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Credit card companies charged $105B in interest in 2022 while consumer debt climbed
If you noticed you’ve been getting charged higher interest on your credit card, you’re not alone. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that in 2022 credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees. And more people are carrying debt. Total...
Private colleges in Western Pa. eye shared services, cooperative purchasing
Apparently for colleges in and around Pittsburgh, the idea of joining forces is worth a look. With enrollment at many colleges dropping and cost pressures growing, several private colleges in Western Pennsylvania have been considering whether they ought to form a consortium to share services and make joint purchases. For...
U.S. Steel still weighing interest from ‘highly credible bidders’ as it considers sale
U.S. Steel says it is still reviewing bids to buy the iconic Pittsburgh-based company, but executives on Friday refrained from giving a timeline for a decision. On the steelmaker’s third-quarter earnings call, David Burritt, president and CEO, noted that after “receiving multiple unsolicited proposals from credible bidders, ranging from the...
Tree of Life synagogue massacre led to little action by Pa. Legislature
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Five months after 11 Jewish worshippers were murdered in a Pittsburgh synagogue, Cheryl Klein rose during a rare joint session of the Pennsylvania...
Restaurant openings and closings in Pittsburgh region
Restaurants come and restaurants go. Some catch a wave of trendiness, some struggle to keep staff, some just fizzle. TribLIVE reported on several openings and closings of restaurants in the region this week. Here they are: Openings The second Alta Via restaurant is scheduled to open today in Market Square....
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims honored in Congressional resolution
Five years after tragedy struck Pittsburgh and the lives of 11 congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue were taken, U.S. Congress is honoring their memories. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, have introduced resolutions to remember the lives of the 11 victims and the...
Alta Via scheduled to open in Pittsburgh’s Market Square
The second Alta Via restaurant is scheduled to open on Friday in Market Square. Located in the former Molinaro Ristorante & Bar in Downtown Pittsburgh, Big Burrito Restaurant Group president Bill Fuller said it’s a great spot. The newest location joins the original Alta Via in Fox Chapel Plaza in...
Massive search for mass killing suspect continues as Maine residents remain behind locked doors
LEWISTON, Maine — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes Friday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass killing in state...
Washington County police officer criminally liable in death of Coraopolis man, coroner rules
A Washington County police officer is criminally liable in the shooting death of a Coraopolis man at the end of a chase in April, the Washington County coroner ruled at the conclusion of an inquest. Coroner S. Timothy Warco found that Mt. Pleasant Township Officer Tyler Evans was not justified...
Woman dies in Greensburg apartment fire; 18 residents displaced
A woman died in an apartment fire early Friday in Greensburg, according to Fire Chief Tom Bell and Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. An automatic fire alarm went off around 1:30 a.m. at an apartment building on Dornin Street, not far from the intersection of Highland Avenue and Mt. Pleasant...
Everything we know about suspected Maine gunman Robert Card
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Sgt. 1st Class Robert Card, a military man and firearms instructor accused of gunning down 18 people inside a Maine bowling alley and bar Wednesday night. Card is so far facing eight counts of murder in connection with the violence inside the Just-In-Time...
5 things to watch in WPIAL Week 9: Head-to-head matchups to decide 9 conference titles
The wait is over. Belle Vernon and Elizabeth Forward ran through their Interstate Conference schedules without any mistakes. Mohawk and Neshannock did the same in the Midwestern, reaching Week 9 with perfect records. As a result, the titles in those conferences will be decided on the field Friday night with...
Hilltop Hose ‘sounding the alarm,’ doling out free smoke detectors to Natrona residents
A 2008 blaze in Harrison’s Natrona neighborhood started in a century-old vacant apartment and, within minutes, tore through five buildings along Chestnut Street, including the township tax collector’s office. “Oh, I remember that one,” said Pat Walters, who has lived in the community for 60 years. “There was another bad...
Lori Falce: Lighting candles for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
I am known among my friends for my common response to times of pain and trouble. I will cry with them. I will hold their hands and hug them close. But, more than anything, as my friends are scattered across the map, I light candles. As the product of a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of October. Here are some ways to spend it. Quantum For its 100th production, Quantum Theatre returns to Rodef Shalom Congregation on the Oakland/Shadyside border with “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” (The Chagall Musical). Opening night is at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 8...
Supporters of Murrysville ‘tree sign’ updates estimate $100,000 in costs
Valerie Mittereder and her husband, Ed, own the “ysville” section of the Murrysville tree sign, a group of several hundred evergreens which spell out the name of the municipality, on a hillside overlooking Route 22. The “Murr” section of land is owned by Michael Hillebrand. But after nearly a century,...
Morning Roundup: Teen stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh; woman shot in Crafton Heights
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 27: Teen stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh A teenager was found stabbed in the 800 block of Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Pittsburgh police said. The 17-year-old had stab wounds to his upper...
U.S. strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troopsVideo
WASHINGTON — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The U.S. strikes...
Penguins play ‘most complete game,’ shut out powerful Avalanche
Reilly Smith professed optimism. In the face of a three-game losing streak, he offered a buoyant outlook in advance of his team’s home game against the imposing Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. “It’s not easy in this league,” Smith said after a practice at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday. “You’re going...
Hurricane Otis survivors search for friends, necessities in devastated AcapulcoVideo
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco spent Thursday searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping that aid would come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis. The Pacific storm had strengthened with shocking...
1 man dead, another in custody after North Versailles shooting
A man is in custody after a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon in North Versailles, authorities said. North Versailles police and EMS responded to the 600 block of Della Drive at about 1:15 p.m. In an apartment, they found a man, who they did not name, suffering from gunshot wounds, Allegheny...
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee votes against pro-Israel resolution on Hamas attack
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, voted against a pro-Israel resolution that passed the House on Wednesday in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on the Middle Eastern country. Lee, who has condemned Hamas’ recent attack on Israel, said she voted against Wednesday’s Meeks-McCaul resolution because it fell short of acknowledging...
Police say North Side man confessed to killing former neighbor
It took three tries this week for Joshua James Short to kill his former neighbor, Pittsburgh police said. The 21-year-old North Side man tried breaking into Joseph Sees Jr.’s Manchester home at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Short told police in what they called a full confession to the murder. When...
On, Comet! Astrobotic sets Christmas Eve launch date for lunar lander
Pittsburgh has officially set its date to travel to the moon, and it will come as a Christmas present. Pittsburgh-based space company Astrobotic will launch its Peregrine lunar lander on Dec. 24 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, said Astrobotic CEO John Thorton. “It has been 16...
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence on Terrible Towel: ‘the little yellow towels that they swing around’Video
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence sounded entirely reverential about the atmosphere at Acrisure Stadium, comparing it to other tough environments like Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City and the Superdome in New Orleans. But in a media gathering Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, one little comment...
