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Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Pittsburgh next week to discuss clean water issues

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday. She is expected to talk about the Biden administration’s work on clean water issues. Harris will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan. Harris visited Pittsburgh in June 2022 to discuss the administration’s efforts to replace lead

Nationwide youth gun-violence epidemic hitting teens, families in Pittsburgh region

Attorney Casey White has seen youth violence surge. Since the North Hills native launched his career 13 years ago as a criminal defense lawyer in Pittsburgh, he has witnessed gun violence involving children and teens grow exponentially. He said he has never had as many juvenile clients in jail awaiting

Pittsburgh teen pleads guilty to 3rd-degree murder in killing of Central Catholic student

Timothy Whitfield had nothing to say. The Pittsburgh teen accepted a plea deal Wednesday morning for murdering Central Catholic High School student Jafar Brooks, then 15, almost three years ago outside a Penn Hills apartment complex. Whitfield, now 19, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy with a series

Homewood woman's assault draws advocates' response

Shirley Wheaton is known throughout Homewood as a caring and active community activist.

Family makes plea to help find person who assaulted 83-year-old grandmother in her Pittsburgh home