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SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending...
Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down. The law...
Western Pa. venues weigh pros, cons of vaccinated-only spectator sections
Pittsburgh entertainment venues soon might join others across the country in separating fans into vaccinated sections — another trend in efforts to encourage mass vaccination against covid-19, while growing audiences back to pre-pandemic levels. The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday proposed the idea in a petition to the state. Fans in...
Attorney General: 2 more people arrested in 2017 double homicide in Somerset County
Two more people were arrested for their involvement in a double homicide that occurred in rural Somerset County in 2017, officials with the state Attorney General’s office said. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender are facing several charges for conspiring with two previously arrested defendants to kidnap and murder Damien Staniszewski...
Pittsburgh police: Man in stable condition after Homewood West shooting
A man is in stable condition after an early morning shooting in Homewood West, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 6900 block of Kelly Street around 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Zone 5 officers who arrived on scene found a man sitting in the 600 block...
Police: Man dead after shooting in Polish Hill
A Pittsburgh man is dead after Pittsburgh police say he was found in Polish Hill with multiple gunshot wounds early Sunday morning. In an update, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said, “Police are now investigating this shooting as a homicide.” Authorities received a ShotSpotter alert in the 3000 block...
Doubtful about covid vaccine? It depends on your occupation, study shows
Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults varies by occupation — and so does their reasoning for being hesitant, a study from University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University scientists found. Scientists from the institutions analyzed results from an ongoing national covid-19 survey by CMU’s Delphi Research Group. Since March 2020, the...
Trib Executive Editor Susan McFarland to retire
Trib Total Media Executive Editor Susan McFarland, who led the news organization through a period of dramatic transformation and sweeping digital growth, will retire Sept. 15, the company has announced. During her five years as the top newsroom leader, the Tribune-Review has been recognized three years in a row as...
Police fatally shoot gunman who killed 2 at Wisconsin casino
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Wisconsin tribal casino complex a few miles from Lambeau Field, killing two people and wounding another in what witnesses described as a hailstorm of bullets before police shot him to death. Brown County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Pawlak said the...
Food truck festival benefits Lower Burrell VFC No. 3
Before it even began, the Lower Burrell VFC No. 3 fundraiser on Saturday afternoon was a raging success. The event, billed as a food truck festival, was scheduled to run 1 to 6 p.m. But by noon, the parking lot of the fire company along Leechburg Road was bustling with...
Police searching for missing, endangered man in Unity
State police are searching for a missing, endangered man who was last seen in the Wimmerton area of Unity. Martin Hussey, 72, was seen around 7 a.m., officials said. Hussey is 5 foot 11 inches and around 160 pounds. He has blue eyes and is bald. According to police, Hussey...
Former Sewickley woman is trainer for Hidden Stash in Kentucky Derby
Victoria Humphrey Oliver said she knew there was something special about Hidden Stash when she watched the 3-year-old thoroughbred run. “I could just see he had talent,” said Humphrey Oliver, of Lexington Ky., who lived in Sewickley from second grade until the end of her freshman year at Sewickley Academy....
Pa. covid hospitalizations decline for 10th straight day
Hospitalizations for covid-19 dropped in Pennsylvania for the 10th straight day, according to data released Saturday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Saturday’s total of 2,207, is down 76 from Friday. That’s is a decline of almost 23% from the 2,842 who were hospitalized on April 21. In the state,...
Who are the Western Pa. residents charged in Capitol insurrection?
In some ways, the people from Western Pennsylvania who were arrested in the Capitol riot match the findings of national studies conducted by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Most of them are employed, and several own their own businesses — including a couple who owns a contracting company...
Understanding the Capitol riot suspects and their motivationsVideo
Three months after a group of rioters attempted to halt the certification of the presidential election results by breaching the U.S. Capitol, 401 people have been arrested. Of those, Pennsylvania’s 38 arrests rank behind only Texas and Florida, with 39 each. Eleven of those charged in Pennsylvania come from the...
Tim Benz: What’s not to like about Steelers’ Pat Freiermuth pick, other than he’s not a lineman?
I can hear the calls from the capacity crowd of Steelers fans at Heinz Field already. Well, assuming capacity crowds are allowed back in the fall. “MUUUUUUTH!” Eh, who am I kidding? They’ll still be yelling, “HEEEAAATTTH!” I’ve got little to complain about when it comes to Steelers second-round draft...
Why allergy season is worsening in Western Pa.
As temperatures rise, allergy symptoms are ramping up for many seasonal sufferers — especially in the Pittsburgh region. Pittsburgh ranks as the fifth most challenging place to live with seasonal allergies, according to a recent report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. “This report validates what everyone who...
AG Shapiro: 5 charged in drug ring that brought $400K of fentanyl from Philly to Butler
Four Butler women and a Philadelphia man face charges brought by a statewide grand jury for their alleged roles in a drug ring that investigators say trafficked an estimated $400,000 worth of fentanyl from Philadelphia to Butler County. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the drug operation involved at least...
Police outline case against man accused of crashing stolen truck into building at Pittsburgh International Airport
A North Carolina man is facing several charges after police say he stole a maintenance truck Friday evening and moments later drove it into a building at Pittsburgh International Airport. Harry Griffith, 35, was arrested Saturday. He is charged with recklessly endangering another person, harassment, ethnic intimidation, criminal mischief, theft...
Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd’s death, arguing in court documents filed Friday that Floyd was particularly vulnerable and that Chauvin abused his authority as a police...
Pittsburgh schools address bus seat shortage as 10K students set to return
Pittsburgh Public Schools reduced its daily transportation shortage by nearly 1,000 seats, district officials said Friday, ahead of thousands of students scheduled to return to buildings Monday. The district will welcome back more than 10,000 students Monday as part of its phased hybrid learning plan. More than 4,000 students returned...
Mask mandate for air travel, public transportation extended through Sept. 13
Travelers will be required to wear face masks inside airports and on planes, buses and trains through Sept. 13. The mask mandate, in place since the beginning of February, was set to expire May 11. Transportation Security Administration officials said Friday the new extended timeline is consistent with covid-19 guidance...
Brothers accused of attacking paramedics, another charged with arson after father’s death
A Baldwin man has been charged with arson in connection with a Thursday fire along Revo Road. Vincent Chalmers, 46, is charged with two counts of endangering people by arson and one count of endangering property by arson. In a criminal complaint filed against Chalmers, police said Richard Revo told...
TV Talk: Paul Martino leaving KDKA-TV
Paul Martino, a veteran KDKA-TV reporter/anchor, will retire from the station July 1. Martino has been with the station since 1984 and until recently anchored weekend evening newscasts. He was replaced in that role by younger reporters and reassigned to weekday general assignment reporting. KDKA-TV news director Kathy Hostetter did...
U.S. Steel nixes $1 billion upgrades at Mon Valley Works facilities
Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel will cancel plans for more than $1 billion in upgrades and investment at the Mon Valley Works facilities, CEO David Burritt said in a letter to the community released Friday. The projects, worth more than $1.2 billion collectively, were announced just under two years ago, in May...
