August 5, 2014 2:48 AM

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Police officers guard an entrance to Emory University Hospital after an ambulance arrived transporting an American that was infected with the Ebola virus, in Atlanta.

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Walk/run celebrates possible breakthrough for pulmonary fibrosis

Pennsylvania hospitals ready if Ebola virus strikes

Pittsburgh school board approves revised code of conduct

In remission for ovarian cancer, woman writes book with her doctor

Obituary: Robert M. Lumish / Chief of Infectious Diseases at UPMC Mercy Hospital

Writer/director Luc Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in "Lucy", an action-thriller that examines the possibility of what one human could truly do if she unlocked 100 percent of her brain capacity and accessed the furthest reaches of her mind.

It's a myth that we use just 10 percent of our mind's capacity. We use it all.

Ingram man charged with having sex with 15-year-old girl

Empty pill bottles signify pain of addiction

Fire at Donegal animal park destroys 3 buildings

Jury duty email a scam, U.S. courts warn

Collaboration possible on produce terminal in Strip District, mayor says

Pennsylvania hospitals ready if Ebola virus strikes

Water, water everywhere … The fouling of Toledo’s water supply is an environmental game changer

Work record: A Corbett aide’s job duties are still in question

America’s role: The U.S. must seek a lasting solution in Gaza

Road delay: Congress ducks a lasting transportation solution

House Republicans are suing President Obama for doing his job

PG primary endorsements

In remission for ovarian cancer, woman writes book with her doctor

Empty pill bottles signify pain of addiction

Halle Berry's 'Extant' Finale Bumped Up a Week

PEOPLE: Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Johnny Galecki, Michael Strahan and more!

Let’s Talk About Art: Community-building through glass

Commentary: Nostalgia economy sets back television

SEEN: Style Social @ The Warhol draws the fashionistas

School Style: Shopping for class a chance to slip in lessons on money management, responsibility

Stylebook: Banana Republic debuts Roland Mouret line

#LetsMakeASEEN: Jeremiah's Place

#SEENHotSpot: Sienna Mercato

Steel Advice: How to address retirement home problems

Highmark transition plan details still elusive

Collaboration possible on produce terminal in Strip District, mayor says

South Side marina lease gets green light

Wal-Mart’s website to personalize shopping

Law firms cautioned about creating LGBT practice groups

Specialist Anthony Rinaldi works his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday as U.S. stocks rose. Could last week’s plunge for the Dow Jones and the S&P be an early sign that the stock market is headed for a painful correction after reaching all-time highs earlier this summer?

Spooked investors brace for ‘correction’

In The Lead/ Top 50 2014

Pitt opens football training camp

Tech Talk: NFL to use Microsoft tablets on sidelines

Creature Feature: American Bison

Sports 'n' 'at: A look back at historical newspaper headlines

Are classical music albums making a comeback?

University of Pittsburgh football team opened its first day of training camp. (Video by Nate Guidry; 8/4/2014)

Pitt opens football training camp

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Ingram man charged with having sex with 15-year-old girl

One of the suspects told the girl he could input samples into a “cop system” so it would look like her father had sex with her, police said.

about 2 hours ago

Kyle Schalow, right, and others, build a Rx Epidermic Memorial out of empty prescription drug bottles in Homecoming Park in Springfield Township, Ohio.

Empty pill bottles signify pain of addiction

The installation in Downtown Pittsburgh pays tribute to those who are suffering or recovering from prescription drug abuse and addiction.

about 2 hours ago

The produce terminal in the Strip District.

Collaboration possible on produce terminal in Strip District, mayor says

Bill Peduto’s comments came in advance of a public meeting Wednesday at the Heinz History Center to discuss plans to redevelop the terminal.

about 2 hours ago

South Side marina lease gets green light

The first boat slips at a marina at SouthSide Works will be installed along the Monongahela River before boating season ends, the URA said.

about 2 hours ago

Feds say police had just cause in U.S. gun case

A Homewood man being prosecuted in federal court on charges of illegally carrying a gun is trying to get the case dismissed.

about 2 hours ago

Man struck by train dies

The victim was identified as Jessie Numer, 18, of Crafton.

about 2 hours ago

Figure in largest-ever drug case wants reduced sentence

Omari Patton, 35, of Wilkinsburg, is due to get out of prison in 2028.

about 2 hours ago

From left, Action Item band members Dan Brozek, Anthony Li, Brian Cag, and David Buczkowski. The group will be performing at Stage AE on Tuesday.

