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1 killed when truck tips onto car on Steubenville Pike in Robinson
One man died Tuesday morning when a cargo truck tipped over onto his car on Steubenville Pike in Robinson, authorities said. The incident happened about 9 a.m. near the Interstate 79 interchange, an emergency dispatcher said. Police said they arrived on scene to find the cargo truck had rolled over...
Matriarch pizza wins Caliente ‘best’ honors
Caliente Pizza & Draft House chef Eric Von Hansen’s tribute to his mother and grandmother, “Mee-Maw” pizza, will soon be available to local mee-maws and their families. Hansen and business owner Nick Bogacz traveled to Italy recently to compete in the Pizza World Championships, where Von Hansen won “Best Pizza...
Back to Earth: Washington set to allow ‘human composting’
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks. The bill legalizing the process, sometimes referred to as “human composting,” has passed the Legislature and is...
Cops: Pittsburgh man spent weeks hiding in ex-girlfriend’s attic
Police have arrested a man who allegedly spent weeks hiding out in his ex-girlfriend’s attic in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood. The woman discovered Cary Cocuzzi, 31, in her bedroom Saturday, according to an affidavit filed against him. She had a protection from abuse order against Cocuzzi and told police he...
Brighton Heights man pleads to involuntary manslaughter in infant’s death
A Brighton Heights man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday in connection with his infant daughter’s death nearly four years ago. Joseph Swidorsky, 33, is scheduled for sentencing July 16 in Allegheny County court, according to online court records. His 1-month-old daughter Braelyn Swidorsky became unresponsive in a West View...
Palace: Trump to pay state visit to Britain in June
LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. Trump and his wife, Melania, have “accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom,” officials...
Parked car rolled into Mon River. It took 2 days to recover it.Video
It took two days to recover a car that sank in the Monongahela River in Washington County, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Police told WPXI that an 18-year-old driver parked his parents’ Nissan at the top of a boat ramp in New Eagle on Saturday evening. After the man...
Coroner identifies 4 killed in Beaver County crash
The Beaver County Coroner’s Office has identified the four people who were killed in a two-car crash Sunday night. Denise Feathers, 41, of Baden, was driving a Jeep south in the northbound lane of Route 65 in Baden when she struck another vehicle just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to...
Allegheny Health Network CEO vows to expand amid Pittsburgh health care war
The challenges were many when Cynthia Hundorfean accepted the job as Allegheny Health Network’s CEO in 2016. For one, the hospital system reported a loss of $17.8 million in the first three months of 2016 and other losses in years prior. The other challenge was gaining respect in an industry...
Gift ideas for women undergoing cancer treatmentVideo
Lisa Lurie gets asked the same question all the time. “People want to know what would make a great gift for somebody undergoing surgery, treatment or in recovery?” says Lurie of Squirrel Hill, a breast cancer survivor and co-founder of Cancer Be Glammed, a company that helps women diagnosed with...
Police seek 16-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting girl in North Braddock
A 16-year-old girl shot in the face by an acquaintance Monday in North Braddock told the boy repeatedly she didn’t like guns and asked him to put it away, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. Allegheny County police said they are searching for 16-year-old Damond Thomas, of West...
America’s elderly are twice as likely to work now than in 1985Video
Just as single-income families began to vanish in the last century, many of America’s elderly are now forgoing retirement for the same reason: They don’t have enough money. Rickety social safety nets, inadequate retirement savings plans and sky high health-care costs are all conspiring to make the concept of leaving...
House chair subpoenas former White House lawyer Don McGahn
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday subpoenaed former White House Counsel Don McGahn for testimony following the special counsel’s report that said McGahn refused President Trump’s request to curb or cut off the Russia investigation. The New York Democrat announced his court action to compel McGahn...
Federal drug conspiracy trial off for Harrison City doctor as he appeals prior conviction
A Harrison City doctor accused of illegally distributing the anti-opioid drug Suboxone will not stand trial in federal court Tuesday, sources said. Dr. Felix Brizuela Jr., 58, was scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, W.Va., with co-defendant Dr. George Naum III on a charge of...
Sri Lanka blames local Islamist extremist group for Easter bombingsVideo
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka on Monday accused a local Islamist extremist group, the National Thowheed Jamaath, of being behind a string of Easter bombings at churches and hotels that killed at least 290 people, and the United States pledged support for the investigation, dispatching FBI agents to help. At least...
Mark Madden: Half-empty PNC Park tells real tale of Pirates this season
Pirates fans are going ga-ga over rookie shortstop Cole Tucker, and they should. Tucker marked his big league debut Saturday with a home run and a curtain call. Fellow call-up Bryan Reynolds got lost in the shuffle, and understandably so: Reynolds’ hair isn’t as cool as Tucker’s. But Reynolds went...
South Greensburg police look for car that critically injured pedestrian
South Greensburg police are looking for the car that struck and critically injured a pedestrian Friday night in the 1500 block of Broad Street. The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. near DeGennaro’s Restaurant, where staff indicated the man, whom police didn’t identify, had dined before he was struck. Police...
Bear caught snacking in Kittanning Township backyardVideo
Debbi Reefer of Kittanning Township was busy with the Easter holiday and forgot to bring in her bird suet feeder Sunday night as she usually does. And a bear found it. “It’s another day in the country,” said Reefer, who has had bears on her property before. Reefer jams a...
2 shot in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A midday shooting left two men injured in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood Monday, authorities said. Police responded to Brownsville Road about 12:40 p.m. for a report of multiple people who had been shot, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Officers found one man with a gunshot wound to the right...
How many hellbenders live in Western Pa.? Group hopes to learn this summer
The search is on this summer for the Allegheny alligator or the snot otter, better known as the Eastern hellbender, in rivers in Western Pennsylvania. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy plans July surveys in the Kiski, Allegheny and Youghiogheny rivers for the salamander, a reclusive creature that lives under rocks the...
Harmar man arrested, charged with rape, sexual assault
A Harmar man charged with rape in connection with an incident in January has been arrested, Allegheny County authorities say. James Michael Tessauro, 38, was arrested and arraigned Monday evening, according to Mike Manko, Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office spokesman. Manko said he couldn’t say more about the case. Police...
McKees Rocks woman accused of assaulting ex with car, baseball bat
A McKees Rocks woman tried to run down her ex-boyfriend during an argument and, when that failed, she beat him with an aluminum baseball bat, police said. The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday at a home near Saxon Way and Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln-Lemington, according to a Pittsburgh...
Photos: Trumps welcome crowds for White House Easter Egg RollVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump kicked off the annual Easter Egg Roll Monday — the White House’s biggest social event of the year. “I want to wish everybody a very happy Easter,” Trump said, addressing the crowd from the Truman Balcony, where he was joined by first lady Melania Trump...
Sen. Bob Casey lobbies for Democratic primary debate in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is lobbying for a presidential primary debate in his home state, which is a projected battleground in the 2020 presidential election. Casey’s letter Monday to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez says holding a primary debate in Pennsylvania would benefit the...
Toddler finds used condom in McDonald’s eating area
The parents of a 2-year-old girl were horrified after their daughter found a used condom in the eating area of a McDonald’s in Australia. Fox News reports the girl ended up putting the condom in her mouth, much to the disgust of her parents. It was Friday when the family...
