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A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in a federal prison for distributing child pornography. George Goodwin, 50, of North Point Breeze, was ordered to spend five years on supervised release after the prison sentence. Federal prosecutors said Goodwin used the social networking site MeWe to distribute videos...

A Pittsburgh man has been charged in a Dec. 14 shooting that caused panic at The Waterworks mall and damaged an occupied car parked outside Walmart. John Hayden, 21, is charged by Pittsburgh police with aggravated assault, propulsion of missiles, criminal mischief, a firearms violation and two counts each of...

Longtime civil and human rights activist Alma Speed Fox of Pittsburgh has died. A spokesperson for her church, the Historic Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood, said Fox died Monday at age 98. Her daughter, Muriel Fox Alim, confirmed the news Tuesday evening. Alim said Fox died peacefully...

After a long road trip, “The Pigeon Comes to Pittsburgh!: A Mo Willems Exhibit” has returned to the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Based on the “Pigeon” children’s book series by award-winning author/illustrator Mo Willems, the exhibit runs until May 8 in the facility at 10 Children’s Way in the North...

An Israeli man will serve eight years in federal prison for his role in facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars in sales of drugs, firearms and stolen financial information on the dark web. Tal Prihar pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy last year before Senior U.S. District Judge...

Attorneys for the man accused of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue three years ago believe the jury system in federal court in Pittsburgh is flawed because it underrepresents the minority population. In a 540-page document unsealed Monday, Robert Bowers, who is white, argues that he is entitled...

The principal of a Pittsburgh high school is on administrative leave while the district reviews a fight last week that left one student hospitalized, according to a statement from the district. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the principal at Brashear High School, Kimberly Safran, is on a “non-disciplinary paid administrative leave”...

Although Pittsburgh City Council appears poised to shoot down a request to annex neighboring Wilkinsburg, it is considering a proposal to take a more thorough look at whether annexations or mergers would be beneficial to the city. Legislation introduced Tuesday by Council President Theresa Kail-Smith would allow City Council to...

Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the appointment of Jake Pawlak as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mayor Ed Gainey has said he also will appoint Pawlak as deputy mayor. Pawlak, who served as the new mayor’s transition director, is the first Gainey appointee to...

With the latest wave of the omicron variant peaking and beginning to taper off, Carnegie Mellon University is allowing a large majority of its classes to once again be taken in person. A campuswide email signed by provost Jim Garrett, dean of students Gina Casalegno and vice-president of operations and...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey will hold a virtual meeting to hear public opinions regarding the proposed Oakland Crossings development. Gainey earlier this month called for a 30-day pause on a proposed zoning change needed for the project to move forward. Walnut Capital, the Shadyside developer best known for revitalizing Bakery...

President Joe Biden is planning a Friday trip to Pittsburgh, the White House announced. The location wasn’t specified, but in a statement, the White House said Biden would be talking about strengthening the nation’s supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing and creating good-paying, union jobs. The president will also be touting...

Pittsburgh police officers identified as having violated policy and procedure during the tasing and subsequent detention of a homeless man who died a day later in October have begun their initial disciplinary meetings with police administration. Multiple officers out of the eight identified in the executive summary of a Critical...

It’s been decades since Pittsburgh began transitioning from an industrial-driven economy, based mainly on steel production, to a hub for technology, education and medicine, or “eds and meds.” The Steel City’s post-industrial era has been well documented in a Senator John Heinz History Center exhibition called “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of...

A new fossil species of an early mammal relative has been named for the man who helped discover its location, David S Berman, paleontologist and former curator of vertebrate paleontology at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The fossil, Shashajaia bermani, is from a bone bed co-discovered by Berman in...

Activist La’Tasha Mayes said she is joining the race for the state House seat vacated by now-Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey. Mayes, 40, of the city’s Morningside neighborhood, advocates nationally for issues such as reproductive justice, human rights and leadership development for Black women and girls. She is the founder and...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Monday announced his nominees to lead the departments of Innovation & Performance and City Planning, as well as his appointment for Chief Economic Development Officer. Gainey nominated Heidi Norman, acting director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, to take on the role permanently. He...

Crews have been working around the clock to clear Pittsburgh streets after Sunday’s snowfall, Mayor Ed Gainey said. About 3 inches of snow fell by 9 p.m. Sunday, and another inch was expected during the day and into the evening Monday. Gainey said crews worked continuously overnight and would work...

A Pittsburgh school will gradually reopen over the next two weeks following the death of a student shot outside the school last week. Marquis Campbell, 15, died at Allegheny General Hospital after being shot twice on Jan. 19. He had been sitting in a van waiting to go home outside...

Police investigating a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Sunday morning found a female victim who was pronounced dead after being struck by a vehicle. At a Sunoco station in nearby Esplen, a male victim with a gunshot wound to the head told officers he’d been shot in Sheraden. He was...

A unique new game show aiming to raise awareness about American Sign Language and the deaf community is being filmed in Pittsburgh. Each episode of the show, dubbed “SignTasTic!,” features two contestants who have to learn 50 sign language words before the show. The show then tests how well they’ve...

An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has denied a motion by the district attorney’s office to force the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police to turn over an internal report examining the October death of Jim Rogers. The DA’s office initially asked the city to produce the 15-page executive summary of...

A fight Friday at Brashear High School sent one student to the hospital, according to a school spokeswoman. The student’s condition was not immediately available. Brashear High School is on Crane Avenue in the city’s Beechview neighborhood, and it serves just under 1,100 students. Video of the incident appears to...