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Restaurant owner charged in shooting of teenager in Stowe Township
A restaurant owner was arrested Sunday, accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy who was seen on video trying to take the tip jar at the owner’s restaurant, police said. Mohammed Hamdan, 39, is charged with aggravated assault in the incident, which happened Saturday around 10 p.m, according to the Allegheny...
Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dead at 96
ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months...
Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment
WASHINGTON — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold...
For local coin collectors, it’s not all about the money
Adam Orbell remembers the first coin that caught his eye. “As a kid, I found a drummer boy quarter, 1976, and I just fell in love,” he said. “I’ve been collecting since then. I’m 43 now, and I’ve been collecting since I was probably 5 or 6. I just always...
1 dead after crash on I-70 in Washington County
A person died in a crash on Interstate 70 in Buffalo Township, Washington County, after losing control of their vehicle, according to Washington County coroner Tim Warco. The crash happened around 3:22 a.m. Sunday morning, and the person died a little over an hour later at 4:30 a.m. Their identity...
Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a...
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia
Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half. For scores of other bakers struggling to stay afloat while enduring higher costs for fuel and flour, the stratospheric sugar prices...
31 premature babies are evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital, but scores of trauma patients remain
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Health officials said 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” were transferred safely Sunday from Gaza’s main hospital and will go to Egypt, while over 250 patients with severely infected wounds and other urgent conditions remained stranded days after Israeli forces entered the compound to...
‘Chosen family:’ Friendsgiving continues to rise in popularity
No matter what the celebration looks like, Friendsgiving brings friends together to laugh, bond and enjoy their time as a chosen family. Friendsgiving usually takes place during the weekend before or after Thanksgiving, and sometimes it includes guests bringing their favorite foods, sometimes it’s in a restaurant, other times it’s...
‘The place to be’ on Saturday nights, Duquesne club football won national championship 50 years ago
Players dressed for practice in a maintenance shed on Quarry Field on the South Side Slopes. The field was a mixture of dirt, rocks, glass, maybe some green grass. The coach handed out equipment from the back of his Cadillac. Sometimes, only 11 players showed up for practice, but Duquesne...
Pittsburgh-based stroke study brings improvements for Hempfield man and hope for a better futureVideo
Alex “Mike” Signorini had just methodically returned a drill bit to its case, and he couldn’t wait to text his doctor with the news. A woodworker and mechanic who managed a tire shop for 38 years, Signorini once spent his days working on cars, jogging and riding his motorcycle. Putting...
Light Up Night kicks off holiday season in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh kicked off the holiday season with the Highmark Light Up Night on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The Downtown event featured the City of Pittsburgh Tree Lighting, as well as the Highmark Christmas Tree Lighting. The Sister Bridges were light up and the night ended with a fireworks spectacular. Tribune-Review...
Fan at Taylor Swift concert dies amid Rio De Janeiro’s record heat wave
A fan died at Taylor Swift’s Rio de Janeiro concert Friday night, during a record-breaking heat wave. Ana Clara Benevides, a 23-year-old psychology student, fainted in the front row of the concert and was given 40 minutes of CPR on-site before being taken to the hospital, where she died, her...
Pittsburgh man with dementia found safe after walking out of care facility
A 70-year-old man diagnosed with dementia was found safe after police said he was missing from the Larimer/Homewood West area after walking away from his care facility. Cecil Tinsley was last seen at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the area of Frankstown Avenue. He is 6-foot-1 and was last seen wearing...
Wintertime cheer abounds at Greensburg holiday parade
The crowd was in good spirits in downtown Greensburg on Saturday evening as the annual Holiday Parade filled Main Street with a festive crowd. The parade had its start time moved back to 4:30 p.m. this year to encourage participants to include holiday lights in their entries, taking advantage of...
Adam Johnson’s UK team retires his jersey number after skate-cut death
NOTTINGHAM, England — The English hockey team that Adam Johnson played for retired his No. 47 jersey Saturday as part of a memorial game honoring the American who died after an opposing player’s skate cut his neck during a game. Nottingham Panthers players appeared to be wearing neck guards, too,...
IBM, EU, Disney pull ads from Elon Musk’s X over concerns about hate speech
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site in general, with billionaire owner Elon Musk inflaming tensions with his posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory. IBM, NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast said this...
Ford, Stellantis workers join those at GM in approving contract settlement that ended UAW strikes
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly ratified new contracts with Ford and Stellantis, that along with a similar deal with General Motors will raise pay across the industry, force automakers to absorb higher costs and help reshape the auto business as it shifts away from gasoline-fueled vehicles. Workers...
Suspect identified in fatal New Hampshire psychiatric hospital shooting
CONCORD, N.H. — A man killed by a state police trooper after he shot a security guard to death at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital has been identified, authorities said Saturday. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said 33-year-old John Madore entered New Hampshire Hospital on Friday afternoon and killed...
SpaceX launched its giant new rocket but explosions end the second test flight
SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into Saturday’s test flight. The rocketship reached space following liftoff from South Texas before communication suddenly was lost. SpaceX officials said it appears the ship’s self-destruct system blew it up...
New police chief committed to accessibility in Allegheny Township
A familiar face has been appointed as chief of the Allegheny Township Police Department. Dan Uncapher, most recently officer in charge and a sergeant before that, replaces former Chief Duane Fisher, who resigned in mid-September to become chief in an eastern Pennsylvania community. Uncapher was appointed unanimously as chief during...
Political violence threatens to intensify as the 2024 campaign heats up, experts on extremism warn
The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last year consumed a steady diet of right-wing conspiracy theories before an attack that took place with the midterm elections less than two weeks away. As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, experts on extremism fear the...
Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy
WASHINGTON — By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month. But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was...
Panicked people leave Shifa Hospital, while dozens are killed at a school elsewhere in northern Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Patients, staff and displaced people fled Gaza’s largest hospital Saturday, with one describing a panicked and chaotic evacuation as Israeli forces searched and face-scanned men among the evacuees and took some away. Israel’s military has been searching Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for traces of...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers’ defensive playmakers must do more against Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers needed two defensive touchdowns to win their Week 2 game against Cleveland. They might need the same when they visit the Browns on Sunday. The breaks are going the Steelers’ way. Deshaun Watson, the Browns starting quarterback, is out for the season with shoulder problems. His replacement,...
