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Spirit Airlines to add daily flights between Pittsburgh and Miami
Pittsburghers will soon have another travel option to get to South Florida. Spirit Airlines said Monday that it will begin new nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Miami International Airport on Nov. 15 The low-cost carrier will offer daily flights leaving Pittsburgh at 11:29 a.m. and arriving in Miami...
Hurricane Lee charges through open Atlantic waters as it approaches northeast CaribbeanVideo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Lee whirled through open waters on Thursday as forecasters warned it could become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season. Lee was not expected to make landfall while on a projected path that will take it near the northeast Caribbean, although forecasters...
Search for escaped Pennsylvania murderer enters 8th day
WEST CHESTER — As the hunt for an elusive murderer stretches into a second week, residents of suburban southeast Pennsylvania say they’re unsettled and perhaps frustrated — but not panicked — as hundreds of heavily armed searchers scoured roads, neighborhoods and dense woodlands. Danilo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old from Brazil,...
Man arrested in Latrobe shooting of friend previously served time in 2015 beating death
A Greensburg man accused of shooting a longtime friend in Latrobe on Sunday previously served jail time in connection with a 2015 fatal beating, according to court records. Malik Crosby, 24, was arraigned Friday on attempted homicide and related charges in the Chestnut Street shooting that police said happened after...
Morning Roundup: Man fatally shot in McKeesport, suspect arrested
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Sept. 7: Man killed in McKeesport shooting, police arrest suspect A man was shot and killed Wednesday night in McKeesport, and Allegheny County Police have filed homicide charges in connection with the shooting. Police said they responded to...
Change in state police academy requirements generates burst in applications
Eliminating the requirement that Pennsylvania State Police cadets have college credits under their belts in order to apply for trooper jobs was met with a burst of applications. State officials said 137 of 297 people who applied in the two days after the announcement last week do not have college...
Pittsburgh Public Schools employee accused of sexually assaulting teen
A man who works for Pittsburgh Public Schools has been accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl. Police said Brian Deering, 45, returned to his Baldwin home after a night of drinking in August and gave a 14-year-old girl alcohol and marijuana before sexually assaulting her, according to Tribune-Review news...
Cold front brings rain, cooler temps to Pittsburgh region
The heat wave that hovered over the Pittsburgh region for the past several days has come to end as a cold front has brought rain and cooler temperatures. The Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service said scattered showers will continue through Thursday morning. The service warns that visibility will...
Aerosmith triumphantly bids farewell to Pittsburgh on Peace Out tourVideo
If Wednesday night’s concert was truly Aerosmith’s last show in Pittsburgh, the veteran rockers from Boston went out with a blast — of music and confetti. Aerosmith, which formed in 1970, in May announced their Peace Out farewell tour, a 40-date North American run through January celebrating their more than...
Pittsburgh construction worker rescued after partial building collapse
A Pittsburgh construction worker is lucky to be alive after the building he was helping to tear down partially collapsed. Around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, a construction crew was tearing down a building at 193 Chartiers Ave., when the structure partially collapsed. The collapse trapped the worker, who authorities did not...
Owner of 2nd alligator seen in Kiski River explains how it got there, efforts to bring him back home
The recent report of a second alligator swimming Sunday in the Kiski River appears to be a runaway reptile named Neo. Austin Randall, 23, of Lyndora, Butler County, said Wednesday he lost Neo on Aug. 29 while attempting to re-home the baby male alligator to Kiski Township resident and alligator...
This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
GENEVA — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Last month was not only the hottest August scientists ever recorded by far with modern equipment, it was...
Tropical Storm Lee strengthens into a hurricane as it churns across Atlantic toward CaribbeanVideo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Lee strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it churned through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbean. The hurricane was located about 1,130 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. It had...
Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury to indict President Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but appeared related to a gun possession charge in...
Former Allegheny County Airport Authority vice president alleges race discrimination, retaliation
A former Allegheny County Airport Authority employee filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the organization of racism. Charmaine Easie-Samuels, who worked in the agency’s marketing, communications and customer experience department, was hired as a vice president in December 2021. She was fired nearly a year ago. The lawsuit includes...
Trial begins in 2019 North Side shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured
Ashley Strong had just stopped her car at Kennedy and Norwood avenues on Pittsburgh’s North Side to drop off her friend. Cedrick L. Mack was supposed to be meeting someone named Reese on the afternoon of Dec. 18, 2019. Strong saw the person he was supposed to meet walking up...
Pennsylvania inmate escaped by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, prison official saysVideo
WEST CHESTER — A murderer on the loose in suburban Philadelphia was able to escape from a jail yard by climbing up a wall and over razor wire last week, prison officials said Wednesday. A security video of the escape shows Danelo Cavalcante, 34, standing in a passageway before bracing...
Tarentum boaters say borough deadline to retrieve docks is ‘impossible’
People who have dock space along the Allegheny River in Tarentum are asking for added time to pull their items from the water and shoreline after council eliminated leases until further notice. Council in August said leases will not be approved until the borough has a finalized riverfront development plan,...
West Virginia University faculty express symbolic no confidence in President E. Gordon Gee
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia University faculty approved a symbolic motion on Wednesday expressing no confidence in President E. Gordon Gee as the university addresses a $45 million budget shortfall. The university is struggling with the financial toll of dwindling enrollment, revenue lost during the covid-19 pandemic and an increasing...
Pitt Seed program invests in projects proposed by faculty, staff
Boosting the teacher pipeline in Pennsylvania and helping marginalized students succeed in college are among the five projects that have been selected for investment by the University of Pittsburgh. The program, called Pitt Seed, provides internal financial support for pilot projects that have growth potential and could have direct impact...
Pittsburgh approves limited deer hunting program in city parks
Limited archery hunting will be permitted in two Pittsburgh parks this year. City Council on Wednesday approved legislation that will clear the way for limited deer hunting to address a deer population that officials have said has grown too large. Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration will host a pilot program in...
Pittsburgh food bank warns of scammers after phony solicitations at Rib Fest
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is warning people of potential scammers who have been posing as food bank representatives at several large events, including Rib Fest last weekend on the North Shore. The food bank said Pittsburgh police are investigating potential fraud following several reports of people posing as...
Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen likely out for remainder of season with partial Achilles tearVideo
In all likelihood, Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen’s 2023 campaign is over. The club’s director of sports medicine, Todd Tomczyk, relayed Wednesday afternoon that McCutchen suffered a partial tear of his left Achilles tendon. McCutchen had been removed mid-game Monday night against the Brewers with Achilles tightness. After an...
DA: State police justified in fatally shooting Fawn man last October
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday that state police were justified in fatally shooting a Fawn man who brandished a gun last fall after troopers responded to a domestic disturbance report. Zachary John Cervice, 50, was killed on Shamrock Lane as he got out of a...
Coroner identifies Allegheny County man killed in ‘police-involved shooting’ in North Huntingdon
An Allegheny County man was identified as the person who was killed Tuesday in North Huntingdon during a narcotics investigation involving agents from the state Attorney General’s Office. Dontae D. Warner, 30, of McKeesport “became involved in an interaction with multiple police departments” and died in a parking lot behind...
