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What killed Flaco the owl? New York zoologists testing for toxins, disease as contributing factors
NEW YORK — New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco died from a traumatic impact, zoologists confirmed a day after he reportedly flew into a building, with further testing planned to determine if the Eurasian eagle-owl may have been sick. What happened in Flaco’s final hours is top of mind for...
What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might thinkVideo
NEW YORK — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Have a look at some of the numbers, history, and lore behind the (not quite) every four-year phenom that adds a 29th day to February. By...
Bushy Run to host open house, celebration for Pennsylvania’s birthday
Bushy Run Battlefield in Penn Township is hosting an open house with free tours of the park and admission to its museum in honor of Pennsylvania’s 343rd birthday. Charter Day is celebrated annually at the historical site, which played host to the 1763 clash between the British and Native Americans...
TV Talk: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear’ win SAG Awards on Netflix
In its first streaming telecast on Netflix, the “30th Screen Actors Guild Awards” bestowed honors on the casts of 2023 movie hit “Oppenheimer” and TV’s critical darlings “Succession” and “The Bear” in an entertaining, compact 133-minute ceremony. The telecast began with the SAG Awards’ traditional “I’m an actor” vignettes as...
SAG Awards will stream tonight live on Netflix; here’s how to watch
Since Netflix launched into original films, the streaming service has been an annual force in Hollywood’s awards season. On Saturday, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it will play host, too. The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards will for the first time stream live on Netflix, beginning at 8 p.m....
The Saxonburg Winter Festival draws hundreds of people to enjoy pleasant winter day
Historic downtown Saxonburg was closed to traffic on Main Street on Saturday, but it was flooded with hundreds of people for the 3rd Annual Saxonburg Winter Festival. The daylong festival is sponsored by The Little Shops of Saxonburg in collaboration with the Saxonburg Area Business Association. Crafters, food trucks and...
Saint Vincent students give younger counterparts a boost at Greensburg Salem
Saint Vincent College junior Gabriel Graham knows what it’s like to struggle in school. “I definitely didn’t have a normal upbringing,” Graham said. “Because of that, my education definitely was impacted in a negative way. Pretty much all through high school and all of my schooling, I was very much...
What Reddit going public means for the social media platform
Reddit has made its IPO filing public ahead of the social media company’s entrance to the U.S. stock market in March, as reported by Reuters. An IPO, or initial public offering, means shares of a private company are made available to the public for the first time — and the...
Black history comes to life at Barrett Elementary through interactive museum
Community members have said that Steel Valley School District and Barrett Elementary have some of the best Black History Month programming for students. On Thursday, the district hosted its fifth celebration since 2019, featuring its Black History Month Living Interactive Museum. Students displayed their artwork, and some students and community...
Photos: Total solar eclipses around the world
The complete shrouding of our sun by the moon has mesmerized humanity for millennia — a moment in time when skies darken and stillness creeps in. It’s spellbinding not only for the lucky ones in the path of total darkness, but also those on the fringes of the moon’s shadow...
Baldwin-bred professional jazz guitarist stokes flames of family’s ‘musical royalty’
Shawn Purcell doesn’t remember the precise moment he decided to become a professional musician. He does know that it was during spring 1989, his senior year at Baldwin High School. Purcell had been accepted to the University of Ohio and planned to major in business and pre-law. Then, a switch...
A decade after crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, planes still at risk of vanishing off the map
“Good Night. Malaysian Three Seven Zero.” Those six words were the last radio transmission from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, less than an hour after the aircraft took off late at night from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Minutes later, the plane disappeared from air-traffic...
TV Talk: Joe Manganiello hosts ‘Deal or No Deal Island;’ Wexford native coaches ‘The Voice’Video
PASADENA, Calif. — It’s a big week on NBC for entertainers who grew up in Western Pennsylvania. Mt. Lebanon native Joe Manganiello hosts spin-off competition series “Deal or No Deal Island” (9:30-11 p.m. Feb. 26 and 27, WPXI-TV) and Wexford native Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay joins “The Voice” (8-9:30 p.m....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 23-25
It’s the final weekend of February. Here are some ways to spend it. Take the plunge The 14th annual Pittsburgh Polar Plunge is Friday and Saturday on Art Rooney Avenue near Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore. This event invites participants of all ages — plungers under 18 will need...
