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Homewood man arrested after stabbing 3 people, police say
A Homewood man is in jail after he allegedly stabbed three people Thursday morning, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. At around 3:30 a.m., police found a woman who had been stabbed in an apartment on the 7700 block of Frankstown Avenue in Homewood. Medics took the woman to the hospital...
Airbnb operators urge Pittsburgh City Council to tweak legislation on short-term rentals
Airbnb owners urged Pittsburgh City Council members Thursday to tweak proposed legislation that would regulate Airbnbs and other short-term rental properties. The legislation was introduced after two teenage boys were killed and eight others injured in a shooting at an Airbnb rental property in the city’s North Side early on...
Jan. 6 panel asks GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk to testify about Capitol tour
WASHINGTON — The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking a House Republican for more information about a tour of the building the panel says he led the day before the deadly attack. The committee’s letter to Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday is the latest attempt by...
Congress OKs latest $40B to help Ukraine repulse Russians
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America’s latest, and quite possibly not last, financial salvo against Russia’s invasion. The 86-11 vote gave final congressional approval to the package, three...
Lori Mizgorski wins GOP primary, set to face Democratic incumbent Lindsey Williams in November
State Sen. Lindsey Williams says she will continue to do her job in an effort to keep it for another term. Lori Mizgorski wants residents of the state 38th Senatorial District to get to know her better so she can take over the job next year. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s...
Developer wants to turn Downtown Pittsburgh warehouse once owned by Mark Cuban into apartments
A Washington, D.C., developer told the Pittsburgh Planning Commission that it wants to begin transforming a Downtown warehouse formerly owned by celebrity billionaire Mark Cuban into an apartment building this summer. Douglas Development Corp. presented its plans Tuesday for the vacant building at 642 Fort Duquesne Blvd., facing the Allegheny...
FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week
WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers Thursday that a shuttered baby formula factory could be up and running as soon as next week, though he sidestepped questions about whether his agency should have intervened earlier at the plant at the center of the national...
3 injured — 1 critically — in Homewood stabbing
Three people were injured in a stabbing early Thursday in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh police. Police said officers went to an apartment in the 7700 block of Frankstown Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Officers said they found a woman there with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a...
TV Talk: Partially Pittsburgh-set ‘This Is Us’ goes out on topVideo
W hile some viewers will be sad to see NBC’s family drama “This Is Us” conclude its six-year run at 9 p.m. May 24, it’s at least comforting to know the partially Pittsburgh-set series ends on its own terms with its initial quality largely intact. The show also ends on...
Hot weather expected next 2 days, new record possible Saturday
The Pittsburgh region is set to get its first taste of 90-degree weather this year, but the heatwave is going to be brief. The high temperature is expected to get to near 90 on Friday and into the lower 90s for Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Modzelewski said. The...
Abandoned Braddock row house collapses during fire
It took firefighters nearly four hours to get a blaze at an abandoned row house under control early Thursday in Braddock. The fire in the 200 block of Oliver Street was reported around 1:30 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. Firefighters got it under control by 5:15 a.m. Firefighters...
Work to refinish New Kensington church’s ‘onion dome’ continues
The layers of the onion are being put back on a New Kensington church. It was finally warm and dry enough Tuesday to begin work to refinish the onion dome atop St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church on Elmtree Road. It’s the first time the “terribly weathered” onion dome, so...
Commonwealth Court halts PennDOT bridge tolling project, including I-79 near Bridgeville
A Commonwealth Court judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to halt a statewide bridge-tolling project, saying that the plan likely violates state statutes and impacts local communities that PennDOT failed to consult. The ruling came in response to a suit filed by several municipalities that objected to tolling on...
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust president and CEO Kevin McMahon retiring at end of 2022
When J. Kevin McMahon arrived in Pittsburgh 21 years ago to work for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, remnants of the seedy red-light part of Downtown that became the Cultural District were still in place. “The city was starting to emerge from its past, but I looked right out on Liberty...
U.S. case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man
NEW YORK — Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe. Monkeypox is typically limited to Africa, and rare cases in the United States and elsewhere...
President Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant. The Defense...
Voter turnout strong for Westmoreland primary as political leaders look to fall campaign
More than 41% of Republicans and nearly 40% of registered Democrats in Westmoreland County voted in Tuesday’s gubernatorial and U.S. Senate primaries, numbers that have local political leaders predicting an energetic fall campaign. The county’s results closely mirror statewide totals as Democrats backed Lt. Gov. John Fetterman for Senate while...
State Rep. Jessica Benham wins Democratic nomination in 36th State House District
State Rep. Jessica Benham, D-South Side, trounced her opponent in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race in the 36th State House District, according to unofficial tallies. Benham was first elected in 2020 to a strong Democratic district that includes Brentwood, Mt. Oliver and several Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including all or parts of Arlington,...
Court rejects John Lesko’s appeal in 1980 western Pa. ‘Kill for Thrill’ spree
One of the last appeals for Pennsylvania’s longest-serving death row inmate has been denied. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday rejected 64-year-old John Lesko’s request for a new trial and sentencing hearing. He was convicted in the 1980 murder of Apollo police Officer Leonard Miller,...
New lawsuit contends retaliation against Sewickley Academy in race debate
A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Sewickley Academy alleges that faculty members were told to teach “both sides” of issues such as slavery in the school’s Black history classes, after last year’s controversy over allegations about a social justice program. Michael-Ann Cerniglia, D. Barrett Gough, Jill Korber Small and Gail Wolfe...
Allegheny Valley School District agrees to 5-year contract with its teachers
Teachers and the school board in the Allegheny Valley School District have forged a new five-year contract. On Tuesday, the board unanimously ratified the agreement after the Allegheny Valley Education Association had done so earlier in the day. Under the new contract, the 78-member teaching staff will receive an average...
Ligonier Township property listed at $1.45 million was inspired by builder’s dream
Builder Joseph Minyon said the idea for the 12,000-square-foot, chateau-inspired home he built in Ligonier Township came to him in a dream. “I saw a bird in flight with wings outstretched — I’m not sure what kind of bird it was, but I’ll say it was an eagle,” he said....
Stocks fall sharply as Target’s woes renew inflation fears
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,100 points and the S&P 500 had its biggest drop in nearly two years Wednesday, as big earnings misses by Target and other major retailers stoked investors’ fears that surging inflation could cut deeply into corporate profits. The broad...
Fetterman says he’s ready to return to lieutenant governor duties
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said in a letter to state legislators Wednesday that he is ready to return to his duties in Pennsylvania’s second-highest elected office, a day after undergoing a procedure to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator in his chest. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman will continue...
Outstanding votes in Allegheny County could sway races, but will take time to count
Allegheny County elections officials have tallied the vast majority of votes cast in Tuesday’s primary, but some races remain too close to call and could be decided by remaining votes that need to be tabulated. Officials said some of the outstanding votes will be counted on Friday, but it’s unlikely...
