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House chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns
WASHINGTON — A House committee chairman on Wednesday formally asked the IRS to provide six years of President Trump’s personal tax returns and the returns for some of his businesses as Democrats try to shed light on his complex financial dealings and potential conflicts of interest. The request by Massachusetts...
Celine Dion coming to Pittsburgh in 2020 for first U.S. tour in a decade
Superstar Celine Dion is hitting the road for her first U.S. tour in more than 10 years, and will be performing at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on March 13, 2020. The renowned singer’s eight-year residency in Las Vegas ends this summer, and her Courage World Tour starts this fall...
Joe Biden: I’ll be more mindful of respecting personal space
Former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be “much more mindful” of respecting personal space. “Social norms have begun to change. They’ve shifted,” the 76-year-old Biden said in a cellphone video...
Pittsburgh-area billionaire Maggie Hardy ties the knot in Colorado
Standing on top of Aspen Mountain in Colorado, Maggie Hardy and Shawn Knox tied the knot. Hardy, the billionaire president of building supply company 84 Lumber and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, is the daughter of Joseph A. Hardy III, who founded both businesses. After meeting last year, the Pittsburgh-area couple traveled...
Man dead, woman injured after being struck by train near Station Square
A 20-year-old man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after being struck by a train near Station Square on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Wednesday evening, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. The two people were struck by a Norfolk Southern train between East Carson Street...
Mark Cuban on immigration policy: ‘We’re being really, really, really stupid’
DALLAS — Tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wasn’t shy Tuesday night when asked about the country’s immigration policy. When it comes to recruiting and retaining the world’s best talent, he said, the country’s got it wrong. “Right now, we’re being really, really, really stupid by taking really,...
Hempfield donor recipient thankful for ‘gift of life’Video
Heather Hunter of Hempfield wasn’t supposed to be at Excela Square at Norwin on Wednesday morning, talking about how a double lung transplant in September 2016 gave her a second chance at life. Doctors weren’t sure that Hunter, born with cystic fibrosis, would make it to see kindergarten, let alone...
Police: Jitney driver fatally shoots passenger who attempted to rob him in Duquesne
Allegheny County police do not plan to charge a jitney driver who fatally shot a passenger on Wednesday afternoon who was trying to rob him. County police said a 73-year-old driver had picked up a 33-year-old man and another passenger in Duquesne. While on the road, the passenger pulled a...
Ad touts Conor Lamb’s support for Obamacare
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, is supporting a resolution condemning the GOP lawmakers who are continuing efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched digital ads in Lamb’s congressional district praising him for his efforts. “Yet again, Republicans are attacking the health care...
Woman dies after head-on crash with dump truck in Somerset County
State police in Somerset said a woman was killed on Route 30 near Stoystown Wednesday after her car collided head-on with a dump truck. Troopers said witnesses reported the woman was driving eastbound, approaching the Haines School Road intersection ,when she crossed the centerline and drove into the path of...
Arconic to cut health care benefits to retirees
Arconic, the Alcoa spinoff with roots in the Alle-Kiski Valley, told retirees in recent letters it is making drastic cuts to their health care benefits and eliminating life insurance it had provided. Arconic told retirees about the move in letters dated March 29. Arconic has about 300 employees in a...
Cheswick to vote on police merger with Springdale Township
Cheswick Council is expected to vote Thursday on the creation of a regional police department with Springdale Township. After more than a year of discussion and studying the options, both municipalities in March began advertising an ordinance that would make the consolidation official and rename the departments as the Allegheny...
Cops: Wounded man at Washington Hospital likely stabbed in Stowe
Investigators believe a man who showed up to Washington Hospital Tuesday night with critical wounds was stabbed in Stowe, Allegheny County police said. Washington police responded to the hospital after the 42-year-old man took himself to the emergency department, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. Local police learned that the man, who...
