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Carnegie Mellon scientists read emotions in the brainVideo
A neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University is translating science fiction into science fact. And the latest developments in his work are pretty amazing. As recently as a decade ago, CMU professor and researcher Marcel Just made headlines around the world with news that scientists could tap enhanced MRI technology coupled...
Bankruptcy hearing canceled for former Pittsburgh regatta promoter
A Ross company blamed for this year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta debacle was scheduled to appear in federal bankruptcy court Monday, but the hearing was canceled because the company president is out of town. Derek Weber, 44, president of LionHeart Event Group LLC, in September filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
Residents hoping for light at end of Ohiopyle tunnel project
A pedestrian tunnel is beginning to take shape in Ohiopyle as the second phase of a construction project there continues. Most of the $12.4 million project, including the rehabilitation of a bridge that carries Route 381 over the Youghiogheny River, is expected to be completed by Memorial Day. The project,...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Slippery Rock University students aim to bring ‘The Rock’ to The Rock
A Slippery Rock University student is trying to bring “The Rock” to The Rock. Samantha Kochis, 20, created an online petition on Change.org to bring movie megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to Slippery Rock University, also nicknamed The Rock. “This campaign started out as a joke among a few friends....
Pennsylvania lawmakers, judges getting raises in 2020
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch officials will collect another annual salary increase in 2020, with the governor’s salary passing $200,000 and rank-and-file lawmakers’ base salaries passing $90,000. The salary increases come as lawmakers consider increasing Pennsylvania’s minimum wage for the first time since 2009 and...
Doobie Brothers add KeyBank Pavilion date to 50th anniversary tourVideo
Citing fan response, The Doobie Brothers have added nearly two dozen dates to the band’s 50th anniversary tour, including a stop in Burgettstown’s KeyBank Pavilion. In response to overwhelming fan excitement, The Doobie Brothers have announced 23 additional dates for THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR with Michael McDonald. Tickets...
Steelers a home underdog to Browns for 1st time in 30 years
There’s perhaps no greater indignity for the Pittsburgh Steelers than losing to the Cleveland Browns. Two weeks after just that happened in Ohio, the oddsmakers are predicting it will happen again in Pittsburgh. And that is rare. How rare? The most recent time that the betting line for a Browns-Steelers...
Allegheny Land Trust receives $500K grant for former Churchill Country Club property
A green space project in Penn Hills and Churchill will get a $500,000 boost from state money, state Sen. Jay Costa Jr. announced Monday. The $500,000 grant will go to Allegheny Land Trust, the future owners of the former Churchill Country Club property. “It is exciting to see a partnership...
Bill Cosby vows no remorse, expects to serve 10-year maximum
COLLEGEVILLE — Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit. Cosby is serving three to 10 years in a state prison near Philadelphia after a jury last year convicted him of...
Mt. Pleasant man charged with throwing cat against a wall
A Mt. Pleasant man remains in jail on allegations he seriously injured a cat he threw against a wall. Tyler Robert Kebberly, 21, is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond on an aggravated animal cruelty charge, a felony. Police arrested him Friday. Investigators were called by Green...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Steelers’ QB battle, make Browns predictionsVideo
It was a predictable 60 minutes. Tim Benz and Mark Madden lament how the Pittsburgh Steelers arrived at a win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, and the guys also ponder the quarterback situation. Madden believes that Mason Rudolph is afraid of failure, and not because he is concerned with...
Rite Aid gives former pharmacy building to Tarentum church
Cathy Blythe was driving past the shuttered Rite Aid on Corbet Street in Tarentum when, she says, God spoke to her. He told her to call the real estate agent selling the building. Blythe took over as pastor of Abundant Joy Fellowship in Tarentum after her husband, Greg Blythe, died...
Colleges struggle with soaring student demand for counseling
More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found. On some...
Police: Woman stabbed at least 10 times in Monessen
An argument over money led to the early-morning stabbing of a 28-year-old Monessen woman who was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Monday, police said. Tiffany Grogan, 37, is accused of stabbing Haley Aldrich inside Aldrich’s residence at Highland Manor in the 300 block of 10th Street at 1:42 a.m., according...
Turkey Trot serves as family tradition for Greensburg woman, family
On Thanksgiving morning, Doris Daigle can be found in one place — the intersection of Westminster Avenue and West Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg. She will be looking up the hill through her red-framed eyeglasses at a sea of runners closing in on the finish line of the city’s annual Turkey...
Eccentric millionaire’s O’Hara mansion leaves lasting legacy as Bayernhof Music MuseumVideo
This isn’t your typical mansion-turned-museum. On high ground overlooking Sharpsburg and the Allegheny River in O’Hara sits the Bayernhof Music Museum, the former 19,000-square-foot residence of Pittsburgh millionaire Charles Boyd Brown III, known simply as “Chuck” to his friends. Often referred to as one of the area’s best-kept secrets, the...
Police: 2 shot, killed in Wilkinsburg by passenger in their car
Allegheny County police believe a man and a woman were shot to death Sunday night in Wilkinsburg by a passenger their car. Police found Elarrah Nichole Findley, 18, of Pittsburgh lying in the road in the 700 block of Midland Street after multiple 911 calls were received shortly after 9...
John Steigerwald: Steelers barely beat a really bad Bengals teamVideo
Tank you very much. That’s what Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin should have said to Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor during the postgame handshake Sunday in Cincinnati. A team doing its best to lock up the first pick in the 2020 draft couldn’t have come at a better time for...
Kevin Gorman: Devlin Hodges gives Steelers their best chance to winVideo
CINCINNATI — Mike Tomlin was looking for something to spark the offense, and the Pittsburgh Steelers coach had seen enough to know it wasn’t going to come from Mason Rudolph. So Tomlin made the Duck call. Not only did the Steelers switch quarterbacks, but they also traded the player involved...
Report: Review details effort to justify Ukraine decisionVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House undertook a confidential review of documents that revealed extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for President Donald Trump’s decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post, citing three people familiar with the records, said the research was...
Boulevard of the Allies still closed as water main repairs continue
The Boulevard of the Allies between Market and Wood streets in Downtown Pittsburgh remained closed Monday morning because of a water main break, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The waterline failed just before 2 a.m. Saturday morning, said Jeffrey Besong, Point Park University’s chief of police. Besong said the waterline...
Pentagon chief fires Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official for allegedly proposing a deal with the White House behind Esper’s back to resolve the matter of a Navy SEAL whose case that has been championed by President Donald Trump. At Esper’s request, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers switch QBs, Chris Boswell delivers to beat BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — It’s no longer a question of whether the Pittsburgh Steelers have a quarterback controversy. The better question is this: Do the Steelers have a quarterback? Just when things looked like they couldn’t get worse for Mason Rudolph, the Steelers benched their second-year quarterback in favor of undrafted rookie...
Backup QB Devlin Hodges comes off bench, leads Steelers past BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — Devlin Hodges injected some life into the Pittsburgh Steelers offense in the second half Sunday, coming off the bench to direct a 16-10 come-from-behind victory against the winless Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. The question is this: after helping produce 13 second-half points, will the rookie quarterback...
