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Tensions flare for Trump supporters, Black Lives Matter activists in Independence Day demonstrations
Tensions flared Saturday afternoon when pro- and anti-Trump groups on land and water shouted briefly along Pittsburgh’s North Shore riverfront. “Four more years!” a few dozen Trump supporters, dressed in red, white and blue clothing, shouted from the pier near PNC Park. They cheered on several dozen boats in a...
Scientists say WHO ignores risk that coronavirus floats in air as aerosol
SEATTLE — Six months into a pandemic that has killed more than half a million people, more than 200 scientists from around the world are challenging the official view of how the coronavirus spreads. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain you have...
2 killed, 16 wounded in overnight shootings as Fourth of July weekend gets underway in Chicago
CHICAGO — A 34-year-old woman was shot and killed and two others were injured Saturday morning on the 31st Street bridge over Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago police. The killing was the second to occur on July 4, a notoriously violent holiday in Chicago. From 3 p.m. Friday to...
Toledo officer shot and killed, suspect found dead
TOLEDO, Ohio — An officer who was responding to a call in a store parking lot was shot and killed early Saturday morning by an intoxicated man holding a beer, police said. Toledo Officer Anthony Dia was shot in the chest just after midnight in the parking lot of a...
Coroner IDs Blairsville woman killed in Derry Township crash
A Blairsville woman died Saturday morning when she was ejected from her vehicle in a two-car crash in Derry Township. Brittany C. Lash, 23, was pronounced dead at 8:30 a.m., the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said Sunday night. An autopsy found the cause of death to be blunt force injuries...
Traditional prayers for unity and blessing find a new home in a time of trauma
On a sunny July 4 morning when the parades and festivals that traditionally mark the holiday had been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, a small group of men and women gathered at the Evergreen Drive-in on the outskirts of Mt. Pleasant. Men such as Eric Harris, 62, of East...
Westmoreland sees 30 new covid-19 cases, 6th double-digit increase this week
Westmoreland County saw 30 new cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Saturday, but no additional deaths. That makes the sixth time in the past week that Westmoreland County saw double-digit increases in new coronavirus cases. The new cases make a total of...
Pennsylvania moving closer to 90,000 coronavirus cases; adds 3 deaths
There were three new covid-19 deaths and 634 new cases reported in the state Saturday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The statewide total is now 89,375 cases and 6,749 deaths, with 634 patients considered probable cases. Out of the new cases, 150 — or nearly 24% — are from...
Allegheny County reports 150 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Allegheny County Health officials reported 150 new covid-19 cases Saturday, with two more hospitalizations. It’s the second straight day the county has seen a decline after a record-setting 233 cases Thursday, followed by 177 cases Friday. The county reported no new deaths, leaving the total at 187. On Friday, the...
Employees at Harmar Target test positive for coronavirus
Several employees from the Target store in Harmar tested positive for covid-19 within the last week, a spokeswoman said Saturday. Spokeswoman Danielle Schumann did not disclose the exact number of employees who tested positive. “We’ve communicated directly with these team members, who went into quarantine and are following all health...
Governors stress ‘personal responsibility’ over virus orders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response. It wasn’t a mandate to wear masks in public or clamp down on businesses or social gatherings. Instead, it was...
2 women hit by car on Seattle highway closed amid protests
SEATTLE — A 27-year-old man drove a white Jaguar onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women, officials said. Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking Interstate 5 and sped into the crowd...
Hyde Park’s Mia Z releases new album on Independence DayVideo
A sound connection started at Honey Bear Mini Mart in Apollo. Owner Denise Frain introduced singer Mia “Mia Z” Zanotti and RJ Bertera, a member of the group Dead Man Switch, who owns Holiday House Studio nearby with band mate, Kyle Horrell. They’ve been in harmony ever since. “Denise told...
New Stanton flag maker helps keep America patrioticVideo
Sales of parade-size, 4-by-6-inch American flags slowed when Fourth of July parades and other patriotic celebrations were canceled because of covid-19. “We’re still producing flags, but demand is depressed — it’s there, but it’s not like in years past,” said John Gilkey, chief operating officer of Online Stores LLC in...
Pittsburgh police: Teenager in serious condition after shooting in Northview Heights
A teenager shot in the torso in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood Friday afternoon was listed in serious condition. Police responded to a home on the 500 block of Mount Pleasant Road around 4:25 p.m. for reports that a male had been shot. There they found the boy in an upstairs...
Woman in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood
A woman was shot in the leg while walking along Spring Street in Arlington on Friday evening, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers said the woman, who was not identified, was walking with her boyfriend in the 2100 block of Spring Street around 6:15 p.m. when they heard gunshots and she...
Shooting victim stable after incident in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot Friday afternoon in Sheraden, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. The man was found in the 2700 block of Bergman Street around 3:40 p.m., spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. He had been shot in the hip. Officers are investigating....
Robert Levin, new partners, revive family’s furniture business in the midst of pandemicVideo
If things had worked out differently, Robert Levin would be three years into a comfortable retirement. Hard times turned his plans on their head. On Friday, the 64-year-old Mt. Pleasant native celebrated five months of long hours and hard work as he joined his new partners, John and Matt Schultz,...
It’s going to be a scorcher: Weeklong heat wave to continue through next week
The region will sizzle until next Friday for an unusually long heat wave, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service defines a heat wave as at least three consecutive days of 90-degree temperatures or higher. Friday was the second day of the year temperatures reached the 90s- degree mark,...
Pittsburgh breweries are delivering beer to your home
Bartenders at East End Brewing Co. are still working. “Only now, they are serving our customers in another way,” said owner Scott Smith. “Some of our bartenders have become delivery drivers.” Bringing the beer to you is not a new concept, but it’s become more active in the coronavirus pandemic....
Wet spring, hot start to summer has corn farmers concernedVideo
Farmer John Greenawalt of Sewickley Township just saved his early sweet corn crop, and he’s hoping the recent hot, dry weather will move on so he can get the most from his current one. “This corn that we just picked, it went through five frosts,” Greenawalt said. “It really wasn’t...
Custody case for Bella Seachrist found father’s Oakmont home suitable
Bella Seachrist was a month shy of her first birthday when she was taken to live with her father and his longtime partner. In June 2017, an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge found the Oakmont home where Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr. and Laura Ramriez lived to be proper and suitable for...
Fireworks spark 85 complaints to Pittsburgh police in 1 night
Fireworks likely caused the roof fire at a vacant North Side school building — an incident that was just one of 85 fireworks complaints Pittsburgh police responded to Thursday night alone, authorities said. Though aerial fireworks within the past several years were made legal in Pennsylvania, it is still against...
Westmoreland inmate files federal lawsuit over jail beating
A 33-year-old Westmoreland County Prison inmate who claims he was violently beaten by six guards earlier this year at the Hempfield lockup is seeking $225,000 in a federal lawsuit alleging his civil rights were violated. James Mapp, 33, of Roswell, N.M, filed the three-count civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court...
Westmoreland County sees 5th double-digit spike in covid-19 cases in 6 days
For the fifth time in six days, Westmoreland County’s new coronavirus case count is in the double digits. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 33 new covid-19 cases and no additional deaths in Westmoreland County on Friday. This brings the case total to 744 and death total to 38 in...
