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Striking PG Teamster struck. The first American newspaper strike in over 20 years has gotten even uglier: a non-union truck driver who crossed an active picket line allegedly assaulted two striking PG union workers protesting at a
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The latest from East Palestine: Another Ohio train derails. This time, its contents were nonhazardous, unlike the original derailment, which had hazardous chemicals aboard, even though some of the train cars were marked as “non-hazardous.”
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The Latest from East Palestine: “Bronchitis and other conditions that doctors and nurses suspect are linked to chemical exposure” are showing up in residents. Aria Bendix and Alicia Victoria Lozano report for NBC News. Pennsylvania’s DEP is
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Piper’s Pub is back in business. The beloved Scottish pub, located at 1828 East Carson Street in the South Side, closed indefinitely following the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Piper’s is operating on limited hours, Saturday and Sunday
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It was roughly 6am on February 24, 2003 when a dozen local, state and federal law enforcement agents roused and arrested Randy Przekop at his South Side Pittsburgh home. The crime? Selling a small, 4 or 5 inch wooden pipe to an undercover
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The latest from East Palestine: EPA takes charge of the wreck site. The AP reports. Local residents, distrustful of official tests, conduct their own. Emily Cochran reports for the NY Times. PA residents near the Ohio border feel “forgotten
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Just how bad was it? Questions and concerns swirl following a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, some 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The carcinogen, vinyl chloride, and butyl acrylate were deliberately
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After its biggest and most challenging year, in which most artists and several vendors received partial payment or went unpaid, Deutschtown Music Festival (DMF) will return this summer with a new name: Northside Music Festival. Started in
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