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V.P. Pence’s rally builds on slew of Trump surrogate visits to Western Pa.
Vice President Mike Pence affirmed his confidence Friday afternoon in West Mifflin that he believes President Donald Trump will again clinch victory in Pennsylvania, among the most critical battleground states in the 2020 election. Air Force Two touched down at 4 p.m. at Allegheny County Airport, about seven miles southeast...
Commemorative events marking Tree of Life attack two years ago begin this weekend
Two years ago, when 11 people were shot to death inside the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, an entire city and region grieved. It was the most deadly and extreme anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. The 10.27 Healing Partnership is encouraging the entire Pittsburgh community to take...
Suspect in custody after search for gunman near Rochester Area High School in Beaver County
A suspect is in custody after police searched the woods near Rochester Area High School for a reported gunman, according to Beaver County 911. Nobody was hurt and the lockdown has been lifted, dispatchers said. Police found the suspect, who was not immediately identified, around 8 p.m. Rochester Township Police...
State police seize 2 kilos of fentanyl on turnpike near New Stanton, charge 2 N.Y. men
Two New York men are in federal custody after state troopers this week allegedly found more than two kilos of fentanyl stashed in a secret compartment of an SUV on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County. Federal magistrate Patricia Dodge on Wednesday found that there was probable cause for Juan...
TSA finds gun at airport checkpoint, 18th this year
A Pittsburgh woman was stopped Friday morning by security at Pittsburgh International Airport for having a loaded gun in her carry-on luggage. Officers with the Transportation Security Administration found the .380-caliber gun loaded with six bullets. According to a news release, the gun was spotted through the X-ray machine at...
Plan to waive liquor license fees could take revenue from Pennsylvania municipalities
Municipal leaders weighed in Friday on a lifeline Gov. Tom Wolf proposed for the bar and restaurant industry a day prior, with some saying it might help businesses but also could take away from revenue at a time when every little bit helps. “Losing any money right now is big,”...
Live updates: VP Mike Pence visits Allegheny CountyVideo
Vice President Mike Pence touched down at the Allegheny County Airport on Friday afternoon to stump for President Trump down the home stretch for Election Day on Nov. 3. His visit comes a day after Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden faced off in their final debate. Watch Pence’s comments...
Westmoreland County coronavirus transmission remains ‘substantial’ for 2nd week
Westmoreland County ended the week with a “substantial” level of coronavirus cases, which means local school officials will have to decide whether to follow state recommendations to switch to virtual learning for all students. Data released Friday by the state Department of Health lists about 124 cases of the virus...
Alcoa aluminum smelter moving from Station Square to New Kensington’s Voodoo Brewery
A 39,000-pound piece of Alcoa history is coming to New Kensington. A retired aluminum smelting pot that has been displayed near the Gateway Clipper ramp at Station Square since 1990 will be placed in the beer garden outside Voodoo Brewery at Fifth Avenue and 10th Street. “We are in the...
Pa. ballots can’t be tossed out over voter signature, court says
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state, prohibiting counties from rejecting ballots because the voter’s signature on it may not resemble their signature on their registration form. Two Republican justices joined five Democratic justices in the...
Judge denies request to allow poll watchers at Allegheny County satellite election offices
A federal judge Friday denied a request to permit poll watchers at Allegheny County’s satellite election offices, saying there is no constitutional right to have them there. The ruling, during a telephone conference with U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, was a blow to two Republican congressional candidates in Western...
Westmoreland County reports 64 new covid-19 cases, 2 new deaths
Westmoreland County on Friday reported 64 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total known cases to 3,900. The county’s 7-day average has dropped to 84 cases from an all-time high of 96 just five days ago. With 393 new tests reported, the county’s daily positivity rate is 16.28%. That’s after...
Pennsylvania reports record 2,219 new covid-19 cases for a single day
Pennsylvania on Friday reported a record-high 2,219 coronavirus cases in a single day. It is the second consecutive day with new reported cases above 2,000. The state’s 7-day average has risen to a high of 1,642 cases with a 7-day total of 11,493. With 18,008 test results, the daily positivity...
Postal Service ramps up for election season, delivering 1.5M pieces of political mail daily in Western Pa.
Call it junk mail if you will, but Jeffrey Hauser takes those political ads piling up daily in your mail seriously. Less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, the Latrobe postmaster demonstrated just how seriously the Postal Service takes the flow of countless campaign mailers and mail-in ballots....
Allegheny County reports 158 new covid-19 cases, 2nd highest this month
Allegheny County on Friday reported the second highest daily number of coronavirus cases in October. The 158 new cases were the most reported in a single day since 204 cases were reported Oct. 4. Of these, 109 are confirmed cases from 1,549 PCR tests. The other 49 are probable cases,...
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership cancels ‘Light Up Night’
Lights out for Light Up Night. The annual kickoff to the holiday season, usually held the Friday before Thanksgiving, is the latest big event to be canceled. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced Friday that what would have been the 60th year of Light Up Night won’t happen because of the...
Police: 20-year-old killed in Penn Hills shooting
One person was killed in a shooting in Penn Hills early Friday, according to Allegheny County Police. Police said officers responded to a reported shooting in the 200 block of Curtis Street shortly after 12:10 a.m. Police said they found multiple people assisting 20-year-old Deondre Stewart, who had been shot....
Pittsburgh native featured in ‘Crutch’ documentary doesn’t lean on disabilityVideo
Everyone uses crutches. Some are just invisible. As Bill Shannon crosses a city street on film, his movements are unstable with crutches under each arm. He collapses on a patch of grass after reaching the other side. What you see is man with a disability who has fallen. What you...
Trump, Biden debate marked by clashes, but less chaos
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After the first presidential debate was panned so widely that organizers introduced a mute button, Thursday’s second and final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was far more civil. Whether because of that button or the terrible reviews — especially for Trump —...
Debate Takeaways: Trump gets personal, Biden hits on virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and last time on a debate stage Thursday after a previously scheduled town hall debate was scrapped after the Republican incumbent became one of the millions of Americans to contract coronavirus. For Trump, the matchup at...
Another body found in search for Tulsa race massacre victims
OKLAHOMA CITY — The search for remains of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims on Thursday revealed another body in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery before coming to an end, Oklahoma’s state archaeologist said. “We are now able to confirm that we have at least 11 individual...
6th Westmoreland Manor resident dies from covid-19
Westmoreland County officials on Thursday reported the coronavirus-related death of a Westmoreland Manor resident, the sixth resident to die from the disease. The announcement came on a day when new cases throughout the county totaled 133, Westmoreland’s second highest daily increase since the pandemic began. The number of coronavirus cases...
2nd Breonna Taylor grand juror criticizes proceedings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A second person who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury is criticizing Kentucky’s attorney general for the way the proceedings were conducted. The anonymous statement released Thursday reiterated another grand juror’s earlier publicized complaint that the panel was only able to consider endangerment charges against one...
Epstein ex Maxwell denied getting Prince Andrew sex partners
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain’s Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday, calling the prince’s accuser an “awful fantasist.” “Are we tallying all the lies?” Ghislaine Maxwell asked during the 2016 deposition, saying she could not recall taking...
Time magazine replaces logo on cover for 1st time in nearly 100 years
The cover of Time magazine’s double issue that hits newsstands Friday will bear an important message in lieu of its famed logo — marking its first absence from the cover in nearly 100 years. The giant letters at the top of the cover instead read: “VOTE.” Edward Felsenthal, Time’s editor...
