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Stevie Wonder celebrates the healing joy of music at PPG Paints ArenaVideo
“I want you to know that it’s OK to love, it’s OK to care.” That was the message that legend of R&B, funk and soul Stevie Wonder brought to the stage Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. Kicking off his national tour — Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our...
Dancing with the Stars: Live! returns to Pittsburgh
The cast members of “Dancing with the Stars” will bring their ballroom moves onto the Benedum Center stage in Pittsburgh once again in February. The Dancing with the Stars: Live! tour will come to the city on Feb. 4, 2025, featuring professional dancers Emma Slater, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt...
Mega Millions lottery ticket price and jackpots to jump next year
Michelle Majocha figures the odds are pretty good that more than doubling the cost of the Mega Millions lottery ticket from $2 to $5 next April won’t help sales of a lottery game that offers a jackpot of millions. With the news this week the consortium directing the 45-state Mega...
TV Q&A: Did KDKA-TV debut a new set?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: When Jon Delano interviewed Kamala Harris on Oct. 1, it looked like he was on a different set. I do not remember seeing that screen...
Las Vegas blows a kiss goodbye — literally — to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosionVideo
LAS VEGAS — Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers tumbled in a celebration that included a fireworks display. It was the...
Spirit Halloween stores morph into Spirit Christmas
From ghosts to garland, scary to sparkly. You’re most likely familiar with Spirit Halloween, the pop-up retail chain that sells costumes and decor, sometimes in vacant big store buildings. Shoppers can soon welcome the holidays with Spirit Christmas stores. For the first time this year, some Spirit Halloween stores will...
Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says
NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers...
What to know about Hurricane Milton as it moves toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward the state. The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people — with a potential...
Ross record store meets demand for vinyl while continuing family tradition
Reports of vinyl’s death were greatly exaggerated. The mid-1980s advent of the compact disc prompted many a misguided music collector to dispense with scratch-susceptible records and replace them with the new medium. Eventually, the convenience of streaming services basically sent CDs the way of the dodo, while the products they...
JVK singer Jo Krieger discusses Boston band’s tour, ‘Body Double’ single, more ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo
Putting together the first cross-country tour for Boston-based rock band JVK has definitely been daunting for founder/frontwoman Jo Krieger. ”We’re very ambitious and we’ll do absolutely anything and everything to get to where we want to be. So we were coming up with this tour and all the dates, we’re...
Black-owned pizzeria in Homewood becoming a community staple
The scent of bell peppers and tomatoes tickles your nose from the steps of the East Busway and Homewood Avenue Station. The aroma of pizza wafts down the block, ushering any passerby to the doorstep of North Homewood Pizza on the corner of North Homewood Avenue and Susquehanna Street. It’s...
‘She’s like Supergirl’: Abandoned dog cared for by West Deer shelter overcomes odds
Defying all expectations, a dog left abandoned in a McCandless park in April may now find a new home. Josie, a 10-year-old flat-coated retriever mix, underwent three major surgeries within six weeks over the summer, said Barb Pasquale, volunteer kennel manager at the West Deer Township Dog Shelter. “We just...
TV Talk: When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s CBS’s ‘Matlock’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Note: This column contains spoilers for the premiere episode of CBS’s “Matlock” that aired last month. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Despite perpetual mocking, with Grandpa Simpson wailing “Matlock!” in “The Simpsons” episodes from the late 1980s/early...
Remember When: Horrific steel mill accidents spur special memorials, reports of hauntings
In the early hours of June 23, 1910, John Mitchell died in an unimaginable way at the West Penn Steel plant in Brackenridge. Working as a tongsman at the mill, his job was to oversee the handling of the hot steel ingots coming from the furnace. For the steel to...
Daycation Destination: The Haunted House Restaurant in Cleveland Heights
Horror aficionados have a restaurant dedicated to a year-round Halloween-themed dining experience in Cleveland. Take a daycation to The Haunted House Restaurant in Cleveland Heights, where costumed staff serve up frightfully fun food and drinks along with spooky vibes. It opened in 2021 and is packed with ghoulish decor, offering...
Editorial: Pass Marc Fogel Act and Senate bill to stop tax penalties on U.S. hostages
Imagine being in prison on the other side of the world for months or years. The charges are politically disingenuous or outright lies. The government is hostile, and you don’t know when you might ever see your family again. Then, finally, your prayers are answered and you get to come...
Jelly Roll offers inspiration in sold-out Pittsburgh concertVideo
Jelly Roll provided a concise yet accurate description of his show at one point Saturday night, calling it “real music for real people with real problems.” In a sold-out concert at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the country/rap/rock/pop star never flinched as he stared down those issues, while also being...
Golden style: The Steelers celebrate 5 decades of fashion
Rocky Bleier and Mel Blount suited up for the Steelers on Friday night, just like they did 50 years ago. Fans cheered when they walked out. Terrible Towels were swirling. But instead of game time, it was show time. And the field was a runway. They walked a similar catwalk...
Pop violin star Kishi Bashi talks documentary, AI and new album ‘Kantos’
After spending years working on a documentary about Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II, Kishi Bashi joked that he needed something lighter to help with “cleansing my brain of sadness.” With the completion of the album “Omoiyari” in 2019 and the Emmy-nominated documentary “Omoiyari: A Song Film By Kishi Bashi”...
Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum offers classical concerts to ‘build community’
Leaders at Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum believe a new musical acquisition will hit a high note in creating community connections. A Yamaha baby grand piano will make its debut during Sunday’s kickoff of the 10th annual Academy Concert Series, which is free to the public. The concert will begin...
‘What’s in the rug?’: Woman’s videos go viral after discovery in yard
Viral TikTok videos showing a rug unearthed in a Columbus, Ohio, woman’s backyard sparked a police investigation and fueled social media speculation about the possibility of a buried body. However, the search ended Friday afternoon with no evidence of anything suspicious, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Katie Santry, who was digging...
Fair or fowl? Chicken version of iconic Big Mac to debut locally
A chicken version of McDonald’s iconic Big Mac will debut next week, the company announced. The Chicken Big Mac features two tempura-battered chicken patties with the traditional toppings (special sauce, lettuce, cheese on a sesame seed bun) from the Big Mac. The original sandwich was created in 1966 by Michael...
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Lori Falce: It’s exhausting being a swing state voter
I’m a little tired of being this important. That’s an understatement. I’m downright exhausted. I’m wrung out. I’m at my wit’s end. And I know that I am not alone. You’re tired, too, right? In Pennsylvania, we are accustomed to our perennial place in the landscape of presidential elections. We...
Take a peek inside historic Bellevue homes on upcoming house tour
A wooden examination table from the early 1900s sits on the back patio of a historic Bellevue home that was once filled with medical supplies. The space where patients sat during appointments is now being used to store gardening tools. The piece of memorabilia is one of several that Mary...
