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A Large Numbers Hit in 1930 Created Pittsburgh Mob Legends
Woogie Harris, older brother of Tennie Harris, was one of Pittsburgh’s most infamous “badmen”Published on Wednesday, Jun 23rd, 2021
Pittsburgh was a numbers city. Throughout much of the 20th century, people throughout the Steel City…
GOP Voting Legislation Invoice Clears State Home Amid Wolf Veto Menace – CBS Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican rewrite of Pennsylvania election law that would mandate voter IDs, alter registration and ballot counting deadlines and give conservatives auditing procedures they have clamored for passed the state House…
Secure place to inject unlawful medicine? It might probably come to Somerville first.
"People say, 'Why Somerville?'" Said Alderman Jesse Clingan, a longtime proponent of the site. "We're brave enough to do that."Spurred on by renewed optimism for a changing political climate, proponents and city officials are campaigning…
Hemmed In at Residence, Nonprofit Hospitals Search for Income Overseas
Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making a nearly $1 billion bet that Europeans will embrace a hospital run by one of America’s marquee health…
State Well being studies 744 new instances, 24 deaths in Four days – CBS Pittsburgh
Posted by: KDKA-TV News Staff Harrisburg (KDKA) - The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 744 new reports of coronavirus cases in the past 4 days and 24 additional deaths. Continue reading: Child tax credit: initial exam within 1…
Glorious coaching should not require successful the lottery
Kevin McCoy of Philadelphia is very blessed - and very grateful. His academic performance is exceptional, but he says he almost missed his chance for success.At a Senate hearing last month, the twelve-grader revealed his secret: winning…
5 COVID-19 Takeaways That Modified Drugs
This article appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of Discover magazine as "COVID Lessons." Subscribe for more stories like these.As the pandemic mound the world, killing thousands every day and turning us all into shutins, the entire…
These Areas Have the Most (and Fewest) Million Greenback Properties
Los Angeles, New York and Miami metro areas are in the top 10 of owner-occupied million dollar homes. (iStock)
Where are all the million dollar homes? Spoiler alert: Wherever more people can afford them.
Few homeowners live in homes valued…
Preview: Respect the Rowdies. Do Not Concern Them.
There is almost no team in USL that is worthy of mutual respect by Riverhounds fans than the Tampa Bay Rowdies.* Like the Hounds, they are a club with history. In a US soccer landscape filled with teams that have come and…
An oral historical past of the Squirrel Hill Theater from former patrons, workers, and others who…
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Squirrel Hill Theater marquee after it closed
Pittsburgh cinephiles recently mourned the official death of a local institution when the Squirrel Hill Theater, a historic…