Burger King has been banned from showing adverts suggesting its Rebel Whopper, which is cooked alongside meat and contains egg, is vegan-friendly.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the chain’s claim that the burger is “100% Whopper, no beef” could be understood to mean it did not contain animal products.
Burger King said it had been “clear and transparent” in its marketing.
The Vegan Society said it was a “missed opportunity”.
“We communicated from the outset that the Rebel Whopper is aimed at a flexitarian audience,” the fast food chain said in a statement.
But the ASA found that Burger King’s social media posts about the Rebel Whopper gave the impression it could be eaten by vegans and vegetarians.
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DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 550,000 pickup trucks and SUVs worldwide because the windshield wiper arms can come loose and stop the wipers from working properly.
The recall covers certain 2019 and 2020 Ram 1500 pickups, 1500 Classic pickups and Jeep Compass SUVs. Documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say loose wiper arms can reduce a driver’s visibility.
Fiat Chrysler says in a statement that it has no reports of crashes or injuries from the problem. Most of the recalled vehicles are in the U.S. and Canada.
Owners will be notified later this month and dealers will tighten the wiper nuts to fix the problem. Customers whose wipers don’t clear the windshield or return to the rest position after being turned off should contact dealers.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are searching for two suspects involved in a hit-and-run accident with one of their police cruisers on the North Side in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
Police say that the officer driving the cruiser was not injured.
The accident happened near the Zone 1 Police Station on Brighton Road around 12:30 a.m.
There was visible damage done to the passenger side of the police car and the side mirror was ripped off.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday a guide to how California will reopen society and the economy across the state as officials weigh lifting restrictive orders meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order on March 19, making it one of the first states to issue mandatory social distancing policies in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Newsom outlined six key indicators that will guide the state’s decision as it considers lifting the stay-at-home order.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, pledging to help him defeat President Donald Trump in the general election as the two agreed to launch a series of task forces to work jointly on policy matters.
A man was killed and a woman hurt Sunday night after the motorcycle they were on struck a deer in New Kensington, police Chief Bob Deringer said.
The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. on Route 366, Stevenson Boulevard.
According to Deringer, a 49-year-old man from Pittsburgh was operating the motorcycle and his passenger was a 38-year-old woman from Arnold. Their names were not released.
They hit the deer near Oates Boulevard, which is across from the Memorial Stadium at Valley High School.
The man was taken by ambulance to Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison, where Deringer said he later died from his injuries.
The woman was taken by ambulance to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, where she was treated and released.
The crash remains under investigation, Deringer said.
Roger Stone suggested Monday that Bill Gates may have had a hand in the creation of coronavirus so that he could plant microchips in people’s heads to know who has and has not been tested for
Severe tornadoes that tore across the South over the weekend into Monday have killed more than 30 people and destroyed over 1 million homes and businesses, further demoralizing a population reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNN and MSNBC cut away from Donald Trump’s coronavirus press briefing on Monday, with anchors protesting that the White House was using the time to air a campaign-style “propaganda” video to defend and praise the president’s response to the crisis.
“We are going to avoid airing any more of this White House briefing until it returns to what it was supposed to be, which was the Coronavirus Task Force briefing providing medical information,” said Ari Melber on MSNBC, who called the video “some kind of backward looking edited video propaganda.”
On CNN, John King said, “To play a propaganda video at taxpayer expense in the White House briefing room is a new — you can insert your favorite word here in this administration.”
Electricity has been restored to most of the 1,600 homes that lost power in Westmoreland County Monday, according the West Penn Power.
Crews are still working to restore utilities at 518 properties.
In Allegheny County, the number of homes affected by strong winds and morning storms was far less, with about 34 homes initially without power. That number is down to five.
High winds are expected to remain throughout the day, according to an advisory issued by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh.
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The High Wind Warning for Monday morning through evening has been expanded into portions of NW PA. Gusts up to 60 MPH are expected to peak late morning through early afternoon. Gusts up to 50 MPH are expected in the Advisory areas.
SHALER (KDKA) — Allegheny County Homicide Detectives are investigating after a double stabbing that left one dead in Shaler Township.
Investigators said first responders were dispatched to Arlington Court around 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday for a reported stabbing.
When officers arrived they discovered two men had been stabbed inside a home.
Officers found a 27-year-old male outside with stab wounds, officials said. Venerando Costa, Lieutenant, Allegheny County Homicide Unit said the man called police after it happened.
