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Pirates out to sweep Phillies, stretch win streak to 7
The Pittsburgh Pirates have continued their hot streak by cooling off the team with the majors' best record. The Pirates look to extend their season-high winning streak to seven games on Sunday afternoon when they vie for a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. Pittsburgh followed up overcoming a...
Pirates run win streak to six by beating Phillies
Luis Ortiz scattered three hits and two walks over seven scoreless innings and Oneil Cruz homered and drove in three runs, lifting the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Andrew McCutchen homered to lead off the sixth inning for the Pirates, who recorded...
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Mount Lebanon
Two grand Presbyterian churches stand at the two ends of Uptown Mount Lebanon. But they are different kinds of Presbyterians. The one to the north was the United Presbyterian church, but it has now become Evangelical Presbyterian. This one is now Presbyterian Church (USA). “In these days of mergers,” James...
Ortiz cruises through 7 innings, Cruz has 3 RBIs as Pirates win 6th straight, 4-1 over Phillies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Luis Ortiz pitched seven shutout innings, Oneil Cruz had a home run and three RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates stretched their winning streak to six games with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. Ortiz (5-2), who had not gone more than six...
Zoo Crew starts fast, hangs on late to advance in TBT
The opening round of last year’s The Basketball Tournament was not kind to the Zoo Crew. While led by some of the best players from Pitt’s golden era of men’s basketball, they were older and slower than their opponents and it showed as they were bounced from the event after just one game. But with a retooled roster that is younger and more athletic, The Zoo Crew opened the 2024 TBT with a bang. They unleashed a barrage of 3-pointers upon Million $ Worth of Game to set up a second round matchup with a bitter rival with a 98-95 win over Million $ Worth of Game.
Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week’s assassination attempt
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign released an update on the former president’s health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The memo, from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as Trump’s White House physician, offers new details...
The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here's how its newspaper met the moment
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified.
Amid TikTokers erroneously linking sunscreen to cancer, here’s what dermatologists want you to know
The gates of 15 city pools have opened, and summer has hit Pittsburgh with a bang — with sweltering heat waves early in the season. But the temperature hasn’t been the only thing ratcheting up. So, too, has summertime misinformation. Recently, some influencers on TikTok have been discouraging...
COMMENT: Trump's reaction and photo that will endure sealed the 2024 election
The 2024 presidential race is over. The image of a bloodied Donald Trump, his fist raised in defiance and his voice yelling “Fight, fight, fight!” to a crowd of followers, removed any doubt as to who the next president of the United States will be. The former president’s...
Pittsburgh plans to rename a section of North Side street for ice ball icon Gus Kalaris
City officials want to rename a street in honor of Gus Kalaris, a community pillar and owner of the beloved ice ball stand Gus & Yiayia’s on the North Side. "He's more than a North Side icon — we're going to do a lot to remember [Gus]," said City Councilman Bobby Wilson outside Allegheny Commons Park on Saturday.
Belle Vernon advances through winner’s bracket
Belle Vernon scored four runs in the top of the third inning Saturday on its way to a 6-2 victory over Ambridge Saturday in the winner’s bracket of the American Legion Baseball Region 6 tournament at Chippewa Park. Belle Vernon advances to the winner’s bracket final against Connellsville on...
‘Of all the places’: Deep red Butler, Pennsylvania, grapples with Trump assassination attempt
BUTLER, Pa. — On the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the same four words have been spoken again and again: “Of all the places.”
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