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Candy Expert In Pittsburgh Weighs In On Most Popular Brands For Halloween This Year

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — 68% of Americans say they will participate in Halloween festivities, which is up from 58% last year during the coronavirus pandemic.

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But there are still fewer people taking part than in 2019.

And this year we are buying more candy.

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American consumers are expected to purchase about $3 billion worth of candy.

KDKA’s Jon Delano spoke with Chris Beers, the founder of Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop in the Strip District, for the Sunday Business Page.

“The most popular is going to be M&M’s, still Hershey’s, the everyday candy you can find just about anywhere. These are the most popular,” Beers said. “You really want to wow them? You got to get a Clark Bar, and we’re one of the only places to find a Clark Bar, so this is a Pittsburgh original. This is the one people are really looking for.”

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Source: Candy Expert In Pittsburgh Weighs In On Most Popular Brands For Halloween This Year

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G20 leaders find agreement on global tax deal | Fox Business

Leaders have expressed “broad support” for a landmark deal to establish a 15% global minimum corporate tax that aims at deterring multinational countries from using clever accounting to elude taxes by using low-rate havens.

Leaders spoke on the proposal during the opening session Saturday of the summit, said officials from host country Italy. Following formal approval to be reflected in Sunday’s closing statement, countries would enact the minimum tax on their own. The idea is that headquarters countries would raise a company’s tax to 15% if the firm’s profits went undertaxed in another country.

In today’s digital and global economy, profits can come from intangibles such as copyrights and trademarks and can be easily shifted to countries offering near-zero taxes in hopes of attracting revenue they otherwise wouldn’t have.

Source: G20 leaders find agreement on global tax deal | Fox Business

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2 men sentenced to prison for destroying a Pittsburgh Police car during 2020 protest – WPXI

 

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — Two residents of Allegheny County have been sentenced to prison after conspiring to set fire to a police vehicle during the downtown riot on May 30, 2020, and on a related charge of interference with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder on that same day, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced on Friday.

Da’Jon Lengyel, 24, of McKees Rocks will spend a little over two years in prison whereas Christopher West, 26, of Pittsburgh will spend four years, according to court documents.

>>> RELATED STORY: TIMELINE: 60 businesses reporting damage in downtown following Saturday riots

Source: 2 men sentenced to prison for destroying a Pittsburgh Police car during 2020 protest – WPXI

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Joe Biden gets a win on global taxes as he faces a more skeptical global audience at his first G20 as President – CNNPolitics

Rome (CNN)President Joe Biden is facing a more skeptical global audience than on his first day in Rome as he attends the Group of 20 Summit, which began Saturday with the President achieving one of his core objectives for the global conference.

World leaders endorsed the 15% global minimum tax, a chief priority of Biden’s that the White House believes would end the global race-to-the-bottom on corporate tax rates, during the first session that was focused on the global economy and pandemic. The new rule will be formalized when the leaders release a final G20 communiqué on Sunday, when the summit ends.
“Today, G20 leaders will support the establishment of a historic global minimum tax. We expect to see the GMT formally endorsed in the Leaders communique on Sunday,” a White House official said.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the leader of this year’s G20, said in remarks at the summit’s start that the agreement was proof of the power of multilateralism.
“We reached a historic agreement for a fairer and more effective international tax system,” Draghi said. “These results are a powerful reminder of what we can achieve together.”

Source: Joe Biden gets a win on global taxes as he faces a more skeptical global audience at his first G20 as President – CNNPolitics

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Democrats release text of massive social spending bill | Fox News

Democrats have released the text of their massive social spending bill, outlining many of the priorities of President Biden’s ‘Build Back Better plan

The 1684-page bill, released Thursday, comes just one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signaled optimism that various factions of the Democratic caucus were close to reaching a deal on the legislation.

“As we have insisted, we are close to agreement on the priorities and the topline of the legislation, which can and must pass the House and Senate,” Pelosi said in a letter to Democrats Wednesday. “At the same time, we are facing a crucial deadline for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework to pass.”

Pelosi expressed more optimism after the release of the bill, which comes in at a price tag of roughly $1,750,000,000,000, comparing it to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Source: Democrats release text of massive social spending bill | Fox News

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Body recovered from Ohio River in Pittsburgh

A body was recovered from the Ohio River on Thursday afternoon, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials confirmed.

Officials said a survey crew found the body in the water near the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority around 2:45 p.m.

River Rescue crews transported the body to its North Shore boathouse for transfer to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, officials said.

