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Unseasonably warm weather could shatter high temperature record on Tuesday
The high temperatures flirted but failed to hit a record on Monday in Western Pennsylvania but on Tuesday, the daily record is almost sure to be shattered. As forecast, four of our daily high temperature records have fallen today. Wheeling, Zanesville, and New Philadelphia all had highs of 76°F today....
As race intensifies, Pitt remains committed to developing a covid vaccine
While a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer appears promising and highly effective, the interim analysis released Monday only tells part of the story, said Paul Duprex, director of the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of Pittsburgh, which is working on several vaccine candidates. He said to think of...
African American-owned art gallery Blaqk House Collections in Pittsburgh vandalized
The windows in the front of Blaqk House Collections art gallery in Downtown Pittsburgh, including the front door, were shattered in the early morning hours Monday. “I got a call at 3:30 a.m. that the alarm went off,” said Cynthia Kenderson, who co-owns the art gallery with Nicky Jo Dawson....
Christmas tree to be installed in Pittsburgh
During a week when unseasonably warm weather is making it feel like anything but Christmas, the annual installation of the City-County Building’s Christmas tree is set for this Saturday. Though it might seem that the tree is going up early, City Forester Lisa Ceoffe said the installation is actually later...
UPMC study: No clear benefit using hydroxychloroquine to treat covid
Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug pushed by President Trump to treat covid-19, has again shown to be ineffective in treating people hospitalized with covid-19, according to results of a study published Monday. The study “puts to rest any lingering hope that hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment against covid-19,” said co-author Dr....
WQED combines events for a kindness trifecta on Cardigan Day
November’s Friday the 13th will be a lucky day, as World Kindness Day coincides with King Friday the XIII’s birthday, making it the ideal time for WQED to celebrate its third annual Cardigan Day. “King Friday’s birthday is celebrated every Friday the 13th, no matter how many there are every...
Peduto: Without federal aid, Pittsburgh will cut over 630 jobsVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto introduced a $564 million operating budget for 2021 on Monday that doesn’t include a tax increase. But he said cuts will be required if federal relief for cities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic isn’t approved soon. “It never should have come to this — and it...
Pitt issues shelter-in-place order to students due to covid surge
The University of Pittsburgh has issued a shelter-in-place order effective midnight Sunday for students at the Oakland campus. During the two-week shelter-in-place period, students are being told to only leave their dormitory rooms or apartments to attend classes or the library, pick up food, exercise, work and shop for essentials....
Celebrations erupt in Pittsburgh streets after Biden winVideo
Singing, chanting and drumming filled the streets of Pittsburgh on Saturday as people celebrated the victory of Joe Biden over President Donald Trump. People took to the streets in Squirrel Hill, Regent Square and the South Side as motorists honked their horns and music blared. “It’s a sign that people...
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital offers new drug for postpartum depression
Having babies brought Emily Washburn joy. The experience of motherhood also crippled her with sadness. Washburn, 25, of Carlisle, was diagnosed with postpartum depression – in September 2017 after the birth of her first child, Wyatt, a boy. As she is about to deliver her third baby, she remembers her...
Pittsburgh’s annual gingerbread house competition goes virtual
You won’t have to leave home to see these houses. The 18th annual City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events’ annual Gingerbread House Competition and Display returns in an online format. “The City of Pittsburgh is proud to serve as the presenter of this popular holiday tradition, and we’re excited...
3WS airs early preview of Christmas music
Looking for a diversion while waiting on election results? Turn on the radio in Pittsburgh and tune the dial to 94.5 FM and you’ll — or should we say “yule”? — be transported to the holidays. 3WS is giving listeners an advance taste of the Christmas season with some merry...
2 men shot in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood
Pittsburgh Police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg and another was grazed in the chest in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood Thursday night, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. on the 3300 block of Fleming Avenue. When...
Pittsburgh seeking volunteers, applicants for Snow Angel program
Pittsburgh’s Snow Angels program is accepting applications. The program pairs older city residents with volunteers who help shovel snow and put salt down during the winter. To participate as a recipient of the help, a people must live in the city and be at least 60 years old or have...
Pittsburgh Diocese: Sacred Heart volleyball team moved to online learning due to covid-19
Sacred Heart Elementary School volleyball team will learn online for two weeks due to someone testing positive for covid-19, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced. Diocese spokesman Bob DeWitt said Wednesday that someone associated with the team tested positive for the virus, and 19 people involved with the team must...
Pittsburgh police: Man shot while driving in Homewood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening. Officers responded to 911 calls for a person shot just before 5:45 p.m. along the 6900 block of Penn Avenue. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the victim told police he was shot a while...
NSF grant will help STEM programming in Pittsburgh, Baltimore
A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help leaders in Baltimore and Pittsburgh work to develop new STEM learning programs at their recreation centers. The grant, awarded to the Baltimore-based Digital Harbor Foundation, will help the foundation build on its programs in the cities. Science, technology, engineering...
Pitt scientists identify promising covid treatment derived from llamas
A breakthrough treatment for covid-19 could come from llamas, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, who say the treatment has the potential to treat or even prevent the virus. The idea involves immunizing a llama to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes covid-19, and then harvesting what are called...
Carnegie Museum and Library complex in Oakland turns 125 years old
It was the early 1890s and Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie was already one of the richest men in the world. Anxious to do something for what he called the “toilers,” the laborers and steel workers of Pittsburgh who enabled him to amass a fortune worth over $300 billion in today’s...
Pittsburgh police seek missing teenage girl
Pittsburgh Police are looking for a teenage girl who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon, according to the city Department of Public Safety. Helen Bray, 14, was last seen in the 2800 block of Neeld Avenue in the city’s Beechview neighborhood around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Police do not have a...
Medical examiner IDs man shot, killed in car in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area
A man was fatally shot inside a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area Wednesday night. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Lavonte Martel Howard, 28, of Pittsburgh. City Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert for multiple shots fired shortly before 8:10...
Pittsburgh police: Man in critical condition after being struck by vehicle
A man was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in the city’s Homewood West neighborhood. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday along the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue....
Protesters in Downtown Pittsburgh disperse, 3 from splinter group arrested
Pittsburgh police have arrested three people in connection with a protest downtown Wednesday night, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. The arrests came after a small group of protesters broke off from a larger group and began overturning every garbage can they passed and knocking over traffic signs shortly before...
Pittsburgh residents vote to expand powers of Pittsburgh police review board
The independent board tasked with reviewing police conduct in Pittsburgh received an endorsement from voters Tuesday, who overwhelmingly voted to expand the board’s power. More than 76% of voters supported a ballot question expanding the board’s power, according to unofficial, incomplete election results as of Wednesday afternoon. “It’s a very...
2 charged in bust of ‘illegal speakeasy’ in Pittsburgh
Two people face charges related to an illegal speakeasy busted late last month in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes neighborhood, according to the Bureau of Liquor Control and Enforcement. Angelo Reynolds, 31, and William Bagley, 36, are both accused of violating state liquor laws by operating bar called Bridgez on Arlington...
