As the compact disc marks 40 years of availability in the United States this month, it is being surpassed by an older form of music media — vinyl. The number of CD album sales dropped by about 12%, to 36 million, between 2021 and 2022, while vinyl record sales grew
The vinyl renaissance has fueled festivals, conventions and stores focused on records, including a pop-up shop Saturday at Green Beacon Galley in Greensburg.
Blockbuster is mostly a memory since the company shuttered all its locations — except one in Bend, Oregon. But eagle-eyed fans of the the famed video rental chain of the 90s noticed something change on the company’s official website and quickly took to social media to discuss their findings.
Getty Images The interior of the last remaining Blockbuster store, in Bend, Oregon
Upon visiting Blockbuster.com, a screen with the company’s logo appears with the phrase, “We are working on rewinding your movie.”
A devastating explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. Chocolate Factory left two people dead, nine missing and eight injured. Authorities are working to determine the cause of the blast.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified Thursday before Congress as scrutiny mounts over the app’s ties to China, and potential national security risks stemming from it.
The Republican-led House on Thursday failed to override President Biden’s first veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to revive the resolution targeting an administration rule related to ESG investing, which takes environmental and social factors into account.
The chamber voted 219-200, with Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) voting with every Republican in favor of overriding the veto.
Candida auris was limited to New York City and Chicago, but has since been detected in more than half of U.S. states and has become endemic in some areas.
GOOD Meat still needs approval from the Agriculture Department before it can sell the product line in the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared cultured “cultured chicken cell material” made by GOOD Meat as safe for use as human food. While the FDA said the lab-grown chicken was safe to eat, GOOD Meat still needs approval from the Agriculture Department before i can sell the product in the U.S.
If approved, acclaimed chef José Andrés plans to serve GOOD Meat’s chicken to customers at his Washington, D.C. restaurant. He’s on GOOD Meat’s board of directors.
“The future of our planet depends on how we feed ourselves,” he said in a press release. “And we have a responsibility to look beyond the horizon for smarter, sustainable ways to eat.”
Bethel Park’s police chief said two men, identified as Devin Fowler and Blake Buchanan, were dressed in all black, wearing masks and gloves, prowling through the area.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg responded to a GOP letter demanding Bragg testify on a potential Trump indictment.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has issued a statement after top House Republicans demanded that Bragg testifies to Congress on a possible indictment of former President Trump.
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process, nor will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law,” a spokesperson for Bragg’s office told Fox News Digital.
“In every prosecution, we follow the law without fear or favor to uncover the truth. Our skilled, honest and dedicated lawyers remain hard at work,” the spokesperson added.
State police say “alcohol and speed are believed to be a contributing factor in this crash.”
State police said Brenda Dewitt, 56, of Dunbar Township, died as a result of the crash.
She was pronounced dead on the scene. Police said alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the crash.
While trying to bypass a vehicle in front of her, Dewitt allegedly struck a Connellsville Area School District van head-on in the eastbound lane, according to state police. The impact threw Dewitt’s vehicle back into the westbound lane, where her vehicle then grazed the vehicle she had been trying to pass.
The official first day of spring for 2023 is here.
Spring 2023 technically starts at 5:24 p.m. Eastern time Monday, when the sun will be moving directly over the Earth’s equator — the central line between the North Pole and the South Pole — bringing almost equal minutes of daylight and darkness all around the globe.
PITTSBURGH — One person was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Pittsburgh.
Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were dispatched to the 5400 block of Penn Avenue at around 7:33 p.m.
Police say they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg. They applied a tourniquet and took him to the hospital in critical condition.
The City of Miami Beach has issued a state of emergency and a midnight curfew following two fatal shooting incidents and “excessively large and unruly crowds,” according to a news release from the city.
Police say human remains were found in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Authorities say hunters found a human skull in a wooded area near the 1200 block of Washington Blvd at around 2:15 p.m. near the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar community.
The operator of eight McDonald’s restaurants in the Pittsburgh region has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Rice Enterprises filed the Chapter 11 petition Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. It listed 11 creditors, including McDonalds USA.
The filing lists a total of 435 employees and says the action is necessary to keep paying them.
The franchises are located primarily in the South Hills.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Even as Trump’s lawyer and spokesperson said there had been no communication from prosecutors, Trump declared in a post on his social media platform that he expects to be taken into custody on Tuesday.
His message seemed designed to preempt a formal announcement from prosecutors and to galvanize outrage from his base of supporters in advance of widely anticipated charges. Within hours, his campaign was sending fundraising solicitations to his supporters, while influential Republicans in Congress and even some declared and potential rival candidates issued statements in his defense.
1 person was hospitalized after a tree fell onto a car in Pittsburgh.
