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Investigators: 2 Florida men involved in Haitian President Moïse’s assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two Florida men have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the Miami Herald has learned. James Solages, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was identified as one of the assailants by Mathias Pierre, a minister in charge of Haitian elections. Pierre did not...
ATI investing millions in expansion of Vandergrift operations
A four-month strike by workers at ATI hasn’t impacted plans to upgrade and expand the company’s Vandergrift operations from moving forward. “We’ve been proceeding as planned throughout all of the strike activities,” said Danielle Carlini, Vandergrift’s ATI project manager for specialty rolled products. The expansion is set to happen over...
Cleanup continues after storms topple trees, knock out power in Western Pa.Video
The tiniest victims of Wednesday afternoon’s storms that toppled two towering trees along Harrison’s stately Carlisle Street may have been found by the steps to Tina Kahilainen’s porch. While Kahilainen’s home of seven years had damage to its roof and at least one bedroom, a robin’s nest — likely once...
Feds: Glenshaw man charged in Jan. 6 riot had Lego model of Capitol, militia notes
EDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia filed an updated memo July 9 that detailed how the Lego model of the Capitol was in a box and wasn’t “fully constructed” as prosecutors initially stated. A Glenshaw man facing federal charges for helping to lead the Jan....
3 old cases against Unity man linked to woman’s disappearance dismissed
Three pending criminal cases were dismissed against a man state police linked to the 2018 disappearance of a Unity woman. Westmoreland County Judge Timothy Krieger ruled prosecutors took too long to bring Thomas G. Stanko, 50, to trial in the cases unrelated to the disappearance — two from 2018 and...
Proposal would keep Pittsburgh’s covid paid sick leave until 90% of Pa. is vaccinated
Pittsburgh businesses with more than 50 employees will be required to provide paid sick leave to workers who contract covid-19 or who are required to quarantine, under legislation city Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced Wednesday. The requirement would be in effect until 90% of the eligible Pennsylvania population is vaccinated. The...
The Waterfront set to add tacos, shoes and other new stores
The Waterfront shopping center in Homestead is adding four tenants. Boards & Baskets, Shoe Fly, Appalachian Running Co. and Shorty’s Tap x Taco are planned to open sometime this summer. Boards & Baskets is a charcuterie deli which will sell the traditional cured meats, cheese, vegetables, nuts, olives, dried fruits,...
1 dead, 1 injured in house fire in Etna
A woman died Thursday morning in a house fire in Etna. Etna Volunteer Fire Department Chief Greg Porter said the woman was in her 80s. Porter said her adult son was able to make it out of the duplex and was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation. Multiple fire...
Global covid-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
The global death toll from covid-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half, as compiled from official sources by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal...
Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found. An international team of 27 scientists calculated that climate change increased chances of the extreme...
Police: Pittsburgh man arrested in connection with February shooting death of North Hills honors student
A man wanted in connection with the February slaying of a North Hills honors student was apprehended Wednesday in California, according to Pittsburgh police. Howard Hawkins, 46, of Pittsburgh was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in North Hollywood on a homicide warrant for the shooting of 18-year-old Ahmir Tuli,...
Severe thunderstorm warning issued for central Westmoreland County
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Wednesday night for central Westmoreland County, according to the National Weather Service. The warning, which includes Southwestern Indiana County, was issued shortly after 8:20 p.m. and is in effect until 9 p.m. According to the warning, wind gusts could reach up to 60 mph...
Search crews give up hope of finding survivors at Miami-area condo collapse site; death toll hits 54
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Emergency workers gave up Wednesday on any hope of finding survivors in the collapsed Florida condo building, telling sobbing families that there was “no chance of life” in the rubble as crews shifted their efforts to recovering more remains. The announcement followed increasingly somber reports from emergency...
Police: 92-year-old woman dies in vehicle/pedestrian crash in UPMC East garage in Monroeville
A woman was run over and killed by a vehicle inside the UPMC East parking garage in Monroeville on Wednesday afternoon. A Monroeville 911 dispatcher said the incident took place around 2:15 p.m. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased as Josephine Mayni, 92, of McKeesport. Mayni was transported...
Why a funding boost for the office that exposes Pa. puppy mills stalled again
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Partisan divides are stymying legislation to boost funding for the Pennsylvania bureau tasked with exposing puppy mills and handling...
Storms spur widespread power outages, downed trees across Western Pa.
Thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after storms rolled through the region the day before. Duquesne Light reported at 8:15 a.m. that about 3,400 people were still without power, down from more than 25,000 about 12 hours earlier. “Severe storms moved through our region this afternoon, causing widespread...
Pittsburgh council, teachers’ union leader talk about ’emergency’ in school system
It’s been five months since Pittsburgh City Council declared a state of emergency in the public school system. The legislation was passed to begin a process by which the city’s leaders would work with Pittsburgh Public Schools leaders to address a racial achievement gap between white and Black students and...
With delta variant spreading, how worried should fully vaccinated people be?
If you’re fully vaccinated, how worried should you be about the delta variant of the coronavirus? There is widespread scientific consensus that fully vaccinated people have an excellent chance of being protected from severe illness or death from any coronavirus strain, including delta. In Los Angeles County, 99.8% of people...
State Sen. Doug Mastriano opens Pennsylvania election audit plan
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker and ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump is launching a “forensic investigation” of the state’s 2020 presidential election, demanding cooperation from counties and mimicking a widely criticized partisan effort in Arizona. Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, issued letters to three counties Wednesday, giving officials...
R.K. Mellon Foundation announces $2.6 million grants to stimulate ‘new-economy’ jobs locally
The R.K. Mellon Foundation has a few goals aimed at helping people get jobs — and it’s got the money to get started. Targeting what foundation Director Sam Reiman calls “new-economy jobs,” the foundation is providing $2.6 million spread out over 16 grants. “With our new strategic plan, we are...
Cleveland zoo sues Pittsburgh zoo over Asian Lantern Festival name
The Cleveland zoo is suing the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for trademark infringement, claiming the Pittsburgh zoo’s upcoming Asian Lantern Festival is a ripoff of the Cleveland zoo’s annual event in place since 2018. Cleveland Metroparks alleged in the federal lawsuit filed last week that the zoo has held...
Pennsylvania’s covid cases remain low, despite slight uptick in positivity rates
Coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania continue to remain at low levels not seen since the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. In the past week, according to reports from the state’s Department of Health, 1,250 new cases of the virus have been recorded. That number has not been so low...
Derry Township cruise to honor memory of classic car enthusiast
There’s no question Dan Quinn would have loved to attend a car cruise set for July 18 in Derry Township. Instead, members of his Latrobe family will represent him at the event, organized by a friend as a memorial to the classic car enthusiast who lost his battle with cancer...
Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. Trump announced the action against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube, along with the companies’ CEOs, at a press conference Wednesday in New Jersey. He...
Tropical Storm Elsa kills 1 in Florida, hurts 10 at Georgia base
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a Navy base in southeast Georgia. The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph winds more than six hours...