New Kensington’s Pioneer Apartments adds solar energy system
Maya Horton’s favorite thing about her home in Wesley Family Service’s Pioneer Apartments is peace. “It’s very peaceful. I have my peace,” she said. “That’s what I like about living here in this building. I go home to a peaceful environment, and I feel safe in my home.” Horton was...
Lower Kiski Ambulance paramedic in stable condition after ambulance crash
When Lower Kiski Ambulance medic Samantha Boyd learned her co-worker was injured on the job in an ambulance crash, she knew she had to help out any way she could. So, Boyd started a GoFundMe account for paramedic Dina Filo-O’Neil and her husband, Ray. As of Thursday, it already had...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Feb. 23-25
In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, luck has come a little early with all of these unique events happening this weekend in Westmoreland County: Celebrating a lifelong helper As a part of the Fred Rogers Scholars Program, Saint Vincent College students have partnered with Latrobe Art Center, 819 Ligonier St.,...
Jelly Roll bringing Beautifully Broken tour to PittsburghVideo
Grammy Award-nominated country singer Jelly Roll is coming back to Pittsburgh. The multi-genre artist is bringing his Beautifully Broken tour to PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 5. He’ll be joined by Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay. With hit songs like “Son of a Sinner,” “Need A Favor” and “Save Me”...
McDonald’s flips the Golden Arches upside down in anime promotion
In the 1983 anime adaptation of “Cat’s Eye,” a thinly disguised version of the Golden Arches showed up in the form of “WcDonald’s,” a barely-fictional, trademark-bypassing fast-food franchise that has gone on to appear in many more anime, manga and related cartoons over the years. Forty years later, McDonald’s is...
TV Talk: ‘Shōgun’ impresses; ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender” achieves altitudeVideo
PASADENA, Calif. – FX’s 10-episode remake of “Shōgun” (10 p.m. Feb. 27, FX; same day on Hulu) premieres with two episodes next week followed by one episode weekly through April 23. A two-episode premiere is smart because the show comes into its own in that second hour. The first episode...
Andy Warhol honored by Slovakia on anniversary of his death
On this date 37 years ago, the world lost its king of pop art. Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol died suddenly of complications after a routine gallbladder surgery Feb. 22, 1987, in New York. He was 58. The world knew him as pop artist Andy Warhol. But to his nephew Donald...
Allegheny County Bar Association Homer S. Brown Division launches children’s book celebrating Black lawyers
The Homer S. Brown Division of the Allegheny County Bar Association is celebrating its first children’s book, “Black Lawyers of the Burgh: An Anthology,” with the community on Saturday. The book, published earlier this month, profiles 28 local Black attorneys and judges and their career journeys. The theme for the...
‘The Bachelor’ fans react to Joey Graziadei’s season, predict hometown dates
With hometown dates less than two weeks away, Season 28 of ABC’s “The Bachelor” is heating up. Four contestants will get to show the bachelor around their hometowns and introduce him to their families. Fans took to the X social media platform to express their opinions on Joey Graziadei —...
Four Chord Music Fest 10 moves to Pittsburgh for 2024, lineup announced
The Four Chord Music Fest, featuring loads of national and local punk rock, pop punk and indie bands, is moving back to Pittsburgh for its 10th edition. The festival, which started in 2014 at the former Xtaza nightclub in the Strip District, has been at Wild Things Park in Washington...
‘Porky’s,’ ‘Die Hard 2′ actor dies at age 64
Actor Tony Ganios, who is best known for playing the character Meat in the “Porky’s” films, died on Sunday at age 64. His fiancée, Amanda Serrano-Ganios, confirmed the news on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing “The last words we said to each other were “I love you.” Love is...
