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Health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of the omicron variant in Pennsylvania, a man in his 30s from Philadelphia.
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Local cases are up, but due to vaccinations and better treatments, we’re not seeing the boom in deaths we saw last winter.
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The city will amend its anti-discrimination ordinance for workers to add those experiencing domestic violence as a protected group. -
The president of the corrections officers' union said Thursday that staffing issues could prevent the end of the 23-and-1 lockdown at the Allegheny County Jail. The jail's warden strongly disagrees.
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Hayley Haldeman has led the art museum for three years.
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Federal prosecutors say a Pittsburgh synagogue massacre defendant’s statements at the scene and at a hospital should be allowed at trial because concerns about public safety were a valid reason to question him even after he'd asked for an attorney.
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New state estimates show that employment in the Pittsburgh area continues to stagnate amid the ever-unfolding pandemic. Although hiring bounced back somewhat in the summer of 2020, there are roughly 50,000 fewer workers in and around Pittsburgh today than just before the pandemic.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks, a case that has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade — which has implications for Pennsylvania.
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The funds are aimed at “struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or HUD-assisted housing.”
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Gov. Tom Wolf is following through on his veto threat and rejecting Republican-penned legislation to allow people to carry a firearm openly or concealed, without a permit.
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V stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland are taking down the “Dr. Oz Show,” now that the show’s host, Mehmet Oz, has formally become a candidate for U.S. Senate. The stations were compelled by the Federal Communications Commission’s “equal time” rules that give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time.
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Among his new steps to fight COVID surges this winter: requiring private health insurers to reimburse people for at-home tests. It also calls for more people to get vaccines and boosters.
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The president of The Heinz Endowments, Grant Oliphant, will depart the job early next year to take a similar position at a San Diego foundation.
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