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Woman arrested after police find guns, drugs in Duquesne home
Duquesne police seized more than 800 bags of heroin and two guns while serving a search warrant Monday night in Duquesne. Police said they arrested Tosha Daniel Cunningham, 40, after executing the warrant at her home along Lincoln Avenue. Cunningham allegedly told officers that neither the drugs nor guns were...
2 hurt when boat becomes trapped under barge on Ohio River
A man and a woman were hurt when their boat became trapped underneath a barge that was being towed by a tug boat on the Ohio River early Tuesday morning, according to Pittsburgh public safety officials. The incident was reported around 12:15 a.m. in the area below the Point and...
Sunburn tattoos? Don’t put your skin at risk, dermatologists sayVideo
Even if it’s not a good idea, somebody is bound to try it. Witness this summer’s social media buzz around “sunburn tattoos.” To create sunburn tattoos, tanners cover a portion of skin with a decal, stencil or sunscreen and then head out into the sun with the rest of their...
New Kensington swears in police dog honoring slain Officer Brian ShawVideo
New Kensington Mayor Tom Guzzo swore in the newest member of the city’s police force Monday evening — after the new recruit was done scratching. Deuce, an almost 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, was acquired with the help of slain police Officer Brian Shaw’s family. His parents, Stephan and Lisa Shaw, and...
Kennametal says ‘softening markets’ hurt quarterly sales, earnings
Kennametal Inc. saw sales, net income and earnings per share drop as a result of softening of its markets during the fourth quarter that ended June 30 compared to a year ago, but it still posted increases in sales, net income and earnings for the 2019 fiscal year, the company...
Nick Cumer, Dayton shooting victim from Western Pa., was ‘someone we all could look up to’
Nick Cumer spent many long days and nights at Washington High School polishing his craft on the trombone. But, when he enrolled as a freshman at Saint Francis University, Cumer was told that the Cambria County school’s newly forming band had enough trombone players. What they needed was someone who...
What you do when a shooter strikes could save or cost you your life
The median police response time to an active shooting incident is three minutes, according to FBI statistics. While fast by law enforcement standards, potential victims are essentially on their own in those first critical minutes. “Most of the violence is over in less than five minutes,” said J. Pete Blair,...
Mitch McConnell campaign blasted for photos of tombstones for political foesVideo
It is not a good look for Team Mitch. The Mitch McConnell campaign tweeted an image during the weekend of a mock graveyard with the names on tombstones of the Senate majority leader’s political opponents. And the timing could not be worse. Two mass shootings where more than 30 people...
Bloody weekend renews hope of passing new gun control measures in D.C., Pennsylvania
A weekend of bloodshed, bookended by mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, may have moved the needle on gun control measures. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, says he is optimistic the bill he and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., first partnered on in 2013 to expand background...
Safe2Say fields tips, puts focus on mental health services for students
Between Westmoreland and Allegheny counties, almost 3,240 calls were reported through Pennsylvania’s Safe2Say Something Program, a 24-hour tipline that allows students, parents and teachers to anonymously report something suspicious online or from a person who poses a threat to themselves or others. According to a report released by Pennsylvania Attorney...
Stocks suffer worst rout of year as China escalates trade warVideo
NEW YORK — stocks plunged to their worst loss of the year Monday and investors around the world scrambled to sell on worries about how much President Trump’s worsening trade war will damage the global economy. China let its currency, the yuan, drop to its lowest level against the dollar...
Pittsburgh has stepped up security for large events, festivals in wake of mass shootingsVideo
Pittsburgh has stepped up security for large events and festivals in wake of mass shootings in Pittsburgh and across the country, Mayor Bill Peduto said Monday. Peduto said a Public Safety Department team now reviews all permits for large events to determine the best positions for police officers in and...
Mark Madden: These Steelers could benefit from Hall of Fame expansion
In 2020, the Pro Football Hall of Fame will induct a one-time-only class of 20 new members to commemorate the NFL’s 100th anniversary. Ten senior-era players will be included. Nine players from the Steelers’ dynasty in the 1970s are enshrined in Canton. Does this decision open the door for more?...
Peduto steps up personal security amid death threats over Pittsburgh gun bills
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he’s been threatened with death and challenged to fistfights since the passage of controversial gun legislation that would limit the use of some firearms, ammunition and accessories in the city. Peduto said his bodyguard, a Pittsburgh police officer, now accompanies him to functions at night...
Body found after person reportedly jumped into Yough River after crash on I-70
A body was discovered in the Youghiogheny River on Monday afternoon after rescuers responded to a report of a person jumping into the river following a crash on Interstate 70, according to a Westmoreland County dispatcher. The crash was reported at 2:40 p.m. on the westbound side of the highway,...
Lincoln Avenue Brewery hoping to be ‘Cheers’ of BellevueVideo
Grant Saylor learned to brew beer on his back porch. Now he helps run Lincoln Avenue Brewery in the once-dry borough of Bellevue, where a May 2015 referendum overturned the longtime ban on liquor licenses. “We know it’s a leap of faith to try this business in a once-dry town,”...
Pennsylvania school safety tip system fielded 23K reports this year
HARRISBURG — A state report released Monday said bullying, self-harm and suicide were the most common concerns fielded during the first half-year of operation for a new threat reporting system that covers Pennsylvania schools. The 21-page report by the state attorney general’s office said the Safe 2 Say Something program...
2 El Paso shooting victims die at hospital, raising death toll to 22
EL PASO, Texas — A hospital official says another victim of the weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, has died. Dr. Stephen Flaherty, of the Del Sol Medical Center, says the patient was one of two victims of Saturday’s attack to die at the hospital on Monday. Police earlier...
Helicopters to drop rabies vaccine baits in parts of Allegheny County
Rabies vaccine baits will be dropped from helicopters for the first time in Allegheny County, the county’s health department said. The baits will be dropped by hand in most parts of the county, but officials will use helicopters to make drops in remote areas. The baits are part of an...
Trump postpones Beaver County visit in wake of mass shootings
President Trump has postponed this week’s planned visit to an ethane cracker plant under contruction in Beaver County in the wake of this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the White House and county officials confirmed Monday. Trump had been slated to visit the plant site Thursday. “In...
Trump says he wants stronger gun checks, gives few details
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes “against all humanity” and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence. He blamed mental illness and video games but made no mention of more limits on sales of...
Police: Mt. Pleasant man drove 100 mph, cut through cornfield during chase
A Mt. Pleasant man was drunk when he led police on a weekend chase that reached speeds of 100 mph, according to court papers. At one point during the 12.5-mile pursuit, Daniel S. Sebulsky, 34, drove through a cornfield before parking at his home and fleeing on foot, police said....
Hate ruled out, but motive still a mystery in Dayton attack
DAYTON, Ohio — As authorities in Ohio try to pin down a motive for the weekend’s second U.S. mass shooting and dig into the slain shooter’s life, what they find might also help answer another big question looming over the tragedy: What, if anything, could have stopped it? Police say...
Trump says he wants stronger gun checks, but reneged in past
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed Monday he wants legislation providing “strong background checks” for gun users, but he provided no details and has reneged on previous promises to strengthen gun laws after mass shootings. Trump tweeted Monday about the weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 29...
Missing East Hills teen found safe
An East Hills teen who had been missing since Friday has been found, Pittsburgh police said on the department’s Facebook page. Daysha Hayes, 17, has been reunited with her family. She went missing about 3 p.m. at her family’s home, according to police....