“He fled the house, went to the neighbors to call for help,” said Lt. Costa.
Police were then alerted to 23-year-old Matthew Barndt inside the home who had also been stabbed.
BRENTWOOD (KDKA) — Dozens of people from the South Hills are without a home on Easter.
A fire ripped through an apartment building, and several people had to be rescued.
It was about 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning when Brentwood EMS said a fire started in the 3300 block of Brownsville Road. Crews arrived and found people hanging out of windows.
The people who live inside said the smoke quickly spread through the building.
“It happened so fast and the smoke just engulfed our apartment,” said Danyelle Kenepp, describing the situation in the building.
“All the smoke detectors in the building were going off, and there was smoke pouring in and around the seam of my front door,” another resident told KDKA.
NEW YORK — More than 3,300 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the
Federal authorities are investigating an international, coronavirus-related scam that conned a California healthcare union into believing it struck a deal for hospitals to buy 39 million N95 face masks, according to a report.
The FBI and prosecutors in Pennsylvania uncovered the scheme while trying to determine whether the personal protective equipment could be seized under the Defense Production Act that President Trump invoked last month, the Los Angeles Times said.
“We believe we disrupted fraud,” Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady told the paper.
The Greater New York Hospital Association, which represents more than 160 hospitals and health care systems across the state, was among the organizations that planned to purchase the masks, according to an announcement that the United Health Care Workers West made late last month.
Opec producers and allies have agreed a record oil deal that will slash global output by about 10% after a slump in demand caused by coronavirus lockdowns.
The deal, agreed on Sunday via video conference, is the largest cut in oil production ever to have been agreed.
Opec+, made up of oil producers and allies including Russia, announced plans for the deal on 9 April, but Mexico resisted the cuts.
Opec has yet to announce the deal, but individual nations have confirmed it.
The only detail to have been confirmed so far is that 9.7 million barrels per day will be cut by Opec oil producers and allies.
One person was killed during an early morning crash on Pittsburgh’s South Side, according police spokesperson Maurice Matthews.
Officers responded to the 1600 block of West Carson Street around 1:45 a.m. for reports of a vehicle that crashed into a pole and caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the flames and extricated a male driver who was pronounced dead by medics, according to Matthews.
Pope Francis called for unity from around the world to confront the coronavirus pandemic as he celebrated Easter Mass in solitude Sunday inside an empty St. Peter’s Square.
The 83-year-old pontiff made his traditional Easter address, urging the European Union to step up to the “epochal challenge” caused by the pandemic.
“This is not a time for self-centeredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all, without distinguishing between persons,” he said.
He noted that Europe rose again after World War II “thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity that enabled it to overcome the rivalries of the past.”
He gave prayers for the sick, dead, poor, elderly and refugees, as well as doctors and nurses who have worked “to the point of exhaustion and not infrequently at the expense of their own health.”
Easter Day, which falls on Sunday for most Christians in the U.S., celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter Day, which falls on Sunday for most Christians in the U.S., celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. After being executed on a cross on Good Friday, Jesus was buried in a tomb. That first Easter, some 2,000 years ago, God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. The account is found in all four Gospels of the New Testament in the Bible.
That’s the basic definition. I hope every Christian knows that much, and I suspect that many non-Christians know this much, too. Beyond those basics, much of our Easter celebration is layered in tradition.
Our churches are often decorated with white lilies and other spring flowers. Families gather for festive meals, often eating ham or lamb. For me personally, jelly beans are always a highlight of Easter customs. It’s traditional to buy new clothes to wear to church on Easter. And if you come to a church on Easter Day, it’s likely you’ll sing hymns and songs beloved by that church community.
But if we keep looking at Easter, it gets more complex and the meaning deepens. The day is larger than the commemoration of a historic event, and it’s larger than familiar traditions. For on Easter, everything changed.
We Christians believe that Jesus Christ was sent by God the father to live among us, to show us perfect love. Jesus loved outcasts and sinners. Jesus offered hope and healing. Jesus said that our joy is found in sacrificial generosity, not in accruing possessions.
Jesus always told the truth. Jesus offered forgiveness of sin, even to those who betrayed and murdered him. Jesus said, over and over, that we shouldn’t be afraid. Jesus showed us perfect love.
Of course, the Roman Empire didn’t much care for someone preaching a message like this. The empire relied on wealth and was built on might and fear. Jesus’ teachings undercut all that.