The investigation is ongoing. No other details have been released.

This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. Download the WTAE mobile app to stay connected with breaking news.

Source: Body recovered from Ohio River in Pittsburgh

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Perry South: Multiple Pittsburgh homes damaged in fire

At least one home was destroyed by fire and at least two others were damaged in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood.

The fire broke out a little before 4:30 a.m. Thursday at a house on the 300 block of Kennedy Avenue.

“We were sleeping and next thing you know we heard a big explosion,” said homeowner Jasmine Archibald.

Archibald said the fire was downstairs and she, her son and her boyfriend had to jump off the roof from the home down to the yard to get out.

“Everything was burning. There was no going back,” said Archibald.

There were no initial reports of injuries.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

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Man arrested after allegedly punching Port Authority driver in Pittsburgh over face mask issue

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — A man was arrested and charged after he boarded a Port Authority bus in Pittsburgh, was asked to put a mask on and subsequently punched the bus driver, police said.

According to court documents, David Moore, 28, was charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats in relation to the incident that took place at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street on Monday just before 7 a.m.

Police said Moore took a mask out of his pocket when he was asked to put one on but started walking down the bus aisle without wearing it. The driver, a woman, asked him to put it on and he responded he was going to kill her.

Source: Man arrested after allegedly punching Port Authority driver in Pittsburgh over face mask issue

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House fire broke out in Wall, Allegheny County

WALL, Pa. —

Flames engulfed a house in Wall, Allegheny County, on Wednesday morning.

The fire happened in the 600 block of Dawson Street. Fire officials said a man was able to get out of the house. No information on the person’s condition was immediately available.

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Fire Chief John Rogowski, of United Volunteer Fire & Rescue, said the flames spread to a neighboring home. Firefighters said everyone got out of the house safely.

Rogowski said the cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

Source: House fire breaks out in Wall, Allegheny County

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Fire tears through business in Scott Township

SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A fire damaged Patete Kitchen and Bath Design Center in Scott Township early Wednesday morning.

The fire was reported a little before 12:05 a.m. at the business on the 1100 block of Washington Avenue.

The fire chief said a person driving by saw the smoke and immediately contacted emergency officials about the fire.

The chief said the fire started in the wood shop area of the building and that one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.

“We don’t know that it’s a total loss yet,” said Barry Erenrich, Vice President of Patete Kitchen and Bath Design Center. “Right now part of the shop is in bad shape but we were able to pull out all of our important files, everything that we need to continue to do business outside of the showroom area.”

Erenrich also said no one was inside the building at the time of the fire.

Erenrich added, “We’re going to be able to continue to service all of our customers. Everybody that purchased from us, we’re going to be able to take care of. We’re going to be able to keep operating. We may just need to do so from a remote location.”

The fire marshal was called to the scene of the fire.

Source: Fire tears through business in Scott Township

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Police say fire in Uniontown may be suspicious

UNIONTOWN, Pa. —

Police said a fire inside of a home in Uniontown on Monday night may be suspicious.

The fire broke out around 10 p.m. at a home on Winona Street.

Police said the home was vacant but people were getting ready to move in.

No one was hurt.

An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire.

Source: Police say fire in Uniontown may be suspicious

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Man found guilty of murder in Pittsburgh bar shooting

PITTSBURGH —A man convicted of first-degree murder was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said.

Kolbrin Holyfield, 27, of West Mifflin, was found guilty by Judge Beth Lazzara following a non-jury trial in July.

Police said Dahrique Smith, 25, of West Mifflin, was shot at the Rowdy Buck bar on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood in May 2017.

Source: Man found guilty of murder in Pittsburgh bar shooting

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Billionaires Income Tax: What’s in the Senate Democratic plan : NPR

Senate Democrats have unveiled a plan to tax the gains billionaires make on the assets they own, as a way to help pay for President Biden’s social spending plan.

Democrats say the billionaire tax alone could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help offset the cost of the final bill, which could end up around $1.5 trillion. It is part of a broader tax framework that also includes a new minimum tax on large corporations.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called the proposal a way to consistently tax billionaires who typically avoid paying annual income taxes.

“There are two tax codes in America,” Wyden said in a statement. “The first is mandatory for workers who pay taxes out of every pay check. The second is voluntary for billionaires who defer paying taxes for years, if not indefinitely.”

