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Amazon to remove plastic air pillows from packaging
Amazon announced its intention to remove all plastic air pillows in its packages by the end of the year. Pat Lindner, vice president of mechatronics and sustainable packaging, said most — if not all — packages ordered and delivered on Prime Day in July will be packed with paper filler...
High temperatures expected through weekend, breaks on Sunday, Monday predicted
The hot temperatures and high humidity that have plagued Pittsburgh all week are likely to stick around through the weekend. According to WTAE meteorologists, temperatures are expected to hit 95 on Friday, 96 on Saturday, 92 on Sunday and 85 on Monday. “(Temperatures) will drop down into the mid-80s on...
Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under...
Made to order: Pirates sign 3-year agreement to wear red Sheetz logo patch on game jerseys
Pittsburgh Pirates chairman Bob Nutting admits he was slow to embrace the idea of adding advertising to Major League Baseball’s game uniforms, that it took time to get used to the change. “The idea of putting a logo on a uniform is something baseball just hadn’t done,” Nutting said, “so...
How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot...
2 men charged in clashes with Pitt police during pro-Palestinian protest
University of Pittsburgh police have charged two men with June 3 violations stemming from a pro-Palestinian protest at the university campus in Oakland. Police said in a criminal complaint that Muhammad Ali, 21, of Pittsburgh joined with others in attacking a security barrier. According to the complaint, he allegedly struggled...
West Mifflin halts plan to limit pets, chickens after public outcry
The West Mifflin Borough Council has decided it will not restrict the number of pets per household after a large group of residents spoke out against the proposal. Two proposed ordinances on the agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting were removed following a public hearing, said Walter Anthony, community development director...
Mark Madden: It’s time for the Penguins to trade Tristan Jarry
The re-signing of goalie Alex Nedeljkovic makes zero sense for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Unless they trade starter Tristan Jarry. Nedeljkovic is reasonably priced at $5 million over two years. (I thought he could get more elsewhere.) He’s a solid journeyman-level goalie. But retaining Nedeljkovic, 28, forms a crowd at the...
Tree of Life groundbreaking brings hope for the future amid antisemitism concerns
Audrey Glickman learned about antisemitism at a young age. In the second grade, the third-generation Pittsburgher started walking to B’nai Emunoh, an Orthodox shul a few blocks away in Greenfield’s working-class business district. She studied there for several years, until her bat mitzvah, the Jewish rite of passage into adulthood,...
A stroll down ‘AI Avenue’: Pittsburgh’s new tech hub
Startup tech company Netail is working to develop an AI technology called Profitmind to help with quicker and more detailed retail sales analytics. Pearl Street Technologies is working to better the power grid to help reduce backlog and expedite the transition to decarbonization. Strategy Robot is developing AI products to...
Trump dwarfs Biden in latest fundraising numbers: Billionaire Timothy Mellon donates $50 million to pro-Trump group
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s campaign outraised President Joe Biden by more than $60 million last month, according to federal filings that detailed the Republican fundraising explosion sparked by Trump’s felony convictions. Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee together raised a robust $85 million in May and reported $212...
Kiski Township police chief no longer in charge; Southern Armstrong nixes merger talks
Lee Bartolicius is out as Kiski Township police chief, a township official confirmed, sending the department back into disarray and spoiling merger talks with Southern Armstrong Regional Police Department. Township Secretary Patrick Bono said he was informed by township supervisors this week that Bartolicius is “not here anymore,” with Officer...
Nurse accused of diverting nursing home patients’ medications for personal use
A nurse is accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients in Baldwin, North Huntingdon and McCandless. Monica Blackwell, 41, of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, told the state attorney general’s agents that she took the medications for her own use, according to...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh man charged in string of burglaries
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, June 21, 2024. Pittsburgh man charged in string of burglaries A Pittsburgh man has been charged with multiple burglaries in Allegheny County, including at laundromats in Crafton and Scott. Shawn Jackson, 37, was caught on surveillance video during...
W.L. Roenigk co-owner remembered as humble driver and loving family man
Most people dread it, but Dave Roenigk died doing what he loved: cutting grass. On Wednesday morning, he was mowing and waving to passing cars near the Buffalo Township headquarters of his family’s school bus company, W.L. Roenigk. He was trimming along a pond, with plans to teach his grandchildren...
14-year-old driver ready for pros at Lernerville’s Firecracker event
At 14 years old, Brock Pinkerous is much younger than most of the competitors he races against, but he’s already making his presence known. In his first super late model race last Friday at Lernerville Speedway, the teen from Ellenville, N.Y., led the first 17 laps of the feature. The...
Pennsylvania court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that have become commonplace in convenience stores, bars and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines and, as a result, must be shut down. The state Supreme Court said this week that it will consider an appeal by the...
Jill Biden returning to Pittsburgh to campaign for abortion rights
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,...
Heinz History Center ‘dill-ighted’ giant ketchup bottle can stay put
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...
Penn Township approves new turnpike maintenance facility; details of interchange still up in air
Penn Township commissioners approved the preliminary development plan for a new Pennsylvania Turnpike maintenance complex featuring nearly 8 acres of solar panels. The complex — which will contain an office space, truck and maintenance garages and a salt storage building — will be located on a nearly 42-acre property with...
Burrell School District budget raises taxes 5.8%
Burrell School District officials say the district is suffering from stagnant property value growth, and taxpayers will foot the bill for it. The district’s final 2024-25 budget of $36.6 million includes a 5.8% property tax hike. The 6.5-mill increase will bring the district’s millage rate to 117.5, the highest of...
Millions are sweating it out as a heat wave nears its peak from Midwest to Maine
SQUAM LAKE, N.H. — As New England baked in a heat wave Thursday, guests at one campground were keeping their food and beer cold with blocks of ice harvested months earlier from a frozen lake. And while some relief is expected in the eastern Great Lakes region and New England...
‘We’re on our knees’: Family continues to push government to help bring Marc Fogel home
The family now has three goals, and each one leads to the next. Force those in power to say Marc Fogel’s name. Have the U.S. State Department designate him as wrongfully detained. Bring the Oakmont teacher home from Russia, where he has been held for nearly three years. “We don’t...
2 grenades confiscated at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint
Bombs away, indeed. TSA has confirmed that its security officers stopped two passengers on Wednesday from smuggling grenades onto flights leaving Pittsburgh International Airport. TSA intercepted a “smoke grenade” from one traveler’s carry-on bag, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. A more iconic, circular grenade was discovered the same day at...
‘He was in amazing shape’: Central Catholic, cycling community remember Bob Anderson
Robert “Bob” Anderson gave 110% on everything he did. The North Hills man displayed the same passion for teaching physical education at Central Catholic High School as he did for biking in national competitions or just around the trails of Allegheny County’s nine parks. Fiercely dedicated to fitness and a...
