Новости за 20.04.2018

A Perry North man was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder in relation to the shooting death of a Homewood girl.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Friday afternoon awarded a $6.54 million contract to Golden Triangle Construction to build a retaining wall and rebuild a section of Route 30 that collapsed in East Pittsburgh two weeks ago.

Of all the coffee shops in all the towns in all the world, in 1994 Jean Grice walked into Bill Swoope’s.

On Thursday the Post-Gazette and Highmark hosted “Health Care Forum: Search for the Opioid Solution” and filled Heinz Field's Hyundai Club with some 400 people who listened to Gov. Tom Wolf, Allegheny County Health Director Dr. Karen Hacker, Highmark Health Plan chief medical officer Charles DeShazer and Post-Gazette reporter Rich Lord talk about the epidemic.

UPMC said in a press release Friday that it confirmed in mid-March that an employee who works in the UPMC Presbyterian emergency room contracted the infectious disease tuberculosis.

NEW YORK — Avicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday. He was 28.

NEW YORK — The Swedish-born producer and DJ known as Avicii has been found dead in Oman.

Pittsburgh International Airport is accelerating the pace of a $1.1 billion modernization project that involves the construction of a new building for ticketing, security, and baggage claim.

The North Allegheny School District and a security contractor have agreed to sever ties after growing public outcry over controversial social media posts by the company and its owner.

While architects often work to keep UV rays out of high rises and homes, the birds, plants and trees at the National Aviary need the sun and all of its rays. That’s why a $1.2 million renovation to the facility will include a special kind of bird-friendly glass.

Chris Pike, currently the longest-tenured TV station general manager in the market, will retire this spring from CBS-owned KDKA-TV/WPCW.

Chris Pike, currently the longest-tenured TV station general manager in the market, will retire this spring from CBS-owned KDKA-TV/WPCW.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe went on a 197-word social media tirade Friday morning against the "liberal loser Democrat legislators" who sit on the House State Government Committee he chairs.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe went on a 197-word social media tirade Friday morning against the "liberal loser Democrat legislators" who sit on the House State Government Committee he chairs.

One byproduct of Patric Hornqvist’s upper-body injury is that it has forced Penguins coach Mike Sullivan to shuffle the deck when it comes to his lines.

SHENZHEN, China — As trade disputes simmer, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, the No. 3 smartphone brand, is shifting its growth efforts toward Europe and Asia in the face of mounting obstacles in the U.S. market.

A number of Pittsburgh-area school districts and students are participating in the National School Walkout Friday to coincide with the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.

Miguel Diaz-Canel officially took office Thursday as the new Cuban president. The transition was a landmark for the island nation, where for the first time in six decades a Mr. Castro is in command. It was also seen as shifting the mental landscape of a region that - even as memories of Latin dictators and Yanqui imperialism fade - can still swoon to the revolution that was.

One person was injured in a shooting at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida, on Friday morning, a short time before a planned student walkout to protest school violence.

The levelheaded response of Tammie Jo Shults, the captain of a Southwest Airlines flight that suffered a deadly midair engine explosion on Tuesday, reminded some of the so-called Miracle on the Hudson in 2009, when an engine failure forced a plane flying over New York City to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River.

With Pittsburgh International Airport potentially on the hook for nearly $1.5 million in subsidies should the service fail, Qatar Airways is rerouting its twice weekly cargo flights through Chicago instead of Atlanta, apparently in an effort to drum up more business.

We’ve known which teams the Steelers would play in 2018 for a while now, but dates and times make the season that looms ahead much more real. Here’s a look at the highlights and lowlights of the slate unveiled Thursday.

Crews Friday morning began tearing down a house near the collapsed portion of Route 30 in East Pittsburgh to make way for a retaining wall.

When Fogo de Chao opens Downtown on Monday, diners can indulge in roasted prime sirloin, lamb chops, chicken marinated in beer and pork loin and ribs that are served on long skewers by chefs who slice the meats tableside.

On the afternoon of May 29, Starbucks will close all of its 8,000 company-owned stores to conduct bias training for its 175,000 employees in the United States. This comes after an incident in Philadelphia last week, in which a Starbucks manager summoned the police to remove two black men from the premises for the crime of being non-caffeinated in a highly caffeinated white space. Additional training for managers and baristas was deemed warranted.