Новости за 02.02.2018

If Matt Zara someday follows in the footsteps of Jeff Beck or Eric Clapton and goes on to become the next great British virtuoso guitar soloist, Pittsburghers can say they saw him first. Sort of.

WASHINGTON - Republicans claim that when the FBI got a secret court order to spy on Trump campaign foreign adviser Carter Page during the election, it relied “extensively” on information from a politically motivated ex-British spy who was being funded by Democrats to find dirt on Donald Trump. And it didn’t share those political motivations with a secret court that ultimately authorized the surveillance.

Former FBI Director James Comey says a newly released Republican-written memo doesn’t add up to much.

A week after the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers said it will be voting on a strike, the mayor expressed frustration that the city school district is unwilling to meet with him in an attempt to mediate negotiations and head off a work stoppage.

Before a crowd of loyal Republicans in Bethel Park, Vice President Mike Pence touted the Trump Administration’s record, blasted Democratic Congressional candidate Conor Lamb ... and said some nice things about the Republican running in the March 13 special election, Rick Saccone.

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):

A state grand jury investigating a former Pittsburgh homicide detective found she lied and faked reports, leading to one man being wrongfully charged with homicide and allowing a suspect in a different fatal shooting to go free.

The state attorney general's office has charged a former high-profile Pittsburgh police homicide detective with nine misdemeanor counts involving lying and tampering with evidence.

A McKees Rocks man is in the Allegheny County Jail, charged with dozens of crimes related to a home improvement scam.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Judging by some participants in the Super Bowl, it can pay to be a malcontent.

Two of the four candidates for Pittsburgh City Council's vacant District 8 seat missed the Thursday deadline for their January campaign finance reports; one of them filed Friday afternoon.

Only two of the four candidates for Pitts­burgh City Coun­cil's vacant District 8 seat filed their January campaign finance reports on time.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday declassified a partisan and bitterly disputed memo on the Russia investigation, clearing the way for House Republicans to release allegations of what they say is FBI misconduct.

Demonstrators and supporters have converged in Pittsburgh’s South Hills as Vice President Mike Pence pays a campaign visit to Bethel Park Friday to support congressional candidate Rick Saccone.

Demonstrators and supporters have converged in Pittsburgh’s South Hills as Vice President Mike Pence pays a campaign visit to Bethel Park Friday.

The westbound (inbound) Squirrel Hill Tunnel and Parkway East has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash shut it down for more than an hour Friday morning.

The westbound (inbound) Squirrel Hill Tunnel and Parkway East are closed due to a multi-vehicle crash Friday morning.

Independent ball is usually a last-ditch effort for ballplayers looking for another shot. It was for Josh Smoker in 2014. But it also allowed him to prepare his body the way he felt he needed to, the way he felt best helped his twice-repaired left shoulder recover.

Independent ball is usually a last-ditch effort for ballplayers looking for another shot. It was for Josh Smoker in 2014. But it also allowed him to prepare his body the way he felt he needed to, the way he felt best helped his twice-repaired left shoulder recover.

Should Pittsburgh or Philadelphia land Amazon’s second headquarters, it would be the capstone — and a big one at that — to the company’s rapid growth in Pennsylvania.

Should Pittsburgh or Philadelphia land Amazon’s second headquarters, it would be the capstone — and a big one at that — to the company’s rapid growth in Pennsylvania.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. — A judge says there’s “no way” she’ll punish a father of three victims of Larry Nassar after the dad tried to attack the convicted former sports doctor in a Michigan courtroom.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. — A father of three victims of Larry Nassar rushed toward and tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor during a sentencing hearing Friday, after the judge declined his request for “five minutes” alone with Nassar in a locked room. He was quickly tackled by bailiffs.

HARRISBURG — Marcel Groen, chairman of the state Democratic Party, has resigned at the request of Gov. Tom Wolf, he said in a letter released Friday morning.

Jyoti Singh was a 23-year-old medical student when she was gang raped on a bus in India in 2012 before dying from her injuries, igniting an international firestorm about crimes against women.