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The Pittsburgh Land Bank’s board voted unanimously Friday to approve a plan to spend $10 million in American Rescue Plan funding — despite the fact Mayor Ed Gainey has said he wants to take $3 million of that money to create a food justice fund. The Land Bank’s plan calls...

Two University of Pittsburgh students are accused of inappropriately touching corpses in their anatomy class. Sonel Jimenez, 19, of Albrightsville, Carbon County, and Amay Gupta, 19, of Fremont, Calif., were charged Thursday with abusing a corpse in connection with the incident, which took place at Pitt’s Victoria Hall on Nov....

Nearly four decades after the collapse of the steel industry, the Pittsburgh region has emerged as a growing technology hub in the fields of robotics and life sciences. Those industries are likely to see a boost from the newly created Keystone Space Innovation Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The facility...

A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight early Friday in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. Officers from the Zone 3 station responded to the 700 block of Montooth Street shortly after 5:30 a.m., police said. Emergency responders found a man with a stab wound...

Holiday music and shopping — along with the ghostly appearance of William Shakespeare — are among events on tap this weekend in Pittsburgh. Shakespeare’s ghost Premiere performances of Pittsburgh playwright Nathan Wagner’s “Perdita” will be at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday in the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square...

A woman was shot multiple times during a fight with another woman early Friday in Homewood South, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers from the Zone 5 station responded to a Shotspotter alert just after 3 a.m. indicating that seven shots were fired in the 700 block of Brushton Avenue. At...

Three people were hospitalized in connection with a double shooting Thursday night in Pittsburgh. On Friday, Pittsburgh police said in a news update that the 4-year-old victim has died. Allegheny County dispatch said calls for the shooting came in around 6:40 p.m. along the 1500 block of Lincoln Avenue. Among...

Police recruit training classes planned in Pittsburgh next year could bring in about half as many officers as the city has lost from its force this year, officials said Thursday. Only eight people applied to join the first class, which will train people who were officers elsewhere, said Councilman Anthony...

A Pittsburgh teenager who police say opened fire on a Brighton Heights funeral service in late October has been charged in connection with a homicide that took place more than two months earlier. The Aug. 7 shooting in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood left one man dead and three others injured....

Second Avenue Commons, a homeless shelter that opened last week in Downtown Pittsburgh, is already at capacity, officials said. “We’re now into the overflow space, which is the cafeteria that’s downstairs,” said Dan Palka, Allegheny Health Network’s director of urban health and street medicine. Palka is collaborating with the city...

Pittsburgh City Council is considering spending $7 million over five years to extend a contract with a Pittsburgh-based firm that provides security at the City-County Building and other city sites. The proposed contract would pay security guards a fraction of what guards are making at some county-owned facilities, according to...

University of Pittsburgh sophomore Noah Stockwell got the idea of competing on the popular TV game show “Wheel of Fortune” sort of as a joke. He wound up having the last laugh after winning a massive prize on an episode that aired on Nov. 24. “I figured it would be...

Pittsburgh police said they arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting on Wednesday morning in Marshall-Shadeland. Jason Woodall, 29, of Homestead, faces charges of criminal homicide, robbery and firearm violations, police said. He was lodged in Allegheny County Jail and denied bail Thursday. Investigators identified the victim as...

For its 2023 slate of programs, the Carnegie Museum of Art will take inspiration from its long-running Carnegie International — now in its 58th iteration. “The program builds on the incredible momentum of the Carnegie International, which is part of the collecting legacy on which the museum was founded,” said...

A portion of Liberty Avenue running through Pittsburgh’s Strip District will see major pedestrian and traffic safety improvements, according to city officials. Councilwoman Deb Gross said the city will partner with PennDOT on the nearly $1 million project. The city will be providing just $4,500 of that cost, with the...

A proposal to develop a Giant Eagle Market District, along with more than 200 apartments, additional stores and restaurants and a small park, in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside has earned Planning Commission approval. The development from O’Hara-based ECHO Realty will sit on a Penn Avenue site that previously was home to a...

Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man being sought for a string of burglaries in Downtown. Authorities released a photo of a man they said they suspect in burglaries of at least four businesses and about half a dozen vehicle break-ins during the past several...

Medical experts Wednesday were not surprised to hear the details of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s stroke, saying it might even be considered commonplace for people built as he is. Dr. M. Shazam Hussain, a board- certified neurologist and the director of Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center, estimates one in every...

The new Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s East End is expected to open by the end of the year, city and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said. “We are anticipating the bridge will be open by the end of the year, and perhaps before Christmas,” PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said....

Lane and exit restrictions along the Parkway East that caused heavy traffic backups Wednesday morning have been lifted, PennDOT announced. Single-lane restrictions were put in place in both directions of Interstate 376 at the Forbes Avenue/Oakland interchange until about 8 a.m. when the inbound lane was reopened, the agency said....

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Marshall-Shadeland. Police and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the 2400 block of Sorrell Street just before 5:30 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. First responders found a man with a gunshot wound to the head, a Pittsburgh...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a measure to provide $900,000 for a food service program that provides meals to local students over the summer when they aren’t served meals at school, though one council member raised concerns about whether that’s enough funding for the initiative. The amount of money...

A Pittsburgh police officer was injured while attempting to break up a fight on Tuesday evening in Market Square. A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman tweeted about the incident around 8:30 p.m. They said officers responded to a dispute between juveniles at the Five Guys fast food restaurant. An officer suffered...

A Pittsburgh man has plead guilty in federal court to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, authorities announced Tuesday. Daryl Williams, 24, recently went before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon. Authorities said Williams admitted having a gun as part of drug trafficking on two dates in May 2018....

Pittsburgh City Council members said they aren’t comfortable with Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to move the city’s cable bureau under the control of the Mayor’s Office. Gainey’s proposed 2023 budget calls for moving the cable bureau, the print shop, the nonemergency 311 line and various communication staff under his office’s...