Action Item looking forward to first Stage AE show

The New Jersey-based pop band will be co-headlining a show Tuesday with MKTO at the North Shore venue.

about 10 hours ago

Binh Vu, right, owner of B&T Salon & Spa on Fifth Avenue in Downtown and the first Vietnamese person to open a nail salon in Pittsburgh, gives a manicure to one of her hair stylists during her spare time.

Pittsburgh’s New Immigrants: Tough as nails, Vu finds home, career in Pittsburgh

Binh Vu is a pioneer in a business that is now synonymous with Vietnamese immigrants.

1 day ago

"We recognize there is a problem, and we're trying to deal with it," Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Stephen A. Bucar said recently.

Pittsburgh police face snags in new system for staffing events

PrideFest and Open Streets Pittsburgh are among those that have had trouble finding police staffing.

1 day ago

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, left, Public Safety Director Stephen A. Bucar, center, and acting police Chief Regina McDonald discuss recent killings in the city.

Officials seek to derail rise in homicides

The city has 44 homicides this year, including one in the Strip District early Saturday morning. Of those, police said, 18 have been solved.

about 2 hours ago

Brian Ralson, a Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection employee, goes over his inspection paperwork on a new restaurant Thursday in the South Side.

Pittsburgh's Bureau of Building Inspection lacked Internet, email until this year

As demand for its services grows, Bureau of Building Inspection is adding to its staff and finally using the technology it purchased.

1 day ago

Opening remarks from Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Linda Lane, pictured, will kick off Tuesday's event.

Rally offers Pittsburgh Public Schools' youth chance to grow through art

Artwork by students who partook in the Art Activism program of the Pittsburgh Public Schools' Summer Dreamers Academy will be featured.

1 day ago

Among the many roadwork projects under way is a monthlong ramp closure along the Parkway East in Squirrel Hill.

Road work set to entangle traffic throughout region

Work also will occur on Interstate 79 in Marshall and Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.

1 day ago

Fox Chapel doctor cleared of indecent assault of patient

Raja Chakrapani, 60, appeared in a non-jury trial before Common Pleas Judge Philip A. Ignelzi, who entered the judgment of acquittal.

about 3 hours ago

Firefighters contain a fire on the top floor of the Pennsylvania Bidwell in Manchester today.

No injuries reported at fire in Manchester high-rise apartment building

Deputy fire chief said neighborhood children called in the blaze that started in an 11th-floor apartment.

about 8 hours ago

1,100 Pennsylvanians get credit for passing scores on portions of old GED exam

Test-takers who passed sections of the 2002 GED exam can apply those scores to the 2014 GED exam to earn a secondary school diploma.

about 10 hours ago

Oakland group targets overcrowded Pittsburgh housing

Oakwatch, a resident task force in Oakland, is taking landlords to task.

1 day ago

Frick Environmental Center construction begins

A construction zone is in place near the site of the new $15.9 million Frick Environmental Center at Frick Park

about 4 hours ago

Police seek help finding homicide suspect

A warrant was obtained July 7 for Zachary Threats, 36, of McKees Rocks, who is accused of killing 30-year-old Kaamil Arnold.

about 4 hours ago

Hard, fast rains flood streets

An emergency dispatch supervisor said there were several reports of lightning strikes, though none resulted in injuries or fires.

1 day ago

Woman charged with trying to steal police car

A woman was arrested early this morning on charges that she tried to steal an idling unmarked police car — with two officers inside.

2 days ago

The proposed site of a new bar/restaurant along Butler Street that is opposed by Lawrenceville United.

Troubled past in way of man’s plan for Lawrenceville bar

A businessman with a criminal record wants to open a bar in growing Lawrenceville, but faces opposition from neighborhood group.

2 days ago

1 killed, 5 injured in Strip shooting

Police are searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting that killed one and injured five early Saturday morning in the Strip District.

2 days ago

Juliet Forrest, 5, of McCandless, tries to thread a needle with help from her mother Christine Forrest on Saturday at the Children's Museum table of the Maker Party at the Society for Contemporary Craft in the Strip District.

‘Maker Party’ blends art and tech craft for kids

Children and adults create art, textured paper, movies, pottery and puppets at maker fair in Strip District

2 days ago

Police and firefighters investigate the scene where a train fatally struck a pedestrian Sunday along West Carson Street under the West End Bridge.

Crafton man dies after struck by train under West End Bridge

The victim, from Crafton, was struck under the West End Bridge near West Carson Street on Sunday evening.

about 18 hours ago

Body found in Northview Heights

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a body was discovered in some woods near the Northview Heights housing complex.

1 day ago

One killed, five injured in Strip District drive-by shooting

One man was killed and five others injured in an overnight drive-by shooting in the Strip District.

