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Point Park University esports team makes its debut
The newest sport in Point Park University’s athletic program is similar to soccer, except the ball is giant, the players are replaced with rocket-powered race cars and the action takes place on a computer screen instead of in real life. The university’s new esports team made its debut this week,...
United Way expands regional volunteer efforts with Week of Caring
Volunteers are needed more than ever while area organizations cope with the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania has responded by organizing its first Week of Caring, running through Oct. 10. More than 700 volunteers have signed up to participate in 75 in-person and virtual...
Pittsburgh man convicted of murder to get hearing on double jeopardy
A Pittsburgh man found guilty of third-degree murder two years ago will get a hearing to determine if the retrial of his case — which resulted in his conviction — was double jeopardy. Carlos Harris, 26, was convicted of killing Daren Scott, 25, of Munhall on Aug. 24, 2015, as...
Square Café’s East Liberty opening delayed
The opening of the Square Café in East Liberty has been delayed until early next week. The new location was scheduled to debut Thursday, but a final inspection detected a problem with the ventilation — the fire suppression system, to be exact — at the site. The restaurants Spoon and...
Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant Pork & Beans closes
After four years in Downtown Pittsburgh, the barbecue restaurant Pork & Beans is closing. “We’ve made the difficult decision to retire Pork & Beans, but all the wonderful friends and memories will last a lifetime,” the restaurant posted on Instagram. “Thank you so much for everything.” View this post on...
‘You can’t just flip a switch’ Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto says of police reform
As a Black man who grew up in small-town Alabama, Brandon Davis has been hit with a police night stick. He’s been forced to lie down in the mud by police, and he knows what it’s like to lose trust in law enforcement. Still, Davis, now an assistant professor at...
Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes to deliver Caliente pizzas
Imagine ordering a pizza, driving to pick it up and having a Super Bowl MVP run it out to your car. It could happen. October is National Pizza Month and Super Bowl XLIII MVP and former Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes is partnering with Caliente Pizza & Draft House. The...
Row House Cinema hosting drive-in movies in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
Row House Cinema is teaming up with the Terminal in the Strip District for a month of drive-in movies. Row House Cinema will show a movie every Friday and Saturday in October — except for Oct. 30 — at the Terminal at 21st Street and Smallman Street. Doors will open...
Pittsburgh-area restaurant owners get creative to extend patio season as temps drop
When chef and restaurateur Brian Pekarcik contemplated how his two BRGR restaurants should approach this fall and winter, he thought of the restaurants’ perennial favorites: the Gobble Gobble turkey burger, a spiked pumpkin milkshake and a warmly spiced rum cocktail, among others. He also thought about covid-19 dining restrictions, many...
Stanton Heights mom runs uneven path to create smoother 1 for daughter
Gina Mannion prefers to run on trails. Jogging courses of rough terrain represent the ups, downs, hurdles and rocky roads she’s been navigating since the birth of her oldest daughter 14 years ago. Maeve Mannion was born with Down syndrome. Her mother uses running as a means to get her...
Woman shot overnight in Carrick in stable condition
A woman was in stable condition after being shot in Carrick early Thursday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Police responded to reports of multiple shots being fired in the 1900 block of Brownsville Road just before 1:30 a.m. While police were heading there, a 911 call came in for a...
Gunshots strike Pittsburgh medic unit; no one harmed
A Pittsburgh medic unit was struck by two rounds of gunfire Wednesday evening in the city’s Manchester neighborhood. No one was inside the vehicle at the time. Pittsburgh police responded just before 6:20 p.m. to a Shotspotter alert indicating two shots were fired in the 1100 block of Bidwell Street....
Biden scores big union wins on train trek through Western PennsylvaniaVideo
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood Wednesday for former Vice President Joe Biden as he ventured deep into what was the heart of Trump country in Westmoreland County in 2016 to pick up endorsements from two unions that represent 950,000 working people. Fresh from the spectacle of Tuesday...
Pittsburgh police, Global Links give out 100,000 free masks in partnership with Trib Total Media
Pittsburgh police and local nonprofit Global Links will end their joint free mask program after giving out more than 100,000 masks — 10 times as many as they started with. The Need a Mask, Take a Mask program started in May as a way to get lifesaving face masks to...
Joe Biden Express rolls into Western Pennsylvania for whistle-stop train tourVideo
An Amtrak passenger train carrying Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his campaign contingent rolled into Western Pennsylvania from Ohio on Wednesday, a day after a contentious televised debate with President Donald Trump. Campaign organizers said the “Build Back Better” train tour will highlight Biden’s plans to rebuild the economy...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank returns with season 2 of Food Podcast
The second season of the Food Podcast by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank launched this week. The podcast will be a weekly installment on the TribLIVE Podcast Network and shared on TribLIVE.com. The first episode of this season of the podcast, sponsored by Clearview Federal Credit Union, features host...
Carnegie Mellon University scientists solve 90-year-old math puzzle
Think solving a math problem isn’t exciting? Try telling that to John Mackey, part of a team of Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists and mathematicians that spent four months solving the last piece of Keller’s conjecture, a geometry problem that’s been out there for over nine decades. “I was really...
Presidential campaign whistle-stop train tours punctuate Pennsylvania, U.S. political history
It’s back to Pennsylvania. Joe Biden on Wednesday begins his post-debate campaign with a whistle-stop foray into Pennsylvania. The former vice president chose Pittsburgh to kick off his campaign in April 2019, with an event at the Teamsters Local 249 banquet hall in Lawrenceville. While train travel has fallen by...
Woman conscious, alert after being hit in California-Kirkbride
A woman was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood late Tuesday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the report in the 1000 block of California Avenue around 11:30 p.m. The woman, who police said was conscious and alert, told officers that she was walking on the...
2 shot in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood
Two men were listed in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The city’s ShotSpotter audio detection system reported multiple shots fired just after 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 7200 block of Mingo Road. Soon after, the shooting victims arrived...
Bishop Zubik eases limits on Mass attendance in Pittsburgh diocese
Now that Pennsylvania has raised indoor dining capacity to 50%, Bishop David Zubik has decided parishes in the Pittsburgh diocese can do the same for services. Beginning this weekend, parishes will be allowed to increase attendance to 50% capacity at each Mass. “People need Jesus now more than ever. We...
Cycling clergyman the Rev. Doug Boyd rolls through PittsburghVideo
At 6:58 a.m. on Tuesday, the Rev. Doug Boyd got on his Trek bicycle. It wasn’t yet light out, as he made his way down Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood to his destination of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland. The 2 ½ mile ride took him past St. Paul...
Pittsburgh’s economic development leaders launch ‘Next is Now’ campaign
As part of the contingent that worked on the 2017 proposal to land an Amazon headquarters, Stefani Pashman saw that the Pittsburgh region lacked a cohesive marketing plan. Pashman, CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, was among those who spent Tuesday afternoon on a virtual kickoff of a...
Pittsburgh area jobless rates drops to 10.2%
The seven-county Pittsburgh area unemployment rate continued to fall in August, dropping 2.3 percentage points to 10.5%. But the decrease is deceiving because almost 13,000 people dropped out of the labor force last month, the state said Tuesday. The jobless rate for the region — Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette,...
Lower Fort Pitt Bridge, outbound tunnels reopen after jackknifed truck removed
Access to the outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel was blocked for about three hours Tuesday morning because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the lower level of Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Bridge. The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The truck was removed and the lanes were...
