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Lottery ticket worth $530 million sold in San Diego store
SAN DIEGO — A lottery ticket worth $530 million in the Mega Millions draw was sold at a liquor store in San Diego, the City News Service reports. The winner will have to decide whether to receive the estimated $530 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $345.2 million cash...
Ambulance companies taking patients to court to collect money owed
Adamsburg’s Rescue 14 EMS hauled a Hempfield woman to court this spring over outstanding charges for medical services. Within minutes, another ambulance company wheeled her out of the Westmoreland County Courthouse on a stretcher. Ashley James, 36, appeared in compliance court May 21 after failing to make monthly payments on...
Ross woman embarks on journey to heal and help Catholic women who have been abusedVideo
Kathy Coll beamed as she displayed the stone cross a friend carved for her. Coll, 68, of Ross said she will carry it every step of the way when she embarks on a 250-mile trek on the Camino de Santiago on June 21. The trail that winds through the Spanish...
AG Shapiro: Legal war against health giant UPMC has just begun
UPMC’s newly relaxed prepay rules for Highmark-insured seniors and cancer patients have not assuaged Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s intensity in his legal fight against the health giant. As he prepares to face off UPMC in Commonwealth Court on Monday, Shapiro appears more determined than ever to take on UPMC...
Back the Blue concert raises funds for fallen Officer Brian Shaw’s foundation
People rocked out Saturday night at a hotel ballroom to raise money for the Back the Blue benefit concert that honored fallen New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw. After the first benefit concert Friday at the same venue, six bands signed on to play their music at the New Kensington...
Man injured in Belle Vernon motorcycle crash
Officials called for a helicopter to medically transport a man who crashed his motorcycle in Belle Vernon near Sweeney Plan on Saturday. “There’s one male down on the road, they requested a helicopter,” said a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher, referring to emergency personnel. The crash, which happened on the 1500...
Storm sends giant Chick-fil-A cow flying through the airVideo
There’s a chicken restaurant in Alabama that’s missing a cow. A storm Friday brought strong winds through Montgomery that caused the expected damage to trees and power lines. It also set free an inflatable cow that was tethered to a Chick-fil-A. It was lunch time when Savannah Wallace recorded a...
IUP student, 21, dies in East Franklin car wreck
A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania died Friday when his car crashed over an embankment in East Franklin. Brian H. Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County, was pronounced dead at the scene by Armstrong County Chief Deputy Coroner Robert Bellas early Friday morning. State System chair and chancellor, Cindy Shapira...
Attempt at Great Salt Lake to break float record sinks
MAGNA, Utah — A gathering at the Great Salt Lake in hopes of making it into the record books fell way short. Utah park officials invited people to a beach on the lake’s south end Saturday in an attempt to set the world record for the largest number of people...
Relay for Life of Apollo marks 24 years of fighting for cancer cure
They’re old pros at the Relay for Life of Apollo. Too windy to keep the purple-and-white inflatable arch up at the track? Take it down. The T-shirts belong here, the luminarias over there. The signs and banners lined the fence around the Apollo-Ridge High School track Saturday in Kiski Township...
Greensburg YMCA talks renovation at Kinderhook Mile raceVideo
The downhill sprint was over in minutes, but Saturday’s Kinderhook Mile race marked the starting line of a much longer endeavor for the Greensburg YMCA. During an open house after the race, YMCA officials introduced the public to its renovation plans, which will cost up to $2 million. “This building...
All things jeep celebrated at Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler County
Jeep owners and those who enjoy the storied history behind them are flocking to Butler County this weekend for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, which runs through Sunday at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Worth Township, near Slippery Rock. The festival is organized by the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association...
Pickup hits Amish horse-drawn carriage in Michigan, killing 2 kids
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a pickup truck rear-ended an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan, killing two children and seriously injuring two others and a woman who were in the carriage. The state police say the two adults and five children who were in the carriage were ejected...
Pomp, parade marks Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday
LONDON— Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a traditional display of British pageantry at its very best. About 1,400 soldiers in ceremonial scarlet coats and bearskin hats marched past the queen in a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Westminster. Royals...
Driver rescued after car plunges down hillside at Kennywood Park
A car went over a hillside Friday night near Gate 2 of Kennywood Park and the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. It happened at about 10 p.m., when Duquesne police said the driver, described as an elderly man, appears to have put the car...
Trump suspends proposed tariffs on Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he has suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached...
Rare Andean condor chick hatches at National Aviary
A rare Andean Condor chick, a downy, grey-white baby bird the size of a grapefruit, hatched Friday at the National Aviary. This is the first Andean Condor chick to hatch at the National Aviary since 2007, and is currently the only Andean Condor chick to hatch this year at an...
Tariffs have already wiped out tax bill savings for average Americans
President Trump’s trade wars have already wiped out all but $100 of the average American household’s windfall from Trump’s 2017 tax law. And that’s just the beginning. That last $100 in tax-cut gains also could soon disappear — and then some — because of additional tariffs Trump has announced or...
Peduto lauded by anti-violence groups for gun ban legislation
Gina Pelusi of Upper St. Clair lost her mother, Ruth Ann, about five years ago to a man who shot her after she answered a knock on her door at her Virginia home. Valerie Dixon of East Liberty lost her son, Robert, in 2001 to a man who shot him...
Export tests out ‘goat-scapers’ on steep park hillsideVideo
The hillside next to the Export playground would be quite a challenge for the borough’s public works crew to trim. But the steep slope is little more than a snack for 10 goats and Hobo the donkey, from Homestead-based Allegheny Goatscape. “It would be tough to get someone in there...
‘Flannel shirt eagle’ rescued along highway released back into wild
Not all bald eagle rescue stories end so happily. But the bald eagle saved from the middle of a busy Chester County highway in a motorcyclist’s flannel shirt has been successfully rehabbed and released back into wild. Motorcyclist Dandon Miller of Lancaster, who stepped up to help the bird stranded...
Ohio man stopped at Pittsburgh airport with loaded gun, officials say
An Ohio man was stopped with a loaded .38-caliber gun in his carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Federal workers found the gun as the man passed through a TSA security checkpoint. Allegheny County Police confiscated the firearm and detained the East...
Westmoreland men accused of heroin delivery escape in high-speed chase
As state troopers and the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department interrupted a suspected heroin transaction in Hempfield late Wednesday, two of the alleged participants sped off in a car, leading officers on a 5-mile chase that was called off after speeds exceeded 90 mph, according to court documents. On Friday, police...
Pittsburgh 1 of 3 cities where Walmart will deliver groceries to your fridge
Big Brother, meet Uncle Sam. As in Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who would be astounded at the lengths the retail giant is now going to please its customers. The Arkansas-based company announced its latest endeavor Friday and it will be coming to Pittsburgh and two other cities in...
Paper bag sales on the rise as plastic bans go into effect
The classic question — paper or plastic? — could soon be phased out as bans on single-use plastic bags sweep the nation, causing paper companies and manufacturers to see a surge in sales. Companies across Pennsylvania are seeing higher sales for paper bags and boxes, but the growth is driving...
