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Candidate forum won’t feature DA matchup between Zappala, Middleman
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. will not attend a countywide candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Monday, the Zappala campaign and the League of Women Voters confirmed Thursday. The longtime district attorney is being challenged in November by Allegheny County public defender Lisa...
Appeals court rules House should get Trump financial records
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s financial records must be turned over to the House of Representatives. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that lawmakers should get the documents they have subpoenaed from Mazars USA. The firm has...
New Kensington man whose mother was found dead in duct-taped room faces 62 chargesVideo
A New Kensington man faces 62 criminal charges in connection with an August incident in which authorities found his mother dead in her Victoria Avenue house with the vents and door of her room duct-taped shut, court records show. Most of the charges filed against Robert Aaron Hawk, 48, are...
Parenting expert Dr. G offers Latrobe audience advice on raising kids in age of technologyVideo
Dr. Deborah Gilboa admits some of the parenting advice she offers elicits raised eyebrows — especially her warning against routinely tracking children with a phone app. Popularly known as Dr. G on her website and on daytime talk shows, the Squirrel Hill family physician, mother of four sons and parenting...
Relay for Life events help American Cancer Society all year
On Oct. 17, downtown Greensburg will be filled with teams raising money for a good cause while having a heck of a good time. As part of the Great Race of Greensburg, more than a dozen teams of four to six people will run their own version of television’s “The...
Police: 7-year-old hurt in Ligonier Township crashVideo
A 7-year-old child was hospitalized Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash in Ligonier Township, according to police. The child was riding at 8 a.m. in a black SUV driving east on Darlington Road when the vehicle stopped at the intersection of Route 711. Ligonier Valley Assistant Police Chief Michael Matrunics...
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize
OSLO, Norway — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country’s two-decade border conflict with Eritrea. The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Friday also praised the “important reforms” that Abiy, Ethiopia’s leader since April 2018, has...
Ohio man killed in Beaver County crash
A man from Ohio died in a two-vehicle, head-on crash in Beaver County on Thursday, state police said. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on Lincoln Highway north of Langham Drive in Greene Township, according to state police. Melissa J. Brubaker, 36, of Chester, W. Va., had been driving too...
Surgeon from Pittsburgh among 8 arrested in Texas online child predator sting
A surgeon from Pittsburgh was among eight people arrested in a crackdown of suspected online sexual predators targeting children. Shawn Paul Robinson, 38, a resident of Galveston, was working as a surgeon at the University of Texas Medical Branch, according to a new release from Harris County Constable Harry Rosen....
Missing Rostraver woman found dead along trail
A Rostraver woman who was reported missing Tuesday was found dead Thursday morning. The body of Dina Kotlar, 48, was found about 8 a.m. in a wooded area along a trail, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kotlar’s death was a suicide, Allegheny County Police Lt. Andrew Schurman...
Pittsburgh redevelopment authority postpones vote on construction at Civic Arena siteVideo
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority board of directors Thursday postponed a vote on long-delayed redevelopment of the former Civic Arena property at the request of Hill District residents who said they weren’t given an opportunity to review the plans in advance of a URA meeting. The Pittsburgh Penguins, which have...
Jeannette woman convicted of third-degree murder in boyfriend’s death
A 39-year-old Jeannette woman was convicted Thursday of third-degree murder for the violent beating death more than three years ago of her 19-year-old boyfriend. Jurors in Westmoreland County deliberated more than three hours before finding that Crystal Belle was guilty of a lesser charge. Prosecutors asked for a first-degree murder...
Police: Man barricaded in house for hours in Rostraver taken for mental evaluation
A man who barricaded himself inside a home in Rostraver for hours Thursday was taken to Pittsburgh for a mental health evaluation, police said. Rostraver police did not identify the person who was taken from the house by ambulance. A Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said the incident began around 2:20...
Allegheny County council members accuse DA candidate Middleman of ethics violationVideo
A bipartisan pair of Allegheny County Council members on Thursday accused district attorney candidate Lisa Middleman of orchestrating a “political stunt” that violated county ethics code “on the taxpayer dime.” Council members Sam DeMarco III, a Republican from North Fayette, and Denise Ranalli-Russell, a Democrat from Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood,...
Study: Climate change could make dozens of bird species extinct in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s state bird, the ruffed grouse, could go extinct in the state along with dozens of other bird species because of climate change, according to a National Audubon Society study released Thursday. It’s more bad bird news. Last month, the journal Science reported the loss of 3 billion birds since...
Trump administration officials tour New Castle plantVideo
Hunks of steel weighing 190,000 pounds each are heated until they glow at 2300 degrees, and then slowly pounded into the rough shape of a propulsion shaft for a Navy submarine at a New Castle forge. The smell of the super-hot metal wafts through the massive plant of North American...
5 things to watch in Week 7 of the high school football season
One conference loss is manageable, but two might doom someone’s season in WPIAL Class A. A handful of one-loss teams face the dire situation this week including Cornell, Greensburg Central Catholic and Laurel. In the WPIAL’s smallest classification, only the top two finishers from each conference and two wild cards...
Police: Women bought crack from New Kensington home just before it was raided
Two Springdale women are accused of buying crack cocaine from a New Kensington house an hour before authorities raided it Tuesday, shutting down what police described as the base of a drug ring that sold fentanyl. New Kensington police said they watched as a red car parked at the city’s...
Stocks climb for 2nd straight day on U.S.-China trade optimism
Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street for the second straight day Thursday as the U.S. and China kicked off a new round of negotiations in their long-running trade war. Technology companies and banks led the rally as investors turned hopeful that the 13th round of trade talks will bring...
Wildfire prompts Southern California evacuation
SONOMA, Calif. — The Latest on power outages in California (all times local): 12:55 p.m. A fire has erupted in a Southern California city as strong Santa Ana winds buffet the region. The San Bernardino County Fire Department says the fire erupted in Fontana early Thursday afternoon. Officials say one...
Daily Download: Rally’s in Penn Hills, clouded leopards and Penguins injuriesVideo
Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, reporter Nicole Brambila discusses a restaurant that is causing traffic tie-ups in Penn Hills, the newest member of the Pittsburgh zoo and the latest...
West Virginia mayor won’t rename Christmas parade
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The mayor of West Virginia’s capital city on Thursday reversed a decision to change the name of the annual holiday parade after intense backlash from church leaders and conservatives. Mayor Amy Goodwin announced on Monday that she planned to rename the “Charleston Christmas Parade” the “Charleston Winter...
Police: Hempfield man exposed himself to 10-year-old girls
A Hempfield man was arrested Thursday on charges of exposing himself to two 10-year-old girls in Greensburg in August. Ronald E. Wineland, 61, was charged with two counts of corruption of minors and single counts of indecent exposure and open lewdness by city police. Wineland was arraigned before Greensburg District...
Peduto hires ex-Obama administration official as operations chief
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has hired a former Obama administration official to replace Guy Costa as the city’s chief operations officer. Kinsey Casey, who served in positions at the State Department, White House and Department of Homeland Security, will oversee daily city operations with a focus on coordinating work among...
Family swept out of house by Carrick water main break settles in cemetery caretaker’s cottageVideo
Rose Gitzen has found a house surrounded by her family — both living and dead — while awaiting word on her flood-damaged home in Carrick. Gitzen, 78, was among the residents of East Agnew Avenue displaced from their homes on Sept. 20 after a water main break severely damaged their...
