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Beryl unleashes strong wind, heavy rain in Texas, stranding residents and leaving 2M without powerVideo
MATAGORDA, Texas — Tropical Storm Beryl unleashed heavy rain and powerful wind along the Texas coast on Monday, knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses and flooding streets with fast-rising waters as first responders raced to rescue stranded residents. Beryl had already cut a deadly path...
Morning Roundup: Bad air quality day; crash in North Braddock; boat rescue
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, July 8: Poor air quality The state Department of Environmental Protection said air quality would be poor in the Pittsburgh region Monday as high temperatures are expected to be about 10 degrees higher than average. Temperatures above 90...
Whiskey Heritage Center celebrates Pa.’s historical significance in distilling
It’s often steel, coal and glass that come to mind when Pennsylvanians think of the state’s core industries. But, to Aaron Hollis, many forget a historically key player: whiskey. West Overton Village, a museum and heritage site in East Huntingdon, has opened the James B. Beam Pennsylvania Whiskey Heritage Center,...
Under mounting pressures, small private colleges across Pa. close their doorsVideo
A wave of small private college closures in Pennsylvania that already upended career plans of students from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia has claimed another institution. Clarks Summit University, a 92-year-old Baptist college founded during the Great Depression, is shuttering its Lackawanna County campus amid worsening financial and enrollment woes. Enrollment that...
9 months after Hamas attack on Israel, rally in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood calls for release
Alon Ohel, one of more than 100 people captured by Hamas during an Oct. 7 attack on Israel, remains a hostage nine months later. He was taken by Hamas at the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border. Jeff Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of...
3 stabbed in fight at Natrona playground basketball court
Three people were stabbed in a fight at the Natrona Park and Playground basketball courts in Harrison, according to township police Chief Brian Turack. A 21-year-old man from Euclid, Ohio, an 18-year-old man from Tarentum and a juvenile from Baltimore whose age was not available were found injured when police...
While Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania, some Democratic leaders in the House say he should step aside
HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Joe Biden urged his supporters to stay unified during a series of stops in critical Pennsylvania on Sunday, even as some leading congressional Democrats privately suggested it was time for him to abandon his reelection bid because of intensifying questions about whether he’s fit for another...
Texas coastal residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfallVideo
MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl began lashing Texas with rain and intensifying wind Sunday as coastal residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Although Beryl remained a tropical...
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a yearVideo
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien environment Saturday...
After years of problems, Shuman reopens for juvenile detention, but concerns linger
Year after year, problems mounted at Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, the long-distressed Pittsburgh facility where Allegheny County housed troubled youths awaiting their day in court. When the state of Pennsylvania finally could tolerate no more, it revoked the facility’s license in 2021, sending the local juvenile justice system reeling and...
Pitt football pioneer Bobby Grier, 1st Black player in the Sugar Bowl, dies at 91
Robert “Bobby” Grier Sr., who was a fullback, linebacker and defensive back at Pitt but more significantly a civil rights pioneer in the 1950s, has died. Grier, who was 91, died June 30, according to a Pitt news release. Grier was the first Black player in the Sugar Bowl after...
Pittsburgh-born player hopes to make NHL dreams come true at Penguins development camp
The Pittsburgh Penguins have plenty of players at their development camp, which opened Saturday in Cranberry, but one player’s history with the region stood out above the rest. Matthew DiMarsico, who played for Penn State last season, grew up in Wexford. Last season for the Nittany Lions, DiMarsico had seven...
Tornado damage forces cancellation of Bushy Run battle reenactment
After tornado damage left much of the battlefield site unusable, the 2024 Bushy Run battle reenactment, previously scheduled for the first weekend of August, has been officially canceled. “The board has concluded that the site cannot be made reasonably safe and accessible by the scheduled date of the event,” said...
To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill
WILMINGTON, Del. — To a defiant President Joe Biden, the 2024 election is up to the public — not the Democrats on Capitol Hill. But the chorus of Democratic voices calling for him to step aside is growing, from donors, strategists, lawmakers and their constituents who say he should bow...
Biden faced a low bar in his first post-debate interview. It’s not certain he cleared it
NEW YORK — With the survival of his candidacy in question, Joe Biden sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday for one of the most important interviews of the Democratic president’s decades-long political career. The 22-minute sit-down came a full eight days after Biden’s disastrous debate performance, in which...
Pickleball Harbor serves up indoor sports space for Murrysville area
Kathy Thomas of Murrysville is looking forward to not having to beat the heat or brave the cold to play pickleball. “I play pickleball just about every day, at least five days a week,” she said. As a visitor and new member at the new Pickleball Harbor facility in Murrysville...
More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and humidity could team...
New Kensington man, ‘a friend to everyone,’ found slain; former roommate charged with murder
David Risher is remembered as a trusting person with a love of fishing. He was “a friend to everyone he encountered,” said his sister, Brenda Lee Johnson. Risher, 58, of New Kensington was found dead early Saturday morning in his home after Johnson reported him missing on Friday. Police charged...
Biden dismisses age questions in interview as he tries to salvage reelection effort
MADISON, Wis. — President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate performance on a “bad...
Pirates feed off sellout crowd, ‘rocking’ atmosphere at PNC ParkVideo
The Paul Skenes effect has taken many shapes and sizes since the rookie phenom made his Pittsburgh Pirates debut May 11. Individually, because of his draft pedigree, swift ascent through the minor leagues and now his performance in the major leagues, Skenes has become one of the top stories in...
Why Butler County is so crucial to Trump’s election chances
Southwestern Pennsylvania is one of the most important political regions in the country for Republicans this election cycle, and the Trump campaign appears to be well aware. Former President Donald Trump next weekend will hold his first Western Pennsylvania rally of the campaign season in Butler County, signaling the region’s...
McKeesport man arrested in connection with fatal shooting
A McKeesport man was arrested Friday night by Allegheny County Police in connection with a fatal shooting in McKeesport earlier that day. 30-year-old Isaiah Bridges was charged with criminal homicide and is currently in the Allegheny County Jail. The victim, David Gamble, 39, was fatally shot at his residence Friday...
Body found in Ohio River in April 2023 just identified as Wilkins teen
Authorities have identified the body found in April 2023 along the Ohio River some 60 miles from Pittsburgh as a Wilkins Township teenager who had been reported missing in February 2023, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE-TV. The body of the missing teenager, JayShawn Fountain, 17, was found along the...
LGBTQ landmark Brewers Bar up for sale in Lawrenceville
Brewers Bar in Lawrenceville — Pittsburgh’s oldest gay bar — is up for sale for $1.2 million. Owner Carol Held said she’s ready to retire and spend more time with her grandkids. “After covid, it just kind of hit a point — the business just changed,” said Held, 57, of...
Biden asserts he’s ‘most qualified’ to lead Dems against Trump
MADISON, Wis. — President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate performance on a “bad...
