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4 with Pittsburgh ties land on Forbes list of 400 richest Americans
Four people with significant ties to Pittsburgh made the latest Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest Americans. David Tepper tops the local connections with an appearance at No. 33 with an estimated net worth of $18.5 billion. Tepper, the president and founder of the Appaloosa Management hedge fund, was raised in...
Supreme Court won’t take up MyPillow head’s defamation case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump. As is typical, the high court did not say...
It’s flu vaccine time and seniors need revved-up shots
Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don’t skip your flu shot this fall — and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind. After flu hit historically low levels during the covid-19 pandemic, it may be poised for a comeback. The main clue: A nasty flu season just ended in...
Sacheen Littlefeather, actor who declined Brando Oscar, diesVideo
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Native Americans had been portrayed on screen, has died. She was 75. Littlefeather’s niece, Calina Lawrence, confirmed that she died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by loved...
Kim Kardashian settles with SEC over crypto promotion
Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that she promoted a cryptocurrency on Instagram without disclosing that she’d been paid $250,000 to do so. The SEC said Monday that the reality TV star and entrepreneur has agreed to cooperate with its ongoing...
Steelers vs. Jets: What they’re saying in New York after win
Surrounded by amped-up Kenny Pickett fans, opposing quarterback Zach Wilson was undaunted. The Pittsburgh Steelers home crowd spent the afternoon chanting “Ken-ny, Ken-ny.” Wilson snagged the glory away from Pickett and his hyped fans. The New York Jets quarterback marched his team down the field for a game-winning drive that...
Bolsonaro, Lula headed to runoff after tight Brazil electionVideo
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent...
Residents escape fire in 2-story building in North Huntingdon, no injuries reported
Multiple fire departments responded to a fire on Sunday night in a two-story home in North Huntingdon, which re-kindled on Monday morning. Firefighters dispatched to the 2300 block of Scotch Hill Road at around 7 p.m. reported seeing flames coming from the building. Emergency crews were called back to the...
Airing of Grievances: Defensive demise, ill-timed interceptions undermine Kenny Pickett’s Steelers debut in loss to Jets
There was plenty of bluster, hoopla and emotional peaks during the debut game for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. In the end, however, all it amounted to was a home loss to the stinkin’ New York Jets — for just the second time in...
Monaca man dies after falling from Acrisure Stadium escalator at Steelers game
Pittsburgh police are investigating the death of a Monaca man who fell from an escalator inside Acrisure Stadium at Sunday’s game between the Steelers and the New York Jets. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said the incident happened at 4:45 p.m., and paramedics provided the man with medical treatment on scene...
Kenny Pickett replaces Mitch Trubisky, but Jets rally past Steelers on late TD
Cameron Heyward walked with a limp. His elbow was hurting, too. The biggest bruise the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain felt Sunday, though, was to his ego. The Steelers defense, which was supposed to be so dominant this season, wilted down the stretch once again, giving up two touchdowns in the...
Kenny Pickett makes NFL debut, replaces Mitch Trubisky as Steelers QB to begin 2nd half vs. Jets
The Kenny Pickett era is underway. Pickett, the former Pitt star and first-round pick in April, made his NFL debut to begin the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first offensive possession of the second half of Sunday’s home game against the New York Jets. The Steelers managed just six points in the first...
Man critically wounded in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A man was critically wounded in a shooting Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, according to a city Public Safety spokeswoman. City police responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. to two Shotspotter alerts for multiple rounds of gunfire in the 200 block of Wilbur Street. Officers found a man nearby who...
Joe Greene ready to welcome Franco Harris into Steelers’ exclusive retired number fraternity
Joe Greene sees no reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers shouldn’t be retiring Franco Harris’ No. 32 in December on the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception. “Before Franco, we hadn’t done very much,” Greene said. “After Franco, we didn’t do much, either. But during Franco, we did a lot.” Greene...
Breast cancer survivor offers encouragement at Westmoreland Pink Ribbon Walk
Nikki Williams listened to what her body was telling her. That’s what helped her to learn she was suffering from breast cancer and to get the treatment she needed to beat the disease. “I want to be an advocate for women, to make sure they do their self-exams,” said the...
Trump: ‘King’ to some in Pennsylvania, but will it help GOP?
MONONGAHELA — The Trump-Pence sign still hangs on the older building off Main Street in this historic town, a lasting vestige of the campaign fervor that roused voters, including many who still believe the falsehood that the former president didn’t lose in 2020 and hope he’ll run in 2024. The...
Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescuesVideo
FORT MYERS, Fla. — With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, U.S. officials vowed Sunday to unleash an unprecedented amount of federal disaster aid as crews scrambled to rescue people still trapped by floodwaters. Days after...
Pittsburgh’s Oliver Citywide Academy will delay return to classrooms after assault on teacher
Students will have a delayed return to in-person instruction at Pittsburgh’s Oliver Citywide Academy in the aftermath of an assault by a student on Thursday that sent a female teacher to a hospital for treatment. Students will learn remotely until Oct. 10, when those in grades 3-8 will return to...
Some Western Pa. students grapple with post-covid learning loss
Before the pandemic, Alana Griffin said her son was advanced in his academics. Now, she said, she considers the 9-year-old to be at an average level. Her other son, who is 8, needs to catch up in reading and math, she said. Though her children see a weekly tutor, the...
125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match
MALANG, Indonesia — Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled upon or suffocated. Attention immediately focused on police...
Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings persist
LAS VEGAS — It’s been five years since carnage and death sent his family running into the night, leaving them separated and terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip. The memories don’t fade, they sharpen, William “Bill” Henning said...
Delmont group presses on through rain, welcomes many visitors to Apple ‘n Arts fest
A steady rain poured on the 40th Anniversary Apple ‘n Arts Festival on Saturday in Delmont, but many still braved the soggy conditions to enjoy entertainment and sample food and browse crafts offered by about 140 vendors. “We have more vendors than last year because people are coming back out...
Fetterman addresses stroke recovery, defends record on crime at Pittsburgh rally
U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman rallied Saturday afternoon before hundreds of supporters in Pittsburgh’s Strip District despite a downpour as the remnants of tropical storm Ian passed through. In a 12-minute speech, Fetterman addressed his stroke recovery, saying it causes him at times to have auditory processing...
Ian leaves dozens dead as focus turns to rescue, recovery
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock of their losses. The death...
Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer, a Pittsburgh native, dies, called ‘a tireless champion for children’
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has been in the eye of the storm in recent years as it decided a series of hot-button issues that ranged from covid responses and reapportionment to election reform. At its center was Chief Justice Max Baer. Baer, 74, died Friday night at his home near Pittsburgh....
