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Giant Eagle expands discounts to food nearing its ‘best-by’ date
More shoppers will have a chance to snap up discounted food at Giant Eagle. The O’Hara-based grocery chain is expanding to all of its corporate stores its partnership with Flashfood, an app that connects users to discounted food that is nearing its “best-by date.” Giant Eagle and Toronto-based Flashfood launched...
How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people
NEW YORK — The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he’d ever seen. It was the beginning of a national outbreak caused by an extremely worrisome bacteria — one that some say...
Native American tradition meets modern art in Westmoreland Museum exhibit
Past meets present in “Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1945-1975,” running through May 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. With 52 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by 32 artists, the traveling exhibition is the first of its kind exploring the innovation and experimentation present in...
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic storyVideo
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The 191-foot cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking...
GZA, Donnie Iris, John Mayer among top concerts to see around Pittsburgh in March
As the weather starts to warm up, so too does the concert season for the Pittsburgh region. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in March: March’s top shows March 3: Jerry Harrison, Adrian Belew at Roxian Theatre Guitarist Adrian Belew joins Talking Heads co-founder...
As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect
WASHINGTON — Niara Thompson couldn’t shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation. As she listened from the audience Tuesday, it all felt academic. There was a long discussion on the nuances of certain words. Justices asked lawyers to explore hypothetical scenarios. For Thompson,...
TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBS’s ‘East New York’?
Question: In the Jan. 8 episode of “East New York,” Officer Bentley (Lavel Schley) and Officer Quinlan (Olivia Luccardi) are having lunch. Bentley asks if Quinlan has ever had a Primanti’s “hoagie.” She asks where’s that from and he says Pittsburgh. She asks why were you in Pittsburgh and he...
Review: Michael B. Jordan delivers a brawler in ‘Creed III’Video
It must be a daunting prospect to pick up a franchise on the third movie. Add in the pressure of following filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple Jr. in your directorial debut that you’re also starring in and it’s enough to make you wonder what on earth Michael B....
Heinz offers to buy boat for sailor who survived on ketchup while lost at sea
Heinz has found the sailor who survived at sea for 24 days by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes. Elvis Francois, 47, of Dominica was adrift on his sailboat in the Caribbean after getting swept out to sea while making repairs to his boat. He survived by collecting rainwater...
Low-calorie sweetener may increase risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
We all know staying away from sugar has been of caution for ages, but has the time come to start keeping an eye on sugar substitutes as well? Apparently, a new study said consuming food or drinks flavored by a sugary replacement called erythritol — often found in Splenda packets,...
Student loan forgiveness gets its day in court: What to know
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court is meeting Tuesday to hear two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. At stake: forgiveness of up to $20,000 in debt for more than 40 million Americans. Nearly half of those people could have their federal student debt wiped out entirely....
Pa. Chick-fil-A bans customers under 16 from dining in restaurant without adults
A Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A restaurant has banned customers within their dining room if they are under the age of 16 without an adult. The management of the Montgomery County store shared to their Facebook page that they “contemplated long and hard before posting this, but decided it was time” to limit...
Vento’s Pizza, home of ‘Franco’s Italian Army,’ to close
A hub for pizza and Steelers pride is preparing to close its doors. Vento’s Pizza on North Highland Avenue in East Liberty announced that it will turn out the lights on Saturday after nearly seven decades of slinging handmade pizzas and hoagies. “The family recipe has stood the test of...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: AT&T SportsNet in peril; KDKA’s newsroom renovation; ‘Mindhunter’ revival
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including last week’s news that AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh may be in peril. Following that report, Pirates owner Bob Nutting on Saturday said, “We are 100%...
‘Dilbert,’ Scott Adams lose distributor over racist remarks
“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of recent racist comments when a major comics syndicator, which also operates the GoComics website, announced Sunday it would it would no longer work with the cartoonist. Andrews McMeel Universal said in a statement that the syndication company was “severing” their...
Forget ‘Game of Thrones,’ Freeport divers find their own Dire Wolf
The Cooper River in South Carolina is not for the faint-hearted scuba diver. Prehistoric treasures stud the riverbeds below alligators and other wild creatures in this ecologically rich area where the river meets ocean water and the tannins from decaying vegetation turn the water black. But it is a favorite...
Former ‘Mr. Pittsburgh’ overcomes cancer, creates fitness hotline for seniors
Nick Majoris still has the green fiberglass mask with holes that was placed over his head and bolted to a table during radiation treatments for throat cancer. It has “X” marks where the radiation was directed. A reminder of a time when he didn’t feel well, he keeps it to...
Memories of Wounded Knee reflect mixed legacy after 50 years
MINNEAPOLIS — Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee. In the view of the protesters, Oglala Sioux tribal chairman Dick Wilson was in cahoots...
Disneyland fan sets Guinness record for most consecutive visits that likely won’t be broken
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A hardcore Disneyland fan who visited the Anaheim theme park on a daily basis for nearly 3,000 days in a row has set a world record that will likely stand forever. Guinness World Records this week officially recognized Jeff Reitz’s mark for most consecutive visits to Disneyland...
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG AwardsVideo
The unlikely awards-season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and even gathered stream with awards not just for best ensemble, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan but also for Jamie Lee Curtis. The SAG Awards, often an Oscar preview, threw...
‘Cocaine Bear’ gets high with $23.1M, ‘Ant-Man’ sinks fast
NEW YORK — The gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear” sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend. “Quantumania” was still No. 1 with an estimated $32.2 million in ticket sales...
Media drop Dilbert after creator’s Black ‘hate group’ remark
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as racist,...
So thrifty: Buying, selling secondhand is affordable, sustainable and fun
Browsing through Goodwill in Cheswick, Brooke Holler was sizing up a wooden easel she was hoping would make a nice stand for a sign at her wedding in September. Holler isn’t just an avid thrifter — she turned her passion into a business. She runs Busy Bee’s on the secondhand...
Burning bush, privet species added to Pennsylvania’s noxious weeds list
Burning bush shrubs may appear pretty in the fall, when their leaves turn a blazing bright red. But they also are pretty invasive, and this year they earned a spot on Pennsylvania’s list of noxious weeds. For the past few years, the list has seen the addition of several plants...
Pierogi pinchers back in action at Guardian Angels fish fry
Pierogi pinchers from Guardian Angels Parish in Harrison united to prep potato-filled “pockets of love” just in time for the Lenten fish fry season. Making the handmade dough stuffed with spuds and cheese had been a tradition at several of the churches within Guardian Angels, which was forced to close...
