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Duquesne University police on strike after contract talks failVideo
Police at Duquesne University will go on strike Monday morning after negotiations Sunday failed to reach a contract agreement. The strike was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The university and its police department, represented by Teamsters Local 249, have been in talks for nearly...
Report: Justice Clarence Thomas reported income from defunct firm
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported income from a real estate firm founded by his wife and her family, even after the company ceased to exist, The Washington Post said. The Nebraska real estate firm, Ginger Ltd. Partnership, was founded in the 1980s and was shut down in...
Rain threat remains in water-logged South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop across inland portions of South Florida and move toward the east coast during the afternoon and early evening hours of Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service said Sunday that areas hit hard by last...
Damaging wind gusts possible with afternoon, evening storms
Damaging wind gusts are possible with storms in the Pittsburgh area this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service said it is anticipating isolated severe storms this afternoon. Strong and potentially damaging wind gusts are the main threat with the strongest of them. Wind gusts of 40...
Building the Valley: New Kensington native teams with Strange Roots, Common Oven to offer downtown brew pub
Tony Vigilante isn’t a master beer brewer or a professional pizza chef. But he sure loves a great pint to wash down a tasty pizza. So when the New Kensington native saw the chance to share his penchant for brew and pie in the town where he lives and works,...
New push on U.S.-run free electronic tax-filing system for all
WASHINGTON — It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax returns before Tuesday’s filing deadline. Many often pay to use software from private companies such as Intuit and H&R Block. Almost one-quarter of Americans wait until the last minute to file...
Judge delays trial over Fox News and 2020 election lies
NEW YORK — The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced late Sunday that he was delaying the start of the trial until Tuesday. He did not cite a reason. The trial, which has drawn international interest, had been scheduled to start...
Police say 5 people shot, 2 dead at cockfight in Honolulu
Two victims died after five people were shot during an altercation at a late-night cockfight Friday in Honolulu, police said. Honolulu police responded to a call about shots fired just past midnight Friday and were searching Saturday for a suspect believed to be in his 20s who allegedly shot the...
Shooting at Alabama birthday party kills 4 people, wounds 28Video
DADEVILLE, Ala. — Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward with information about a shooting that killed four people and injured 28 others during a teenager’s birthday party. Among those killed was a high school senior who planned to play college football and was celebrating sister’s...
Buffalo Township woman crowned queen of weight loss
Michele Malkowiak loves being called a loser. The Buffalo Township grandmother and homemaker shed more than 100 pounds over a two-year period during the pandemic. As a result, she is Pennsylvania’s reigning 2021-22 Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) queen. “I was blindsided,” said Malkowiak, 56. “I found out the day...
Westmoreland County on pace to pay more than $5 million in overtime this year
Ryan Perry and his co-workers know there is no other choice but to take on extra shifts to ensure the Westmoreland County Prison has enough guards on duty each day. Along with that mandatory overtime comes a financial windfall — but also a struggle to maintain a work-life balance. “It’s...
Historic Troy Hill Fire House to house tap room, farm-to-table community market
The historic Troy Hill Fire House is slated to house a taproom and farm-to-table community market. Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday unanimously voted to sell the Ley Street site to QGE Holdings LLC for $300,000, contingent on a cooperation agreement with the URA and the city. A renovation...
Uptown redevelopment project to include space for food trucks, patio seating
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday approved plans to sell an Uptown site to a developer that is aiming to bring commercial space and food trucks. The board unanimously approved plans to sell the property at 23 Miltenberger St. for $60,000 plus costs to Pittsburgh-based Epic Development LLC. Plans...
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path, one marked by an overwhelming loss that often is abrupt, violent and public Each year, roughly 150 law enforcement officers across the country die in the line of duty. They lose their lives in any number of ways....
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path, one marked by an overwhelming loss that often is abrupt, violent and public
Each year, roughly 150 law enforcement officers across the country die in the line of duty. They lose their lives in any number of ways. Some are shot, stabbed or beaten; others are killed in vehicle crashes; still others are felled by heart attacks linked to work stress or other...
The Penguins limp into an early offseason with an uncertain future
Sidney Crosby detests free time. He abhors it almost as much as a clingy opposing third-line center hassling him for a puck or yapping personal insults. So, given the Pittsburgh Penguins’ failure to qualify for the NHL’s postseason that begins Monday, this won’t be an enjoyable summer for the team’s...
Fort Pitt Bridge, tunnel will be open Saturday night
The inbound Fort Pitt Bridge and tunnel, previously expected to be closed overnight Saturday, will be open to traffic Saturday night, PennDOT announced. They were expected to be closed overnight Friday and Saturday, from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m., while crews replaced pavement markings on the upper deck of the...
State police say trooper assaulted in Harmar by Miami man being investigated by DEA
A state trooper working with the DEA task force was assaulted in Harmar on Wednesday by a Miami man who was being investigated by the federal agency, according to authorities. Jhon Darwyn Canizales Soto, 30, was charged by state police with a felony count of aggravated assault along with resisting...
Westmoreland DA says forensics lab will speed investigations
A new in-house digital forensics laboratory may speed investigations and solve crimes more quickly, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said. The lab, paid for through a $497,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, is expected to be available later this year. Local investigators can use the...
Pitt students hold ‘die-in’ to protest university’s delay in notifying campus of threat hoax
About 100 University of Pittsburgh students laid down outside the Cathedral of Learning on Friday afternoon to stage a “die-in” to protest the university’s delay in notifying campus about active shooter threats Monday night. The incident reported at Hillman Library proved to be a hoax. But students who laid down...
Man charged in fentanyl death of 7-month-old Penn Hills girl
A man from Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood faces charges in connection with the fentanyl-poisoning death of a 7-month-old Penn Hills girl. Allegheny County Police on Friday charged David Dwayne Poindexter, 58, with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. Police said Poindexter, a boyfriend of the baby’s grandmother, was being held in Allegheny...
Shooting near Edgewood Towne Center sent bullet through school bus
Swissvale police said no one was injured in a shooting incident that sent a bullet through a school bus Friday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., two vehicles exchanged gunfire in an incident that started in the Edgewood Towne Center, Swissvale police said. The incident then extended into Swissvale, police said, where...
Norfolk Southern offers up-close view of cleanup work at East Palestine derailment site
Chris Hunsicker has done environmental cleanup work for 30 years, but he said he’s never been involved in a project as extensive as the one that began after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine in early February. “This is a very unique event and a very significant event,”...
Penguins give part of Lower Hill development site to Bethel AME Church decades after it was displaced by arena project
More than six decades after its church was displaced to clear the way for construction of the former Civic Arena, Bethel AME Church will once again get land in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District. The church is set to develop a 1.5-acre site at the corner of Crawford and Bedford avenues,...
PennWest says move to consolidate academic colleges will save $2M
PennWest University will consolidate its six academic colleges into three and rename them as the year-old university — itself created through a merger — seeks to cut costs while reversing enrollment losses. The university’s Council of Trustees approved the measure Thursday. Officials gave few details afterward about the reorganization, but...
