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‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe as GOP calls them ‘hate America’ rallies
WASHINGTON — Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for ” No Kings ” demonstrations — what the president’s Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies. With signs such as “Nothing is more patriotic than...
No Kings protests in Pittsburgh, Greensburg bring out thousands with varying concerns
Seventy-three-year-old Lee Vest couldn’t ignore the chance to revolt against what she called the downfall of our country. “I’ve never seen such a thing in all my life,” Vest said. “We need an administration that will fight for the people, not put it down.” Vest was among thousands who gathered...
‘Sky’s the limit’ for workers at New Stanton’s Amazon warehouse
Inside Amazon’s massive 1.1 million-square-foot New Stanton warehouse, a constant hum of moving parts and people fills the air as packages travel along a seemingly endless matrix of metal rollers. The decidedly modern facility, with a nonstop flow of packages, has an equally large appetite for workers. TribLive received an...
Financial strain on state’s public schools worsens as impasse continues
Beaver County’s Hopewell School District planned to start a long-term renovation project of its aging high school this year. But as the state budget impasse nears the four-month mark, the district has instead gone into conservation mode, said high school Principal Robert Kartychak. About half of the district’s $49 million...
Pittsburgh police investigate Northview Heights shooting that leaves victim critical
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting late Friday in the city’s Northview Heights neighborhood. A spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Public Safety said a man was found in the rear of a residence in the 1300 block of Chicago Street who had been shot once in the abdomen. First responders had been...
Female business leaders share their stories at Women Shaping Our Region event
They are the Rosie the Riveters of today — strong women who, like the cultural female icon with the red-and-white bandana and arm flexed, are symbols of strength and resilience. Six women leaders in their fields took center stage at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh-Cranberry on Friday for the...
Why are Democratic candidates for Allegheny County judge listed as Republican nominees on the ballot?
In the upcoming election for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, all 13 candidates are registered Democrats. But it’s impossible to tell by looking at the ballot. Five of the candidates vying for eight positions on the bench are listed as Republicans, five are listed as Democrats and three are listed...
Trump commutes former congressman George Santos’ prison sentence
President Donald Trump commuted U.S. Rep. George Santos’ seven-year prison sentence, releasing him from jail on Friday. Santos, a 37-year-old Republican from New York, reported to the Federal Correctional Institution Flatiron Satellite Camp in New Jersey on July 25 to begin a seven-year prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated...
Government shutdown Day 17. Trump promotes canceling ‘Democrat programs’
WASHINGTON − The government shutdown continued through Day 17 with no end in sight, as concerns grow about federal workers including the military missing paychecks and as benefits such as food assistance run out. The Pentagon shifted funding to meet the Oct. 15 payday for active-duty troops but payments are...
Some GOP leaders deem ‘No Kings’ rallies as anti-American
Some Republican leaders are describing Saturday’s planned “No Kings” demonstrations across the country as anti-American. “We call it the ‘hate America’ rally,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said during a news conference this week. “Let’s see who shows up for that. I bet you you’ll see Hamas supporters, I bet...
Zelenskiy seeks weapons from Trump in shadow of Putin summit
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appeared cool on Friday on the prospect of sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, suggesting to counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a White House meeting that they may not be necessary if he can broker a peace deal. Zelenskiy came to Washington looking for arms to...
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove block on National Guard deployment to Chicago
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to remove a lower court’s block on the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Local officials opposed the troop deployment and judges have found it could lead to civil unrest. But Solicitor General John Sauer told the court that Trump...
O’Connor flags long waits, inefficiencies in Allegheny County’s mental health treatment system
An audit this week raised concerns that people seeking mental and behavioral health services in Allegheny County have to navigate a maze of waiting lists and could spend months or even years on them before getting help. In the most egregious case uncovered by Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor, some...
