Chicago radio host Ray Stevens criticized Mayor Lori Lightfoot for the city’s high crime rate after she blamed slipping support on her identity as a Black woman.
A Greensburg man died following a wreck Saturday night in Murrysville. William Cole, 63, was taken to a hospital in Allegheny County, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a report from the county Medical Examiner’s Office.
PITTSBURGH — Who would have thought that an anti-pollution device underneath your car would be worth stealing? But as we all know now, it is as anyone who’s been a victim of catalytic converter theft.
In fact, Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle has made an alarming discovery: Things have gone from bad to worse.
In Pittsburgh, just 16 converters were reported stolen in 2020. Last year? More than 270 converters were ripped off of car owners and their cars.
Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled depending on the outcome of Tuesday’s US Supreme Court hearing on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled air fryers and contact Cosori to receive their choice of a free replacement air fryer or another Cosori product by registering at recall.cosori.com. During registration consumers must provide their contact information and submit photos of the recalled unit with the cord cut off. No receipt is needed to receive a replacement.
It was the second large bust of suspected fentanyl in the past three weeks at the bus station.
The amount of the drug seized Tuesday could have been cut into about 48,100 stamp bags — it is packaged in those small glassine bags for street sale — and investigators estimated the total street value of the seized drugs to be about $288,600.
Residents of a small Ohio town whose lives have been upended since a train hauling toxic chemicals derailed there earlier this month pressed top officials on the long-term health concerns and expressed their mounting distrust Wednesday night during a CNN town hall.
Heavy snow and high winds are causing blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest. It’s the latest stage of a three-day storm that’s placed over half the country under winter weather warnings.
Three people were killed and two others injured in a series of shooting Wednesday, authorities said.
A 9-year-old girl and a local TV news crew member were among three people killed and two others wounded in shootings in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, authorities said.
Keith Melvin Moses, 19, has been arrested in connection with the shootings, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said in a news conference.
Moses allegedly shot and killed a woman in her 20s on Wednesday morning, Mina said, and police were called later in the day to two additional shootings near the scene. Mina said Moses was formally charged for the murder from the morning and authorities expect additional charges for the four shootings in the afternoon.
At one home, a 9-year-old child and her mother were shot, Mina said, while at another scene nearby, crew members from Spectrum News 13 covering the previous shooting were shot near their vehicle.
Mina said the deadly rampage began at 11 a.m. local time when deputies responded to a shooting and discovered a woman in her 20s who had been fatally shot.
After being taken to a hospital, one of the News 13 employees died from their injuries, Mina said. Spectrum News 13 said on its website that they were not yet releasing any information on the crew members involved in the shooting.
Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78.
Belzer died Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, in southern France, his longtime friend Bill Scheft said. Scheft, a writer who had been working on a documentary about Belzer, said there was no known cause of death but that Belzer had been dealing with circulatory and respiratory issues. The actor Henry Winkler, Belzer’s cousin, tweeted, “Rest in peace, Richard.”
For more than two decades and across 10 series — even including appearances on “30 Rock” and “Arrested Development” — Belzer played the wise-cracking, acerbic homicide detective prone to conspiracy theories. Belzer first played Munch on a 1993 episode of “Homicide” and last played him in 2016 on “Law & Order: SVU.”
Belzer never auditioned for the role. After hearing him on “The Howard Stern Show,” executive producer Barry Levinson brought the comedian in to read for the part.
A husband and wife are dead after the Tuesday incident, police said.
Monroeville and Pitcairn police responded to a call for gunfire in the 400 block of Ashbury Court.
The driver of the vehicle, a 51-year-old woman, suffered gunshot wounds to the trunk and arm. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
Police learned that the vehicle was associated with a residence in the 400 block of Ashbury Court. The SWAT team entered the home and found a 48-year-old male dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The man and woman were married and resided together in the home.
The officer was responding to the area of Catherine and Savey streets around 12:18 a.m. for a report of shots fired and was immediately met by gunfire.
The officer was shot in the foot, according to the report.
Other officers responding took the suspect into custody. The officer and suspect were transported to area hospitals in stable condition.
Homicide detectives are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
Pittsburgh firefighters rescued an older woman stuck inside the house.
Crews rescued an elderly woman trapped inside the house, carrying her to safety. Emergency medical services transported her to the hospital in stable condition.
Two other victims from the home were also transported in stable condition.
Paramedics also transported two Pittsburgh police officers to the hospital for smoke inhalation as a precaution.
Don’t rustle around in your wallet just yet — the coins on display at the Greensburg Coin Club show Sunday were a little more unusual than your average pocket change. Around 16 coin dealers and a whole host of coin-collecting enthusiasts gathered at the Circleville Volunteer Fire Department
Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
A woman is dead and two others sustained suspected serious injuries after a wrong-way crash that closed all eastbound lanes of Interstate 376 in Aliquippa Friday night.
According to a tweet from PennDOT, the crash took place between Exit 39 towards Monaca and Exit 45 towards Aliquippa.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, three cars were involved in the crash. A Honda Civic was driving west in the eastbound lane and collided with a Toyota Rav4. The Honda then hit a Subaru Forester about a quarter mile west of the initial crash.
Actress Stella Stevens, who appeared in a string of movies in the 1960s and ’70s including “The Nutty Professor” and “The Poseidon Adventure,” died Friday from Alzheimer’s disease at 84, said her son, actor and producer Andrew Stevens.
The Democratic Pennsylvania senator is being treated for clinical depression.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman likely will be hospitalized for several weeks while being treated for clinical depression. An unidentified senior Fetterman aide offered that timetable to NBC News.
President Joe Biden on Friday offered support to Fetterman and his family via Twitter.
Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, asked people via Twitter to give the family privacy while the senator recovers.
Fetterman, 53, suffered a near-fatal stroke last year while campaigning for the Senate seat he won in November by defeating celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz.
The officer was responding to the area of Catherine and Savey streets around 12:18 a.m. for a report of shots fired and was immediately met by gunfire.
