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Podcast: U.S. Steel navigates political storm
In recent months, Pittsburgh has been the center of a national conversation on an international sale. The proposed purchase of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel in a $14.9 billion deal still faces opposition from politicians on both sides as well as the U.S. Department of Justice. As the 2024 election...
Pittsburghers react to high-profile presidential debate between Harris, Trump
One point stood out to Emily Vaughan after she watched a tense debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump: Harris goaded Trump into rambling, and it worked very well. “Trump fell for every single offensive statement that Harris threw his way, spiraling into yelling about completely...
Police: 3 taken to hospital after pedestrians struck by vehicle Downtown
Two pedestrians are in stable condition after being struck by a truck Tuesday evening Downtown, and the vehicle’s driver is in critical condition, police said. Pittsburgh Police, along with fire and EMS, were dispatched to Sixth Avenue at Centre Avenue around 7:15 p.m. for a report of two people, an...
Husband, wife plead guilty to acts that disrupted transgender rights program at Pitt
A husband and wife accused of setting off smoke bombs and throwing an explosive firework at a group of police officers at a transgender rights protest at the University of Pittsburgh last year pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court. Brian and Krystal DiPippa pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge...
Pitt officials ask health department to investigate food poisoning claims
Social media posts suggesting that students became sick after eating undercooked food in a University of Pittsburgh eatery prompted campus officials to ask the Allegheny County Health Department to investigate the claims. The reports involved The Eatery, a food service outlet in Litchfield Towers and the largest of two dozen...
Pittsburgh councilman urges closure of South Side bar after fight injures sergeant
A Pittsburgh city councilman called for closure of a South Side bar after a fight over the weekend left a police sergeant with a gruesome leg injury. Oddballs on the 1500 block of East Carson Street became the scene of a melee early Saturday morning, leaving Pittsburgh Sgt. Andrew Robinson,...
Pittsburgh council rejects proposal for animal shelter study
Pittsburgh City Council rejected a proposal on Tuesday for a feasibility study on creating a city-run animal shelter In an unusually divisive move, council members split five to four on a final vote on legislation that would’ve paid nearly $50,000 to Arlington, Texas-based Shelter Planners of America to determine whether...
Pittsburgh council approves automated red light cameras
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized the use of automated red light enforcement, technology touted by officials and activists as a way to make the city’s streets safer. Council’s vote allows the city to install cameras at high-risk intersections to ticket drivers who run red lights. The technology will...
Japanese-inspired Golden Gai restaurant opening in Bakery Square
Diners will soon be able to experience authentic Japanese-inspired cuisine in Bakery Square. But without the jetlag. Golden Gai, the 11th and newest eatery in the Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group, is set to open on Oct. 15 in Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhood and reservations are now available via Open Table....
Former district judge accused of DUI
Here are some of the latest news items for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024: Former district judge accused of DUI A former district judge who resigned from the position earlier this year after allegations of misconduct with teenage boys is now facing DUI charges. Online court records show Anthony Saveikis, 57,...
South Side brawl breaks leg of Pittsburgh cop in charge of district’s anti-crime effortsVideo
The Pittsburgh police sergeant who heads an anti-crime patrol in the South Side’s entertainment district suffered a gruesome leg injury early Saturday during a chaotic confrontation with a violent crowd outside a bar that led to one arrest. Surveillance video shows a surging group of people scuffling along a sidewalk...
Pilot program in Pittsburgh area boosts survival odds for cardiac arrest patients
Mary Fischer didn’t know she had heart problems until she collapsed one day in early June. Fischer, 51, was in her home in Pittsburgh’s West End, slicing pepperoni in preparation for a pizza night with her boyfriend on June 11. While she was trying to plug in her pizza oven,...
Morning Roundup: Multiple local school districts dealing with issues Monday
Here are a few news items for Monday Sept. 9, 2024. Leechburg School District has heightened police presence There will be a heightened security presence Monday for a school in the Leechburg Area School District, Armstrong County, after a suspicious note was found in the district’s high school building on...
