a Man” by Austrian artist Egon Schiele was returned to the family of Fritz Grünbaum, an...
Creed Bratton delivers stellar mix of music, ‘The Office’Video
Conventional wisdom holds that there are two Creed Brattons. One is the musician in the 1960s Top-40 band the Grass Roots, which he left because he felt that music-industry management practices of the time — with the amount of money involved, they probably still do — tended to stifle artistic...
Man dies in Mount Washington house fire, 4 others displaced
A man was found dead inside a house following a fire in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood Saturday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Police, and EMS responded to the 100 block of Pasadena Street at about 4:15 p.m. to a fire in a house. First...
Pittsburgh police: Boy, 17, shoots at grocery workers in Beechview after stealing tip jar
A 17-year-old boy shot at grocery store workers in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood Saturday afternoon after stealing the store’s tip jar, but was eventually captured, said police. Pittsburgh police were called to the Las Palmas grocery store on Broadway Avenue at around 3:45 p.m. Officials said a juvenile got into an...
Las Vegas pair get federal prison terms in fraud scheme targeting elderly Pittsburgh-area residents
Two Las Vegas men will spend time in federal prison for their roles in an international fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims including Pittsburgh-area residents. Bethel Park police, Pennsylvania State Police and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations were among agencies involved in a probe that led to the...
Lawsuit alleges UPMC’s monopoly on health care harms skilled nursing staff
An Erie nurse is suing UPMC alleging that the medical system’s monopoly on health care in the region has led to depressed wages, unfair working conditions and chronic under-staffing. The lawsuit, which closely mirrors a complaint filed by two unions asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate potential antitrust claims...
Pittsburgh engineer played vital role in Astrobotic mission
Four more minutes, and Pittsburgh’s flailing lunar lander could have been lost in space. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic did not become the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon. But without the quick thinking of a Pittsburgh-based engineer, the company’s lander, which traveled more than 30,000 miles from Earth and...
26th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit postponed
The 26th annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit that was set to take place this weekend has been postponed due to the weather and covid concerns. A new date has not yet been announced. The Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit was founded in 1998 by volunteers of the Black & White Reunion...
Carnegie Mellon University hit by cyberattack, informs 7,300 people possibly affected
Carnegie Mellon University informed about 7,300 people that their personal information may have been compromised in an August cyberattack that was quietly investigated by law enforcement and the university. The breach impacting one of the nation’s top schools for computing was acknowledged by the university as higher education in general...
Malpractice case that ensnared top UPMC surgeon settled
A medical malpractice lawsuit that pitted high-profile UPMC surgeons against one other amid romantic entanglement, secret recordings and fraud allegations has settled. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in paperwork filed Jan. 5 to end the case in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. A spokesman for UPMC, one of...
Trib Lunch Box: School delays/closings, weekend fun, Pittsburgh bridge revamps
Here are some noon headlines from the TribLive, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024: School or no school? When the heavy snow hits or temperatures reach single digits, school superintendents in Western Pennsylvania face a judgment call: To close or not to close. Court issues narrow win for gun advocates...
Pittsburgh police charge 2 teens in South Side vape shop armed robbery
Police have charged two Pittsburgh teens with the armed robbery of a South Side vape shop last month. Jermaine Strong, 18, and Llaila Ahkunke, 17, wielded a shotgun and pistol when they stole cash and vape cartridges from Keystone Vapes on East Carson Street on Dec. 13, according to a...
Lunar lander from Pittsburgh’s North Side burns up in atmosphere after failed moon mission
After traveling for 10 days and hundreds of thousands of miles in space, a Pittsburgh company’s lunar lander appears to have burned up in the atmosphere Thursday afternoon after returning to Earth. The spacecraft, the first American effort to attempt a moon landing in decades, closed the book on its...
3 major Pittsburgh bridges set to get $132M in renovations
Millions of dollars in federal funds will go to help repair and upgrade three major Pittsburgh bridges, federal and state officials announced Thursday. A total of $132 million will help repair steel components, joints and bearings on the McKees Rocks, West End and Fort Duquesne bridges, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey,...
More snow expected in Pittsburgh area over the weekend
With more than a few inches of snow already on the ground early Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service in Moon expect 2 to 4 inches more during the day in the Pittsburgh region. A winter weather advisory remained in effect early Friday in much of the area and...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 19-21
We’ve made it to the weekend. There is some snow in the forecast. Here are some ways to spend it. Brew House Arts An exhibition at Brew House on the South Side puts surveillance on view. Opening this weekend, “Blank Tape,” curated by Lena Hansen, is inspired by the ubiquity...
5 generations of Batmobiles on display at World of Wheels car show
Batman returns, in a way, to Pittsburgh this weekend. Five generations of the iconic Batmobile are on display at the 63rd Annual MAXmotive World of Wheels at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The quintet are reminiscent of an original 1966 Batmobile, the one driven in “Batman Returns,” the...
Authorities identify man killed in crash on Pittsburgh’s South Side
Authorities have identified the man who was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Jeffrey Thomas Neel, 58, of California. Pittsburgh police said crashed on Pittsburgh’s South Side when he lost control of his vehicle and hit...
U.S. appeals court issues narrow win for gun advocates in Pa. case
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that adults between ages 18 and 20 in Pennsylvania may openly carry guns – but only during a state of emergency. The narrowly tailored 2-1 decision – prompted by a lawsuit filed by a group of plaintiffs that included a Verona woman — set...
Pittsburgh braces for snowstorm, urges drivers to stay off roads Friday, closes HOV lanes
With a major snowstorm heading for the Pittsburgh region, city officials are urging residents to stay off the roads Friday as they prepare to clear streets with a depleted fleet of plows. The snowstorm is expected to start after midnight with flurries changing to mostly snow after 3 a.m., with...
Fern Hollow Bridge victims end records spat as deadline to sue looms
Months after attorneys asked the City of Pittsburgh to turn over voluminous records related to the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse, they withdrew their request Wednesday, saying they’d received the documents from other sources. The fight for the records — bridge inspection reports and communications among engineers with the city, the...
Trib Lunch Box: Adda workers, Mike Tomlin, Astrobotic, ‘Jeopardy!’
Here are some noon headlines from the Trib, Thursday, Jan. 18. • Adda Coffee and Tea workers rally against Pittsburgh closures Adda Coffee & Tea House abruptly closed all four of its locations Jan. 11, claiming it has been running at a loss since the business started in 2016. [gps-image...
Feds slam Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s push for new trial
Federal prosecutors say the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue five years ago should not get a new trial and doesn’t even deserve a hearing on his request. In a 124-page response to a motion seeking a new trial filed by Robert Bowers in November, the...
Monroeville man charged with homicide in the slaying of Carrick man on New Year’s Eve
A Monroeville man has been charged with homicide and other crimes after he allegedly shot and killed a man on New Year’s Eve in Carrick. Timothy Debold, 43, also faces charges of burglary, carrying a firearm without a license and persons not to possess firearms in connection with the Dec....
