Category: Pittsburgh

Mayoral Campaign Headquarters Vandalized in Pittsburgh

The campaign headquarters of Pittsburgh mayoral candidate and retired police officer Tony Moreno was vandalized early Friday morning on South Main Street in the West End neighborhood. A glass door was shattered and someone scrawled “Pittsburgh police murdered Jim Rogers” in red spray paint on the front windows. Neighborhood video surveillance shows two people approached the…


Pennsylvania Has Fewest Registered Democrats in a Decade

Monday was the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania’s Nov. 2 general election. As of Monday afternoon, Pennsylvania had 3,417,781 registered Republicans and 4,024,275 registered Democrats. That is the lowest number of registered Pennsylvania Democrats in a decade. Registered Democratic voters peaked in 2012 during the Barrack Obama vs. Mitt Romney presidential race,…


FBI Pittsburgh Encourages Western Pennsylvania to Report Hate Crimes

The FBI Pittsburgh field office, together with FBI headquarters and field offices throughout the nation, is engaged in a multifaceted statewide effort to build public awareness of hate crimes and encourage reporting to law enforcement. The strategy includes a public awareness campaign, community and media outreach, and law enforcement coordination, an FBI statement said. The…


Homicides Have Skyrocketed in These Six Democratic Cities; Black People Are Disproportionately the Victims, Data Shows

The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data. “We are seeing an uptick in violent crime across the country, specifically gun violence,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told The New York Times. In Chicago, black people have…


Car Crashes Into Building Housing Plasma Center; 3 Dead

PITTSBURGH—A car crashed into a building housing a plasma center in Pittsburgh on Saturday, killing three people and injuring two others, one critically, authorities said. Police, fire and emergency medical services responded after the crash into the Biomat USA Plasma Building in the Manchester neighborhood at about 11:30 a.m. Emergency responders arrived to find heavy…


Pittsburgh Mayor Concedes in Democratic Primary Race

The mayor of Pittsburgh late Tuesday conceded in a primary race to challenger Ed Gainey, a Democrat who currently holds a seat in the state House of Representatives. Mayor Bill Peduto, a Democrat, said he called Gainey and congratulated him. “Wishing him well. Thank you Pittsburgh for the honor of being your Mayor these past…


Ancient and Lonely Urban Monuments Evoke Today’s Political Division

Commentary PITTSBURGH—The 2.8-mile-long East Street Valley neighborhood, which once flourished here, sure died hard. Drive, walk, or cycle past the remnants of it today, and traces of what used to be are everywhere along the hollow of the rolling Allegheny Mountain neighborhoods that lead out of the city proper from the banks of the Allegheny…