Here are some of the latest news items on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023:

Near record low temperature in Pittsburgh

It was an unseasonably cold morning in the Pittsburgh area Thursday and the record-low temperature of 25 degrees, set in 1879 and reached again in 1905, was nearly reached shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service office in Moon. The NWS said the low temperature Thursday morning was 26.

A sunny day is expected with highs around 50 degrees in the afternoon with a clear, brisk evening in store for the Steelers game against the Tennessee Titans in the evening.

The low temperature Thursday night into Friday morning is expected to be around 32 degrees.

Apartment building fire breaks out in East Vandergrift

A fire broke out inside an apartment building in East Vandergrift on Wednesday night.

The fire was reported around 10 p.m. along Kennedy Avenue and damaged the first and second floors of the building, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE-TV.

The television station reported everyone who was inside the building got out safely.

There was no initial word on how the fire started.

Knoxville shooting damages building

A shooting in Knoxville on Wednesday afternoon left two businesses damaged by bullets but no people were hit by the gunfire.

According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the shooting occurred around 2 p.m. at Candy Safe Supermarket in the 300 block of Brownsville Road.

Witnesses told police four potential suspects fired shots before fleeing the scene.

Some of the damage to the businesses included a bullet through a window and glass shattered in a display case.

An investigation is ongoing.

Man charged with trespassing at Century III Mall

An Oklahoma man described as a social media influencer has been charged with trespassing at the condemned Century III Mall.

Carter Banks, also known as BigBankz was charged with criminal and defiant trespassing for entering the abandoned Century III Mall, according to West Mifflin police.

The police say the 26-year-old went to the vacant mall last month and broke in. The video was posted to social media, police said.

Police said the only way for him to enter the mall would be by ripping down plywood and breaking in.

Earlier this year, another YouTuber and two other men from Ohio were charged with trespassing, along with a man from Clairton.

Before that, a teenager fell through the roof of the mall and was hospitalized.

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