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Lawsuit: Officers accused of assaulting same man twice in Allegheny Co. Jail
A man who said he was assaulted and shocked with a taser by two guards at the Allegheny County Jail without provocation is suing. Daronte Brown, 21, of Monroeville filed the civil rights suit in U.S. District Court alleging excessive use of force, failure to intervene and other counts against...
Pittsburgh moves ahead with tiny houses as alternative spaces for homeless
Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday in a preliminary vote unanimously supported a measure that would allow for tiny houses and other temporary communities for homeless. The proposal, first pitched in November 2023, aims to provide safe, dignified spaces for homeless people who may be wary of living on the streets...
Labor Day weekend on Pittsburgh’s North Shore will feature football, baseball and ribs
If you are heading to the North Shore this Labor Day weekend it is best to have a game plan, especially on Saturday. The University of Pittsburgh football opens its season hosting cross-town rival Duquesne University at noon Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. The Banana Ball World Tour, featuring the entertaining...
Firefighters lauded for quick response to Derry Township day care fire
Rhiannon Radacosky raced out of work Wednesday after learning her 2-year-old son’s day care was on fire. Because she is a volunteer firefighter with Derry Township VFD Co. No. 1 of Bradenville, she gets notifications on her cellphone for fire calls. This time, the fire was steps from her Wood...
Shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people
MINNEAPOLIS — A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.” Armed with a...
Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of ‘socialism’ from his party, but he vows more deals are coming
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has a message for critics who think turning the U.S. government into a major stockholder of Intel is a “socialist” move: More is coming. “I will make deals like that for our Country all day long,” the president posted on Truth Social after critics piled...
Man fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood identified
Officials have released the name of the man who was fatally shot Tuesday night in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Hezon Wilson, 25, of the East Hills died at the scene in the 2300 block of East Hills Drive, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Wilson was pronounced dead...
U.S. Steel to begin coke removal process in Clairton Coke Work ovens that exploded, killing 2, injuring others
U.S. Steel officials announced Tuesday they would begin removing coke from the ovens at the Clairton Coke Works plant. The move comes two weeks after a deadly explosion at the facility. Officials said batteries #13 and #14 will be inspected once the coke is removed to determine if they can...
Analysis: Breaking down who stayed and who went as the Steelers made their mandatory final roster cuts
Via a 4:30 p.m. Tuesday social media post by the team, the Pittsburgh Steelers initial 53-man roster was revealed. Remember, though, that it is all but guaranteed that the 53 players who survived Tuesday’s NFL cut deadline will not match the 53-man roster come Sept. 7 when the regular season...
Cracker Barrel relents, says its old logo will return
Cracker Barrel said late Tuesday it’s returning to its old logo after critics — including President Donald Trump — protested the company’s plan to modernize. In a post on its website, Cracker Barrel said it will retain its old logo, which features an older man in overalls sitting next to...
Westmoreland DA accused of history of misconduct during murder appeal
A former Pittsburgh man twice convicted of a 1999 murder outside a New Kensington bar claims he was the victim of a systematic effort by Westmoreland County prosecutors to subvert and hide evidence. During a hearing Tuesday, lawyers for Denard Galloway, 59, argued the county district attorney’s office withheld key...
What is the Fed? An explainer of the Federal Reserve and how it works
Tensions escalated Tuesday between the Trump administration and the Federal Reserve. After President Donald Trump announced on social media that he was firing an official on the Fed’s chief governing body — something that hasn’t happened in U.S. history — the official, Fed Governor Lisa Cook, said she had no...
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses bask in union win, await contract talks
Dozens of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses celebrated Tuesday afternoon near the Oakland medical facility after securing a union over the weekend. Ballots counted late Saturday showed nurses voting 402 to 305 in favor of unionizing. That capped off a union drive that was officially announced in May, but has been...
Woman flown to hospital after vehicle, e-bike incident in Gilpin
A Gilpin woman riding an e-bike was airlifted to a hospital after being hit by a car in the township Tuesday. Armstrong County 911 said emergency services reported to the 600 block of Route 66 just after 3 p.m. after receiving reports of an accident involving a vehicle and an...
Pittsburgh moving ahead with automated red light enforcement
Pittsburgh is moving ahead with an effort to crack down on motorists running red lights. Pittsburgh City Council last year authorized the use of automated red light enforcement, technology that would use cameras to ticket drivers who don’t stop at red lights without requiring officers to monitor the intersections. Legislation...
Pennsylvania election denier who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
NEW YORK — A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as...
Freeport Area teacher accused of sexually assaulting minor pleads not guilty, case heads to courtVideo
Jared Lampus, the Freeport Area teacher and former volleyball coach accused of having sexual contact with a minor, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the dozen charges leveled against him. His attorney, Kelvin Morris, asked District Judge Jack D. Ripper to throw out the charges — including rape — at the...
Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she’ll sue Trump to keep her jobVideo
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook will sue President Donald Trump’s administration to try to prevent him from firing her, her lawyer said Tuesday. “President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,” said Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington lawyer who has represented figures from both...
Man fined nearly $50K for littering Squirrel Hill with antisemitic flyers
A Zanesville man was ordered on Tuesday to pay $48,000 in fines for throwing 160 antisemitic flyers out of a moving vehicle in Squirrel Hill in May. Jeremy Brokaw, 45, is expected to appeal the verdict following his summary traffic trial on Tuesday in Pittsburgh Municipal Court. Pittsburgh police said...
Lawsuit alleges abuse of legal system in delayed Shadyside apartment project
An East End real estate developer is suing a Shadyside woman for abuse of the court system, alleging her appeal of a zoning decision delayed the construction of a 117-unit apartment project and cost them millions of dollars. Mozart Management filed the lawsuit in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on...
Apollo teen remembered for his positive impact, big smile
Colton Bureau found a love of fishing in the last year or two. Living along the Kiski River in Apollo, the 14-year-old boy often walked down to the water with his pole to make a few casts. It didn’t matter what type of fish he caught, as long as something...
Millvale Hardee’s — chain’s only location in Pittsburgh region — closes
The only Hardee’s restaurant in the Pittsburgh region, and a cornerstone of the Millvale community, has closed. While a banner on the eatery at the convergence of North and Evergreen avenues thanks its customers for 50 years of business, the message under the red pylon sign simply said, “Closed.” Eric...
Pennsylvania must stop throwing out mail ballots over date errors, court rules
HARRISBURG — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn’t write an accurate date on the return envelope. The unanimous decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered...
‘Violation of trust’: Ex-McKeesport police captain to serve 16 years of probation for evidence room theft
A former McKeesport police captain will serve 16 years on probation for stealing more than a quarter-million dollars from his department’s evidence room. Christopher Halaszynski, 54, pleaded guilty to theft and receiving stolen property on Tuesday before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Satler. As part of his sentence, Halaszynski...
Court tosses lawsuit by Trump against Maryland federal judges, calling it ‘potentially calamitous’
BALTIMORE — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench in an emphatic ruling that underscored the extraordinary nature of the suit, slamming it as “potentially calamitous.” U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, also criticized the...
