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Daily Download: Rethinking robots, Dirty Dozen and Penguins’ woesVideo
Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, reporter Maddy Lee discusses the pausing of testing food delivery by robots, the Dirty Dozen bike ride and the Penguins’ struggles....
Pennsylvania won’t give driver’s license records to Census
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s transportation secretary is telling the U.S. Census Bureau that her agency won’t provide driver’s license records as part of a Trump administration effort to gather citizenship information. Secretary Leslie Richards wrote Thursday to a Census Bureau official, saying her department won’t participate in the project. More than...
3 Pittsburgh officers wounded in Tree of Life shooting thank public for support
Three Pittsburgh police officers shot while responding to the attack on a Squirrel Hill synagogue nearly a year ago continue to heal and remain grateful for their city’s support. They have not spoken publicly as the one-year mark of the shooting approaches, but they released written statements Thursday. Zone 4...
Philadelphia tops list of cities for bedbugs, Pittsburgh makes list
The City of Brotherly Love beat out the Steel City on a list no one wanted to top. Philadelphia came in at No.1 on Terminix’s ranking of the top 50 most bedbug-infested cities in the country. Further down the list, Pittsburgh landed at No. 16, while Harrisburg came in at...
Police: Driver under the influence of cocaine in Salem crash that killed 1, injured 2
State police accuse a former New Alexandria man of being under the influence of cocaine during a fatal crash in Salem over the summer. Brian Keith Clemons, 42, of Normantown, W.Va., was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Aug. 10 crash on Route 22. He is charged with homicide by...
14 arrested during protests of President Trump’s visit to PittsburghVideo
A series of planned protests in defense of the environment and in opposition to President Donald Trump took place across Pittsburgh’s Downtown all day Wednesday as Trump spoke at an energy industry conference held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The rallies and marches remained peaceful even as Trump...
Bomb threat closes Fox Chapel Area High School
Fox Chapel Area High School is closed today for a bomb threat, despite a search of the building that turned up clear. School officials late last night were notified on the state-mandated Safe2Say Something tip line about a threat to the high school, Bonnie Berzonski, district coordinator of communications, said....
North Allegheny redistricting will send hundreds to different schools
North Allegheny School District on Wednesday night approved a redistricting plan that will send hundreds of students to different buildings next year. The move was spurred by soaring growth and classroom overcrowding, officials said on the district website. About 495 students will be affected. The district this year has just...
Tree of Life shooting has shaken Squirrel Hill, but residents insist the community will prevailVideo
Squirrel Hill, for many who grew up in Pittsburgh’s East End, conjures memories of movies at the Manor Theater and Friday night pizza in a neighborhood where diversity and acceptance have always been the norm. Those memories remain strong even after Oct. 27, 2018, when a heavily armed man tried...
Anti-Semitic action, rhetoric are pervading American public life, experts sayVideo
Bari Weiss was in Arizona when she heard about an anti-Semitic attack in her beloved Squirrel Hill. The details were sketchy at first, but it soon became apparent that a shooter had killed 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue where she had celebrated her bat mitzvah 21 years...
Ukrainian leader felt Trump pressure before taking officeVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — More than two months before the phone call that launched the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s newly elected leader was already worried about pressure from the U.S. president to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Volodymyr Zelenskiy gathered a small group of advisers on May...
Braddock man accused of robbing Pittsburgh sandwich shop
Editor’s note: All charges were dropped against Aaron Massengill on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2019. Read what police had to say about learning that he did not commit this crime. A Braddock man was arrested for allegedly robbing the Jimmy John’s shop near the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland. Pittsburgh...
Trump touts jobs, industry at Marcellus shale conference in PittsburghVideo
Hours after President Donald Trump announced at the White House that Turkey has agreed to a cease fire in Syria, he boarded Air Force One with seven Pennsylvania Republican House members and shifted into campaign mode as the plane headed toward a Marcellus shale conference in Downtown Pittsburgh. “Nobody does...
Police seek Jefferson Hills man charged with trying to rape boy
Authorities are searching for a registered sex offender from Jefferson Hills who is charged with attempted rape of a teen last month in Washington County. Russell Marycz, 43, is charged with attempted rape; kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and corruption of minors; criminal solicitation; simple assault; and interference with custody...
Bellevue man sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for child porn
A Bellevue man was ordered by a federal judge in Pittsburgh to serve four years in federal prison for having child porn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab also sentenced Christopher Morrison, 26, of Bellevue, to serve 10 years of supervised release...
Highlands disputes claims made by former principal who sued school district
Highlands School District on Wednesday disputed claims made by former Principal Heather Bigney in a federal lawsuit filed against the district this week, alleging officials retaliated against her for taking unpaid leave and dating a former teacher. “The district and its solicitor … have received and reviewed the complaint Dr....
Vandergrift police make big meth, heroin haul
An Armstrong County man arrested Tuesday in Vandergrift is accused of having more than $11,000 of crystal methamphetamine and almost three “bricks” of heroin. Monty Gene Smith II, 35, of West Lebanon Road, South Bend Township, was arrested without incident in a residence along the 300 block of Emerson Street...
Snyder of Berlin sold to competitor Utz
Snyder of Berlin, a well-known Somerset County producer of potato chips, pretzels, popcorn and other snacks, has been sold to Utz Quality Foods, its York County-based competitor, the company said Wednesday. Snyder of Berlin had been owned by food conglomerate Conagra Brands Inc. Utz bills itself as the largest family-managed,...
Stewart Copeland discusses The Police, working with Pittsburgh’s Mendelssohn ChoirVideo
World-renowned drummer Stewart Copeland, founder of the rock band The Police, has spent more than three decades at the forefront of contemporary music as a rock star and an acclaimed film composer. Copeland is a Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. He’s in Pittsburgh this week to...
Judge: Prosecutors can say suspect in killing of Brian Shaw had gun conviction
A Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday ruled against a defense request to remove gun charges from the upcoming capital murder trial of the man accused in the slaying of New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw. Judge Rita Hathaway said that doing so would limit the prosecution’s effort to present motive...
Daily Download: Trump’s visit, Amazon breaks ground and Frank CoonellyVideo
Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, reporter Maddy Lee discusses President Donald Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh, Amazon breaking ground in Findlay and the Pirates and team president Frank Coonelly parting...
Report: Traffic-related deaths rise in Pa., continue to drop across U.S.
Pennsylvania saw a slight increase in traffic-related fatalities last year despite a national down tick, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Across the state, just over 1,100 traffic deaths were reported in 2018, an increase of 20 fatalities since 2017, data shows. Of those, 34 were reported in...
Wilkinsburg McDonald’s manager tells detectives he stole $241K to fund gambling habit
The manager of the Wilkinsburg McDonald’s told investigators he gambled away $241,000 he stole from the restaurant between November 2018 and January 2019, according to a criminal complaint. Detectives with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said Charles Hobi, 49, of Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood, told them he was...
Amazon breaks ground on Findlay warehouse that will create 800 jobs in Pittsburgh regionVideo
Eight hundred jobs that each pay at least $15 per hour will be coming to Findlay thanks to Amazon, which broke ground Wednesday on a new fulfillment center that is expected to be open by the 2020 holiday shopping season. Construction has already started at the site, adjacent to the...
America’s scariest haunted house requires doctor’s note, 40-page waiver, safe wordVideo
This is no neighborhood fundraiser haunted house. In fact, you’ll be paid $20,000 if you make it through. No one has. Russ McKamey runs the scariest fright house in the country and it’ll cost you just a bag of dog food (McKamey has five dogs) to enter, reports WFLA.com. The...
