Ryan Deto stories, Page 6

Pittsburgh International Airport marked a milestone on June 24 when security agents handled more passengers on a single day than ever before. Nearly 20,000 people flowed through the checkpoint that Monday, according to airport spokesman Bob Kerlik. Some passengers reportedly waited well over two hours in the security line that...

House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reiterated his support of President Joe Biden during a visit Monday to Pittsburgh International Airport and used the infrastructure improvements underway there as a reason to talk up the president in the face of his recent poor debate performance. Jeffries, of New York, said...

Following President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance on Thursday night, alarmed liberal pundits wasted little time in suggesting that the president consider withdrawing from the race. But Biden’s political allies, including Democratic delegates committed to the president’s reelection, are standing by the incumbent, even as they acknowledged his poor showing....

Matthew Presto had his eyes glued to the debate between President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, and after the 90-minute contest he believes Trump came out on top. Presto, 31, is a registered Republican from Washington County and he said he was undecided before the...

In the run-up to Thursday night’s first debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the rivals’ campaigns have boosted their presence in Pennsylvania by holding rallies, ramping up ad buys and opening campaign offices. So far, the Biden campaign efforts are outpacing those of the Trump camp....

Allegheny County spent more than it took in last year, the first time that’s happened since 2011, county Controller Corey O’Connor said. Against that backdrop, O’Connor cautioned Wednesday that serious financial problems lie ahead for county government unless urgent action is taken. O’Connor called last year an “inflection point” for...

Passengers could see long security screening waits at the Pittsburgh International Airport this summer, and airport officials are advising travelers to get there extra early, especially for early morning flights. Airport officials issued a travel alert Monday, advising passengers to get to the airport between two-and-half and three hours early...

Allegheny County could soon have a new health director after a six-month search. Dr. Iulia Vann was nominated by the Allegheny County Board of Health Monday in an unanimous vote from the nine-member board. Vann, a Romanian native, has served as public health director for Guilford County, N.C., since 2020....

A Leechburg man was killed after he was thrown from his motorcycle in Allegheny Township on Saturday evening. Scottie Joe Hawkins, 32, was ejected from his Harley Davidson motorcycle after the bike left the right side of the roadway, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Timothy Carson. Hawkins was traveling west...

Pittsburgh took another important step toward healing Sunday as ground was broken on a new structure at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill that will house a memorial and museum to combat American antisemitism. Emotions ran high 2,066 days after a gunman broke into the Tree of Life...

A passerby was shot in the leg after multiple people fired a total of 25 rounds in Pittsburgh’s Hill District early Sunday morning. Pittsburgh Police said multiple people were firing at each other at around 2:10 a.m. in the area of Chauncey Drive and Bedford Avenue. When police arrived on...

Pittsburgh’s heat wave has finally broken, but the cold front moving in will likely bring severe storms and a potential tornado to the region, according to forecasters. Sunday’s forecast high is 84 degrees for Pittsburgh, marking the first day in a week with high temperatures forecast below 90 degrees. The...

A hiker that was injured near Lock & Dam 6 on the Allegheny River in South Buffalo Township was rescued by firefighters Saturday afternoon. Two hikers were walking a trail in the Clinton area of South Buffalo near the lock when one hiker took a fall and was injured, according...

The Alle-Kiski community came together on a blazing hot Saturday to honor the fallen officers and those who cared for them in what organizers said was the fundraiser’s biggest event ever. The annual Back the Blue police fundraiser was held at Mogie’s Irish Pub in Lower Burrell on Saturday afternoon...

A toddler was sent to the hospital after falling to the ground from a second-floor window in Pittsburgh’s Hill District on Saturday morning. Pittsburgh Police were called to a home in the 2400 block of Bedford Avenue just after 8 a.m., responding to reports that a child had fallen out...

First lady Jill Biden is returning to Pittsburgh on Sunday in an effort to remind voters that the Biden administration is seeking to protect their abortion rights. Biden will visit Pittsburgh on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Roe v. Wade,...

Pittsburgh city officials have released a giant Heinz ketchup bottle from its grip. After the Heinz History Center placed the 35-foot bottle outside its building late last year, the city demanded the institution seek a zoning variance because it was a sign and too tall for existing regulations. The city’s...

Nine baristas at the Starbucks in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood unanimously voted to unionize, the workers union said Wednesday. The store on Walnut Street in Shadyside becomes the 17th store to unionize in the Pittsburgh region. Over the past three years, a union wave has hit the coffee giant with over...

Beating the heat just got harder for Western Pennsylvanians, as the heat dome hovering over the region is now expected to stick around through Saturday evening. The Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service announced Wednesday that the excessive heat warning is being extended at least one more day and...

Pennsylvania is almost completely surrounded by states with legalized recreational marijuana and a Pittsburgh lawmaker is hoping the Keystone State will follow suit before competing states completely overtake the market. State Rep. Emily Kinkead, a Democrat from Brighton Heights, is introducing a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania. She...

Entertainment giant Live Nation presented plans Thursday for a 4,500-seat entertainment venue at the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District. The plan, first approved in May 2023, is seeking an adjustment, as the attached parking garage now will be pursued separately. California-based Live Nation told officials at...

Rising concerns over global antisemitism are spilling over into a dispute between a right-wing social media platform called Rumble and some members of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party. Letters obtained by TribLive show Rumble, a Toronto-based social media company, sparring with the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. One side claims that Rumble is abetting...

The ongoing problems that frequently have shut down the Monongahela Incline appear to be the result of a series of “sporadic and unpredictable causes,” said a newly released report. The report, obtained by TribLive, comes from Philadelphia-based consultants Talson and was commissioned by Pittsburgh Regional Transit in April after intermittent...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman was speeding when he crashed into the back of another vehicle Sunday in Maryland, according to a police report obtained by TribLive. Fetterman, a Democrat from Braddock, was westbound on Interstate 70 at 7:45 a.m. Sunday when he rear-ended a vehicle near the interchange with Interstate...

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is planning to close its printing facility in Allegheny County just 10 years after opening it, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by TribLive. Management from the newspaper sent a letter on May 23 to the union representing journalists at the Post-Gazette, informing them that the newspaper...