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Police: Shots fired at men cutting grass in Armstrong County
An Armstrong County man accused of firing half a dozen rounds at two men cutting grass near his Plum Creek home on Monday was found to be growing marijuana there, according to state police. Police said they investigated a report of someone firing shots at two landscapers as they cut...
Podcast: Mike Ditka recalls days at Pitt, getting drafted into NFL
Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka’s first professional football contract was for … $12,000. “I was the (fifth) player picked in the draft — $12,000 with a $6,000 signing bonus,” Ditka told Gus Frerotte during the second part of this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. Ditka recalls...
3 Forest Hills homes damaged by fire, firefighter hurt
Fire damaged three homes in Forest Hills overnight Tuesday after flames spread from one home to another on Elmore Road. A couple and six children escaped one of the burning homes, according to Peter Shovlin, the father of one homeowner. Firefighters responded to the scene shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday,...
Cold night falls short of record; rain, storms return Wednesday
The Pittsburgh area came within a couple degrees of setting a new record low temperature Tuesday morning. The temperature at Pittsburgh International Airport, where the official measurements are made, was down to 43 degrees as of around 6 a.m. Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Kennedy said. That’s just shy...
Number of Pennsylvania babies treated for drug exposure levels off, report shows
After spiking for more than a decade, the rate of Pennsylvania newborns hospitalized for drug withdrawal at birth leveled off and remained stable for the last two years, a new report reveals. The report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council said Pennsylvania babies were hospitalized for Neonatal Abstinence...
Penn Hills residents voice concerns about school district's financial plan
Penn Hills School District residents voiced their concerns about a proposed recovery plan designed to bring the financially struggling district back into the black. Proposed tax increases and finding alternative means to fix the debt crisis were among the main discussion points of a town hall meeting at the high...
Ceremony, political gibes mark Trump's first day in London 
LONDON — Mixing pageantry and pugilism, President Trump plunged into his long-delayed state visit to Britain on Monday, welcomed with smiles and a cannon salute by the royals but launching political insults at others in a time of turmoil for both nations in the deep, if recently strained, alliance. It...
Congress finally sends $19B disaster aid bill to Trump 
WASHINGTON — A long-delayed $19.1 billion disaster aid bill sailed through the House on Monday and headed to President Trump for his expected signature, overcoming months of infighting, misjudgment and a feud between Trump and congressional Democrats. Lawmakers gave the measure final congressional approval by 354-58 in the House’s first...
Pittsburgh debates parking lot on property donated 144 years ago
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is seeking to renew a lease on Strip District property dubbed Denny Park that was donated to Pittsburgh nearly 150 years ago to create a public square. City Council and the Mayor’s Office are now wrangling over the lease, which expires in 2025 and could be...
Everson man dies after sawing injury at Latrobe workplace
An Everson man died in a Pittsburgh hospital Friday after being injured while working with a table saw at a Latrobe company. Eugene Martinosky, 62, was taken to UPMC, where he died Friday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The cause of death has not been released. The...
Steelers’ Ryan Shazier named winner of George Halas Award for overcoming adversity
Ryan Shazier on Monday was named the 51st winner of the annual George Halas Award, an honor given annually by the Professional Football Writers of America to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed. Shazier underwent spinal stabilization surgery in December 2017 after...
Judge to decide next week if AG Shapiro can block looming UPMC-Highmark split
Western Pennsylvanians should know by next Friday whether Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal fight to block the June 30 split of health care giants UPMC and Highmark can go on. After last week’s split decision by the state Supreme Court, UPMC and Shapiro’s legal teams next are scheduled to...
USS Pittsburgh arrives at final base for decommissioning
The Navy’s USS Pittsburgh submarine crossed the arctic under ice on its way to its final destination. After making its last trip from Connecticut to the state of Washington, the sub is being removed from service. The 361-foot, Los Angeles-class, fast-attack submarine had 35 years of service, the last year-and-a-half...
Several Western Pa. swimming spots fail water-quality tests
Several area swimming spots failed water-quality tests because of strands of E. coli, according to a Melcroft environmental organization. The Mountain Watershed Association, which tests popular swimming spots in the region, found 11 out of 14 tested locations failed the test. Swimming, wading and paddling should be avoided to reduce...
Duquesne couple accused of using Greensburg man's ID to open credit cards, loans
An Allegheny County couple are accused of using a Greensburg area man’s personal information to open more than a dozen credit card, personal loan and bank accounts over the last year. Greensburg Detective Charles Irvin has filed complaints of identity theft, criminal conspiracy, forgery and theft by deception against Joseph...
Ex-gymnastics coach pleads guilty to Allegheny County sex assault charges
A former gymnastics coach who was granted two new sexual abuse trials last year pleaded guilty to his Allegheny County charges Monday, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Keith Callen, 48, pleaded guilty to aggravated indecent assault, sex assault by a sports official, unlawful contact and corruption of minors. Callen...
Police: Avalon woman hit man with her car because he called her rude
PITTSBURGH — A woman has been charged with intentionally hitting a man and running over his packages with her car outside a Pennsylvania post office after he accused her of rudeness. Pittsburgh police say the 31-year-old man said he called Elizabeth Noel Morrison rude after she flung the Bloomfield post...
3 charged in McKeesport shootout that injured 22-year-old
Allegheny County police are looking for more information about a McKeesport shootout Monday that led to criminal charges against at least three people. A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times in the leg, and is in stable condition, according to police. The man was arguing with James Scott, 17, outside...
Region can't afford to pass on $1.1B Pittsburgh airport plan, officials say
Allegheny County’s aviation chief says the authority she runs has no choice but to spend at least $1.1 billion to overhaul Pittsburgh International Airport less than 30 years after it opened as a hub for the former US Airways. Changes in the airline industry, local air service and the region’s...
Iowa Little Leaguers keep playing as tornado looms behind them
Don’t mind that swirling potential death trap, kids. Just keep playing. Parent Jamie Brennan posted since-viral on Facebook last week showing Little League players near Montezuma, Iowa, warming up for a game while a tornado lurks beyond the outfield, the Des Moines Register reported. The National Weather Service confirmed the...
Did Trump fistbump the queen?
LONDON — Did President Donald Trump fistbump Queen Elizabeth II when they shook hands at Buckingham Palace? News photographs made it look as if he did, prompting some to claim on Twitter that the president was not showing the proper respect for Britain’s monarch, but really it was just a...
Florida man brags about running from cops, eventually gets caught
A Florida man wanted on a warrant was arrested after he fled from a traffic stop and called 911 to brag about getting away. Nicholas Carlmann Jones, 19, allegedly said on the call “What do we pay you guys for? Like, I’ve driven past four cops,” according to Fox35. Jones...
Officials identify man, teen killed in weekend shootings in Allegheny County
Officials on Monday identified a man and teenager killed over the weekend in separate shootings in Allegheny County. Ciquann Dudley Jr., 17, was found dead in an alley in McKeesport on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. His body was found in Tube Works Alley shortly before 2 p.m. by a passerby,...
Apple previews new software as it diversifies beyond iPhones
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple will preview upcoming changes to its phone and computer software Monday as it diversifies to offset eroding sales of its bedrock product, the iPhone. Many of the software updates are expected to be tailored for digital services such as video streaming that Apple is rolling out...
Rare albino fawn found, rescued by trucker in California
LOOMIS, Calif. — A rare, all-white fawn has been found and rescued in Northern California by a truck driver who delivered the animal to a rescue center. The Sacramento Bee reported Sunday that the small albino deer with a pink nose and large pinkish ears was discovered sitting in the...


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