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Summer Lee has won a five-way Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat. That makes her the favorite in the heavily Democratic district to win the fall general election and become the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania.
Nearly half of the Allegheny County Jail is on a modified lockdown after leaders consulted with local health professionals about a rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a press release.