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Elation and anger: Catharsis in the streets around U.S. as election ends
As soon as the news buzzed on their phones, Americans gathered spontaneously on street corners and front lawns — honking their horns, banging pots and pans, starting impromptu dance parties — as an agonizingly vitriolic election and exhausting four-day wait for results came to an end Saturday morning. And for...
Pittsburgh Good Deeds owner makes free desks for students in need
The founder of a local nonprofit has been making desks for students learning from home, and business has been booming, he said. Jon Potter, 30, of Shaler said his nonprofit, Pittsburgh Good Deeds, has made nearly 50 wooden school desks since September. He and some volunteers have built them out...
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital offers new drug for postpartum depression
Having babies brought Emily Washburn joy. The experience of motherhood also crippled her with sadness. Washburn, 25, of Carlisle, was diagnosed with postpartum depression – in September 2017 after the birth of her first child, Wyatt, a boy. As she is about to deliver her third baby, she remembers her...
Presidential concession speech ‘critical’ to reconciliation, democracy
After hard fought games, win or lose, even if they feel the officials made bad calls, football coaches walk across fields, shake the other coach’s hand and say “good game.” Should it hold that President Trump loses his bid for reelection to Democratic challenger Joe Biden, Joe DiSarro, a professor...
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro fires back at Ted Cruz after his shot at Pa.’s vote counting
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro responded to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz after the Texas Republican criticized election vote counting in largely Democratic-run cities, including Philadelphia, while on Fox News “The Sean Hannity Show” Thursday night. “What we’re seeing tonight, what we’ve been seeing the last three days, is outrageous,” Cruz...
3WS airs early preview of Christmas music
Looking for a diversion while waiting on election results? Turn on the radio in Pittsburgh and tune the dial to 94.5 FM and you’ll — or should we say “yule”? — be transported to the holidays. 3WS is giving listeners an advance taste of the Christmas season with some merry...
Trump’s wild claims test limits of Republican loyalty
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of the GOP whether he wins or loses the presidency. There is a pervasive sense among current and former...
At Fox News, pressure mounts and rifts emerge over election
NEW YORK — The steady counting of votes that has moved Democrat Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel, the influential media outlet that is the favorite for many supporters of President Donald Trump. Despite intense pressure from Trump’s team, Fox’s decision team has...
Veterans Day deals for vets, active-duty military throughout Western Pa.
Local businesses and organizations are honoring the military on Veterans Day with a host of promotions and discounts Nov. 11. Unless otherwise indicated, all promotions are limited to Nov. 11. Most require some form of military ID. Local events • The Level Green Lions Club will host a Nov. 14...
TV Talk: Election ‘map guys’ win TV’s coverage
he election may go to Joe Biden, but the winner of TV’s election coverage became clear well before any tipping point vote totals: The “map guys” or as at least one Twitter post described them, “the chartthrobs.” Please, if you decide to profess your love for map kings John King,...
Country-themed bar announced for Live! Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall
Details have been revealed for a new restaurant and entertainment space inside Live! Casino Pittsburgh, a 100,000-square-foot facility to open this month in the Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield. PBR Pittsburgh, the 10th in the Professional Bull Riders country bar chain, is a restaurant and bar that also offers a professionally...
Al Roker to take time off work to battle prostate cancer
NEW YORK — Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said Friday on NBC’s “Today.” “Good news is we caught it...
Get outside: This winter, embrace the Scandinavian practice of open-air livingVideo
As winter approaches and the pandemic wears on, public health officials continue to caution against indoor gatherings. While indoor dinners with housemates are a low-risk activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, indoor gatherings with people outside of that bubble remain a high-risk activity. Even Dr. Anthony...
Pitt scientists identify promising covid treatment derived from llamas
A breakthrough treatment for covid-19 could come from llamas, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, who say the treatment has the potential to treat or even prevent the virus. The idea involves immunizing a llama to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes covid-19, and then harvesting what are called...
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump
U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support. An Associated Press analysis reveals that in 376 counties with the highest number...
Inspired to help others, North Huntingdon woman donates kidneyVideo
A North Huntingdon wife and mother of two — inspired to help others during the coronavirus pandemic — may have given a complete stranger the gift of life. “With all the horrible things going on out there (with the pandemic), I wanted to give a little bit of hope back...
Carnegie Museum and Library complex in Oakland turns 125 years old
It was the early 1890s and Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie was already one of the richest men in the world. Anxious to do something for what he called the “toilers,” the laborers and steel workers of Pittsburgh who enabled him to amass a fortune worth over $300 billion in today’s...
TV Talk: As ‘Supernatural’ ends, star Jensen Ackles recalls filming in Pittsburgh
The CW’s “Supernatural” was one of the first American scripted drama series to resume production after the pandemic began with just two episodes left to be filmed, including the show’s series finale, slated for 9 p.m. Nov. 19 on WPCW-TV, Channel 19, following a series retrospective at 8 p.m. After...
Jittery public turns to liquor, news as presidential race’s fate hangsVideo
PHILADELPHIA — They clung to their cocktails and proclaimed themselves sick with dread. They relentlessly checked the news and went outdoors for fresh air. They bemoaned a wipeout wave that never came and held out hope their favored candidate would still eke out a win. With the fate of the...
DEA collects record amount of prescription drugs on Take Back Day
A record amount of prescription medication — nearly 1 million pounds — was collected nationwide Oct. 24 during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Take Back Day. That includes nearly 37,000 pounds of unwanted, expired or unused prescription medication turned over at 209 collection sites in Pennsylvania, according to data released...
Tarentum mom delivers baby — and votes from hospital
Megan Walker gave birth to a son on Monday. On Tuesday, Walker told her medical team at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland that she needed to be released in time to vote. She didn’t have to worry about making it to her polling place in Tarentum. The ballot was delivered...
These Pa. counties won’t start counting mail ballots until Wednesday
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. Officials in Pennsylvania...
TV Q & A: How is the daughter of KDKA-TV’s Pam Surano doing?
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: How is the daughter of KDKA-TV reporter Pam Surano doing after that scary trampoline accident? And how did Surano feel being on the other...
Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs onVideo
WASHINGTON — Hopes fading for Senate control, Democrats had a disappointing election night as Republicans swatted down an onslaught of challengers and fought to retain their fragile majority. Several races remained undecided into Wednesday and at least one headed to a runoff in January. It was a jarring outcome for...
Pennsylvania vote goes smoothly, but tallying may take timeVideo
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania voters turned out in large numbers Tuesday for an election that produced few of the glitches some had feared, leaving in their wake a mountain of ballots that will have to be counted in the coming days amid intense national scrutiny. The battleground state’s decision to greatly...
