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U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mailVideo
SEATTLE — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Wash., said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by...
CMU, Pitt developing covid antibody test that gives results within seconds
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC are collaborating to develop a new antibody test — which they say is one of the fastest antibody tests in existence. The test uses a small drop of blood from a fingertip to search for the presence of two...
Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricaneVideo
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding began taking shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s heavy rains. Across southern Alabama and the...
Elderly pedestrian dies after struck by shuttle bus in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood
An elderly pedestrian died shortly after she was struck by a shuttle bus Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, officials said. The incident happened near the 3400 block of Terrace Street at about 3:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety officials report. Mary Flaherty, 76, of Monroeville was identified by the Allegheny...
Slot machine arrival marks milestone in Hempfield casino constructionVideo
The former Bon-Ton department store at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield is starting to look a lot like a casino. Live! Casino Pittsburgh, a $150 million venue owned by The Cordish Companies of Maryland, is slated to open before Thanksgiving with 750 slot machines and 30 table games. By Thursday, about...
Gov. Wolf urges legislature to give $225 million to frontline workers’ hazard pay
Gov. Tom Wolf urged the legislature Thursday to allocate an additional $225 million to the Hazard Pay Program, which offers temporary pay increases for frontline workers during the covid-19 pandemic. Wolf announced the first wave of Hazard Pay Program funding in July. The program distributed $50 million in hazard pay...
Burrell spectator policy keeps out visiting fans for football, indoor events
Burrell School District’s spectator policy for football and indoor sporting events, adopted this week, allots two tickets to every senior participant and one ticket for each underclassman. There isn’t enough room to accommodate everyone who wants to attend games given guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...
‘Hamilton’ performances at Benedum Center being moved back 1 year because of coronavirus
You’ll have to wait a year to be in the room where it happens. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced Thursday that the performance of “Hamilton” is being rescheduled to 2022. The Broadway musical was scheduled at the Benedum Center on Jan. 5-Feb. 7. The new dates are set for Feb....
Pa. Supreme Court grants 3-day extension on mail-in ballots; Green Party ordered off ballot
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday, including one allowing repairs to glitches and gray areas in the battleground state’s fledgling mail-in voting law and another that kicked the Green Party’s presidential candidate off the November ballot. The state Supreme Court, which has...
Biden campaign outlines tax proposals ahead of Scranton town hall meeting on CNN
Calling the upcoming election “Park Avenue vs. Scranton,” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign issued a series of tax policy proposals Thursday ahead of his town hall meeting tonight on CNN. The 8 p.m. event will be held in Scranton. Although they stressed controlling the covid-19 pandemic remains Biden’s top...
2 people sue West Penn Hospital after former employee is charged with secretly recording them
Two people who say they were video recorded by a West Penn Hospital employee filed a lawsuit against the hospital system Wednesday, alleging negligence and invasion of privacy. The complaint, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, seeks class-action status to represent everyone who was allegedly victimized by Guy Caley,...
Pennsylvania reports 933 new covid-19 cases
Pennsylvania had 933 new covid-19 cases Thursday, according to the state Department of Health. Ten new coronavirus-related deaths were reported, all of which are from September. After Thursday’s new cases and deaths, total cases are at 147,923 and total deaths are now 7,913. Pa. coronavirus by dayInfogram In Southwestern Pennsylvania,...
Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey to remove Antwon Rose Jr.’s name from helmet
Maurkice Pouncey, a co-captain and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ second-longest tenured player, indicated he will remove Antwon Rose Jr.’s name from the back of his helmet. “I want to make sure (police) understand I inadvertently supported a cause of which I did not fully comprehend the entire background of the case,”...
Allegheny County reports 79 new covid-19 cases, 3 new deaths
Allegheny County has 79 new coronavirus cases Thursday, according to the county Health Department. Three new covid-19 deaths and three new hospitalizations were also reported. Total cases are now 11,510, with total deaths now 366 and total hospitalizations at 1,099. “Optimistically, while we’ve seen the numbers stabilize or are maybe...
Pair accused of trafficking 400 ‘bricks’ of fentanyl
A Philadelphia woman and Dominican Republican man arrested by the state police in a traffic stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mt. Pleasant Township have been charged by the federal government with possessing about 400 “bricks” of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller that is mixed with heroin to make a deadly...
Pa. has record-breaking sportsbook wagers in August
August was Pennsylvania’s best month yet in sportsbook revenues, making the state a contender for the second largest legal sports betting market in the country. The state generated almost $365 million in sports betting wagers, up from $109 million recorded during the same period last year, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control...
Real ID issuance resumes in Pa.; deadline next yearVideo
After being on hold for six months, PennDOT is once again issuing Real IDs. State officials first began issuing the cards in March 2019 but temporarily halted them this spring as Driver License Centers were closed throughout the state in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic....
4 injured in South Fayette crash
A three-vehicle crash injured multiple people Wednesday evening. The crash was reported in the 1900 block of Mayview Road in South Fayette around shortly before 8:30 p.m., according to a tweet from Allegheny County. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported that four people were taken to the hospital. The extent of...
Officials: 2 people in Baldwin-Whitehall School District test positive for covid-19
Baldwin-Whitehall School District officials said Wednesday that two people have tested positive for covid-19. The cases involve second grade at Whitehall Elementary and the high school girls soccer team, according to a district message about the situation. District communications consultant Carrie Butler could not confirm that evening if they were...
North Huntingdon officials cry foul on backyard chicken ordinanceVideo
The months-long debate over keeping chickens in North Huntingdon residential areas will continue after the commissioners rejected a proposed change to the rules on Wednesday. Commissioners cried foul on adopting an ordinance that would allow residents to obtain a permit to have four hens in a residential district if they...
Greensburg resident gets surprise parade to celebrate 103rd birthday
With horns honking and balloons waving from their windows, dozens of cars drove down Greensburg’s Alwine Avenue to wish Catherine Campolongo a happy 103rd birthday. Campolongo was a baby during the flu pandemic of 1918, and on Wednesday celebrated a socially distant birthday during another historic pandemic. Her secret to...
Beaver County woman arrested for allegedly luring Illinois boy, 15, from his home to hers
A Rochester woman accused of taking a teenage boy from his home to Beaver County last month was arrested Wednesday night in McKeesport by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department, police said. The suspect, Lilandra Redman, 20, was found at a home in the 2900 block of Versailles Street, McKeesport, at...
Attorney: Duquesne’s ‘knee-jerk’ move to oust professor for using racial slur threatens academic freedom
Duquesne University risks setting a dangerous precedent and violating its own rules regarding academic freedom by trying to oust a professor for using a racial slur during a lecture about race, the suspended professor’s attorney said Wednesday. “It’s a knee-jerk reaction,” Warner Mariani, attorney for the embattled professor, Gary Shank,...
Trib Total Media CEO Jennifer Bertetto named to international board
Trib Total Media President and CEO Jennifer Bertetto has been named to the board of directors of the World Association of News Publishers, an organization representing media organizations internationally. The World Association of News Publishers, or WAN-IFRA, is headquartered in Paris and Frankfurt, Germany. The organization, founded in 1948, is...
John Ellis died 4 years after mass shooting in Wilkinsburg
After he was shot and paralyzed in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg four years ago, John Ellis made it a priority on most days to send “good morning” messages to all of his friends who were active on Facebook. In recent weeks, his mother, Aleta Livsey, said he was unable...