Lawsuit claims officials wrongly forced Muslim woman to remove hijab at Pittsburgh courthouse
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County violated a Muslim woman’s constitutional rights to religious freedom and protection from unreasonable searches when officials forced her last year to remove her hijab, a religious head covering, when taking an ID photo in a municipal courthouse, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday claimed. Candace Dyer Bey...
Arnold approves settlements with former police chiefs Josh Stanga, Eric Doutt
Arnold Council voted this week to approve financial settlements with two former police chiefs — Josh Stanga and his predecessor, Eric Doutt. Council agreed to a financial settlement that pays $12,000 to Stanga, whose resignation was accepted on Sept. 9. He was suspended in August 2024 after being arrested by...
It was sold in 1867, but some Russians want Alaska back from the U.S.
Way back in 1991, as the once-mighty Soviet Union disintegrated and Westerners cheered, Vladimir Putin’s favorite rock ‘n’ roll band released “Don’t Fool Around, America,” a patriotic hit about an even older lost cause — Russia’s 1867 sale of Alaska to the United States. This bouncy, accordion-driven single ignored the...
Ex-Trump adviser Bolton pleads not guilty to mishandling classified information charges
GREENBELT, Maryland — John Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to Donald Trump who has become one of the U.S. president’s biggest critics, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of mishandling classified information. Bolton, who was indicted on Thursday, is the third of Trump’s prominent critics to...
Verona man accused of tampering with sprinkler system at senior high-rise, displacing 56 residents
An 82-year-old man is facing charges after being accused of causing extensive damage to a seven-story senior high-rise and temporarily displacing nearly 60 residents Thursday night in Verona. Steven Speis, a building resident, is charged with a felony count of criminal mischief along with misdemeanors for allegedly tampering with a...
Iron City Distilling ready to release its first whiskey, in the making for 2 years
Matt Strickland knows how to time travel. It’s a feat the 44-year-old master distiller was able to accomplish with Iron City Distilling’s Bridge Batch, a creation born from a blend between a barrel of the distillery’s 7-year-old sourced bourbon and some of its own 2-year-old stock. Its release on Saturday,...
Preliminary report pinpoints location of deadly Clairton Coke Works blast
A new, independent investigation into a deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works facility in August had similar findings to an earlier study done by an independent federal agency. Engineering Design and Testing Corp., retained by U.S. Steel, released preliminary findings this week that found the explosion took...
Social media influencer charged after jumping into Pittsburgh zoo enclosure
Police have charged an Ohio social media influencer with hopping a fence on his birthday last month at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s elephant enclosure, where he was nearly trampled twice by the animal. “Almost elephant food,” the man, 19-year-old Noah Thomas, captioned a video of the encounter posted to...
2 injured in Unity crash
Two people were taken to hospitals Friday after a crash on Route 30 in Unity shut down part of the highway, according to state police. Troopers said Robert W. Reed, 60, of Latrobe, turned from the middle lane of Route 30 east onto Wimmerton Boulevard around 6 a.m. when the...
Steelers vs. Bengals: What they’re saying in Cincinnati after Steelers’ loss
One headline that roared Friday morning in the Cincinnati Enquirer summarized most of what those in Ohio’s third-largest city were saying after the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers the night before at Paycor Stadium: How Joe Flacco saved the Bengals’ season in win over Steelers. “See, Cincinnati Bengals can...
Airing of Grievances: Lousy Steelers defense manifests Mike Tomlin’s fears about Joe Flacco
After the Cincinnati Bengals upset the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31 on “Thursday Night Football,” Joe Flacco was conducting an interview on the field with the Prime Video network team. While Flacco was speaking, a large group of remaining fans started chanting “Thank-you, Cleve-land!” over and over again. As Steelers coach Mike...
Inside-out: Open space outside, privacy inside become homebuyer priorities in wake of pandemic
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on real estate market trends in Western Pennsylvania. The pandemic may have ended, but its impact on how people live — and buy homes — hasn’t. Real estate agents say the once-coveted “open concept” is not as popular as buyers reshape...
