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Maggie Smith, "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey" actress, has died at 89
British actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for her prolific career in roles like Professor McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" series and Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey," has died, her family confirmed to CBS News. She was 89.Smith passed away peacefully in the hospital early Friday morning, her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens said in a statement via publicist Clair Dobbs."An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother," the statement said.Margaret Natalie Smith, who was...
Alcohol can increase your cancer risk. Here's what experts want you to know.
Despite growing research that points to the negative health impacts of alcohol, many Americans are unaware of the connection between drinking and cancer risk.A recent report from the American Association for Cancer Research found excessive levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk for six different types of cancer, including: breast cancercolorectal cancerliver cancerstomach cancercertain types of head and neck canceresophageal squamous cell carcinoma"Some of this is happening through chronic inflammation. We also know that alcohol changes the microbiome, so those are the bacteria that live in your gut, and that can also increase the risk," Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical...
Dragon boats, car cruises, and silent films | KDKA Weekend Planner
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - It's Friday and we're here to help you get the most out of your weekend - we're hoping it's a nice one because there is a lot to check out. Hearts of Steel Dragon Boat FestivalWe start on North Park Lake with the annual Pittsburgh Hearts of Steel Dragon Boat Festival.There you can see 40-foot canoes with dragon heads and tails invading the lake. It's all to raise money for survivors of breast cancer. You can sign up to get involved or witness the spectacle. It gets started around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and you can check out more...
Here's what you need to know for Saturday's Luke Bryan concert
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Country music star Luke Bryan is bringing his Farm Tour to Smithton Borough in Westmoreland County on Saturday. Bryan will perform at the Cunningham Family farm at 355 Fitz Henry Road in Smithton at 6 p.m. It will be the final stop on his Farm Tour after he held shows in North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio. Bryan, who is known for hits like "Country Girl," "One Margarita" and "That's My Kind of Night," is set to bring out other acts, including Tucker Wetmore and Conner Smith. Joyce Cunningham said her family farm is preparing for about 20,000...
Pittsburgh to get scattered showers as remnants of Helene move through the area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Hurricane Helene is officially the most powerful storm to make landfall in Florida's Big Bend area with wind intensity set at 140mph. WEATHER LINKS: Current Conditions | School Closings & Delays | Submit Your Weather PhotosThe storm has rapidly weakened and will continue to weaken through today. Helene's impact here locally will be a couple of wet days beginning today. Also, today will be windy with winds of around 20mph most for this afternoon.The best chance for rain today will be from 10 this morning through 4 this afternoon. Rain totals today won't be that impressive with most...
West View Water Authority customers to see rate increase in January
WEST VIEW, Pa. (KDKA) -- Customers who get their water service through the West View Water Authority will soon see a rate increase that will take effect in January. It will be the first rate increase for customers in over five years.The increase of more than 4% will bring rates to $7.22 per thousand gallons of usage, which doesn't include the monthly customer charge.With that monthly charge, the rate will be $9.44 per thousand gallons, which the authority says is below average in comparison to other providers in the area.The West View Water Authority, which supplies more than 200,000 people in parts of Allegheny, Beaver, and Butler counties, says it's taken steps to hold costs down and improve efficiency with a tank maintenance program, which has tanks taken out of service one a time to refurbish them and extend their life.Also, in the last two years, the authority has secured grants totaling more than $13 million to help pay for costs of water line extensions, the treatment facility, road improvements, and lead service line replacements.There is a program to help customers in need of assistance and if you need help, you may be eligible for a grant.
Steel Valley School District breaks ground on new elementary school
MUNHALL, Pa. (KDKA) -- A special groundbreaking ceremony was held last night for the new Steel Valley Elementary School.District leaders and elementary students got out their shovels to celebrate the construction of the new school.The new school is being built on East Oliver Road at the site of the former Franklin Primary School.District officials say it will eventually house all students in kindergarten through 5th grade, a first in school history."This is a historic change for our district," said Superintendent Bryan Macuga. "By merging two elementary schools into one and having all students in grades K through 12 learning all on one campus is groundbreaking for us."The district hopes to have the school completed by the start of the 2026-26 school year.
Matt Sieg is getting national attention with college recruiting offers
MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- Fort Cherry quarterback Matt Sieg has been making a name for himself over the past three years and he's starting to garner some national attention. The Fort Cherry Rangers are the defending champions in the WPIAL's 1A classification and were the runner-ups in the PIAA state title game. The junior quarterback has amassed over 8,000 yards of offense near the halfway mark of his third season and he is starting to garner some attention nationwide. "Early on in my recruitment, I feel like a few schools wouldn't even bother because of the classification we play in," Sieg...
Residents call on leaders to make troublesome intersection safer
EAST FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Road crews are looking to make a troublesome intersection on a major road between Butler and Armstrong counties a little safer. Every time Luetta Reed approaches the intersection of Route 422 and Glad Run Road in East Franklin Township, her mind turns to her family. "I lost my paternal grandparents in a crash there in 1965, and I lost my mother in a crash there in 1997," Reed said.Both were hit by drivers of vehicles heading from Armstrong County to Butler County. "It's frightening to use that intersection, and I won't use it going straight across anymore,"...
