Новости за 03.06.2018

ST. LOUIS — The stuff Michael Wacha had on Sunday afternoon would have stymied most teams. His cutter didn’t seek better location because the Pirates are in a tailspin. His changeup didn’t duck bats because it smelled a series victory. The stuff would have worked anytime, anywhere, and its impact on the Pirates’ season trajectory was but a byproduct.

On the surface, the Port Authority’s annual self-analysis doesn’t look good: The agency has the highest cost per passenger among its peers, the worst on-time bus service and among the lowest amount of time in service collecting revenue.

Hammered by Japanese anti-aircraft fire off the shores of New Guinea, the B-24 bomber became engulfed in flames, breaking apart in midair. The co-pilot give one final salute before the plane plunged toward the waters of the South Pacific on March 11, 1944, as others watched in anguish from a nearby aircraft.

City officials are characterizing one of Pittsburgh's biggest summer concert events as "successful" in terms of public safety and cleanup.

City officials are characterizing one of Pittsburgh's biggest summer events as "successful" in terms of public safety and cleanup.

Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show on Dec. 17, 1969, with 40 million people watching across America. Google the details. They are surreal and worth reliving. It was the second-most memorable wedding of my youth.

WASHINGTON — Perhaps they were still outside on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery, reveling in the pure joy of finally getting to see Shaggy and Sting share a stage.

So, where are Pittsburghers heading this summer?

Darren Criss had just delivered his version of "Genie in a Bottle," giving fans at the Benedum Center a hometown jolt with a Christina Aguilera song, when it became apparent he had buried the lead.

Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in connection with remains of a man found Friday in Carrick.

Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in connection with remains of a man found Friday in Carrick.

The leader of No Shoes Nation was, in fact, wearing shoes Saturday night as he took the stage in front of a full Heinz Field crowd. Kenny Chesney stopped by the home of the Steelers for the first time since July 2016 on his Trip Around the Sun Tour.

The leader of No Shoes Nation was, in fact, wearing shoes Saturday night as he took the stage in front of a full Heinz Field crowd. Kenny Chesney stopped by the home of the Steelers for the first time since July 2016 on his Trip Around the Sun Tour.

The students in Stacy Mazak’s kindergarten class couldn’t stand still as they waited their turn at the dunk tank.

Barbara Widdoes didn’t cotton to omens.

Ask any woman if she’d return to her job as a steelworker during the 1970s and ’80s, and she’d say yes in a nanosecond, even while describing the daily fear of being maimed or killed. Women felt empowered doing men’s work, earned better money than pink-collar wage earners and even loved the steel plants for their hypnotic dangers. “I always felt I was watching a high-wire circus act,” one woman told me.

Stacy Innerst is the artist. You are the caption writer.

Barbara Widdoes didn’t cotton to omens.

Oakdale Boy Scouts had an opportunity to use their emergency training after a catastrophic industrial accident just outside their town.

HARRISBURG —  As Pennsylvania’s Legislature prepares to tackle the state budget in the coming weeks, lawmakers and advocates are pushing legislation to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, a change that would lift the income of more than 215,000 residents in Allegheny County alone.

The students in Stacy Mazak’s kindergarten class couldn’t stand still as they waited their turn at the dunk tank.

"Wrath did it" — "it" being the shooting deaths of Jacob Remaley's mom and his younger brother.

WASHINGTON — Despite having plenty of quirks — morning skates, playoff beards, some of the most superstitious humans on the planet — hockey is really no different than any other pro sport.

ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong seems to have a knack for this. Ernesto Frieri found that out the hard way in 2014; so did Radhames Liz the following year. Saturday, Richard Rodriguez got a taste.