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Police: Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Strip District dies
A man shot Sunday night in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has died, according to Pittsburgh Police. Police responded shortly after 9 p.m. to Penn Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert, police spokesman Maurice Matthews said in a statement. Officers arrived and found a man who had been shot in the head, Matthews...
Police: Homewood woman charged in child sex case involving Rankin man
A 25-year-old woman from Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood was arrested Friday on charges she conspired with a Rankin man to commit sex crimes against children. Sidney Brooks was taken into custody by Pittsburgh police. Allegheny County police have charged Brooks with 38 felony counts for conspiring with Devaughante Law Sr. of...
U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000Video
The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled...
Oklahoma City bombing provides insights into how Merrick Garland would run Justice DepartmentVideo
WASHINGTON — Arriving in Oklahoma City the night after the worst domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history, Merrick Garland grasped the enormity of the task ahead of him. Downtown resembled a war zone. Military vehicles blocked streets. For blocks, federal agents and police were busy collecting evidence. At the federal...
Trump House creator Leslie Rossi says she is ‘humbled’ at receiving GOP nod for open state House seat
Leslie Baum Rossi said she was “humbled” by her selection Saturday by a group of party confreres from Somerset and Westmoreland counties to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District state House seat created by the recent death of...
Arsenal Cider Tap House opens in Dormont
Bill Larkin made cider at home as a hobby. He would bring samples to friends and family for parties and get-togethers. “They would tell him how good the cider tasted and asked if they could buy some,” said his wife, Michelle Larkin. “Bill asked me, ‘why don’t we make it...
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at American Legion in Missouri
KENNETT, Mo. — One person died and four others were wounded in an overnight shooting at an American Legion club in southeast Missouri, police said Sunday. KAIT-TV reported that officers found the five victims at the American Legion building in Kennett following the report of the shooting before 12:30 a.m....
After 2-year lows recorded Sunday, temperatures may climb to 50 Wednesday
Don’t break out those shorts just yet, but meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Moon said by midweek, Western Pennsylvanians might feel like pulling out their spring wardrobes. “We’re finally going to thaw,” meteorologist Alicia Miller said. And after experiencing the coldest temperature in two years about 7 a.m....
East Huntingdon church vandalized, $500 reward offered for informationVideo
The windows intentionally broken out of Mt. Nebo Independent Community Church in Westmoreland County are temporarily patched with cardboard and tape, but Greg Butler admits that the frustration of attempting to understand why vandals targeted the 131-year-old sanctuary lingers. Before the 9:30 a.m. service a week ago, Butler arrived at...
Suze Orman on women, money and surviving the pandemic
Women are bearing a tremendous financial burden during the pandemic, primarily because of leaving the workforce, by choice or by force. The Associated Press spoke with Suze Orman, personal finance expert and author of the podcast Women & Money, about how women can survive and emerge from this period. Responses...
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG
WASHINGTON — The last time Merrick Garland was nominated by the White House for a job, Republicans wouldn’t even meet with him. Now, the once-snubbed Supreme Court pick will finally come before the Senate, this time as President Joe Biden’s choice for attorney general. Garland, an appeals court judge, is...
Power failure: How a winter storm pushed Texas into crisis
HOUSTON — Two days before the storm began, Houston’s chief elected official warned her constituents to prepare as they would for a major hurricane. Many took heed: Texans who could stocked up on food and water, while nonprofits and government agencies set out to help those who couldn’t. But few...
‘Shark Tank’ revisits Murrysville business that came away with a dealVideo
ABC’s “Shark Tank” will swim back to Murrysville to check in with FlexScreen, the window screen company that earned a deal with “shark” Lori Greiner during an early 2020 appearance on the show. Greiner initially offered FlexScreen owner Joe Altieri $800,000, with half in cash and half as a credit...
Pennsylvania police officer facing charges in Capitol riot
LEBANON — A Pennsylvania police officer is facing federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump over the results of the 2020 election. North Cornwall Township officer Joseph Fischer, listed as a patrolman on the department’s site, is charged...
Sheriff: 3 dead in gun store shooting in New Orleans suburb
METAIRIE, La. — A person went into a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Saturday, causing customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, said a sheriff. The shooter also died. The shooting happened at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in...
Trump House creator Leslie Baum Rossi wins Republican nod as party’s candidate for open state House seat
Leslie Baum Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. Rossi, 50, was chosen by appointed members...
PNC Park hosts 2nd mass covid-19 vaccination clinic
About 3,500 high-risk Allegheny Health Network patients from throughout Western Pennsylvania got their first covid-19 vaccinations Saturday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The participants in the second large-scale coronavirus vaccine clinic held at the baseball stadium by AHN, a Highmark Health company, pre-registered for the vaccinations. No walk-up business was...
Westmoreland County records 98 covid-19 cases, 3 deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 98 new cases of the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, marking the third time in the past eight days the count has neared triple digits. The county’s total cases are at 26,275, which is an increase of 509 cases from the preceding week’s...
The $1B plan to close the gap between growing and shrinking Pa. school districts
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 — When Pennsylvania passed a new formula to distribute money for public schools in 2016, it was hailed as a...
Pennsylvania reports 2,800 more covid cases, 90 deaths
Pennsylvania health officials on Saturday reported 2,818 new coronavirus cases, as hospitalizations and case counts continue to decrease in the Keystone State. The new data bring the total cases to 911,591. That’s a jump of almost 19,300 additional cases from this time last week. Two weeks ago, the increase was...
Cub Scouts ID vets’ markers at Scottdale cemeteries
Three Cub Scouts have identified 152 veterans’ grave markers that need to be replaced at two Scottdale cemeteries. It’s a community service project designed to honor those who served their country, as well as the Confederate States of America. Nathaniel King and Alex Schwenger, both of Scottdale, and Gavin Rummel...
Allegheny County reports 285 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 285 new coronavirus cases, a relative bump up, as cases had been on the decline in recent weeks. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly five weeks and the county hasn’t reported any 1,000-case days in the past seven weeks, according to data from the...
Suspect left trail of heroin, cocaine, drug paraphernalia before arrest, Greensburg police report
An Allegheny County man was charged with multiple drug and escape charges after Greensburg police said he left a trail of cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia while he ran from a home in hopes of avoiding arrest. John R. Stenhouse, 20, of Turtle Creek was taken into custody in an...
Dissatisfied with their choices, Western Pa. voters write in athletes, coaches for president
Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot isn’t sure why one person in Allegheny County — a voter from Baldwin — chose him as a write-in candidate for president in November’s election. He is sure, however, that he doesn’t want the job. “I have enough problems,” Dambrot said with a laugh....
Man arrested after standoff with Pittsburgh SWAT team
A man was taken into custody by Pittsburgh police early Saturday after a standoff in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood where a man reportedly brandished a gun at a neighbor during a dispute, authorities said. Police and the city’s SWAT team responded at 3:50 a.m. to the 1300 block of Paulson Street...