Authorities conspired to kill Jesus in an attempt to silence his message. So Jesus was betrayed, arrested, tortured and executed on a cross. His followers lovingly cared for his body and he was buried in a stone tomb.
When women went to the tomb early on Easter morning, they found it was empty. Then they met the risen Jesus, who told them not to be afraid. These women told the men, Jesus’ disciples, the good news that Jesus had been raised from the dead, that he was alive.
People 2,000 years ago understood that when people die, they are meant to stay dead. So it was shocking to them to see their friend and teacher alive again. They were so convinced that Jesus was really, truly alive that many of them would willingly be martyred for their faith in the decades that followed.
Jesus’ followers rejoiced at Easter and developed deep faith. It wasn’t just that Easter showed them a really amazing miracle. No, the joy of Easter is even deeper than that.
Easter shows us that perfect love always wins. In the end, whatever powerful people might try to do to silence love, God’s way is always stronger.
Easter shows us that our mortal bodies die, but life for us continues. Easter shows us that we need not fear death. Death no longer has dominion over us.
This holiday celebrates a complete reorientation of the universe. Love defeats hate. Hope defeats fear. Sacrifice defeats greed. Mercy defeats might. Life defeats death.
If you celebrate Easter, you are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But you are also celebrating God’s great love for us, a love strong enough to defeat death itself. Happy Easter to you all.
Easter has changed for many people this year. Most of us will be having an intimate Easter at home.
Luma, in Mount Lebanon, is one of several offering Easter meals to go, and still accepting orders.
“We’d like to get all the orders by Saturday at the latest, so that we can prepare,” owner Greg Ackerman said.
Ackerman is offering his fine dining menu for Easter, which includes filet, salmon oscar, short ribs and other options.
“We’re seeing individual orders, we are seeing orders for two people,” Ackerman said. “It hurts your heart because you feel for that grandmother who is not gonna be able to see her grandchildren or her children for Easter. But, we’re happy that we are able to provide at least some sense of Easter dinner.”
DiAnoia’s Eatery, in the Strip District, has sold out of their Easter meals.
“We sold over 450 of them,” owner Aimee DiAndrea Anoia said.
DiAndrea Anoia said they are still offering their homemade pasta boxes, which include fresh bread and wine.
Both DiAndrea Anoia and Ackerman agree that they are able to continue serving, and offering Easter, due to the generosity of their customers.
“They’ve really been good to us,” said Ackerman “That’s what’s keeping us afloat, it’s a tough time, but it’s a tough time for everyone.”
Here are some options in the Pittsburgh area for Easter meals to go:
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The new coronavirus has upended all of our usual calculus about seemingly ordinary activities. Is running past someone on the street safe? How about shopping in a grocery store with a 6-foot (2 meters) distance? And what about packages and takeout? And which of these activities poses the biggest risk?Unfortunately, there’s a lot we still don’t know about the way the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads.”At this point, I don’t think anyone can take a group of people with COVID, say how each person has become infected, and then say that xx% got infected with droplets and yy% got infected via touching surfaces,” Dr. Jeffrey N. Martin, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, told Live Science in an email. “I don’t think this kind of study has ever been done for any infection. In most individual persons, we do not know how the person got infected.
A family-run Shop ’n Save in New Kensington is closing after about a decade in the city.
The grocery store in the Central City Plaza will close its doors for good April 30.
Co-owner Lauren Beter of New Kensington said the move is due to decreased sales the past few years, and not because of the covid-19 pandemic.
“It’s bittersweet because it’s not something that we necessarily wanted to do,” she said. “It wasn’t the path we started down on, but we weren’t able to make it work. Our lease is coming up, and we wrestled with renewing it for five years and couldn’t take the chance. It has nothing to do with the coronavirus. It’s just an awful coincidence.”
She said big box retailers like Walmart and other competitors have made it a very expensive challenge for mom-and-pop shops.
The New Kensington grocer was previously owned by Beter’s parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Beter of Lower Burrell.
Lauren and her brother, Elliot Beter, took ownership of it about five years ago.
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As people are practicing social distancing amid the COVID-19 outbreak, many are looking into getting essential items like groceries via delivery and pick-up services. Even if you’re a die-hard Walmart fan, however, you may not be aware that the store has its own system for ordering pickup.
To help those who may be new to the game, we rounded up everything you need to know before you place your first Walmart order via the grocery app.
