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Pittsburgh extends overnight curfew another day
Pittsburgh will be under curfew again Monday night. The city’s Public Safety department announced this morning via Twitter that the 8:30 p.m. curfew that had been in effect Saturday and Sunday nights will be extended another night. The curfew lifts at 6 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities announced the curfew Saturday in...
Gateway Clipper to resume some cruises this weekVideo
The Gateway Clipper Fleet will resume sightseeing tours this week, officials announced on their Facebook page. The tours, which last about an hour, will resume Friday when Allegheny County moves into the green phase of Gov. Wolf’s reopening plan, lifting heavy restrictions put in place to help curb the spread...
Western Pa. experts weigh chances of catching coronavirus from contaminated objects
Fears about catching coronavirus from contaminated surfaces have driven some people to become compulsive about cleaning countertops and wiping down their groceries. As the pandemic took hold, some poison centers even reported increased calls about excessive exposure to cleaning agents. In recent weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Report: Trump rushed to underground bunker during protestsVideo
President Trump was moved Friday evening to an underground bunker at the White House as protesters clashed with police and Secret Service agents outside, CNN reported late Sunday. Officials told The New York Times that they never believed the president was in danger but took the precaution as tensions escalated....
Shaler man accused of inciting riot that led to violence during Pittsburgh protests
Pittsburgh police allege a Shaler man’s actions started a wave of violence Saturday in Downtown during what were meant to be and began as peaceful protests. Brian Jordan Bartels, 20, is accused of smashing out the windows of a marked Pittsburgh police cruiser “against the wishes of peaceful protesters who...
Police release names of people arrested during Pittsburgh protests
Forty-five adults and one juvenile were arrested Saturday after violence overtook peaceful protests in Downtown Pittsburgh. The protests were one of many across the country meant to draw attention to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Video shows at least one Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s...
Calm after storm: Pittsburgh vigil promotes unity; protesters spray paint Downtown roads but remain peaceful
A day after protests turned violent in Pittsburgh, groups gathered peacefully in Downtown and East Liberty to remember the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. More than 100 people congregated for an early-evening vigil outside the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in East Liberty. The message was of unity. At one point,...
Protest fallout: 46 arrests involve Western Pa. residents; National Guard ready to move; man suspected of inciting ID’d
Violence that erupted in Pittsburgh after hours of peaceful protests was the result of actions by a relatively small group of people, city and state officials said Sunday. A day later, though, it was still unclear who those individuals are and whether they are affiliated with specific groups. Authorities said...
Trump says he’ll label Antifa a terror organization amid unrestVideo
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was designating Antifa as a domestic terrorism organization after another night of violent protests over racism and police violence erupted in cities across the nation. The practical effect of the president’s declaration was unclear. While domestic terrorism is defined in the 2001 Patriot...
Protests force Target, CVS and Walmart to close some stores
U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart all said Sunday that they had temporarily closed some locations for safety reasons....
‘Very peaceful’ protest brings people together in GreensburgVideo
Protest co-organizer Lisa Roberts wanted Sunday’s event in Greensburg to be “truly peaceful.” “No violence will be tolerated,” Roberts said on the heels of a violent eruptions in Downtown Pittsburgh the day before. She got her wish. About 200 protesters gathered and marched Sunday from the Westmoreland County Courthouse to...
‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters U.S.
MINNEAPOLIS — Americans began cleaning up charred and glass-strewn streets Sunday after another night of unrest fueled by rage over police mistreatment of African Americans destroyed businesses, damaged landmarks and raised tensions across a divided nation to the boiling point. The chaos reached into every corner of the country, and...
2 more covid-19 cases reported in Westmoreland County, no new deaths
Westmoreland County on Sunday reported two additional coronavirus cases and no new deaths, according to state health officials. That brings the total number of cases to 449. The total number of deaths remains at 38. Close to 9,500 people have tested negative for the virus. Neither the state nor coroner...
Pennsylvania reports 18 more covid-19 deaths, case count hits close to 72K
Pennsylvania health officials on Sunday reported 18 more covid-19 deaths Sunday, and 511 additional positive cases. That brings the state’s total number of deaths to 5,555 and case count to 71,926. Sixty-seven percent of the total cases have recovered. About 5,455 of the total cases are in health care workers....
Ohio police officer escapes injury when helmet hit by bullet
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A police officer escaped injury when his helmet was struck by a bullet during a Cincinnati protest, while in Columbus a fire considered suspicious destroyed a nearly completed apartment building amid a third day of protests in Ohio over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd. In Cincinnati,...
Penguins CEO David Morehouse helps save KDKA-TV cameraman during protests
Penguins CEO and president David Morehouse assisted in saving KDKA-TV cameraman Ian Smith after he was attacked while covering protests in Downtown Pittsburgh. As Saturday’s protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police turned violent, Smith said he was dragged to the ground by rioters...
SpaceX’s historic encore: Astronauts arrive at space stationVideo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if...
Across Downtown Pittsburgh, city workers, volunteers clean up after protests
One day after violence erupted on the streets of Pittsburgh over the death of George Floyd, volunteers picked up their brooms to spend their Sunday Downtown helping with the clean-up. What they found was a sobering view of smashed windows, stores looted and buildings vandalized with spray-painted messages about Floyd,...
Medical Examiner identifies victim in Homewood shooting
One man was killed and three others were hurt after a shooting and ensuing motorcycle crash early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the dead shooting victim as Sean A. Reese, 34, of Pittsburgh. Police just...
Photos: Pittsburgh protests turn chaotic, violent
Tribune-Review photojournalists Shane Dunlap and Nate Smallwood were in the middle of the protests on Saturday as a peaceful rally in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis turned violent by late afternoon. Dunlap and Smallwood captured thousands of images. Here is a sampling of their best....
Farmers markets begin opening with covid-related health, safety changes
The Lower Burrell Farmers Market will open June 13 in the city hall parking lot — sans guest presenters from the Penn State Master Gardeners and live entertainment. Customers also won’t be allowed to enjoy the food they buy on site. “I think people, instead of sticking around, moseying about...
Pentagon ready to send troops to Minneapolis if state asks
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Saturday it is ready to provide military help to authorities scrambling to contain unrest in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s death has sparked widespread protests, but Gov. Tim Walz has not requested federal troops. Jonathan Rath Hoffman, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said several military units have...
Trump vows to stop ‘mob violence’ in protests over Floyd death
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed his administration would end what he called “mob violence” in U.S. cities following the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minnesota police, blaming leftist groups for clashes with police and property damage around the nation. “The mobs are devastating the life’s...
5 things to watch in Tuesday’s primary
Primary elections are typically low-interest affairs among Pennsylvania’s registered voters, but Tuesday’s contest is fraught with plot twists because of the coronavirus pandemic and could shape up to be one for the record books. A high volume of mail-in ballots is drawing predictions of high turnout for a primary despite...
Fox News reporter attacked amid protest near White House
NEW YORK — A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators broke windows and vandalized the Atlanta office building where CNN is headquartered, and police in Louisville, Ky., apologized Saturday...
