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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
1 dead in shooting in West Mifflin
Allegheny County Police are investigating a homicide at a West Mifflin housing complex that is already facing charges for operating as a public nuisance. Police said 911 was first alerted a little after 10 p.m. Tuesday of shots fired near the 40 building in Mon View Heights. Emergency services found...
Man arrested in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Center after hostage incident involving his children
SWAT units arrested a man in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Center neighborhood Tuesday afternoon following a hostage incident involving the man’s children, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Pittsburgh police were dispatched to the 200 block of East Ohio Street around 3:20 p.m. for a domestic call inside the Allegheny Commons apartment complex,...
Feds back UPMC workers in lawsuit alleging health care monopoly
The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with UPMC workers in an ongoing lawsuit alleging the $28 billion hospital system violated employees’ rights and holds a monopoly on health care where it operates. The department’s antitrust division on Monday filed a statement of interest in the case in federal court...
UPMC Presbyterian hospital tower project on schedule as $1.5B expansion continues
UPMC’s multibillion-dollar hospital expansion and renovation project appears to be on schedule, with the opening of its centerpiece Presbyterian hospital tower expected in 2027. Work on the $1.5 billion, 17-story tower near the existing Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood began in June 2022. Construction is expected to wrap up...
Pittsburgh approves $1M outlay for 2026 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh will pay $1 million to support the 2026 NFL Draft, which the city will host. City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to spend the money despite initial criticism from some members that Mayor Ed Gainey committed taxpayer dollars without first seeking their approval. The vote also commits the city...
Roundup: Gingerbread House entries begin; Pittsburgh police investigate reported stabbing
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 1: 22nd annual Gingerbread House Competition accepting entries The CitiParks Office of Special Events said it will begin accepting registrations Tuesday for the 22nd annual City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Competition. Registration will open online at 10...
New dean joins Carnegie Mellon science college
Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science has a new dean, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham. Her tenure begins in January. Shinn-Cunningham came to Carnegie Mellon in 2018 as founding director of the Neuroscience Institute. A faculty researcher and an engineer by training, she is a professor of auditory neuroscience. Shinn-Cunningham heads two...
Banners with Nazi symbols found on West End, Tenth St. bridges
Pittsburgh Police removed two banners bearing Nazi symbols on city bridges early Saturday morning. One of the banners was found on the West End Bridge near the Route 65 intersection, according to police. The other was on the Tenth Street Bridge. Both signs were removed, photographed and taken as evidence....
Gainey proposes $657M budget for 2025 with spending cuts, no tax hikes
The City of Pittsburgh’s preliminary 2025 budget released Monday by Mayor Ed Gainey would hold the line on taxes, cut spending and scale back plans to pump up the police force. The proposed operating budget of just under $657 million slices about $29 million, or 4.2%, from this year’s projected...
What happens to PNC Park’s leftover food?
The Pittsburgh Pirates played their final 2024 home game Thursday at PNC Park, but there are items from the ballpark’s concession stands still being served, though not to fans. The leftover food is being donated to 412 Food Rescue, a non-profit that recovers and redistributes food directly to people who...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh K9 officer involved in crash near Smithfield Street Bridge
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 30: Pittsburgh K9 officer involved in crash near Smithfield Street Bridge City officials said a Pittsburgh police vehicle was involved in a crash Sunday afternoon near the Smithfield Street Bridge. The city K9 officer was responding to...
City Theatre’s ‘POTUS’ is an outrageous, timely farce
In case you weren’t aware, there’s an election coming up. That can make the news tough to take some days, conversations with family and friends more tense and the barrage of campaign phone calls seemingly endless. So it’s a pretty good time to infuse politics some laughs. And City Theatre...
Urban oasis: Farms sprout in Pittsburgh’s food deserts
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Urban oasis: Farms sprout in Pittsburgh’s food deserts
Ebony Lunsford-Evans would like nothing more than to spend all day tending her crops and chickens. “I spend a lot of my time out here,” the woman known to some as Farmer Girl Eb said on a recent August morning, gesturing at the farm she runs in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood....
City Theatre celebrates 50th season with ‘City Rewinds’ reading series
City Theatre Company has been telling contemporary stories on the stage for five decades. Now headquartered on the South Side of Pittsburgh, City Theatre was founded in 1975 as a touring company that performed plays in various locales. It set down roots on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus in 1979...
Police, FBI probe reported antisemitic attack on Jewish Pitt student
The FBI and Pittsburgh police are investigating an off-campus attack early Friday on a Jewish student at the University of Pittsburgh by a group of six to eight men who used antisemitic language, authorities said. Pitt confirmed Friday evening that the victim, who suffered a bruised lip and was not...
Prime Stage actors bring history to life in Pittsburgh cemetery walk 
Nabisco founder Sylvester Stephen Marvin. A Civil War nurse. A survivor of the Great Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845. Those are just a few of the historical figures whose stories will be told during the second annual Cemetery Walk in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood. Hosted by Prime Stage Theatre in...
Police seek other alleged victims of teen charged with sexual crimes in Frick Park
Pittsburgh police are investigating whether a teen charged with sex crimes against two women in Frick Park might have other alleged victims. Police arrested Isaiah Rivers, 19, of Penn Hills on Sunday and charged him with sexually assaulting one woman and exposing himself to another. A search of Rivers’ cell...
Pitt staff join United Steelworkers union
About 6,300 employees on the University of Pittsburgh’s main and branch campuses are joining the United Steelworkers union, officials confirmed Friday after votes were tallied in a monthlong, state-supervised election. The union will work to secure a collective bargaining agreement between those workers and Pitt, Western Pennsylvania’s largest university. Results...
‘Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh’ initiative calls on arts to shape more equitable future 
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh are giving artists an opportunity to create and define what an equitable Pittsburgh might look like with the second annual “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” initiative. “We wanted to focus on highlighting what a just and equitable...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Sept. 27-29
Spooky season is here! Enjoy the sounds, sights and scents of fall, if that’s your thing — or avoid it altogether if it isn’t — with events and activities around the area this weekend. Here are some suggestions. Prime Stage Theatre Cemetery Walk For the second year, Prime Stage Theatre...
5 things to know about the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race
It’s the last weekend in September, and it is going to be a great one. More than 9,000 people from 38 states are scheduled to participate in several events on Saturday and Sunday culminating with the annual Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race. It is an annual tradition...
Pitt approves $50M center to research arthritis, osteoporosis
University of Pittsburgh trustees on Thursday approved a $50 million center for musculoskeletal research, an ambitious science and treatment effort aided by tens of millions of dollars donated by the Greensburg founder of Hillandale Farms. The board of trustees’ unanimous vote green-lights a renovation on the 16th floor of the...
‘Gold Over America’ gymnastics show designed by Western Pa. native 
Mark Swanhart doesn’t mince words when it comes to the U.S. gymnastics team, which came home from this summer’s Olympic Games with nine medals, including three golds. “They’re rock stars,” said Swanhart, a Cambria County native and Point Park University dance major with more than 25 years of experience creating...
Woman shot in the face during alleged robbery attempt in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South
A Pittsburgh couple has been charged with attempted homicide following a shooting Wednesday in the city’s Homewood South neighborhood that left another woman hospitalized in guarded condition. Authorities said the victim, who they did not name, was shot in the face. She has been downgraded from critical condition at UPMC...


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