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Mayor Ed Gainey: Grateful for the people who make Pittsburgh the greatest
This year as we gather around tables with our families, friends and neighbors, I ask that we all take a moment to reflect on the year and lift up and celebrate those in our lives that we are truly thankful for. When I came into office, I knew that I...
Cranberry bicyclist killed on Route 19
A 22-year-old man was killed late Tuesday while riding his bicycle in Cranberry. The man, identified as Arron Jones of Cranberry, was riding northbound on Route 19 near St. Francis Way around 11:45 p.m. when a vehicle struck him, Cranberry police Chief Kevin Meyer said. The man was taken by...
TribLive front pages from the day of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination
On this day 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while taking part in a parade in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was killed and Texas Gov. John Connally, who was riding with Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, was injured as their motorcade passed through the city’s Dealey Plaza....
Turkey rules the table. But a poll finds disagreement over other Thanksgiving classics
Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what’s on the crowded dinner table. We mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin pie, say, but are split over the eternal turkey question of dark meat versus white meat. And don’t even ask if...
If you haven’t started your Thanksgiving trip, you’re not alone. The busiest days are still to come
The late crush of holiday travelers is picking up steam, with about 2.7 million people expected to board flights on Wednesday and millions more planning to drive to Thanksgiving celebrations. Airline officials say they are confident that they can avoid the kind of massive disruptions that have marred past holiday...
Israeli official says talks continuing, hostage release won’t take place before Friday
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says a planned hostage-for-prisoner swap with Hamas has been delayed until at least Friday. In a statement released late Wednesday, Tzachi Hanegbi said that contacts on the deal were continuing. “The release will begin according to the original agreement between...
Morning Roundup: Train strikes car in Homestead; coyotes in Pittsburgh; skid-steer stolen in Shaler
Here are a few overnight news items for Wednesday, Nov. 22. No injuries as train strikes car in Homestead No one was injured when a car was struck by a train at the Amity Street crossing in Homestead Tuesday night. The crash was reported around 6 p.m. Munhall Volunteer Fire...
Holiday spending expected to grow as discounts, flexible spending plans heat up
The Casselberry family juggles a lot in December. One of their sons celebrates a birthday, and the holiday season kicks into full gear. Shopping at Walmart in Cranberry earlier this month, Josh and Riva Casselberry and their boys, Elliot, 4, and Sullivan, 2, took advantage of a break in their...
Westmoreland 250: 10 things to see in Rostraver
(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a...
Car crashes into Knoxville home and catches fire, displacing residents
A man was taken to an area hospital after his car crashed into a Knoxville home and caught fire around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Pittsburgh police said. Firefighters pulled him out of the car, and he was listed in stable condition. No one was injured inside the home, located in the...
Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said Tuesday that it is appealing a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania’s power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, even as the Democrat warned lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative. In a statement,...
1 dead in South Bend Township crash
One person died in a head-on crash at the intersection of Route 156 and West Lebanon Road in South Bend, according to Armstrong County Coroner Brian Myers. Myers said in an email that the person had not been publicly identified Tuesday night because their family had not been notified. They...
Tim Benz: Matt Canada fired now so Mike Tomlin can protect Kenny Pickett
At Mike Tomlin’s weekly news conference Tuesday, the Steelers coach received a lot of questions about Matt Canada’s firing that essentially amounted to: “Why now?” Why — after 21⁄2 years of evidence that suggested Canada shouldn’t be an offensive coordinator in the NFL — did Tomlin finally terminate Canada’s role...
Western Pa. lawmakers call for increased service at locks and dams on Allegheny River
Western Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation is lobbying for increased maintenance and, in some cases, increased service levels for locks and dams on the Allegheny River. U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Centre County, and U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, and John Fetterman, D-Braddock, sent a letter Monday to the...
Federal judge: Mail-in ballots missing handwritten date must still be counted
Mail-in ballots submitted on time but missing a handwritten date must be counted by county elections offices, a federal judge said on Tuesday. To do otherwise would violate the federal Civil Rights Act, said U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter. Her decision followed a lawsuit filed last year against all...
UPMC reports $177M loss so far this year
Health care giant UPMC reported an operating loss of $177 million during the first nine months of the year, attributing the decrease to rising labor costs and supply markets, increases in medical claims as more patients accessed care, pharmaceutical expenses and legal settlements. The loss during the period that ended...
‘All for it,’ Steelers fans praise Matt Canada firing
Steelers Nation was elated by Tuesday morning’s news that the struggling team fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada. “I don’t think he should have had the job in the first place,” said Billy Raught, 58, of Lower Burrell. “He wasn’t qualified.” Raught said he thinks the Steelers are worthy of a...
What local stores are open and closed on Thanksgiving?
There’s no panic quite like the one a holiday host feels when realizing they left a crucial ingredient off the Thanksgiving shopping list. If an emergency cranberry sauce run needs to happen, we’ve published a list of national chain store holiday hours, and here are a handful of local options:...
Largest crypto exchange Binance fined $4 billion, CEO pleads guilty to not stopping money launderingVideo
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a felony related to his failure to prevent money laundering on the platform. Zhao...
73 cats rescued from North Huntingdon home were living in misery, New Kensington rescue president says
The 73 cats rescued from a North Huntingdon home in 2020 were living in a state of misery, according to Becky Morrow, medical director and president of Frankie’s Friends. Rescuers found the remains of nine cats on the Leger Road property and they were able to save 65 of the...
Attorneys say there’s no basis to remove ‘forgotten’ notebook in Springdale injunction case
Attorneys representing the Springdale residents seeking to stop an implosion of the boiler house at the former Springdale power plant question why the property owner’s legal counsel wants to prohibit photographs taken during a site visit as evidence to be considered in the hearing. Attorney John Kane, who represents the...
Mark Madden: The Steelers’ scapegoat is gone, but will that make Kenny Pickett play better?
The Pittsburgh Steelers fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Now we find out who’s really been at fault for the Steelers’ scared, limp offense. Here’s thinking it hasn’t been Canada. Here’s betting we see more of the same. Will quarterback Kenny Pickett use the middle of the field now? Will Pickett...
Pittsburgh detectives who took down Brackenridge chief’s killer lauded alongside their peers
Pittsburgh police Detectives Sean Stumpf and Mike Slatcoff still remember rushing to the city’s Homewood-Brushton neighborhood on Jan. 2 to chase the fugitive who killed Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire. The fugitive — Aaron Lamont Swan Jr., 28, of Duquesne — emerged from a wooded area after crashing a stolen...
Steelers fire offensive coordinator Matt Canada
Through two-and-a-half years of watching his offense plod along like it was mired in quicksand, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin remained steadfast that Matt Canada was the right fit at offensive coordinator. On Tuesday, two days after the Steelers produced just 10 points in a loss to a division rival,...
Shooting that wounded 4 in Ohio is the 2nd to occur at a Walmart in 24 hoursVideo
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio — A gunman opened fire Monday evening inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself — the second shooting in 24 hours to take place at a store operated by the retail giant. The attack at the Walmart in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton,...
