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How many new housing units are built in Pittsburgh each year? A new tool will track that
Discussions about Pittsburgh’s housing stock last year led to public bickering by the city’s mayoral candidates. During a debate before the May primary, Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor slammed his predecessor over the topic. Did Ed Gainey deliver 1,600 units of affordable housing as he boasted? Or, as O’Connor put it,...
Peregrine falcons to be protected during Tarentum Bridge construction project
Peregrine falcons that nest under the Tarentum Bridge will be protected as best they can during an upcoming, long-term construction project along the span. PennDOT is working with the state Game Commission to safeguard the nest — one of six in Allegheny County — when the $97.5 million rehab project...
Lawsuit accuses Pittsburgh police of using Taser on autistic man without cause
A Pittsburgh man who is on the autism spectrum is suing city police, alleging they shocked him with a Taser and arrested him without cause two years ago. Kevin Matthew Dunn, 24, of Pittsburgh’s Westwood neighborhood said in the complaint filed last month in federal court that no criminal charges...
Dow drops 400 after trimming an early plunge of 1,200 as oil prices climb even higher
NEW YORK — A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street on Tuesday, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran. But the big moves that rocked markets in the morning eased substantially as the day progressed. By the end...
Police, FCC investigate threats against O’Connor made over public safety radio
Federal officials and Allegheny County law enforcement are investigating “hateful and threatening messages,” some of which included antisemitic vitriol against Pittsburgh’s mayor, that were broadcast on two days this week over public safety radio. The comments, made Monday and Tuesday by what the county said was an unauthorized user, were...
White House attributes redness on Trump’s neck to skin cream but doesn’t say what it’s treating
WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday attributed a large red spot on President Donald Trump’s neck to a skin cream he is using, without elaborating on what condition it is treating. The redness drew widespread attention Monday, when news photographers captured close-up images of the president’s neck during a...
Israel steps up airstrikes in Tehran, as Iran widens its response across the region
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel. Four days into a war that President Donald Trump suggested...
Democrats’ newfound unity faces a test after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran
WASHINGTON — For Democrats demoralized at being shut out of power in Washington, the past several months have offered reason for optimism. A party often beset by ideological division has largely been unified in opposition to President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration tactics, particularly after two U.S. citizens were killed in...
South Side bar speaks out following images of rat under beer tap
A South Side bar says it has conducted a full investigation with the Allegheny County Health Department and brought in additional pest control services after a rat was found on its beer taps. In a statement, Urban Tap said there is a video circulating of a rat under beer taps...
Western Pa. school districts tally expected savings from cyber charter tuition reform
Three months after the state approved changes to the cyber charter tuition formula, administrators from Western Pennsylvania’s K-12 public schools are beginning to tally the expected savings. The state’s latest budget, approved in November after a 4½-month impasse, allows school districts to reduce their tuition payments for students to attend...
Tim Benz: We can talk about Malik Willis and the Steelers. But let’s have the entire conversationVideo
The dialogue about the Steelers potentially being interested in free-agent quarterback Malik Willis seems to have cooled. The Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns appear to be the teams most commonly linked with the current Green Bay Packers backup. That doesn’t break my heart. I’m certainly not sold on...
Journey, led by Neal Schon and singer Arnel Pineda, cruises through their hits on Pittsburgh stop at PPGVideo
The members of Journey seem set on going their separate ways after their farewell tour, but in the time left together, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are revisiting the radio smashes that sold more than 100 million records over their career. This chapter of Journey will come to...
Dozens gather at City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh to protest military action in IranVideo
Dozens of Pittsburghers took to the City-County Building steps in Downtown Pittsburgh Monday evening to protest military actions by the U.S. and Israel in Iran. Signs held in the crowd included “Money for People’s Needs, Not War w/Iran” and “Love the Foreigner.” The chants included “not another nickel, not another...
Federal judge shuts door on Justice Department effort to wrest transgender care data from UPMC
A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Monday denied a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to force UPMC to turn over anonymized records for minor patients who received gender-affirming care and sharply criticized the government for its stance on transgender Americans. “Its rhetoric regarding gender-affirming care reflects callous indifference,...
Bill to bar Allegheny County cooperation with ICE advances to council vote
Allegheny County Council’s public safety committee on Monday voted to move ahead with a bill that would prohibit county employees from cooperating with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. The 4-3 vote followed about an hour of debate among council members about whether to amend the bill, whether existing policies already...
War in the Mideast widens as Trump claims strikes on Iran could last several weeksVideo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the world’s energy production. The intensity of the...
Westmoreland deputy sheriffs appeal court ruling to dismiss lawsuit
Ten Westmoreland County deputy sheriffs have appealed a federal judge’s decision to toss out a lawsuit claiming they were harassed and improperly investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police. The lawsuit, filed last year, alleged members of the sheriff’s office fugitive apprehension unit were targeted by frivolous accusations of impropriety by...
Squirrel Hill’s Lunar New Year parade canceled amid ICE concerns
An annual Lunar New Year parade in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood was canceled this year amid concerns that federal immigration enforcement might target Asian attendees. “The climate this year, with everything going on, just made it challenging to put on a Lunar New Year,” Maria Cohen, executive director of the...
Bill Clinton tries to distance himself from Epstein in videos released from his testimony last week
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton distanced himself themselves from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in closed-door depositions with lawmakers, according to videos that were released Monday by a House committee. The recordings of the depositions, which spanned hours over two days last week, show how Bill Clinton told the...
Driver in Pittsburgh fatal crash tries to throw out blood alcohol test results
A former Pittsburgh paramedic whose blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when she struck and killed a woman on East Carson Street two years ago is trying to have her blood test thrown out. Sydney Richardson, 35, of Lincoln Place is charged with homicide by...
AI drives Nvidia’s multibillion-dollar deal with Butler County’s Coherent
Chipmaking giant Nvidia announced a multibillion-dollar deal Monday with Coherent, a Butler County-based maker of fiber optic and laser technology critical for data centers. Nvidia committed to buying billions of dollars in Coherent products while also investing $2 billion to support the Saxonburg company’s research and manufacturing capabilities. The goal...
Study ties up to 12.5% of Pittsburgh area adult deaths to air pollution
Air pollution in the Pittsburgh region was linked to as many as 12.5% of adult deaths in 2019, according to a study published in the journal Annals of Global Health, with the highest levels of fine particulate matter recorded in Allegheny County. Researchers from Boston College over a two year...
How Trump decided to go to war
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel walked into the Oval Office on the morning of Feb. 11, determined to keep the American president on the path to war. For weeks, the United States and Israel had been secretly discussing a military offensive against Iran. But Trump administration officials...
New restaurant at Live Casino Pittsburgh, Mangia, to feature DeLallo Italian Market
The new restaurant at Live Casino Pittsburgh will showcase DeLallo Italian Market, the iconic local brand, the casino announced Monday. The new eatery, Mangia, will open April 9 and “feature the best of DeLallo’s recipes and marketplace,” the casino said. It replaces Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen & Bar, which closed...
‘It’s a calling’: PennWest helps prepare sexual assault nursing examiners such as the one highlighted on ‘The Pitt’
One of Sierra Roman’s first cases as an emergency room nurse at ACMH Hospital — and one she’ll never forget — involved a victim of a sexual assault. Roman, who started at the hospital in August 2023, needed to perform a rape kit exam on her patient. “I’m nervous because...