2 days ago

Mayor Bill Peduto gets into a Lyft car after visiting a Rite-Aid.

Peduto presses ahead on ride share support

The Pittsburgh mayor takes a spin in a Lyft, and urges the state PUC to grant ride-sharing services the same conditions as taxis.

3 days ago

Hazelwood apartment complex collapses

Parts of a Hazelwood apartment building came tumbling to the ground Saturday afternoon.

2 days ago

Woman charged with trying to steal unmarked police car with officers inside

Outside a Strip District club hosting a Wiz Khalifa after-party, a woman stepped into the driver’s seat of the police vehicle.

2 days ago

Gail Carter, center, along with her mother Annie Carter, second from right, and Andrea Griffin, right, sing "This Little Light of Mine," during a memorial service for Thelma Lovette on Friday.

Hill District leading lady Thelma Lovette remembered

Known for her public service and political activism, she died at age 98 in May in Arizona.

3 days ago

Lines are being painted in 2012 on the the parking lot that replaced part of Civic Arena.

Penguins seek more time on Civic Arena site development

Hill leaders are demanding minority participation of 35 percent and women participation of 15 percent in the project.

3 days ago

City public safety director defies DA, refuses to change eyewitness ID procedure

Stephen Bucar wrote that he would have considered the new procedure had his colleagues not raised concerns after the DA’s letter.

3 days ago

One killed, two injured in separate shootings on North Side

Commander RaShall Brackney said police are working with the housing authority to develop a plan for increased patrolling in Northview

3 days ago

Red Line track work to cause weekend detours

Service will use Blue Line routing from South Hills Junction to Willow. Bus and rail shuttles will fill in.

3 days ago

Two shot in Manchester

The commander said police are searching for a gunman who appears to be between 15 and 20 years old and wore a white T-shirt.

3 days ago

Section of East Busway to close this weekend

The busway will be closed between East Liberty Garage and East Liberty Station.

3 days ago

The Liberty Mile at the start on Penn Ave. About 1,000 runners took part.

McNamara breaks hex, wins elite division in Liberty Mile

Jordan McNamara won among men with a time of 4:02.93. Gabriele Grunewald was the first not named Heather Kampf to win among women.

3 days ago

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Stephen Bucar.

Pittsburgh public safety director volleys back in dispute with district attorney

Stephen Bucar reiterates that he’s not going to obey county DA Stephen Zappala Jr.’s demand for a change in eyewitness ID procedures.

3 days ago

Allegheny County manager suggests consolidation of departments

Allegheny County could save $250,000 annually if it “co-mingled” its real estate department with its Office of Property Assessments.

4 days ago

Victim in fatal Northview Heights shooting identified

Pittsburgh police said Maurice Freeman was shot in the chest during a shooting on Hazlett Street.

3 days ago

Ramp from Forward Avenue to outbound Parkway East closed

PennDOT announced the one-month closure about 30 minutes before it was scheduled to take effect on Thursday.

4 days ago

Inbound Liberty Tunnel to close long-term on Tuesday

Painting will close the tunnel from 8 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Aug. 22.

4 days ago

Bayer Corp. will no longer display its name in lights atop Mount Washington.

Prominent hilltop sign to say Bayer no more

Mayor Peduto slams owner of the billboard: ”Lamar has a responsibility to maintain the sign and it hasn't done anything to it in 20 years.“

4 days ago

North Shore commuter lots are among the many parking lots and garages where rates go up beginning today. Other lots and garages are in Downtown, Shadyside and Oakland.

Parking rates go up today at many Pittsburgh garages, lots

The increases range from $1 at the Monongahela Wharf to $4.25 at three Downtown garages.

3 days ago

New president of Pittsburgh firefighters union sworn in

Joe King, president of the Pittsburgh firefighters union, stepped down tonight after 28 years at the helm.

4 days ago

Man found dead, shot in head in Homewood

The discovery of the body at 7319 Bennett St. was reported to 911 at 9:26 a.m. and the man was pronounced dead by medics 10 minutes later.

4 days ago

Members of the United Mineworkers of America wave signs and chant in support of loosening environmental regulations on coal and carbon emissions. They clashed briefly with supporters of the regulations Thursday on Liberty Avenue, Downtown.

EPA hearings on controversial carbon emissions regulations continue in Pittsburgh

More than 135 individuals spoke at Thursday’s hearing with a similar number of people scheduled to speak during today’s session Downtown.

4 days ago

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.

DA Zappala calls public safety chief's statement on ID procedures 'misleading at best'

The two disagree over whether Pittsburgh police should use sequential or simultaneous photo arrays when asking people to identify suspects.

4 days ago

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