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Man in critical condition after Brighton Heights shooting
A man was in critical condition early Thursday after Pittsburgh police say he was shot multiple times in Brighton Heights. The shooting was reported just before 11:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Woods Run Avenue. Police officers from Zone 1 first received a ShotSpotter notification, followed by 911...
2 injured when car goes into building on Route 51
Two men were in critical condition early Thursday after their vehicle hit the side of a building in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood. The crash was reported at 3:22 a.m. on Route 51 just past Woodruff Street. The driver and a passenger were trapped inside and had to be extracted from...
Whitesnake's Greensburg show is calm before the storm 
For hard rockers Whitesnake, it’s the calm before the storm. With legendary song stylist David Coverdale at the helm and guitarist/music director (and Pittsburgh native) Reb Beach as first mate, the band is ready to embark on its “Flesh and Blood World Tour.” The tour will introduce some of the...
Tyra Banks returns to the cover of Sports Illustrated, and she has a message for everyone
She’s 45? Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2019 edition hit newsstands Wednesday and Tyra Banks’ tweet of her gracing the cover shows that age really “ain’t nothin’ but a number.” As if Banks’ alluring gaze isn’t enough, the superstar is clad in a yellow string bikini while twirling her hair. The image...
Penn Hills students to receive free lunches, breakfasts next school year
Penn Hills School District students will not have to worry about paying for breakfasts and lunches next school year. District officials recently approved the high school’s participation in the National School Lunch Program’s Community Eligibility Provision. It’s being administered by the state Department of Education’s Division of Food and Nutrition....
Trump promises more hurricane relief for Florida Panhandle 
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — President Trump promised a swift infusion of federal aid to the Florida Panhandle seven months after devastating Hurricane Michael as he rallied supporters Wednesday for his re-election. Trump addressed a crowd of thousands at an outdoor amphitheater, looking to rally loyalists in the reliably Republican...
Police: Homestead man shot in leg in front of his home
Homestead police say a resident was shot in the lower left leg while walking up the steps to his home on Wednesday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said police and EMS activity was reported at West 12th Avenue and Hays Street around 10:15 p.m. Homestead Police Chief Jeff DeSimone said the...
World War II vet gets belated diploma from Derry Area High School 
Pete and Kace Sabedra walked together across the Derry Area Middle School stage Wednesday. Kace, who will graduate from the district’s high school May 31, received the World Language Honor Society award for Spanish at the school’s annual awards ceremony. His grandfather, Pete, 91, received the equivalent of a lifetime...
Denver voters approve decriminalization of 'magic mushrooms'
Voters in Denver approved the nation’s first referendum on decriminalizing hallucinogenic mushrooms Tuesday. Though it took election officials until Wednesday afternoon to tabulate the vote, 50.6% of the 176,000 voters picked “yes,” and 49.4% voted no. The voters endorsed a change in Denver law that will require police to make...
Police arrest suspect in Stowe tattoo shooting death
Allegheny County sheriffs on Wednesday night arrested the man accused of killing a local tattoo artist. Terrance Murphy, 25, of Stowe, allegedly shot an unidentified 31-year-old man who had just given him a tattoo, according to county police. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on the second floor of...
Workers at Hempfield Rita's donating tips to woman injured in deadly weekend crash
Employees at the Hempfield location of Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard are raising money for a woman who survived a Sunday car crash that claimed the lives of two people. According to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, Cait Tracy is fighting for her life after the crash...
House panel votes AG William Barr in contempt, escalating probe dispute 
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the Democrats’ extraordinary legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report. The vote capped a day of ever-deepening dispute between congressional Democrats and President...
Gov. Tom Wolf started 2nd term with hefty raises to senior aides
HARRISBURG — About a dozen of Gov. Tom Wolf’s senior aides are starting his second term with pay raises that ranged from $25,000 to $33,000. The recipients include members of the Democratic governor’s public relations staff and deputy chiefs of staff who coordinate between the governor’s office and various executive...