How do I place an order for Walmart pick-up or delivery?
Simply go to their Grocery site or download the grocery app from your phone’s app store. There you’ll be prompted to create an account, as well as select a delivery address or pick-up location and a time slot. They recommend you do this before starting an order since spots fill up so quickly. Pickup and delivery availability can vary by location, so this will also let you know if either is available in your area.
Also, the first time you place an order, they’ll ask if you want some tips for ordering, which we highly recommend. You can also check them out here. Some app-specific bonuses include marking favorite items for easy re-ordering, setting Siri shortcuts, and tracking your order.
County commissioners hired Hempfield-based Amerisafe Group to conduct safety screenings at the county’s 911 center in an effort to keep staff with coronavirus symptoms out of the building. County officials expanded the program to include the courthouse.
Officials reported no issues as the screenings started Wednesday at the courthouse. About 150 employees who were not furloughed during the pandemic lined up shortly before 8:30 a.m. in front of the building for the temperature tests.
Every person who enters the courthouse is asked if they have been recently out of the country or in contact with someone diagnosed with the coronavirus. A digital thermometer then is placed on their forehead to record their temperature. Anyone with a fever is prohibited from entering.
No one during the first two days of the program was turned away, said Westmoreland County Park Police Chief Henry Fontana.
After filing your initial application for UC benefits, you will receive a Claims Confirmation letter in the mail. This letter will provide you with your 4 digit PIN necessary to file your biweekly claim. This letter will also provide the date you will file your first biweekly claim, which is generally the second Sunday after completing your initial application for benefits.
When you file a biweekly claim, you will be filing for two weeks at a time. For UC purposes, a week is a calendar week that begins Sunday and ends Saturday. Although you will file for two weeks at one time, you will certify your eligibility for each week separately.
Quick Tips on Filing Biweekly Claims
To be unemployed, you must have a loss in both work hours and pay or “earnings.”
Did You Work?
Answer Yes if you worked at all during the week or will receive some type of pay (wages, leave, etc.) from your employer, if you expect to return to work for that employer after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
To avoid claim delays, properly report your earnings.
Earnings include your gross earnings from any work performed, as well as full or partial salary, even if actual work was not performed.
Potential earnings are any earnings you could have made, but you turned down the work.
The Vacation pay field is for any type of leave payment (such as sick leave) expected to be paid to you from your employer, provided you expect to return to your employer after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
Were you able and available for work?
Being confined to home does not necessarily mean you are not available to accept work. If you plan on returning to your employer after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, or you could work from home if requested, you are Available. You are Able to work if you are mentally and physically capable of performing a job for which a labor market exists.
Select the “File a biweekly claim” button to get started!
You also can file by phone by using the PA Teleclaims (PAT) system. Call 888-255-4728 (TTY services for the deaf and hard of hearing: 888-334-4046), from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, and 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Burger King has been banned from showing adverts suggesting its Rebel Whopper, which is cooked alongside meat and contains egg, is vegan-friendly.
Burger KingPick up yours exclusively with the app on the 6th and 7th and then available as usual from the 8th. T&Cs apply.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, pledging to help him defeat President Donald Trump in the general election as the two agreed to launch a series of task forces to work jointly on policy matters.
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Roger Stone suggested Monday that Bill Gates may have had a hand in the creation of coronavirus so that he could plant microchips in people’s heads to know who has and has not been tested for
Severe tornadoes that tore across the South over the weekend into Monday have killed more than 30 people and destroyed over 1 million homes and businesses, further demoralizing a population reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
NWS Pittsburgh
NEW YORK — More than 3,300 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the
Easter Day, which falls on Sunday for most Christians in the U.S., celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter has changed for many people this year. Most of us will be having an intimate Easter at home.
The new coronavirus has upended all of our usual calculus about seemingly ordinary activities. Is running past someone on the street safe? How about shopping in a grocery store with a 6-foot (2 meters) distance? And what about packages and takeout? And which of these activities poses the biggest risk?Unfortunately, there’s a lot we still don’t know about the way the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads.”At this point, I don’t think anyone can take a group of people with COVID, say how each person has become infected, and then say that xx% got infected with droplets and yy% got infected via touching surfaces,” Dr. Jeffrey N. Martin, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, told Live Science in an email. “I don’t think this kind of study has ever been done for any infection. In most individual persons, we do not know how the person got infected.
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