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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Allegheny General nurses vote in favor of potential strike
Nurses at one of Pittsburgh’s largest hospitals are on the verge of strike. There are more than 1,200 nurses and nurse practitioners unionized at Allegheny General Hospital, and they voted Tuesday to deliver notice of a potential strike to hospital ownership if their requests for raises are not met, according...
Recovery specialists would respond to Pittsburgh overdose calls in $1M pilot program
Pittsburgh is looking to launch a pilot program that would help people who have overdosed. In the proposed Post Overdose Support Team — or POST — pilot program, teams of certified peer recovery specialists and case managers would respond to overdose calls and help connect overdose victims with recovery services,...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike reaches 1 year with little progress made
A year into a tumultuous strike, negotiations between journalists and workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and management remain at a standstill. Journalists are tired and frustrated, management isn’t budging, and no date is set for a looming decision on a labor ruling that could change the course of the lengthy...
Police search for driver accused of hitting boy in Carrick
Pittsburgh police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck a boy in Carrick on Tuesday morning and left the scene. First responders found the boy on Brownsville Road and E. Agnew Avenue just after 7:15 a.m., and he was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police...
Warhol Museum proposes $45M entertainment venue on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
The Andy Warhol Museum is looking to expand with a new, $45 million entertainment venue in Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Dan Law, the museum’s associate director, said the proposed Pop District Entertainment Venue is part of the Andy Warhol Museum’s Pop District initiative, which aims to include “physical and programmatic expansion...
Proposed video screen would show Pirates games in North Shore plaza
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission is considering a proposal to put a large video screen in a new plaza near PNC Park where people could watch Pirates games, though commissioners have voiced concerns that the screen may be visible from as far as I-279. A new plaza space is set to be...
B’Nai Israel Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Garfield recommended for historic designation
Pittsburgh’s Historic Review Commission and Planning Commission have recommended the former B’nai Israel Synagogue in Garfield for historic designation. The North Negley Avenue site was recently redeveloped into a 45-unit, mixed-income housing complex called The Carina. Boston-based Beacon Communities, which owns the site, nominated the former synagogue for historic designation...
Former Squirrel Hill man seeks information, closure in Israel about kidnapped nephews
Ziv Gome’s family wakes up every morning in the Israeli resort city of Eilat and waits. It’s been 10 days since Hamas militants violently kidnapped Gome’s two nephews, ages 12 and 16, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, an Israeli farming community about a mile from the Gaza border. Gome, a former...
Local noise-rock trio Mirakler steals spotlight in 3-band bill
Talk about cutting to the chase. Pittsburgh noise-rock trio Mirakler kicked off a blistering, 22-minute set Monday night at The Government Center on the North Side with a raucous take on its bonafide crowd-pleaser: the vicious “Instant Drugs.” When played live, the song erupts around its edges and borders on...
CMU police officer accused of switching price tags to steal from Walmart in Frazer
A Carnegie Mellon University police officer whose photograph once welcomed visitors to the department’s website has been accused by Frazer police of switching tags to lower the price of merchandise she bought at the Walmart store in the Pittsburgh Mills complex. Ashley Dawn Polka, 31, of the 100 block of...
Ellis School names Tambi Tyler as next leader, 1st Black woman to hold role
The Ellis School, an independent, all-girls school in Pittsburgh’s East End, will soon be helmed by a new leader. The school’s board of trustees last week named Tambi Tyler, a former English teacher in Iowa whose career trek included school administrator roles in Georgia and Colorado, as its 16th head...
Pittsburgh police commander faces wiretapping allegations
Allegheny County Police confirmed Monday they have launched a criminal investigation into wiretapping allegations against a Pittsburgh police zone commander who temporarily has been removed from his post. Pittsburgh police have placed Zone 2 Cmdr. Matthew Lackner on paid administrative leave “pending the completion of an internal investigation,” police spokeswoman...
South Side shooting under investigation
Pittsburgh police said a man was shot in the chest early Sunday morning in the entertainment district on the city’s South Side. Officers assigned to the area at the intersection of East Carson Street and South 17th Street shortly after 2:30 a.m. found the unidentified male victim with a gunshot...
A sweet tenant: RIDC’s rooftop hives in Hazelwood, New Stanton give bees a home
On top of the former steel mill along the Monongahela River, a couple of thousand lives are thriving. And buzzing. To keep an eye on them, one must climb a ladder to the roof and duck beneath a dozen or so steel I-beams that crisscross the top of the 1,200-foot-long...
Family inspired love of the Pitt Panthers for this ultimate fan
Pitt is definitely it for Luciana “Miss Lu” Bair. She claims to be the biggest Panthers fan, and she’s got a pretty solid case. Let’s start with the vehicle she drives. It’s a 2023 Dodge Durango with custom seating in the school’s colors of blue and gold. Her tires have...
Nonprofit looks to develop laboratories for STEM programming in Hill District
Plans are in the works to build laboratory space for STEM programming in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday unanimously approved plans to sell property in the Hill District to The Citizens Science Lab. The Citizens Science Lab previously had a location in the Hill...
Hundreds turn out for pro-Palestine rally in Pittsburgh 
Hundreds of people turned out for a pro-Palestine rally Friday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Plaza. As the rally began, Deena Eldaour, an organizer with Students for Justice in Palestine at Pitt, told the crowd that thousands of homes in her Palestinian family’s village have been destroyed by bombing. She said...
PNC says it will cut workforce by 4%
PNC Financial Services Group said it will cut its workforce by 4% by year’s end as it looks to pare down expenses. The move is expected to slash costs by $325 million in 2024, the Downtown Pittsburgh-based bank said on its third-quarter earnings call Friday. PNC did not specify what...
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority seeks input on $10M affordable housing plan
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is seeking public input on a $10 million spending plan for its Housing Opportunity Plan. The proposed spending plan for the Housing Opportunity Fund, the city’s trust fund supporting affordable housing, includes $2 million for the URA’s Rental Gap Program. That program provides loans to nonprofit...
‘Day of Action for Palestine’ rally scheduled in Oakland
More than a dozen organizations have organized a ‘Day of Action for Palestine’ rally this afternoon in Oakland. The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Avenue. “Israel is currently carrying out a massacre of historic proportions against Gaza and all throughout Palestine,...
2nd person in 3 days arrested with gun at Pittsburgh airport
Transportation Security Administration officers stopped two passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport Thursday after they tried to carry guns onto flights — the fifth time TSA has confiscated weapons there in the past eight days. The guns were the 37th and 38th confiscated this year at the Findlay airport — a...
Steps, lane to close near Pittsburgh’s Armstrong Tunnel
The city steps near the outbound Armstrong Tunnel that lead from Second Avenue to the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed for about two months starting Monday, according to the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. Pedestrians can detour around the closed stairway by using Second Avenue, Ross Street...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 13-15
Don’t let the rainy forecast dampen your weekend plans. There are plenty of fun things to do around the Pittsburgh area. Let’s take a look at just five highlights. Night market The Allentown Night Market is from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday along Warrington Avenue in Allentown. There will...
Israeli Jews with links to Pittsburgh settle into new, wartime routines
Ahmi Ben-Yehudah’s nightmares begin before he falls asleep. The Israeli Jew and former Pittsburgh resident has slumped in his bed the past six nights fiddling with his cellphone, worried that he won’t wake up to respond to a possible late-night text from his son, who is at war. The young...
Control of parking lots on former Civic Arena site to shift from Penguins to 2 government agencies
Control of the parking lots at the former Civic Arena site in the Lower Hill District will shift from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Sports & Exhibition Authority later this month. The Penguins have been paying rent and retaining net parking revenue from the...


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