Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania may soon join the growing number of newly unionized sectors in Pittsburgh. At the end of January, WESA reported that.
Attorney Nov 5, 2019
A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Saturday morning, according to court documents. Attorney Nov 4, 2019
A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Sunday morning, according to court documents.
Pennsylvania Oct 10, 2019
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams is still dedicated to fighting breast cancer. The star running back, who played college football at the University of Memphis, started covering the cost of mammogram screening for women in 2015 through his nonprofit organization, The DeAngelo Williams Foundation. Since then, the foundation has covered the cost of over 500 mammograms at hospitals. Mexico Oct 9, 2019
A Pennsylvania teacher who fought laryngeal cancer for two years penned an obituary before her death last month urging people to enjoy life and “let go of the insignificant things.” Ashley Ann Kuzma, of Beaver County, died Sept. 22 at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, according to her online obituary. The 32-year-old wrote the obituary to help “make the transition easier.
Photo: courtesy Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of civil rights advocate and Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, will headline the month-long celebration Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is kicking off its celebration of Black History Month with an in-depth look at the manifestations of family in the Black community through a variety of virtual, research-oriented programming. Black History Month is celebrated all throughout February, and CLP will run virtual events starting Mon., Feb. 1 and running through Fri., Feb. 22. The library plans to bookend its celebration with two virtual events highlighting Black heritage and modern civil rights champions. Opening the month-long celebration is renowned, international storyteller Donna Washington as she performs a virtual storytelling event titled
Cover to Credits Ian George (left) and Adina Hilton (right) of the Cover to Credits podcast Did you know the iconic 1988 action movie
Die Hard is based on the novel
Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp? Neither did Ian George and Adina Hilton, co-hosts of the local bi-weekly podcast
Cover to Credits, until they did an episode on the book and its popular screen adaptation. “We come across this a lot,” says Hilton, who works as a librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. She and George have been hosting the podcast for the better part of four years after moving to Pittsburgh in 2015. The couple met while attending college at Edinboro University, and are now engaged.