Новости за 22.06.2018

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s legislative body voted decisively Friday to maintain church investments in fossil-fuel corporations while aggressively advocating for reductions in actions causing climate-warming emissions.

TEMPE, Ariz. — The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show “The Voice” just before the vehicle struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March, according to a published report.

DALLAS — About six hours before the start of the NHL Draft, an interesting name surprisingly popped on the market: Chris Kunitz.

HARRISBURG — The state’s largest budget bill is heading to Gov. Tom Wolf for his signature — more than a week before the deadline.

Vice President Mike Pence will pay a visit to the Pittsburgh area on Saturday to attend a campaign event for Republican Congressman Keith Rothfus.

Steve Kloehn is resigning as Carnegie Mellon University's vice president for marketing and communications after three years in the job, effective June 30, officials said.

The Mattress Factory Board of Directors announced Friday the appointment of Michael Olijnyk as executive director of the Mattress Factory, effective immediately.

Former governor Edward G. Rendell announced a civics essay competition for Pittsburgh area elementary school students Friday.

HARRISBURG -- State Rep. Jake Wheatley, D-Hill District, implored his colleagues Friday morning to think of young men like Antwon Rose and Jimmy Wopo when they make decisions about legislation that will impact the lives of people across the commonwealth.

Citing unprecedented weather, Gov. Tom Wolf is pressing President Donald Trump for federal disaster aid in storm-ravaged Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.

Gov. Tom Wolf has requested federal disaster aid after major flooding ravaged parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, causing multiple landslides and road damage.

A four-vehicle crash that involved tractor trailers shut down a 90-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound, from New Stanton to Breezewood, Friday morning.

Homestead is getting a Mediterranean-flavored brewery and restaurant — complete with its own bowling alley — and later this summer or fall, West Homestead will welcome another new brewery’s taproom. Both will be on Eighth Avenue, the main drag that unites the two boroughs.

The future of Pittsburgh’s classic Clark Bar remains in limbo.

Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has found a new home locally for his drawings.

Business at Robbie’s Super Stuff restaurant in East Pittsburgh is down nearly 40 percent since March. A nearby Eat’n Park has seen a decrease of about 10 percent, while sales at Vincent’s Pizza Park have dropped on certain days of the week.

To employees of EQT Corp. who are overstressed and overworked from a very eventful few years, CFO Rob McNally says the end is near.

Pittsburgh International Airport airlines may soon be playing a game of musical chairs, thanks in part to a planned $1.1 billion terminal modernization project and lease negotiations.

On a recent sunny day, three dogs frolicked happily in a small dog park in a highly unusual location — the backyard of an urban hotel.

Herb and Joan Seel were house hunting in Shaler and seeing mostly new houses, not what they wanted.

‘Millenium’ allium, which blooms in late summer, is the 2018 Perennial of the Year. Hops (Humulus lupulus) which is used to make beer but is also growing in popularity as an ornamental plant, was chosen as the Herb of the Year.

Like most people who garden, Pat Shuker doesn’t feel her creation is “tour-worthy”. A friend recruited her to be on the Shaler Great Gardens Tour, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday and includes four other gardens.

Joy Starzl still struggles with the absence of her husband, Thomas E. Starzl, the “father of organ transplantation” who died March 4, 2017.

Allegheny Health Network is on track to break ground on a mini-hospital in Brentwood in late summer, following preliminary plan approval Thursday by the borough’s planning commission.

As the 94-foot Explorer sat at the dock next to the Carnegie Science Center on Thursday morning, the sky was gray, but spirits were up as Rivers of Steel readied its first public tour of the Three Rivers.