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Wearing a 30- to 50-­ pound fur suit in temperatures in the mid-80s with high humidity can be uncomfortable enough. Add in the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, and breathing can be a challenge. “There is always a concern about inclement weather of every type,” said John “KP” Cole of Orlando,...

Pittsburgh officials are looking to tear down a poorly rated bridge despite ongoing litigation over the span. The bridge crosses over Saw Mill Run Boulevard near Woodruff Street in the city’s Bon Air neighborhood. It’s not used by the public, but is used by Rohrich GM Parts Center, which is...

The city of Pittsburgh’s revenues appear to be returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to City Controller Michael Lamb. Lamb on Thursday provided an update on the city’s finances through the first half of this year and released his office’s 2022 popular annual financial report, a “layman’s version” of the annual...

Robert Bowers recounted to the forensic psychologist interviewing him in explicit, sometimes graphic detail the steps he took — not only in choosing his target for attack, but in how he methodically moved through the Tree of Life synagogue as he carried out the attack. How he wanted to create...

Pittsburgh Public Schools will change start times for students beginning in the 2023-24 academic year. The new plan — which was approved by the school board Wednesday — aims to “support the district’s efforts to provide synchronous professional learning for school-based staff,” district officials said in a statement. “We are...

June 27 was a red-letter day for The Andy Warhol Museum, with the unveiling of a large-scale piece in its public art installation, The Pop District, and the announcement of a partnership with Citizens Financial Group Inc. in support of that initiative. Pittsburgh artist Mikael Owunna’s “Anatomy of a Human”...

Here are some of the latest news items from Thursday morning, June 29: Transit officials unveil East Busway’s renovated Negley Station A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday to mark Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s completion of renovations to the Negley Station along the East Busway. The $2.5 million project added a new...

Student fees are going up this fall on University of Pittsburgh branch campuses at Johnstown and Greensburg. A trustees panel voted Wednesday to raise the student activity fee for full-time Pitt-Johnstown students from $180 a year to $400. The panel also approved increasing the athletic and recreation fee at Pitt-Greensburg...

Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission is recommending a proposed zoning change that would clear the way for GetGo to open a gas station and convenience store in the city’s Homewood West. A zoning change would allow the GetGo to be built on a vacant, 1.3-acre site near the corner of Frankstown and...

Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission is considering a proposal to bring more than 200 new apartments to the city’s Strip District. The proposed development would include two new six-story apartment buildings, each with vehicle and bicycle parking and amenities. One building would be on Smallman Street and the other would be on...

The University of Pittsburgh will be searching for a successor to School of Education Dean Valerie Kinloch, who is leaving to become the president of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. She will assume the role of president of the historically Black college on Aug. 1 Kinloch has been...

“He moves through the world under a vague feeling of threat and paranoia.” “He is quick to agitation.” “Active psychosis makes it impossible for him to assess stimuli and read the world appropriately.” All of those findings, an expert in neuropsychiatry and epilepsy testified Wednesday, mean that Robert Bowers could...

As with Pittsburgh’s efforts to come to grips with the horror of the events of Oct. 27, 2018, a Tree of Life shooting memorial mural unveiled Wednesday in Squirrel Hill is a work in progress. The mural includes a line of human figures holding hands against a background of hearts...

Instead of the Kaufmann’s Clock, Pittsburgh will have a new meeting spot this weekend — “Meet me at Anthrocon Avenue and Furry Way.” The Downtown intersection of Penn Avenue and 10th Street has been renamed in honor of the annual Anthrocon convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Every...

The founder of a popular Strip District bakery and cafe has died. Larry Lagattuta, who left a corporate job three decades ago to open The Enrico Biscotti Co., died on Monday, according to a post by his family on social media. He was 65. Family members said Lagattuta was passionate...

Here are some of the latest news items from Wednesday morning: 3 people injured in crash on East Busway Three people were injured after a stolen vehicle crashed into a police cruiser along the East Busway on Tuesday night, according to authorities. Two teenagers were traveling inbound on the dedicated...

A fire in a Pittsburgh house last week may have been caused by lithium-ion batteries that ignited while being charged in a solar-powered, after-market charging system, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire said Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire on June 23 inside a bedroom at a home along the...

Robert Bowers murdered Donna Coufal’s friend. But she doesn’t want him to be executed for it. “I hope that, whatever happens in (Bowers’) trial, people find peace,” said Coufal, 69, a member of Congregation Dor Hadash who lives in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. “And I hope no other jury would have...

A Pittsburgh woman and a Detroit man have been accused of defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration and at least two lenders of about $14 millions by obtaining fake loans for hundreds of companies from a program designed to help business recover from the covid-related financial losses, the U.S. Attorney...

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is looking to build an addition at its Lawrenceville campus to house its growing Heart Institute. Hospital leaders presented plans Tuesday to the city’s Planning Commission that showed a 50,000-square-foot addition atop an existing parking structure. Diane Hupp, the hospital’s president, said the new addition...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a 10-year contract worth more than $39 million to buy body cameras, in-vehicle cameras and Tasers for city police. The proposed contract originally came in at around $45 million, but officials said they negotiated a lower amount without losing any necessary equipment or services....

An MRI of Robert Bowers’ brain shows an unusually large number of white matter lesions that could be indicative of schizophrenia, an expert testified Tuesday. But those types of lesions also can be caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure, migraines or heavy smoking, the expert said. Dr. Murray A. Solomon,...

A man was killed Monday night in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 9 p.m. in the 2200 block of Wilner Drive and found with a man with a gunshot wound to his neck, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the...

A rally Monday outside the Pittsburgh Public Schools administration building in Oakland highlighted concerns about students being pushed out of schools because of summary citations and suspensions. Spearheaded by 412 Justice, an organization focused on economic, environmental and educational justice, the rally brought attention to what organizers described as school...