The plan comes as lawmakers are scrambling to finalize the legislation this week. Biden and top congressional Democrats say they need to reach a deal on a framework and also move forward on a stalled $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Source: Billionaires Income Tax: What’s in the Senate Democratic plan : NPR

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Jefferson Hills: 1 dead after dump truck collides with train

JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. —

Part of Route 51 in Jefferson Hills will be shut down in both directions through at least late Tuesday morning, possibly into the afternoon, after a dump truck collided with a train.

The Jefferson Hills fire chief confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that the driver of the dump truck has died.

Source: Jefferson Hills: 1 dead after dump truck collides with train

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Four Westmoreland County school districts named in lawsuit over mask mandates

GREENSBURG, Pa. —

A group of 20 parents has filed a lawsuit against four Westmoreland County school districts over mask policies.

Norwin School District, Hempfield Area School District, Penn-Trafford School District and Kiski Area School District all began the school year with mask-optional policies and shifted in order to comply with the state’s mask mandate in schools last month.

Source: Four Westmoreland County school districts named in lawsuit over mask mandates

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Police: Johnstown woman jailed after toddler found with stamp bag of heroin in her mouth

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — A Johnstown woman is behind bars after a toddler had a stamp bag of heroin in her mouth, police say.

According to the Adams Township Police, Janet Ruffing is facing drug charges along with endangering the welfare of children.

Police said they received a tip Sept. 17 that a 1-year-old child had been exposed to heroin while staying with Ruffing at her home on Ragers Hill Road.

The girl was allegedly with Ruffing while Ruffing was high on drugs and lost consciousness.

According to a criminal complaint, police interviewed Ruffing who admitted to the incident.

Source: Police: Johnstown woman jailed after toddler found with stamp bag of heroin in her mouth

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Police And EMS Respond To Rollover Crash On The North Side – CBS Pittsburgh

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police and EMS responded to a rollover crash early on Monday morning.

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Just before 1:00 a.m., Pittsburgh Police and medics were called to Allegheny Avenue near Abdell Street, and once on the scene, they found an SUV rolled over onto its roof.

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The SUV hit a few parked cars during the crash.

The condition of the driver is unknown at this time.

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Stay With KDKA.com For More Details

Source: Police And EMS Respond To Rollover Crash On The North Side – CBS Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh police stand down on nationwide threat made against ‘Central High School’ | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Pittsburgh police said Sunday that an alleged social media threat made nationwide against “Central High School” is no longer a threat.

Previously, the city’s police and intelligence units were investigating the message as a possible threat against Central Catholic High School in Oakland.

Police said the threat was issued on social media platforms and targeted “Central High School” nationwide. The message — which was not local — had since circulated out-of-state. There is no active threat at any Central High School in Pennsylvania, police said.

The suspect was arrested in Missouri and is in custody, police said.

While the threat was not deemed credible, Central Catholic principal Brother Tony Baginski said in a statement that “out of an abundance of caution,” the school will have “increased police presence in and around the school on Monday.”

“In addition, our teachers will review safety procedures with students and our school counselors and licensed school psychologist are available to students in need of support. We are thankful for the quick work of the Zone 4 Police, the cyber intelligence unit and the FBI in resolving this case so we can resume school normally on Monday,” Brother Tony said in a statement.

Brother Tony also said that the safety of students, faculty and staff is the school’s top priority.

“[T]hroughout the years, Central Catholic High School has taken several safety precautions to protect our community, including utilizing the Safe 2 Say app, the installation of the Blue Point Security system, and maintaining close relationships with the Zone 4 police,” Brother Tony said in a statement.

Source: Pittsburgh police stand down on nationwide threat made against ‘Central High School’ | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Peck seeks to fight off Ziccarelli challenge in Westmoreland district attorney race

For the first time in a quarter century, Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck has a race on his hands.

Republican Nicole Ziccarelli, fresh off a razor-thin defeat in a bid for state Senate last fall, insists it’s time to change leadership in the county prosecutors office.

“I respect the current district attorney very much, but after this much time, I believe we need a change in leadership and the time is now,” Ziccarelli said.

Peck, 74, of New Kensington has long political roots in Westmoreland County. His father served as county sheriff for more than a decade. After spending several years in the public defender’s office, Peck served as a part-time assistant district attorney and continued in that role until he was appointed to the top job. He won his first full four-year term in 1997.

He said the game hasn’t passed him by and his 40-years as a prosecutor is the steady hand county residents need.

“I don’t think this is any different from my past Republican or Democratic challengers who also had no experience in doing the job,” Peck said.

