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CitiParks and the city typically activate cooling centers when the forecasted high exceeds 90 degrees.

The National Weather Service forecast for Monday calls for a high temperature near 91 degrees, with showers and thunderstorms "likely" after 4 p.m.

The investigation began in late May after residents of Squirrel Hill and Shadyside reported finding sealed freezer bags, containing anti-Jewish material, strewn throughout the neighborhoods.

No one was killed when the porch roof caved in behind the house in the 300 block of Semple Street. But 16 people were taken to hospitals for treatment — most of them with arm and leg injuries as well as concussions — and at least a dozen others were treated at the scene, a Pittsburgh Public Safety official said.

Pittsburgh Municipal Court also will be closed, but Arraignment Court will be open for those proceedings, court officials said. Students at Pittsburgh Public Schools will follow class schedules for remote, synchronous learning, as will those at many schools in Western Pennsylvania.

Sox, a Masai giraffe, had been treated for chronic degeneration of bones in her left leg since the summer, zoo officials said in a statement.

The graffiti incidents in July prompted Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, City Controller Rachel Heisler, Gov. Josh Shapiro and other public officials to publicly condemn the vandalism and the motivation behind it.

The officer, Keith Edmonds, was fired in March 2022, five months after he shocked the homeless man with a Taser a reported 10 times during a 2021 arrest in Bloomfield.

Also Monday: In the U.S. Secret Service’s first detailed statement since the rally shooting, its director said the agency has “reviewed and strengthened” its security plan for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Allegheny County police said first-responders on Tuesday night recovered the body of a Central Catholic High School teacher whose bicycle struck live Duquesne Light power lines that fell during the storm Monday night onto a trail in North Park.

City-operated swimming pools are scheduled to open on June 15, after lifeguards complete training, certification and onboarding procedures.

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht spent much of his life pressing his view that more than one shooter was involved in President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.

The Supreme Court's rejection means that proponents of efforts to fold Wilkinsburg into the City of Pittsburgh likely would need to petition Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg voters to place a question about annexation on an upcoming ballot instead.

The Monongahela Incline Review Committee will include local officials and stakeholders, including business owners who’ve been affected by closures during the past year.

The incline has been closed to passengers since Jan. 2. While repairs are underway, shuttle buses for passengers will continue to operate during regular incline service hours, according to Pittsburgh Regional Transit.

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The USW questions if Nippon Steel North America, a Nippon-affiliated holding company based in Houston, has the resources to adhere to and fulfill the terms of the union’s four-year contract with U.S. Steel, which would remain in effect after a sale.

The Frick’s announcement on Friday of a new date for “Treasured Ornament” came less than a week after its initial decision to indefinitely postpone the exhibit, which stirred controversy and criticism that the postponement linked Islamic culture to ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza.

Will Parker, 41, of Garfield, was charged with one count of aggravated assault and four counts of disorderly conduct following his arrest Saturday in the Hill District during the parade.

In preparation for coverage of the upcoming trial, our newsroom has adopted a policy to amend and formalize the language we now use in our reporting on the air and online to refer to the attack as “the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings.”