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Paris wants a ‘Princess Diana Square’ at site of her death
PARIS — Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal. The site already holds a golden flame-shaped monument in her honor, adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident occurred. The plaza...
Man dead after setting himself on fire outside White House
WASHINGTON — A Maryland man who set himself on fire on the White House Ellipse on Wednesday afternoon has died, according to the U.S. Park Police. The incident occurred about 12:20 p.m. near 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW. The man was taken to a hospital Wednesday and was...
Newborn brings hope after Pittsburgh mom dies during childbirth
April Martinez spent the last nine months meticulously planning for the arrival of her first child, a baby boy named Luca. “She had allergies and she wouldn’t take any allergy medicine,” said her mother, Elaine Sheatz of Cranberry. “She just wanted him to be perfect.” Despite her attention to detail,...
White House wanted USS John S. McCain covered up during Trump’s Japan visit
The White House asked Navy officials to obscure the USS John S. McCain while President Trump was visiting Japan, Pentagon and White House officials said Wednesday night. A senior Navy official confirmed that he was aware someone at the White House sent a message to service officials in the Pacific...
Tribune-Review wins 5 Golden Quill Awards
The Tribune-Review won five Golden Quill Awards, presented annually by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania to recognize outstanding performance in journalism. The Trib received 22 nominations for the 55th Golden Quill Awards, for which a dinner was held Wednesday at the Rivers Casino Event Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore....
Town Hall participants brainstorm ideas for a Green New Deal in Westmoreland
Local proponents of the envisioned economic transformation dubbed the Green New Deal argue that regional jobs tied to the fossil fuel industry can be replaced with ones that are focused on environmentally friendly energy sources such as hydroelectric, wind and solar power. That was one of the ideas discussed Wednesday...
Body believed to be missing Utah girl ‘Lizzy’ Shelley is foundVideo
SALT LAKE CITY — A body believed to be a missing 5-year-old Utah girl was found Wednesday less than a block from her home, bringing a wide-ranging search to a grim close five days after the child was taken from her home and killed by her uncle, police said. The...
Israel to hold new elections as Netanyahu fails to form a governmentVideo
JERUSALEM — In an unprecedented move, Israel will head to elections for a second time in less than six months after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government before a midnight deadline. Rather than give someone else the chance to do so, he forwarded legislation to dissolve the...
Route 28 reopens, flood watch remains
Route 28 in Pittsburgh reopened early Thursday morning after it was closed due to flooding, according to Allegheny County 911. Most of Western Pennsylvania remains under a flash flood watch until 11 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Much of Beaver County is under a flood warning. Showers...
Pennsylvania abortion law unlikely to budge
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto any anti-choice bill that crosses his desk as a wave of new laws limiting abortions floods the country, but his pledge is not stopping state Republicans from working to pass stricter laws. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill this month...
Motorcyclist uses flannel shirt to save bald eagle on Chester County highway
A Lancaster man used his flannel shirt to rescue an injured bald eagle that had plopped down in the middle of a Route 30 bypass, stopping traffic, in Downingtown, Chester County, on Saturday, according to media reports. Dandon Miller was on his motorcycle when he encountered the traffic jam and...
‘Unexploded device’ in London is just giant Christmas ornament
Officials got a pretty serious scare in east London on Wednesday. However, the large bomb that some people had reported on the banks of the River Thames turned out to be a giant Christmas decoration. The Tower Hamlets bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the call of a...
East End Brewing to launch beers named after Pittsburgh neighborhoods
Pittsburghers are deeply loyal to the neighborhood they grew up in … Greenfield, Bloomfield, Highland Park, Oakland and beyond. Pittsburgh’s East End Brewing certainly knows that. On Saturday, the company will launch the “YOU ARE HERE” program designed to introduce a beer named after each of Pittsburgh’s 90 neighborhoods. The...
Pittsburgh’s Becca Droz continues ‘Amazing Race’ in Switzerland
After flying on the world’s longest zip line in Dubai and winning first place in one of two episodes of CBS’s “Amazing Race” last week, Pittsburgh native Becca Droz again will be featured on the prime time adventure reality show tonight at 8 p.m. The excitement continues with Droz and...
Rabid raccoon reported in Swisshelm Park, 13th in Allegheny County this year
Another raccoon in Allegheny County has tested positive for rabies, county health officials said Wednesday. The raccoon was spotted along Windermere Drive in Pittsburgh’s Swisshelm Park neighborhood, according to the release from health department director Dr. Karen Hacker. It is the 13th rabid animal reported in the county so far...
Cash 5 ticket sold in Downtown Pittsburgh worth $200K
A Downtown Pittsburgh convenience store sold a Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $200,000 for Tuesday night’s drawing, according to lottery officials. The ticket, which matched all five numbers, was sold at Faber Coe & Gregg on Grant Street, according to the press release. The numbers were 1, 11, 22, 33,...
4 dead, 8 wounded in church van crash in Virginia
FORD, Va. — Virginia state police released the identity Wednesday of a pickup truck driver who allegedly slammed into the back of a church van, killing four people and injuring eight others. Police said the van carrying 11 people was slowing down to make a right turn into a church...
Greensburg nursing home tested after resident contracts Legionnaires’ disease
Redstone Highlands in Greensburg continues to implement emergency procedures after a resident tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease last week. The skilled nursing facility is using bottled water and suspending showers until it receives test results, said John Dickson, CEO and president. Results are expected soon. “We take the health and...
Women want the office to be warmer. Science now backs them up
What’s the perfect office temperature? Everyone you ask will have a different answer. For some people, an office climate bordering on frosty is ideal; for others, anything below subtropical necessitates a blanket, fingerless gloves and an illicit space heater. There’s no one thermostat setting that will make everyone happy. But...
Honus Wagner baseball card sells privately for $1.2 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — A Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold privately for $1.2 million. SCP Auctions in Southern California says the 1909-11 T206 card was graded in Good 2 condition on a scale of 1 to 10 by Professional Sports Authenticator. The auction house says this example of...
Pa. man pleads guilty in blowtorch break-ins, Apple thefts at Target stores
BOSTON — A Pennsylvania man authorities say used a blowtorch to break into Target stores in multiple states and steal nearly $200,000 worth of electronics has pleaded guilty to related charges. The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts says 36-year-old Elijah Aiken pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges including transporting stolen goods across...
Teens may face charges after cake thrown at Pa. State Police cruiser near Conneaut Lake
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A cake in the face was no laughing matter over the weekend when the face in question was the windshield of a state police cruiser traveling near the northern tip of Conneaut Lake. No one was injured in the incident that occurred at 11:39 p.m. Saturday on...
Gabby Barrett to open for Toby Keith in PittsburghVideo
Gabby Barrett’s star continues to rise. The Munhall native, along with Clay Walker, will be the special guests for country crooner Toby Keith’s Sept. 27 concert at Pittsburgh’s Highmark Stadium. Barrett, 19, shot to fame on “American Idol,” finishing in the top three two seasons ago. She has opened for...
Robert Mueller says charging president ‘not an option,’ resigns from DOJVideo
WASHINGTON — In his first public statement on the Russia investigation Wednesday, special counsel Robert Mueller said charging a president with a crime was “not an option” his team could consider in the Russia investigation. Mueller said he was bound by longstanding Justice Department opinions that say a president can’t...
Looking for farmers markets? Check out this map
Fresh fruits and veggies, tasty baked goods and colorful flowers await in farmers markets across the region. Whether you always stop at your favorite market or like to hit up a new one each week, this interactive map shows the details. Market organizers are welcome to submit additions to the...
