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Trump to rally Monday at PPG Paints Arena
Former President Donald Trump will make one of his last stops before Election Day in Pittsburgh. Trump will hold a rally at PPG Paints Arena near Downtown on Monday, according to his official campaign website. The former president is set to speak at 6 p.m. Doors open at 2 p.m....
Stabbing in Downtown Pittsburgh leaves man in critical condition
A man was hospitalized in criticial condition late Thursday after being stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh. The man, who police did not name, was stabbed in the abdomen about 11:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Liberty Avenue after being involved “in some sort of altercation,” Pittsburgh police said. Paramedics rushed...
Downtown Pittsburgh’s Carl W. Herrmann Furs to close
The final week of October, despite temperatures in the mid to high 70s, customers were waiting outside of Carl W. Herrmann Furs. They wanted to say goodbye to a long-standing business in Downtown Pittsburgh. “The store wasn’t even open yet but they were here,” said Carl “Guy” W. Herrmann IV,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 1-3
One last round of scary good times can be found this post-Halloween-kend. Laugh, eat, share, groove and browse with some killer events. Here are a few fun things to check out. Hometown Homegrown Take a bite of everything Pittsburgh at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District. Their Hometown-Homegrown...
Harris to hold rally in Pittsburgh on Election Day eve
Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her campaign in Pennsylvania and will rally with supporters in Pittsburgh on Monday. Harris is barnstorming through the swing states during the last few days of the campaign. She’s saving Pennsylvania, the most critical battleground, for last. The vice president will speak at...
Feds charge Pa. Air National Guardsman, Jewish woman with spray-painting antisemitic graffiti in Pittsburgh
Federal authorities have arrested a former Pennsylvania Air National Guard member described as a Hamas sympathizer and a Jewish woman from Pittsburgh in connection with vandalizing two Jewish organizations in the city over the summer. Mohamad Hamad, 23, of Moon Township and Talya A. Lubit, 24, of Pittsburgh each face...
Viola Davis makes a Pittsburgh stop for Black and brown men voter summit
Actress Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder,” “Fences”) took the stage Tuesday night at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty not to discuss her latest project, but to discuss trauma and healing. “We want an America as good as its promise, though that is a promise that...
The Home Stretch: Here’s the election news for Oct. 31
It may be Halloween, but the scariest thing in many Americans’ minds at the moment is the election. Let’s try to allay some fears with a look at what’s going on in the presidential race today. Where is everyone? The four candidates at the top of the major party tickets...
2 charged in vandalism of Jewish buildings in Squirrel Hill
Federal authorities on Wednesday charged two people with hate crime-related offenses in connection with vandalism at Jewish institutions in Squirrel Hill. Mohamad Hamad, 23, of Coraopolis, and Talya A. Lubit, 24, of Pittsburgh, are charged with conspiracy and defacing or damaging religious property, according to a criminal complaint. Hamad was...
North Huntingdon family sues UPMC Children’s over treatment of son, mother
A North Huntingdon woman is suing UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, claiming doctors performed unnecessary surgery on her son and staff concocted criminal allegations against her when she complained about the boy’s treatment. The woman, Dawn Lewandowski, was found not guilty of disorderly conduct and harassment Monday in Allegheny County...
Acting Pittsburgh police Chief Ragland wants to be a steady hand, not a ‘superhero’
After working in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for more than three decades, Christopher Ragland this week said he’s hoping to provide steady leadership and bolster recruitment as he steps into the role of acting chief during a turbulent time for the force. Ragland takes the helm of an understaffed...
‘In the dark’: Pittsburgh council rips Gainey cabinet over secret deal with Scirotto
Pittsburgh City Council members were livid Tuesday after learning that three top aides to Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey knew about a secret deal to allow police Chief Larry Scirotto to return to refereeing college basketball after a year on the job but said nothing. The chief last week announced his...
Pittsburgh puts early end to $1.8M annual tax break for Squirrel Hill property
A blighted piece of land in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood will return to the tax rolls nearly a decade earlier than expected. The property, an old slag heap that overlooks the Parkway East near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, had a 20-year tax break to spur development. But that will...
Pittsburgh to spend $600K on 11 public restrooms throughout city
Mobile bathrooms will be popping up throughout Downtown Pittsburgh and other parts of the city over the next two years. City Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to allocate $600,000 in federal covid-19 relief money to bring 11 public restrooms to areas where bathrooms are hard to find. The city will...
Audit blasts city for ‘mismanagement’ of payments for Phipps’ steam usage
The City of Pittsburgh failed to collect more than $800,000 from Phipps Conservatory, the botanical garden complex in Oakland, as part of a longstanding utility reimbursement agreement, according to an audit released Tuesday by Controller Rachael Heisler. Phipps, a nonprofit, has since paid the city the bulk of that sum....
Seafood restaurant, bar in the works to replace Park Bruges in Highland Park
A new seafood restaurant and bar will replace Park Bruges on Bryant Street in Highland Park in the new year. “We’re hoping to close in January on the deal, maybe use the month of February to change things up,” said Angela Earley, who will take over the space. Earley, co-owner...
Pittsburgh halts discounted vacant land sales program
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday voted to halt a program that allows property owners to buy vacant city-owned properties for a steep discount. The Side Yard Sale Program allows property owners to purchase certain vacant, city-owned parcels that sit adjacent to their own for $200. But City Council on Tuesday...
Pittsburgh council wants answers about Scirotto’s referee deal with Gainey
Pittsburgh City Council will try today to uncover details about how lame-duck police Chief Larry Scirotto struck a secretive deal with Mayor Ed Gainey to return to part-time college basketball refereeing while also running the city’s police force. Council is expected to question Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt and Acting...
Pitt plans to spend $14.5M to tame ‘Cardiac Hill’
Anyone who’s climbed “Cardiac Hill” for a basketball game or class at the University of Pittsburgh will tell you — perhaps after catching their breath — that having an upper and lower campus can be taxing. That’s why Western Pennsylvania’s largest university is prepared to spend $14.5 million to make...
Doug Emhoff warns Pittsburgh that antisemitism will get worse if Trump is electedVideo
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff warned Pittsburgh Jews that former President Donald Trump and his movement will inflame antisemitism to a fever pitch if Trump is elected president. Emhoff, who is Jewish, is the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president. He spoke for 20 minutes in...
UPMC Western Psych nurses ratify contract, averting threatened strike
Nurses at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital will be the first in UPMC to have a minimum hourly pay rate over $40 under a new three-year contract, union officials say. A tentative agreement between UPMC and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania was reached Thursday, said Marah McDonald, a nurse and member of the...
Highland Park restaurant to close
Park Bruges on Bryant Street in Highland Park will close its doors for good in the coming months. The announcement was posted on the French-inspired bistro restaurant’s Facebook page Monday, saying a new restaurant concept will take its place. “While a hard decision for us, it was made easier by...
Community, worshippers continue to ‘heal together’ on anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
If kindness can counteract one incalculable act of hate, that spirit was alive in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community Sunday, six years after the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history claimed 11 people in a Squirrel Hill synagogue. Even before an evening ceremony honoring victims of the Tree of Life mass shooting...
The Home Stretch: Here’s the election news for Oct. 27
Campaigning is in overdrive, even on a Sunday, as we enter the last full week until Election Day. Here’s what’s going on with the race to the White House. Where is everyone? Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in...
Biden marks anniversary of Tree of Life synagogue attack that killed 11
PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden on Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from Dor Hadash, New Light...
