Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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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How a Navy duo helped lift grieving mom
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Jana Rossetto passed out the final shots of Fireball, took adeep breath and stepped to the mic. Her wife, Kate Carlin, stood beside her, their 20-month-old son, JP, in her one arm. Surrounding the couple was a tailgate party made up...
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Who ensures fire hydrants are working?
Tucked away in Harmar is Werner Camp, where narrow gravel paths lead into a quiet stretch of homes along the Allegheny River. From their porches, residents watch boats cruise by and the seasonal movement of birds overhead as they sip on their morning...
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As concert ticket prices climb, ‘junk-fee’ critics band together
It’s getting more and more expensive to see big-name artists in concert. Not only are the artists commanding more due to high demand, concert promoters and ticket sellers are weighing in with “dynamic pricing” models that adjust the price up or down...
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Uncertainty engulfs food aid program
WASHINGTON — The crises at the heart of the government shutdown ght in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance...
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Affordable housing, fiscal cliff concerns weigh on voters
On a cool October morning, David Hance stood on the steps of the Highland Park Reservoir pondering the future of the neighborhood he’s lived in for more than a decade. In recent years, high-stakes debates over that future have roiled his corner of the...
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Local police, ICE alliances soar
For U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was hailed as a critical program that would give local law enforcement agents sweeping powers to stop, report and lock up immigrants who were breaking the law. Launched in 2002, the plan allowed ICE to...
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