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Seven recommendations inspired by exit interviews with former jail staffers were approved by the oversight board Thursday. Jail officials claim most of the policies are already in effect in some capacity, but the newly approved policies provide a framework for accountability, according to one board member.
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A bipartisan panel met in Brackenridge to understand what needs to be done.
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Summer has arrived in Pittsburgh and we’ve asked a handful of residents to share their favorite foods, events and activities this season in the city.
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The arts festival is back to an in-person format, with a few changes.
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Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. defended his decision to deny plea deals to clients of a lawyer who called his office systemically racist.
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The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure announced its plan to make streets safer for pedestrians Wednesday. The plan is meant to help reduce the number of crashes involving pedestrians.
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A report released by county officials this week found that overdose deaths were up 22% across Allegheny County in 2020 compared to 2019. Though there was a steep drop from 2017 to 2018, the numbers show an upward trend over the last three years. Fentanyl was the most frequently detected substance, followed by heroin and cocaine.
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A key member of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is flatly rejecting talk of any sort of audit of the 2020 presidential election.
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A state trooper who got a Florida inmate to admit he killed six people in Pennsylvania in the 1970s says the man also discussed five to seven other slayings in Pennsylvania.
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Tunch Ilkin played 14 years on the offensive line for the Steelers from 1980 to 1993. He is 63 years old and spent the last 23 as a broadcaster for the team. He announced his diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s disease last fall.