Новости за 11.06.2018

As Sunday crossed midnight into Monday, several hundred Muslims were defying sleep and standing prayerful in rows at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh for one of the climactic moments of their spiritual year.

If not inevitable, changes are certainly likely.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced Monday that his office will test the security of the state’s voter-registration system, the target of Russian hacking attempts before the 2016 presidential election.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced Monday that his office will test the security of the state’s voter-registration system, the target of Russian hacking attempts before the 2016 presidential election.

After two years of construction, the Carnegie Science Center on Monday unveiled the $33 million PPG Science Pavilion, which will provide 48,000 more square feet for exhibits and educational programming. It opens to the public Saturday morning and starts some of its 26 new summer classes next Monday.

You know those restaurant visits, when a single dish stands out from the rest? It’s the one your tablemates wish they’d ordered because it’s super flavorful, Instagram-worthy or rivals a favorite home-cooked version. From Brookline to Bloomfield, Shadyside to the Strip District, here are the week’s scene-stealing dishes and drinks:

Generating offense is a challenge for Class AA Altoona this year. They rank second to last in the Eastern League in on-base percentage, home runs and on-base plus slugging percentage, and their 226 runs scored through the weekend are the fewest in the league.

Phil Kessel and Mike Sullivan have indeed had a few disagreements involving the scoring winger’s linemates.

It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect Monday.

It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect Monday.

The NHL window for buying out contracts opens at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

Steelers wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster has probably never been tackled quite like this.

Hotel Indigo will fire up its restaurant on the South Side

Make time for shopping during your lunch break with the return of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership summer fashion market.

It’s a good week for jazz and hip-hop with the long-awaited returns of Kendrick Lamar, visits from KRS-One and Warren G on the vintage side, and two days of free concerts with the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.

The heavy rains that deluged the Pittsburgh region this past weekend — flooding roadways, downing trees and triggering landslides — broke an 88-year record for June 10.

Stand on any street corner in Hazelwood and it’s likely JaQuay Edward Carter knows something about its history.

Water still flows from the faucets at Century Townhomes, a 425-unit apartment complex in Clairton.

We’re now looking back at one of the most severe flu seasons in recent years, in Allegheny County and most of the country. And, recent research shows that we don’t know very much about how the flu spreads through the air.

Walt Yager, his son Sean and their friend Tom Maglicco visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago on behalf of  the Boys and Girls Club of McKeesport. At the wall, they pencil-rubbed the names of 11 young men who had been nurtured by that club.

If you ride on the Port Authority system this week, don’t be surprised if someone asks you to take a survey to describe your experience.

Long-standing tensions have ratcheted up between independent pharmacists and the pharmacy benefit managers such as Express Scripts and CVS Caremark who process prescription drug claims — and state legislators are taking notice.