3 firefighters injured in 7-alarm fire in Etna 
Three firefighters were sent to hospitals with minor injuries suffered battling a seven-alarm blaze at a large commercial building in Etna. The first call came in at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday to the building in the 400 block of Butler Street, near Route 28. An Etna firefighter said the building houses...
Monroeville Mall shooting suspects identified, DA says
Police have identified suspects in last month’s shooting at the Monroeville Mall and arrests are imminent, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday. Zappala said investigators used surveillance cameras and license plate recognition software to identify the suspects in the April 12 shooting at a first-floor entrance...
Suspect in disappearance of Whitehall woman had her cellphone, DA says
A McKeesport man suspected in the disappearance of a Whitehall woman who is presumed to be dead had the woman’s cellphone and used it to send a text message, according to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. Zappala said Elizabeth Wiesenfeld, 67, who has been missing since April...
Allegheny Land Trust eyeing former Churchill Valley Club site
A nonprofit wants to preserve the land on which the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club once sat. Representatives of Allegheny Land Trust said May 8 they are working to raise the money needed to buy the 148-acre property along Beulah Road in Penn Hills and Churchill in order to preserve...
Pittsburgh grand jury indicts 2 Israelis in alleged Darknet conspiracy
Two Israeli citizens are accused of facilitating online sales of illicit drugs and guns in exchange for nearly $15.5 million worth of Bitcoin kickbacks. U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady described the case Wednesday as “the single most significant law enforcement disruption of the Darknet to date.” “This case represents the...
How risky are ticks in Pennsylvania? Survey hopes to find out
Jesy Murcko spent Saturday clearing brush from a hillside at her family’s camp in the Allegheny National Forest, so she wasn’t surprised to find a tick on her. She wasn’t crazy, however, about finding two ticks on her 2-year-old son Wade, who was playing in short grass near the woods...
Uber and Lyft drivers strike for pay transparency
SAN FRANCISCO – Uber and Lyft drivers in multiple cities nationwide launched strikes and demonstrations Wednesday to lobby for better pay and transparency. The demonstrations, which could prove disruptive to riders and raise the profile of movements to secure better driver pay and benefits, highlight a contradiction: Technology has long...
Trucker charged in crash that killed couple en route to Pittsburgh wedding 
HAMBURG — A truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in a fiery crash last fall that killed a couple driving to their wedding in Pittsburgh. State police say 24-year-old Jaspreet Singh Chahal, of Frenso, Calif., is also charged with reckless endangering and misdemeanors in the Nov. 14 crash...
Pittsburgh employees rescue 10 ducklings from West End storm drain
A group effort by Pittsburgh paramedics, police and Public Works employees helped save 10 ducklings from a West End storm drain Wednesday morning. Paramedics were driving on South Main Street at about 6:30 a.m. when a woman flagged them down and alerted them to the trapped ducklings, said Public Safety...
Cops: Mt. Pleasant fugitive found hiding under bed at mother's home
A Mt. Pleasant area man wanted for skipping several court hearings following recent drug arrests was discovered by Westmoreland County sheriff deputies Tuesday hiding under a bed in his mother’s house with several baggies and a jar of crystal methamphetamine nearby, according to court documents. Members of the sheriff’s department...
Idlewild offering free admission for veterans, service members
Military veterans and service members will get free admission to Idlewild & SoakZone on May 25 through Veteran X, a peer-support program in Westmoreland County. Three immediate family members of the veteran or service member also will get into the Ligonier Township amusement park for free. A free lunch will...
Trump: GM to sell Lordstown, Ohio, plant to electric truck company
DETROIT — General Motors plans to sell its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to a company that builds electric trucks. President Donald Trump announced the deal with a company named Workhorse on Twitter Wednesday morning. He also wrote that GM plans to spend $700 million at three locations in Ohio...


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