UPMC-Highmark agreement can’t be extended, judge rules
A judge ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Josh Shapiro cannot delay this summer’s looming breakup of rivals UPMC and Highmark, starting the clock on an 88-day countdown until thousands of seniors, cancer patients, and people with disabilities will no longer have affordable access to most UPMC doctors and hospitals. Commonwealth...
Police: 2 boys found Salem woman not breathing during apparent overdose
A Salem Township woman is accused of child endangerment after police said two boys found her not breathing after she apparently overdosed on drugs. Alicia Marie Gregg, 33, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 incident. Troopers and paramedics were called to her Story Road home at 2...
Rosary tattoo helps police identify suspects in Derry Township scrap metal thefts
State police used footage from a security camera hidden in an abandoned Derry Township industrial plant to identify two suspects, one with a distinctive rosary tattoo, in the theft of almost 1,000 pounds of copper and brass last summer. Troopers this week arrested Timothy Tarr, 33, of Indiana County and...
PPG, DEP reach $1.2 million settlement on cleanup of Ford City disposal site
PPG Industries Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million to the state for environmental violations stemming from the former Ford City glass manufacturing plant in Armstrong County, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. The settlement agreement, announced on Tuesday, will require PPG to clean up...
West Leechburg’s Semper Gratus raises $30K for Plum girl, Cerebral Palsy research
The tallies are in, and a West Leechburg charity has 30,000 reasons to be always grateful. The Shamrock Shuffle 5K race, 1K fun walk and dance held in West Leechburg last month raised $30,000, with the money going to help a Plum girl living with spastic cerebral palsy and for...
3 ex-Penn State frat members get jail in pledge’s death
BELLEFONTE — Three ex-Penn State fraternity brothers have been sentenced to jail on hazing charges in connection to the February 2017 death of a student pledging the fraternity. The Centre Daily Times reports that sentences handed down Tuesday to the three former Beta Theta Pi members range from 30 days...
6 new Pittsburgh-area eateries to try this spring
Spring is in bloom, and so is the Pittsburgh-area restaurant scene. Here are six new eateries around the region to try. ••• Alta Via, O`Hara Diners salivating for the opening of big Burrito’s modern Italian restaurant in Fox Chapel Plaza must wait no longer. Alta Via, the intimate eatery, which...
Abraham Lincoln could be coming back to Wilkinsburg
Abraham Lincoln hopes to return to his perch overlooking the Lincoln Highway in Wilkinsburg. The Wilkinsburg Historical Society announced plans to raise $70,000 to build a bronze, life-size statue of the 16th president of the United States. It would replace the old copper Lincoln statue that stood at the intersection...
Thousands of chickens killed in Pa. barn fire
UPPER BERN, Pa. — Thousands of chickens have died after a fast-moving fire ripped through a barn in Pennsylvania. Authorities say the fire at A&L Farms in Upper Bern broke out around 7 p.m. Tuesday and tore through a 300-foot-long chicken house. It’s believed that roughly 28,000 chickens died in...
Woman buys out Payless shoe store for Nebraska flood victims
HAYS, Kan. — A Kansas woman donated 204 pairs of shoes to Nebraska flood victims after buying everything that was left at a closing Payless store. The Hays Post reports the shoes were part of a flood relief shipment taken to farmers in Nebraska by Fort Hays State’s agriculture sorority,...
Troy Hill’s Scratch Food & Beverage debuts Revival Nights
If you’re missing some of the cuisines from Market Square’s now-closed Poros or the Cultural District’s Six Penn Kitchen, you’re in luck; because you’ll be able to relive the dishes and cocktails at Scratch Food & Beverage starting next month. Scratch Food & Beverage’s owner Don Mahaney and the restaurant’s...
Section of O’Hara road reopens after crash, power outages
A truck crashed a into pole Tuesday night in O’Hara Township, knocking out power and closing part of Freeport Road overnight. The crash was reported at 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of Freeport Road at Fairview Avenue, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The crash sheared the pole and took wires...
