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Small businesses navigate ever-changing covid-19 reality
NEW YORK — For a brief moment this summer, it seemed like small businesses might be getting a break from the relentless onslaught of the pandemic. More Americans, many of them vaccinated, flocked to restaurants and stores without needing to mask up or socially distance. But then came a surge...
Feats of Strength/Airing of Grievances: Plenty of both after Steelers barely hold on to beat the Broncos
It took a few minutes to find my Steelers “Feats of Strength” file on my computer. I couldn’t remember where it was saved. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to access it. It’s been difficult to find many good things to write about after Steelers games the past three...
North Huntingdon church offers blessings for pets, support for animal rescue groups
The Rev. Brenda Barnes gave kisses, and got some, after delivering her Sunday sermon. The pastor applied a kiss, as well as anointing oil, to animals that were cooperative, as she conducted the annual Blessing of the Pets from noon to 2 p.m. at the pavilion of New Hope Presbyterian...
Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue into Monday
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday following a weekend of major service disruptions. By late morning Monday, Southwest had canceled about 365 flights — 10% of its schedule for the day — and more than 600 others were delayed. The Dallas-based airline blamed air traffic control issues...
Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to pass secrets
WASHINGTON — An engineer who worked at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin faces federal espionage-related charges for allegedly trying to sell U.S. military secrets to an undercover agent posing as a foreign government representative, the Justice Department said Sunday. In a criminal complaint detailing espionage-related charges against Jonathan...
Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash with bus in Homewood
A man is in critical condition after a crash involving a motorcycle and a bus in Homewood on Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the crash at the intersection of Frankstown Avenue and Sterrett Street around 1:10 p.m. First responders found the motorcycle driver unconscious in the street when they...
Western Pa. hospitals: We won’t deny organ transplants to patients who refuse covid-19 vaccine
Medical providers in Colorado and Washington state have begun denying organ transplants to patients who refuse to get vaccinated for covid-19. That’s not happening in Western Pennsylvania, the Tribune-Review has learned. Neither of the region’s two largest hospital systems and transplant providers are linking transplant eligibility to covid-19 vaccination status....
Small businesses navigate ever-changing covid-19 reality
NEW YORK (AP) — For a brief moment this summer, it seemed like small businesses might be getting a break from the relentless onslaught of the pandemic. More Americans, many of them vaccinated, flocked to restaurants and stores without needing to mask up or socially distance. But then came a...
Tensions persist between legacy of Columbus, native people
Monday’s federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horrified by an annual tribute that ignores native people whose lives and culture were forever changed by colonialism. Spurred by national calls for...
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before those bills wind up in debt collections is another matter. Medical bills often represent large, unexpected shocks that can crash personal budgets. Roughly 1 in 7 U.S. residents with a...
How U.S. states help rich foreigners shield assets
DOVER, Del. — A mention of “tax havens” typically conjures images of sun-soaked Caribbean escapes like the Cayman Islands or the buttoned-down banks of Switzerland. Not South Dakota. But a report detailing how world leaders and some of the planet’s wealthiest people hide their riches has drawn new scrutiny to...
Kim Kardashian West pokes fun at famous family as SNL hostVideo
NEW YORK — Kim Kardashian West, sporting a hot pink catsuit, skewered everyone from her mom’s boyfriend to her famous sex tape and estranged husband Kanye during her first turn hosting “Saturday Night Live.” “I know, I’m surprised to see me here, too,” she began her opening monologue Saturday after...
Hit-and-run crash in East Pittsburgh results in driver’s death
A hit-and-run crash Saturday in East Pittsburgh left a Monroeville man dead, state police said. James Haberfield, 72, was pronounced dead at about 4:45 p.m. at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. as Haberfield was driving south...
Police arrest suspect in death of woman found in Beaver County field
State police arrested a Beaver Falls man in the death of a woman whose body was found Wednesday in Beaver County. Police charged John Westley Johnson Jr., 68, with criminal homicide in the death of Sharon Benyo, 46, of Beaver Falls. Benyo’s body was discovered Wednesday morning in an open...
Georgia police officer gunned down during 1st shift
ALAMO, Ga. — A Georgia police officer was gunned down outside a police station during his first shift with the department early Saturday, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Officer Dylan Harrison, 26, was fatally shot outside the Alamo Police Department by Damien Anthony Ferguson. Ferguson, 43, remained...
East Deer, surrounding communities excited for new Iron City Beer buildingVideo
As Pittsburgh Brewing Co. continues to make progress on its new home, neighbors in East Deer and beyond are looking forward to the new brewery and related projects, expected to open next year. Structurally, General Manager Todd Zwicker said, the building is the same as it was when the Pittsburgh...
Report: Drilling spills ruined wells and polluted streams in Westmoreland, across Pennsylvania
It has been more than four years since Edward and Alice Mioduski of Loyalhanna Township have been able to drink water from their well near Loyalhanna Lake. Drilling mud mixed with the mineral bentonite leaked from the hole that Sunoco Pipeline L.P. was boring underneath the lake in May 2017....
College voucher proposal draws fire from Pitt and Penn State
A Westmoreland County lawmaker’s attack on the state’s financial relationship with Pitt, Penn State and Temple is drawing blowback from the powerhouse public research universities and their supporters. State Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Hempfield, says he has “ethical” issues with the commonwealth spending about $580 million to support the three universities...
Fort Ligonier Days draws crowds for parade, crafts, food, historyVideo
Keith Hall lives in Wexford, and his family hails from the Derry area. But his heart belongs to Ligonier — at least during the latter town’s annual Fort Ligonier Days festival. Hall staked out a prominent spot along Saturday’s festival parade route. He sported a green-and-purple kilt, representing his Scottish...
TSA officers confiscate another gun at Pittsburgh International Airport
Transportation Security Administration officers confiscated a gun in a passenger’s purse at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday. TSA officers found a loaded 9mm firearm in a purse belonging to a 39-year-old female passenger. The gun was located at an alternate security checkpoint, officials said. TSA officers alerted Allegheny County Police,...
Man killed, woman wounded in shootings in Pitcairn
A man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting in Pitcairn early Saturday afternoon. Allegheny County 911 was notified of a vehicle rollover and the sound of gunshots in the 300 block of Third Street in Pitcairn just after 1 p.m. Saturday. First responders found a one-car...
Woman shot in chest at West Mifflin gas station
A woman was shot at a gas station in West Mifflin early Saturday morning. West Mifflin police responded to a report of a shooting at the Speedway gas station in the 4300 block of Kennywood Boulevard in West Mifflin at around 2 a.m.. First responders found evidence of a shooting...
Duquesne shooting sends man to hospital
Allegheny County Police are investigating a shooting late on Friday that left a man injured in Duquesne. Just before 11:30 p.m., county 911 dispatchers were notified of shots fired in the 0 to 100 block of Miller Avenue . First responders learned shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday that an 18-year-old...
Jeannette ‘Mansion House’ that predates city is home to local history – and up for saleVideo
It needs a good bit of work, but someone interested in local history could find quite a lot of it within the walls of an old stone farm house in Jeannette’s Seneca Heights neighborhood. In the 100 block of Locust Street, a dark stone house predating the city sits near...
Ten years later, scholarships carry on Officer Derek Kotecki’s legacy
An industrial products salesman who is a firefighter. A corrections officer at a halfway house. A pharmacist in Baltimore. They never met Lower Burrell senior patrolman Derek Kotecki, but he touched their lives unexpectedly with an educational scholarship. Oct. 12 marks the 10th anniversary of when Kotecki, 40, was killed...