Local non-profit organizations ready to respond to Hurricane Helene
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As Hurricane Helene strengthens and approaches the Big Bend area of Florida, non-profit organizations in Pittsburgh and across Pennsylvania are ready to help before, during and after the catastrophic hurricane.Hurricane Helene is churning into what forecasters are calling a "once-in-a-generation storm.""It's going to change people's lives, and that's really tough," said Nicole Roschella, regional communications director for the American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania Region.Pennsylvanians and Pittsburghers are ready to lend a hand, whether that is getting volunteers on the ground before the life-threatening storm or getting funds and supplies together."It's really nice to see how quickly we can...
JD Vance to visit Monroeville this weekend for town hall meeting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, is set to visit Monroeville on Saturday for a town hall meeting.The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Monroeville Convention Center on Mall Boulevard. Doors open at 9 a.m., and a link for tickets can be found online. Saturday will not be Vance's first time in Western Pennsylvania. In August, Vance spoke to veterans at an invite-only event in Lower Burrell at the VFW Post 92 off Wildlife Lodge Road. Vance and former President Donald Trump have been spending plenty of time in Pennsylvania, a crucial...
Pirates fall to Brewers in final home game of 2024 season
Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings in his last start before the postseason and Joey Ortiz was a home run short of the cycle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday.Civale (8-9) allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his last nine starts."He just continues to impress me as a pitcher," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. "In this day and age to see a pitcher like that … he had pinpoint control today."Ortiz, a rookie third baseman, tripled in third inning and came home on Brice...
Program provides nutrition information and resources to Pittsburgh-area school districts
WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — Food Helpers, the home of the Greater Washington County Food Bank, is getting ready for its major fundraising event, The Taste Tour of Washington County, which will benefit programs for elementary school students. One of the programs is the Little Moochi Program, which provides nutrition information and resources to Pittsburgh-area school districts. One component is an app, designed by students at Carnegie Mellon University, that takes a gaming approach to healthy eating so kids develop lasting habits. Volunteers visited the Charleroi Elementary Center, including Terry Vessels from Food Helpers. "The Moochi program is a nutritional education-based...
Carnegie police say thieves are getting into unlocked cars
CARNEGIE, Pa. (KDKA) — Carnegie police are warning residents to lock their cars, saying the same alleged thieves keep getting into vehicles. "This day and age, you have to lock your doors. We've been preaching it," said Carnegie Police Chief Jeffrey Kennedy.According to police, a family of thieves is walking around ransacking cars that are unlocked. Investigators say Monday night into Tuesday and Tuesday night into Wednesday, 10 to 12 cars were targeted.The police department posted on Facebook, saying every car was unlocked. "There have been postings on Carnegie Communities where one individual encourages everyone to leave their cars unlocked...
Elementary school to use portable speed bumps to slow drivers down
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — A school resource officer in Bulter County may have found a solution to stop drivers from speeding in front of an elementary school.People who live near Broad Street Elementary in Butler know all about speeding drivers. "They go by so fast around here," resident Yvonne Mazurek said. "I like slow down. There's kids around here and a school down the street."Butler Police Officer Jim Green, who serves as the elementary school's resource officer, decided to see if speed bumps could be put in front of the school. "There's a lot of red tape in putting a speed bump...
Boar's Head plants nationwide now part of law enforcement investigation, USDA says
Boar's Head processing plants nationwide are now part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture disclosed Thursday, in the wake of a deadly outbreak blamed on some of the company's now-recalled deli meats. At least 59 hospitalizations and 10 deaths have been linked to a listeria strain traced back to Boar's Head products distributed from a now-shuttered plant the company ran in Virginia. "We take very seriously matters of public health and corporate accountability, and an investigation into this matter remains underway and ongoing," a spokesperson for the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in a...
Nearly 30 dogs, cats rescued from deplorable conditions in northern Pennsylvania
ERIE, Pa. (KDKA) — A shelter in Erie says it's caring for nearly 30 dogs and cats that were rescued from deplorable conditions. The ANNA Shelter says it got a call from Pennsylvania State Police around 10 p.m. Tuesday saying that animals living in deplorable conditions needed to be removed as soon as possible. Shelter members were up early Wednesday morning, and after four hours, they had found 19 dogs, eight kittens and a cat. The rescue says the dogs, which vary in size from miniature Pinscher to Anatolian shepherds, were malnourished, filthy and scared. One even had a recently broken leg. But 24...
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Lawmakers blame Secret Service for failures in first Trump assassination attempt
Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.Lawmakers repeatedly questioned why the agency tasked with protecting the country's top leaders didn't do a better job communicating with local authorities during the July 13 rally, particularly when it came to securing the building that was widely agreed to be a security threat but that ultimately was left so...
Apple Pecan Cake | Cooking with Rania
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A cozy dessert with a taste of fall. Rania Harris is giving us all the autumn vibes with this recipe. Apple Pecan Cake IngredientsCake: Baking pan spray, for greasing pan 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1½ cups vegetable oil ¼ cup orange juice 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples 1 cup shredded coconut 1 cup chopped pecansSauce: ½ cup (1 stick) butter 1...
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