Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Epstein files reveal local connection
In April 2011, the world-renowned artificial intelligence expert Roger Schank separated from his wife and found himself down and lonely. He reached out to a friend, someone he had known for at least a decade and corresponded with on topics ranging...
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A ‘ONE OF A KIND’ PIRATE
SARASOTA, Fla. — As Don Kelly spoke, the emotion was obvious in his voice, the Pirates manager affected by the passing of Bill Mazeroski less than 24 hours earlier. It’s hard to blame Mr. Kelly. He’s from Pittsburgh and knows what Mr. Mazeroski means...
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‘Selling Pittsburgh’ poses early test for mayor
Mayor Corey O’Connor spent the drive to Harrisburg for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address Feb. 3 making calls to CEOs — in Pittsburgh and beyond— aiming to attract investments that could boost the city’s tax base and fuel growth in new sectors such as...
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Data center plan fuels guarded hope
Early last year, Rich Urick drafted his first data center ordinance for Shippingport, a Beaver County borough with about 160 residents and a storied history of big things happening. This was months before Mr. Urick, the borough’s solicitor, would...
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E. Palestine endures mix of hardship, resilience
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Lenny Glavan’s tattoo shop sits across the street from railroad tracks that bring trains barreling through his town. He opened it more than a year after a derailment pushed the small community into the national spotlight. As a...
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Man shot and killed by federal officer
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigidly cold streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Minneapolis police Chief Brian...
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REFLECTIONS
Sometimes it hits you how much Pittsburgh has changed over the past 25 years. One such epiphany unfolded during a December 2023 concert at City Winery, a trendy franchise venue in The Terminal in the Strip District that bustled that frigid night with...
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Insurance premiums spike with new year
Mary Jo Armstrong and her ex-husband, William, didn’t exactly remarry for love. They remarried for health insurance. After 18 years of marriage and a divorce, finalized in 2014, the Upper Burrell couple found themselves side-by-side again Dec. 18....
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HISTORY IN THE MAKING?
The Edgar Thomson Works pipes smoke into a crisp, blue sky. The plant’s windowless blue and gray walls rise over Braddock Avenue’s low-slung buildings. An American flag waves in the breeze. A fire flickers in a back building. A few cars dot the...
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A fitting finale for dynamic Navy duo
BALTIMORE — David Heidenreich and Randy Tecza took a moment Saturday to soak in the moment. Fourteen years earlier, the two Mt. Lebanon fathers met when their sons, Eli and Alex, were competing in youth football. The boys joined forces in middle...
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