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Café Momentum Pittsburgh offers 2nd chance to those exiting juvenile facilities

It’s about second chances at Café Momentum Pittsburgh. The restaurant that debuted in Downtown on Wednesday serves more than food and drink — it dishes out hope. “We want our young people to know they are not defined by one action,” said Gene Walker, executive director of Café Momentum Pittsburgh,...
Experts, ideas abound at Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show

At first glance, the giant arch appears to be made of rock — but looks can be deceiving. Decide for yourself when you encounter it at the 41st annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, which opens Friday and runs through March 12 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown....
TV Talk: Potential Hollywood strikes loom; ‘Perry Mason’ returns; KDKA-TV renovatesVideo

TV viewers, brace yourselves: There’s a perfect storm brewing that may disrupt TV and film production – and by extension, what turns up on living room TVs — as early as May 1. That’s the date the current contract between Hollywood producers and the Writers Guild of America expires. And...
Joni Mitchell honored with Gershwin Prize at tribute concertVideo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert honoring her as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, she opted to perform a cover rather than one of her own songs. The 79-year-old music...
Voting opens for best craft brewery in Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania craft beer lovers can show their support for area brewers by voting for them in a statewide contest to determine the best craft brewer in the Keystone State. A number of breweries from the region were selected to be in the field of the 64 top craft brewers...
New Kensington-Arnold retirees, others volunteer to read to students for Read Across America Week

Debbie Schreckengost hasn’t been inside one of New Kensington-Arnold’s schools since retiring from her maintenance job with the district eight years ago. An invitation to read to students during Read Across America Week brought her and other retirees to Roy A. Hunt Elementary in Arnold on Wednesday. An initiative of...
Giant Eagle expands discounts to food nearing its ‘best-by’ date

More shoppers will have a chance to snap up discounted food at Giant Eagle. The O’Hara-based grocery chain is expanding to all of its corporate stores its partnership with Flashfood, an app that connects users to discounted food that is nearing its “best-by date.” Giant Eagle and Toronto-based Flashfood launched...
How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people

NEW YORK — The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he’d ever seen. It was the beginning of a national outbreak caused by an extremely worrisome bacteria — one that some say...
Native American tradition meets modern art in Westmoreland Museum exhibit

Past meets present in “Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1945-1975,” running through May 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. With 52 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by 32 artists, the traveling exhibition is the first of its kind exploring the innovation and experimentation present in...
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic storyVideo

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The 191-foot cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking...
GZA, Donnie Iris, John Mayer among top concerts to see around Pittsburgh in March

As the weather starts to warm up, so too does the concert season for the Pittsburgh region. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in March: March’s top shows March 3: Jerry Harrison, Adrian Belew at Roxian Theatre Guitarist Adrian Belew joins Talking Heads co-founder...
As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect

WASHINGTON — Niara Thompson couldn’t shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation. As she listened from the audience Tuesday, it all felt academic. There was a long discussion on the nuances of certain words. Justices asked lawyers to explore hypothetical scenarios. For Thompson,...
TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBS’s ‘East New York’?

Question: In the Jan. 8 episode of “East New York,” Officer Bentley (Lavel Schley) and Officer Quinlan (Olivia Luccardi) are having lunch. Bentley asks if Quinlan has ever had a Primanti’s “hoagie.” She asks where’s that from and he says Pittsburgh. She asks why were you in Pittsburgh and he...
Review: Michael B. Jordan delivers a brawler in ‘Creed III’Video

It must be a daunting prospect to pick up a franchise on the third movie. Add in the pressure of following filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple Jr. in your directorial debut that you’re also starring in and it’s enough to make you wonder what on earth Michael B....
Heinz offers to buy boat for sailor who survived on ketchup while lost at sea

Heinz has found the sailor who survived at sea for 24 days by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes. Elvis Francois, 47, of Dominica was adrift on his sailboat in the Caribbean after getting swept out to sea while making repairs to his boat. He survived by collecting rainwater...
Low-calorie sweetener may increase risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds

We all know staying away from sugar has been of caution for ages, but has the time come to start keeping an eye on sugar substitutes as well? Apparently, a new study said consuming food or drinks flavored by a sugary replacement called erythritol — often found in Splenda packets,...

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