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A Holocaust survivor who narrowly avoided the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue will be one of several Western Pennsylvanians on hand Tuesday night when President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. Judah Samet, a resident of Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood who turns 81 on Tuesday,...

Fire crews pulled two people from a house fire in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section Monday afternoon, both of whom were taken to the hospital, authorities said. Crews responded about 3 p.m. to a home on Rosedale Street, said Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. A man was taken to UPMC Mercy in...

A judge Monday sentenced a woman and her boyfriend to nearly a year in jail for their 2017 attack on a Pittsburgh Public Schools teacher on the West End Bridge. Daishonta Williams, 30, and Vincent Beasley, 27, both pleaded guilty late last year to aggravated assault and conspiracy for the...

Police have identified a man who died Monday when a tree fell on him during tree-trimming work at a home in O’Hara. Adam Hursen, 33, was killed at about 10:45 a.m. at a home on Marberry Drive, said Inspector Andrew Schurman. Hursen was working for Tree Masters, which had been...

We all know Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol had a fondness for Campbell’s Soup. On Sunday, we learned about his love of hamburgers. Burger King debuted a new 45-second Super Bowl commercial featuring a nearly silent film of the iconic pop artist eating a Whopper sandwich. The film simply showed Warhol...

Pittsburgh plans to open a branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the city with help from a Downtown charitable foundation. The Benter Foundation has offered Pittsburgh a $250,000 grant that would be distributed over five years to help fund the free book program for children up to age 5....

A former Duquesne University basketball player initially charged with rape and sexual assault in 2017 pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct. Nick Washington, 21, received a sentence of one year of probation in exchange for the guilty plea to disorderly conduct, court records show. Charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual...

An overturned dump truck has closed a portion of Davidson Road in Plum. The vehicle rolled over near Saltsburg Road. Part of the truck is leaning against a utility pole but no outages have been reported. Motorists are recommended to use Universal Road as a detour. Large equipment will be...

A Pittsburgh woman who worked without a paycheck during the recent government shutdown will attend President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday. Monica Hughes, an Army reservist and TSA officer at Pittsburgh International Airport, was invited to the event by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. In a press release, Casey’s...

One person remained in critical condition Monday after being shot multiple times overnight near H’s Bar and Grill along Verona Road in Penn Hills. Allegheny County police said they received calls just before 1:15 a.m. for an unidentified 26-year-old man shot and lying in the roadway of the 4200 block...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified the victim of a fatal shooting yesterday in Duquesne Heights. Aaron Wade, 18, of Munhall was found unresponsive in a front yard in the 200 block of Plymouth Street. Officers responded at about 2:45 a.m. to the incident, which is a few blocks...

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority would hike rates nearly 14 percent for average residential customers under a recommendation from an administrative law judge. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is expected to vote on the recommendation during its regularly monthly meeting Thursday, according to Robert Weimar, PWSA’s executive director. A...

A woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Pittsburgh. WPXI-TV reports the incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. on California Avenue near Davis Avenue in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood while the woman was crossing the street in a pedestrian crosswalk. Pittsburgh police are investigating....

Chris Renda won $100 with the flip of a coin. The Penn Hills resident was among the first winners Sunday at Rivers Casino as hundreds gathered to watch — and bet — on the Super Bowl. Renda bet on tails and started the game off a winner. “I’m undefeated,” he...

The eastbound lanes of the Parkway East near Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood are back open following an early-morning closure due to a crash. PennDOT officials reported the crash around 6:45 a.m. on Route 376 near the Forbes Avenue/Oakland exit. Trib news partner WPXI reported that a damaged pickup truck was towed...

Gregory Smith wanted to check out the new Rivers Casino sportsbook and place a small Super Bowl bet. He decided against a straight-up bet on the game, instead putting down $10 on Los Angeles Rams running back C.J. Anderson to score the first touchdown. Quirky Super Bowl “prop bets” are...

An argument between two truck drivers responding to an accident Saturday in Pittsburgh led to a shooting, police said. The shooting occurred at 3:40 p.m. in the 900 block of Washington Boulevard near Shetland, according to Alicia George, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. An earlier accident on Washington Boulevard drew multiple...

A missing 67-year-old man from Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood has been found, according to Pittsburgh police. Ronald Simmons was located and is safe, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. Police announced around 4:30 p.m. Saturday that they needed the public’s help in locating Simmons. He was in need...

A 22-year-old man has died after he was shot early Saturday morning in Homestead. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identifed the victim as Tre-quan Embry of Homestead. Police were called to the 300 block of East 17th Avenue at 12:37 a.m. on Feb. 2 for a report of shots...

Communities across Allegheny County will receive more than $9 million in state money for transportation and other infrastructure projects. The money comes from the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Friday. Projects were selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation based on intended safety benefits, regional economic...

Jimmy Vaccaro has seen decades of big sports bets. But even the seasoned veteran of Las Vegas sportsbooks is excited for what’s to come now that sports betting is legal in Pennsylvania. “I waited all my life to see this,” the 73-year-old Trafford native said. And Pittsburgh hasn’t seen anything...

A 25-year-old man was wounded Friday afternoon in North Braddock, Allegheny County police said. Allegheny County homicide detectives were told the man was hit by gunfire along the 800 block of Jones Avenue at about 5:20 p.m. The man was hit twice, according to Lt. Ken Ruckel. At last check,...

There won’t be any ice or snow, and the weather will be a lot warmer for runners and walkers when the first Gold Rush 5K is held in Pittsburgh to support veterans. The Yuengling Gold Rush 5K Run/Walk race will begin at 9 a.m. June 30 at Stage AE on...

Port Authority used shuttle buses between Mt. Lebanon and Castle Shannon light rail stations for almost 2 hours Friday night after a water main break on Cooke Lane in Castle Shannon flooded the tracks. The water main break, which occurred at about 7 p.m., forced the Port Authority to close...

Drivers traveling after-dark along Interstate 376 next week could confront delays because of overnight lane restrictions for road improvements, PennDOT officials said Friday. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday, I-376 will be reduced to one lane in both directions at various locations between the Fort Pitt Bridge...