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Trump, Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilizing U.S.-China relations but differences persist
BEIJING — Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the world’s two biggest powers on Iran, Taiwan and more. Xi welcomed Trump at his official residence, Zhongnanhai, on Friday for their final...
PennDOT details Parkway East closure detours
PennDOT announced a $95 million project to replace the Commercial Street Bridge along Parkway East in Pittsburgh. The project includes a 25-day road closure starting July 10, during which a new 830-foot-long, 60-foot-high bridge will be constructed and slid into place. Additional work during the closure includes asphalt repair and...
Former Kiski Township secretary set to take Springdale manager’s post
Springdale will have a new borough manager about two months after the resignation of its former manager. Patrick Bono, 60, of Apollo is set to start June 1 in an interim role. Bono previously served as the secretary of Kiski Township for around four years before resigning last January over...
Guy, Vodvarka face off in GOP primary in 17th Congressional District
A pair of Republicans are seeking their party’s nomination to try to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio in November. The GOP race in the 17th Congressional District features Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy of Hopewell and Robinson’s Jesse James Vodvarka, who manages a family-owned manufacturing firm that makes springs...
Hempfield welcomes new park with weekend Founders FestivalVideo
The first big event this weekend at Hempfield’s newest park is just the start of a slate of activities planned for the summer, said Marissa Haynes, township parks and recreation director. Founders Park already has been a busy place with visitors using the workout equipment, play areas, walking path and...
Luxury convention center hotel planned for Pittsburgh
A 500-room hotel is planned for a site adjacent to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh, which will give the city two hotels attached to the convention center along the Allegheny River according to state, city and county officials. Loews Hotels & Co. of New York City,...
Steelers’ 2026 schedule features gauntlet starting in Week 10
Television networks have long agreed that the Pittsburgh Steelers draw eyeballs. During a post-bye stretch this fall, the Steelers will have quite the audience week after week. The Steelers will play five consecutive games in high-profile viewing windows, making for one of the most notable themes of their 2026 schedule...
2 VA Hospital patients in O’Hara diagnosed with Legionnaires disease
Veterans Administration officials have said that two patients being treated at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center in O’Hara have tested positive for Legionella, according to TribLive news partner WTAE. The water lines at the facility have been treated, flushed and tested to make sure they are safe for people to...
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro’s grandson in Havana, U.S. and Cuban officials say
HAVANA — CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said. Ratcliffe met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, Interior Minister Lázaro Álvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence services, and discussed intelligence cooperation,...
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person...
Reconstruction begins inside Tree of Life buildingVideo
The first visible steps of reconstruction are underway at the site of the deadliest act of antisemitic violence in U.S. history, as scaffolding now wraps around the former bimah — the raised platform where the Torah was read — inside the Tree of Life building in Squirrel Hill. Standing inside...
Business resistance forming to Allegheny County’s paid parental leave proposal
A proposal by Allegheny County health officials to mandate 18 weeks of paid parental leave would increase time off for many working mothers and fathers in the county, but some business owners and their representatives argue it would come at too great a cost. The Allegheny County Board of Health...
Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel’s Hawaii trip included ‘VIP snorkel’ at a Pearl Harbor memorial
WASHINGTON — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement. Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel...
Penn State faculty vote to form union
A majority of participating Penn State faculty members voted in favor of union representation, according to the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU Local 668 announced Thursday that 2,510 faculty members voted in favor of a union. More than 5,000 faculty were able to vote in the election. “The road...
Trump administration aims to relax limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants
HARRISBURG — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking. It is...
Penn Brewery listed for sheriff’s saleVideo
Penn Brewery has been listed for sheriff’s sale. The brewery, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, was listed by creditor First Commonwealth Bank on the Allegheny County Sheriff Office’s website updated May 8. Three tracts at the brewery’s Vinial Street location are scheduled for auction June 1...
Jury finds Delmont woman guilty of 3rd-degree murder in adopted son’s death
Lauren Maloberti stood emotionless as a Westmoreland County jury announced it had found her guilty of killing her 5-year-old adopted son. Jurors deliberated three hours Thursday before convicting the Delmont mother of third-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault and single offenses of child endangerment and conspiracy in connection with...
Senators approve withholding their own pay during government shutdowns
WASHINGTON — Senators unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a string of record-breaking impasses in the past year. The bipartisan support for the measure comes at a time when federal closures have become...
Election HQ: Voter guide for 2026 Primary Day in Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s primary election is Tuesday, May 19. Pennsylvania has a closed primary system in which Republicans and Democrats can only vote for candidates in their respective parties. Primary winners earn their party’s nomination to run for the office in November. The state has an online tool to let voters find...
Pittsburgh Zoo to trade gorillas with Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is set to trade gorillas with Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Frankie, Pittsburgh’s 7-year-old male western lowland gorilla, will head to Boston. In exchange, Boston will send 33-year-old Little Joe the silverback back to Pittsburgh, the zoo announced. Born at the Pittsburgh Zoo in 2018 to female...
Greensburg park status in limbo as city, property owner settle on ‘acceptable solution’
Greensburg is still trying to iron out an agreement with Seton Hill Child Services regarding use of a public playground, Mayor Robb Bell said. “We had agreed to maintain the property and maintain the equipment if our kids could play on it,” he said, adding negotiations will continue. Bell this...
Racing, reckless driving on Mt. Washington are ‘out of hand,’ residents say
Nearly every night, Winnie Bobbitt falls asleep to sounds of revving engines and squealing brakes. Bobbitt, 26, lives in Mt. Washington, where residents are raising concerns about people partying and drag racing along Grandview Avenue, a popular stretch that overlooks the Pittsburgh skyline. Bobbitt — who also works as a...
Longtime church in Pittsburgh Mills eyeing move to Cheswick or Springdale
After 20 years worshipping in a space at the Pittsburgh Mills mall, the Rev. Michael Evans of Riverside Community Church said church officials are searching for a new home in Cheswick or Springdale. The church, affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, has long held services in locations within the...
Morning Roundup: Weather service asks for hail reports; bomb threat at Bethel Park Police shopping center
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, May 14: National Weather Service asks public for hail reports The National Weather Service is asking folks in the Western Pennsylvania region to report details about the type of hail their communities received during Wednesday’s storms. People are...
Trump insists US-China relations are in a good place despite differences as he wraps up Beijing trip
BEIJING — As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more. Trump started his last day in Beijing by insisting in a social...
