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America’s elderly are twice as likely to work now than in 1985Video
Just as single-income families began to vanish in the last century, many of America’s elderly are now forgoing retirement for the same reason: They don’t have enough money. Rickety social safety nets, inadequate retirement savings plans and sky high health-care costs are all conspiring to make the concept of leaving...
House chair subpoenas former White House lawyer Don McGahn
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday subpoenaed former White House Counsel Don McGahn for testimony following the special counsel’s report that said McGahn refused President Trump’s request to curb or cut off the Russia investigation. The New York Democrat announced his court action to compel McGahn...
Federal drug conspiracy trial off for Harrison City doctor as he appeals prior conviction
A Harrison City doctor accused of illegally distributing the anti-opioid drug Suboxone will not stand trial in federal court Tuesday, sources said. Dr. Felix Brizuela Jr., 58, was scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, W.Va., with co-defendant Dr. George Naum III on a charge of...
Sri Lanka blames local Islamist extremist group for Easter bombingsVideo
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka on Monday accused a local Islamist extremist group, the National Thowheed Jamaath, of being behind a string of Easter bombings at churches and hotels that killed at least 290 people, and the United States pledged support for the investigation, dispatching FBI agents to help. At least...
Mark Madden: Half-empty PNC Park tells real tale of Pirates this season
Pirates fans are going ga-ga over rookie shortstop Cole Tucker, and they should. Tucker marked his big league debut Saturday with a home run and a curtain call. Fellow call-up Bryan Reynolds got lost in the shuffle, and understandably so: Reynolds’ hair isn’t as cool as Tucker’s. But Reynolds went...
South Greensburg police look for car that critically injured pedestrian
South Greensburg police are looking for the car that struck and critically injured a pedestrian Friday night in the 1500 block of Broad Street. The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. near DeGennaro’s Restaurant, where staff indicated the man, whom police didn’t identify, had dined before he was struck. Police...
Bear caught snacking in Kittanning Township backyardVideo
Debbi Reefer of Kittanning Township was busy with the Easter holiday and forgot to bring in her bird suet feeder Sunday night as she usually does. And a bear found it. “It’s another day in the country,” said Reefer, who has had bears on her property before. Reefer jams a...
2 shot in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A midday shooting left two men injured in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood Monday, authorities said. Police responded to Brownsville Road about 12:40 p.m. for a report of multiple people who had been shot, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Officers found one man with a gunshot wound to the right...
How many hellbenders live in Western Pa.? Group hopes to learn this summer
The search is on this summer for the Allegheny alligator or the snot otter, better known as the Eastern hellbender, in rivers in Western Pennsylvania. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy plans July surveys in the Kiski, Allegheny and Youghiogheny rivers for the salamander, a reclusive creature that lives under rocks the...
Harmar man arrested, charged with rape, sexual assault
A Harmar man charged with rape in connection with an incident in January has been arrested, Allegheny County authorities say. James Michael Tessauro, 38, was arrested and arraigned Monday evening, according to Mike Manko, Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office spokesman. Manko said he couldn’t say more about the case. Police...
McKees Rocks woman accused of assaulting ex with car, baseball bat
A McKees Rocks woman tried to run down her ex-boyfriend during an argument and, when that failed, she beat him with an aluminum baseball bat, police said. The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday at a home near Saxon Way and Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln-Lemington, according to a Pittsburgh...
Photos: Trumps welcome crowds for White House Easter Egg RollVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump kicked off the annual Easter Egg Roll Monday — the White House’s biggest social event of the year. “I want to wish everybody a very happy Easter,” Trump said, addressing the crowd from the Truman Balcony, where he was joined by first lady Melania Trump...
Sen. Bob Casey lobbies for Democratic primary debate in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is lobbying for a presidential primary debate in his home state, which is a projected battleground in the 2020 presidential election. Casey’s letter Monday to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez says holding a primary debate in Pennsylvania would benefit the...
Toddler finds used condom in McDonald’s eating area
The parents of a 2-year-old girl were horrified after their daughter found a used condom in the eating area of a McDonald’s in Australia. Fox News reports the girl ended up putting the condom in her mouth, much to the disgust of her parents. It was Friday when the family...
Officials: W.Va. woman caught with loaded handgun at Pittsburgh airport
Transportation Security Administration officers say a West Virginia woman tried to get on a plane at the Pittsburgh International Airport with a loaded handgun Monday. The Arthurdale woman was stopped at the checkpoint when TSA officers found a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag. The green camouflage-designed handgun was loaded...
Video caught woman dumping 7 puppies behind California storeVideo
COACHELLA, Calif. — Authorities are trying to identify a woman captured by security cameras tossing seven newborn puppies into a dumpster in Southern California. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services released surveillance video of the woman pulling up to a dumpster behind an auto parts store in Coachella Thursday...
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate, payrolls set new records
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped in March to the lowest rate on record, as payrolls hit a new record. The state Department of Labor and Industry said Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.9%. Pennsylvania’s rate had twice previously hit 4% since 1976, which...
Official: Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said Monday. The coordinated bombings that ripped...
Police: Fire at Sheldon Park in Harrison caused $500K in damageVideo
Kate Keener has lived in public housing in Harrison for about 10 years, but a fast-moving fire Monday morning forced Keener, her daughter and two pets to get out in a hurry. The two were among at least four people who had to evacuate a four-unit building in the Allegheny...
Vietnam vets appreciate Heinz History Center artifacts of war, memories
John Clark had been in Vietnam for about three weeks when, while out on patrol, he stepped on a metal stake that went through the side of his foot. “It looks like a big nail, maybe 8 inches long, with a fish hook at the end, so if you step...
4 killed in Beaver County crashVideo
Four people were killed and one was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Beaver County, according to Harmony Police. The crash on Route 65 in Baden near the intersection with Merchant Street happened just before 11 p.m. Sunday. One of the vehicles, a Jeep, was driving the wrong way in...
Pittsburgh preserving historic tunnel mosaic under Bigelow Boulevard
A historic mosaic inside a Downtown Pittsburgh pedestrian tunnel is more than halfway gone. And an Ohio art conservator tasked with meticulously removing the work of art before the tunnel is demolished expects to have the job completed by next week. Two employees of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory...
Farmer’s market returning to downtown Greensburg
The farmers market is coming back to downtown Greensburg. “We always wanted to go back to Greensburg,” said Paul Sarver, head of the Central Westmoreland Farmer’s Market Association. “The downtown, the merchants and the customers always appreciated us.” For the last few summers, the market has been held twice a...
Business projects booming on Greensburg’s South Pennsylvania Avenue
Mary Wilmes can look out the window of Penelope’s, her gift shop in downtown Greensburg, and see a construction crew hard at work across the street. Another is working a few doors down, and two more projects are happening about a block away. “It hasn’t been this interesting in town...
Demolition starts for mini casino in Hempfield, township says
Demolition for the new mini casino has started inside the former Bon-Ton store at Westmoreland Mall, according to Patrick Karnash, Hempfield’s planning coordinator. Plans for the proposed $131 million casino show about 750 slot machines and 30 table games for the 100,000-square-foot space. Stadium Casino LLC purchased a $40.1 million...
