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Diana Ross, Eminem and Jack White perform for thousands as former Detroit eyesore returns to life
DETROIT— A myriad of Detroit’s greatest musical exports, including Diana Ross, Eminem and Jack White, took to the stage Thursday night in a pulsating sonic spectacle held on the eve of the historic reopening of an 18-story structure that long had symbolized their hometown’s decline. The 90-plus-minute “Live From Detroit:...
Pat Sajak’s final episode as ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host is here
LOS ANGELES — After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak’s final turn as the renowned host of “Wheel of Fortune” will air on Friday. Sajak’s co-host and letter turner Vanna White paid an emotional tribute to her partner on Thursday’s episode, calling him “like a brother” and a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 7-9
The Three Rivers Arts Festival is still going on, but if you need something a little different to do, here are some other happenings about town this weekend. From beer to non-alcoholic beverages, parks to parades, there’s something for everyone! Beers of the Burgh Festival Brew lovers rejoice! This Saturday,...
Wallaby joey recently born at Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park has a new resident — a wallaby joey, born to mom Ava. A wallaby is a marsupial, a pouched mammal in the kangaroo family. When they are young, they are called joeys. The animal is spending a lot of time in the...
Drums Not Guns helping students to heal through challenging experiences
Students at Westinghouse Academy and other local schools are benefiting from a fairly new initiative that aims to reduce violence through exposure to the arts. Linda “Imani” Barrett, a Hill District native, founded Legacy Arts Project in 2004. One of their programs is an initiative called Drums Not Guns. “The...
Living Dead Weekend will celebrate everything George A. Romero and beyond
This weekend, a Pittsburgh horror legend — the zombie — will be celebrated at Living Dead Weekend in Monroeville. Over Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Monroeville Mall, the legacy of Pittsburgh-based horror creator George A. Romero will be celebrated by fans with a movie screening, cast meet and greets, vendors,...
‘When her son was killed, God gave her a purpose’: Pittsburgh gun-violence opponent Valerie Dixon dies at 63
For more than 20 years, Valerie Dixon was a fixture in Pittsburgh’s fight against gun violence. Whether comforting victims and their loved ones in the Allegheny County Courthouse, lobbying politicians in the City-County Building, or doing outreach on Pittsburgh’s streets, it was Dixon’s life’s work — but not a job...
Tree of Life exhibit displayed in Senate rotunda in Washington
The tragedy of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting still rests heavy on the hearts of the region nearly six years later, but its memory may not be as powerful outside of Pittsburgh. A traveling exhibit now on display at a U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C., hopes to remind people of...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: June 7-9
Fill your weekend with music, food and fun with these great opportunities in Westmoreland County. SummerSounds: Elton Rohn The SummerSounds concert series is back and this Friday’s live act will be Elton Rohn, a a top-rated and high-energy Elton John tribute act. Attendees will hear many of John’s hits, timeless...
TV Talk: Western Pa. natives star in new seasons of ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Love Island USA’Video
Next week, Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” returns for its 20th season (8 p.m. June 11) and for the first time in several years the show’s crabbers had the ability to catch red king crab during the October 2023 to February 2024 season (fishing for king crab was forbidden beginning in...
They’re big. They’re colorful. But Joro spiders aren’t nightmare fodderVideo
A large, brightly colored invasive species called the Joro spider is on the move in the United States. Populations have been growing in parts of the South and East Coast for years, and many researchers think it’s only a matter of time before they spread to much of the continental...
Engine trouble in Greensburg interrupts cross-country Model T tour; crew vows to return
Engine trouble sidelined a 1924 Model T on Monday night in Greensburg, two days into a planned 19-day trip from New York to San Francisco. A crew of three volunteer drivers and mechanics affiliated with Nebraska’s Museum of American Speed realized they’d have to haul the antique car by trailer...
Think ahead on twisters: Emergency responders advise on tornado preparedness
New Kensington fire Chief Ed Saliba remembers the sound of the wind late at night April 8, 2020, when a tornado touched down in New Kensington. He was sleeping in a reclining chair in his basement and was alerted to the oncoming danger by his family. “I had no idea...
Wilderado’s Max Rainer on new album ‘Talker,’ music business, moreVideo
With indie folk band Wilderado about to launch a headlining summer tour this week, frontman Max Rainer managed to describe his life and the weather in Tulsa, Oklahoma, all at once. “Well, it’s literally the calm before the storm,” Rainer said Monday. “It’s storming outside; it’s about to. It’s all...
In their own words: What young people wish they’d known about social media
It’s dangerous. It’s addictive. Get off your phone. Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from the adults in their lives, often in the form of dire warnings and commands. But these adults did not grow up with social media themselves. They didn’t get a phone handed to...
Life as a teen without social media isn’t easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline
WESTPORT, Conn. — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends. Then,...
TV Q&A: Did WTAE hire a new weekend anchor?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Another new anchor was on Channel 4 Saturday night, June 1. Why so many new hires in Pittsburgh? Are all the stations going to make...
Former ‘Survivor’ contestant raises Texas Longhorn cattle as ‘pasture ornaments’Video
Allegheny Township farmer Chet Welch received a gift on his 50th birthday that keeps on giving. “I got my dream farm,” said Welch, a former contestant on the CBS series “Survivor,” describing his beloved historic Tunnel Hill Farm in Allegheny Township he co-owns with Bob Cherry, his partner of 16...
Trump joins TikTok: Which other politicians are on the platform?
After attempting to ban TikTok from the White House, former President Donald Trump created an account — just days after he was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in a hush money trial. His page, @realdonaldtrump, has 5.1 million followers as of Tuesday, and his first and only video...
Zachary Quinto banned from Toronto bistro for behaving ‘like an entitled child’
Actor and Pittsburgh native Zachary Quinto has been banned from a Toronto restaurant after he berated staff and stormed away from his weekend brunch plans, the eatery’s co-owner said. Quinto, known for playing the unemotional and logical Mr. Spock, was apparently much less restrained than his “Star Trek” character when...
Muhammad Ali’s childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into museum
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later — is up for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a museum...
Comedian and ‘MadTV’ alum Aries Spears to perform at Pittsburgh Improv
Longtime stand up comedian, impressionist and veteran of sketch comedy show “MADtv” Aries Spears will bring his edgy, no-holds-barred comedy to the Pittsburgh Improv in Homestead this weekend. With five shows — a 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday, a 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and a 7 p.m....
Couple finds $100K in safe while magnet fishing: ‘I just gasped’
A couple was doing what they call “poor man’s fishing” when they found something that certainly made them a bit richer — a safe containing $100,000. ABC News reports how New York City residents James Kane and Barbi Agostini were hanging out Friday in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens,...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope temporarily pauses observations after malfunction
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily stopped observing the cosmos. NASA said the telescope slipped into a hibernating state more than a week ago when one of its three remaining gyroscopes — part of the pointing system — malfunctioned. The same device has been acting up...
Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. Will it help with grief?
BERLIN — When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death. She told him one of the things she’d miss most is being able to ask him questions...
