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Allegheny County surpasses 2,000 coronavirus cases for September
Allegheny County surpassed 2,000 positive coronavirus cases for the month of September with 43 new cases reported Wednesday. The Allegheny County Health Department said there were 43 cases, with 15 confirmed and 28 probable (of those probables, 17 are positive antigen tests), from 516 PCR tests. Those new tests bring...
Herminie man charged with assaulting woman, sending her threatening messages
A 25-year-old Herminie man is accused of assaulting a woman outside a Sewickley Township bar, damaging her car and then sending her threatening messages via social media for several hours after a minor traffic accident. Anthony J. Weber III was charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, making terroristic threats and...
Presidential campaign whistle-stop train tours punctuate Pennsylvania, U.S. political history
It’s back to Pennsylvania. Joe Biden on Wednesday begins his post-debate campaign with a whistle-stop foray into Pennsylvania. The former vice president chose Pittsburgh to kick off his campaign in April 2019, with an event at the Teamsters Local 249 banquet hall in Lawrenceville. While train travel has fallen by...
Woman conscious, alert after being hit in California-Kirkbride
A woman was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood late Tuesday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the report in the 1000 block of California Avenue around 11:30 p.m. The woman, who police said was conscious and alert, told officers that she was walking on the...
Fact-checking the first presidential debate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods at the first of three debates with Joe Biden on Tuesday night in Cleveland — no surprise for a commander-in-chief who has set a new low for shading the truth and even lying in office. His distortions were almost as...
Chaotic first debate: Taunts overpower Trump, Biden visionsVideo
CLEVELAND (AP) — The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — jabs that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has for a nation...
2 shot in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood
Two men were listed in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The city’s ShotSpotter audio detection system reported multiple shots fired just after 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 7200 block of Mingo Road. Soon after, the shooting victims arrived...
Glass fire grows nearly fourfold in a day, burning 80 homes in CaliforniaVideo
CALISTOGA, Calif. — At least 80 homes have been destroyed in Napa and Sonoma counties as the Glass fire continues to rampage through Northern California’s wine country. The blaze had burned 42,560 acres as of Tuesday — nearly quadrupling in size since Monday morning — and there is still no...
Biden to Trump during debate: ‘Will you shut up, man?’
It didn’t take long for tempers to flare during the first head-to-head debate for the 2020 debate of the general election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. From the opening moments of the debate, Trump pounced on Biden — whether it was his turn or not — as the...
How to survive ‘twindemic’ of flu and coronavirus
With flu season approaching and covid-19 still spreading, public health officials are warning of a “twindemic.” Local health experts are emphasizing increased vigilance this year. Flu shots Doctors generally recommend flu shots. This year, it’s more important than ever, said Dr. Amy Crawford-Faucher of the Allegheny Health Network, where she...
Pittsburgh doctors hopeful flu season will be mild
UPMC doctors on Tuesday said there is optimism among experts that this year’s flu season will be mild, but they cautioned that everyone should get a flu vaccine and continue covid-19 mitigation efforts, such as masking and social distancing. The doctors stressed those mitigation efforts are the best defense against...
Police: Man robs Dollar Bank in Penn Hills, also a suspect in earlier Monroeville heistVideo
Penn Hills police and the FBI are investigating a robbery of the Dollar Bank at Penn Hills Shopping Center on Tuesday afternoon. Police say the same man may have robbed a Monroeville bank last month. Police Chief Howard Burton said a man wearing all blue clothing and a gaiter mask...
White Oak ditches $75 yard sign deposit after ACLU warningVideo
The same day that White Oak officials received a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania that their political yard sign ordinance is unconstitutional, they agreed to suspend enforcement. The ordinance, passed in 2000, requires anyone wishing to place a political sign in the borough — even on...
Bishop Zubik eases limits on Mass attendance in Pittsburgh diocese
Now that Pennsylvania has raised indoor dining capacity to 50%, Bishop David Zubik has decided parishes in the Pittsburgh diocese can do the same for services. Beginning this weekend, parishes will be allowed to increase attendance to 50% capacity at each Mass. “People need Jesus now more than ever. We...
Ethane cracker plant in Beaver County about 70% complete, Shell executive says
Construction of a multibillion-dollar ethane cracker plant in Beaver County is about 70% complete, a Shell Global executive said Tuesday during the Shale Insight conference. Hilary Mercer, Shell Global’s vice president of Pennsylvania Chemicals, spent about a half-hour during the virtual conference describing the development of the facility, work on...
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida. Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers but they...
UPMC doctors: Covid vaccine ‘not going to happen’ this year
UPMC doctors on Tuesday addressed the race for a covid-19 vaccine, calling it “this generation’s moonshot,” but warned that a vaccine by year’s end is pie in the sky. “This is simply not going to happen,” said Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer of UPMC’s senior communities. “We’re hopeful that...
GOP senators praise Trump pick Amy Coney Barrett ahead of confirmation fightVideo
WASHINGTON — Key Republican senators praised President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, as the conservative judge met privately on Capitol Hill Tuesday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others in preparation for her fast-track confirmation before the Nov. 3 election. Joined by Vice President Mike Pence,...
Ex-Westmoreland County probation officer charged for alleged ‘intimate’ relationship with prisoner
A former Westmoreland County probation officer has a preliminary hearing Oct. 19 for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a man she was supposed to be monitoring after his release from the county prison in 2018, according to court documents. Mary Jo Borelli, 57, of Jeannette, is charged with one count...
Pennsylvania adds 988 new covid-19 cases, continuing recent trend
Pennsylvania has 988 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health. There were also 16 new coronavirus-related deaths reported. Total cases are now 157,814 and total deaths are now 8,123. Of the 16 deaths reported Tuesday, 13 are from September, one from August, one from July and...
Allegheny County Judge Tranquilli asks court to remove Ebonics claims in 2015 case
The attorney for Judge Mark V. Tranquilli, accused of misconduct and scheduled for trial before the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, said that allegations his client spoke in Ebonics should be stricken from the case. Matt Logue, who represents Tranquilli, filed pretrial motions in the case late Monday. Logue asks...
Court to release grand jury record in Breonna Taylor caseVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s attorney general acknowledged that he never recommended homicide charges against any of the police officers conducting the drug raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s death, and said he didn’t object to a judge’s order to publicly release the grand jury’s deliberations. Amid outrage over the jury’s...
Allegheny County sees positivity rate for new covid-19 cases jump
Allegheny County had 71 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the county’s Health Department. In addition, 11 new hospitalizations and no new deaths were reported. Tuesday marked the fourth consecutive day without a coronavirus-related death. The county now has 12,305 cases, 1,211 total hospitalizations and 380 deaths. New cases came...
Celeb chef Guy Fieri to open restaurant at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield
This sounds like a winning combination at Live! Casino Pittsburgh — a restaurant owned by Guy Fieri. An Emmy-award winning chef, restaurateur, New York Times best-selling author and television personality, Fieri is opening American Kitchen + Bar sometime this year, as was first reported by the Tribune-Review. “There is nothing...
Lower Fort Pitt Bridge, outbound tunnels reopen after jackknifed truck removed
Access to the outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel was blocked for about three hours Tuesday morning because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the lower level of Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Bridge. The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The truck was removed and the lanes were...