For Peck, that experience includes years in the courtroom as the office’s top prosecutor who has handled nearly every high-profile criminal case in the county since he was first appointed to the job by county judges. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic halted trials throughout much of 2020, Peck served as lead attorney in five murder cases that went before juries. All ended with convictions.

He said he has no intention of slowing down and will continue to try cases into a seventh term.

Ziccarelli said she sees the district attorney’s job, at least for now, as an administrative post.

Source: Peck seeks to fight off Ziccarelli challenge in Westmoreland district attorney race

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Man Shot In The Stomach In Swissvale

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

SWISSVALE (KDKA) — A man is in critical condition after an overnight shooting in Swissvale, according to police.

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Allegheny County Police say that this happened just after 2 a.m. Sunday on the 7500 block of Washington Avenue.

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The man was shot in the stomach and taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Allegheny County Police have launched an investigation.

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Anyone who knows anything about the shooting is asked to reach out to police at the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

Source: Man Shot In The Stomach In Swissvale

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Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid

By The Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.

President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.

Colombia’s military presented Úsuga to the media in handcuffs and wearing rubber boots preferred by rural farmers.

Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan, whose army of assassins has terrorized much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and onto the U.S.

He’s long been a fixture on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted fugitives list, for whose capture it had been offering a $5 million reward. He was first indicted in 2009, in Manhattan federal court, on narcotics charges and for allegedly providing assistance to a far-right paramilitary group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Later indictments in Brooklyn and Miami federal courts accused him of importing into the U.S. at least 73 metric tons of cocaine between 2003 and 2014 through countries including Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Honduras.

Source: Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid

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A  couple is charged with rent fraud

A couple from Monroeville is charged with trying to defraud the Pandemic Rent Assistance Program.

Police say applications by Devon Lane and Victoria Bennett were flagged by Action Housing.

Police investigated and say they found Lane applied for more than $645,000 in rent relief and received more than $222,000.

Source https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/10/23/couple-facing-charges-in-connection-with-rental-assistance-fraud/?amp

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Peter Scolari Dead: ‘Bosom Buddies’, ‘Newhart’, ‘Girls’ Actor Was 66 – Deadline

Peter Scolari, the prolific television and stage actor who found instant fame and a lifelong friendship with Tom Hanks when the two co-starred in the hit 1980 TV comedy Bosom Buddies, died early Friday morning following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66.

His death was announced by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment.

Scolari’s 43-year show business career included such highlights as his Emmy-nominated series regular role of producer Michael Harris on Bob Newhart’s 1984-90 comedy Newhart, an Emmy-winning recurring role as the father of Lena Dunham’s character on HBO’s Girls, and, most recently, his role as Bishop Thomas Marx on the CBS supernatural drama Evil.

A partial roster of other TV credits include Fosse/Verdon, Madoff, The Good Fight, Murphy Brown, The West Wing, ER, Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, Ally McBeal, From the Earth to the Moon and Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, to name a relative few. Film credits include The Polar Express and a cameo appearance as a TV host in the 1996 comedy-drama That Thing You Do!, directed by and starring his old friend and co-star Tom Hanks.

Source: Peter Scolari Dead: ‘Bosom Buddies’, ‘Newhart’, ‘Girls’ Actor Was 66 – Deadline

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NIH admits US funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan

The National Institutes of Health has stunningly admitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at China’s Wuhan lab — despite Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly insisting to Congress that no such thing happened.

In a letter to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, a top NIH official blamed EcoHealth Alliance — the New York City-based nonprofit that has funneled US funds to the Wuhan lab — for not being transparent about the work it was doing.

NIH’s principal deputy director, Lawrence A. Tabak, wrote in the letter that EcoHealth’s “limited experiment” tested whether “spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model.”

Source: NIH admits US funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan

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Youngwood man accused of taking $50K worth of guns, other items from 2 abandoned houses

By Renatta Signorini

You can contact Renatta at 724-837-5374, rsignorini@triblive.com or via Twitter .

A Youngwood man was charged Thursday after state police said he took $50,000 worth of guns, tools, coins and military collectibles from two abandoned houses, according to court papers.

George Raymond Weightman III, 43, told investigators he broke into the houses in Adamsburg and Hempfield to fund a drug addiction. He was jailed without bail on numerous counts of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief and weapons violations.

He was being held at the Westmoreland County Prison.

State police arrested him Monday on two counts of receiving stolen property in connection with two guns reported stolen from the Adamsburg home.

Source: Youngwood man accused of taking $50K worth of guns, other items from 2 abandoned houses

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