Kamala Harris to depart Pittsburgh, head to Philadelphia for high-profile debate
Vice President Kamala Harris will bid the Steel City farewell Monday after spending the past five days in Pittsburgh preparing for her upcoming high-profile debate. Harris is scheduled to depart the city late Monday afternoon from the Pittsburgh International Airport heading to Philadelphia for an upcoming debate against rival former...
Veteran editor Martin Baron reflects on Trump’s effect on the media and the future of journalism ahead of Pittsburgh event
Martin “Marty” Baron knew by the time he reached high school that he wanted to work in newspapers. But while an undergraduate at Lehigh University, he also developed doubts. It’s partly why he graduated from Lehigh in 1976 with not only a journalism degree but also an MBA. “I said,...
Pittsburgh police sergeant injured in melee on the South SideVideo
A Pittsburgh police officer was injured early Saturday morning while trying to break up a fight in the 1500 block of East Carson Street. The sergeant, who suffered an apparent broken ankle, was transported to a local hospital, a police spokeswoman said. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. as the...
Woman dies in Carrick house fire
A 72-year-old woman rescued from a house fire late Saturday night in Carrick has died, police said. Officials said Pittsburgh city fire crews responded to a residential structure fire in the 100 block of Minooka Street, where a 72-year-old woman was found on the first floor of the home. Medics...
‘Free Marc Fogel’ event at Pitt seeks to keep former Oakmont teacher held in Russia in the public eye
When former Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel was arrested three years ago in Russia, the government there said it was because the longtime teacher at the Anglo-American School of Moscow possessed less than an ounce of medical marijuana. But on Saturday, former Ambassador Eric Rubin, who previously served as deputy chief...
Kamala Harris breaks from debate prep in Pittsburgh to make campaign stop
After spending several days in Pittsburgh this week, Vice President Kamala Harris ventured out Saturday afternoon for a quick campaign stop in the Strip District. She was greeted by emotional supporters. Harris departed the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown around 1 p.m. Security was high around and inside the...
Tyler Coulverson bridges financial literacy gaps, empowers communities in homeownership
When Tyler Coulverson was growing up, he only knew a CD as a small, round disc that loaded into a player and music echoed out. That’s the experience of many. “I spent many years thinking a CD was just an old-school disc, but in reality, a CD is a certificate...
Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour features a home that’s a work of art itself
There’s a home on Resaca Place that is a work of art, beginning with an exterior wall. A display depicts Roman ruins in a triptych — three panels, typically connected side by side. A garage door invites people walking by to share a message via rearranging magnetic words. The owners...
Lawsuit accuses Pittsburgh cops of ‘abandoning’ drunk woman killed by driver on West End Bridge
The estate of a Homestead woman fatally struck by a vehicle that knocked her off Pittsburgh’s West End Bridge in January is suing Pittsburgh police, three of its officers and a city bar for what the complaint claims are their roles in her death. The seven-count civil rights lawsuit, filed...
Man accused in attack of Pitt students faces more charges
The man charged with attacking two Jewish students from the University of Pittsburgh with a glass bottle also threw one at two people the day before, according to police. Carnegie Mellon University Police charged Jarrett Buba, 52, of the city’s West Oakland neighborhood with aggravated assault, reckless endangering, simple assault...
Legacy of late Pittsburgh artist Javon Thompson lives on through anti-violence exhibit
Larry Milton’s best friend was the late artist Javon Thompson. The pair met in ninth grade and were inseparable until Thompson was shot and killed in the winter of 1994 at just 18 years old. Thompson was killed in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood during Christmas break of his freshman year at...
Lawrenceville Distilling Co. expanding to Verona in old bank building
Brothers Joe and Jeremy DeGroot are banking on their decision to open a second location for their Lawrenceville-based distillery business. They opened Lawrenceville Distilling Co. in 2018, producing small batch vodka, bourbon, absinthe, gin and craft cocktails, with a tasting room and event space. The second location in a former...
