Pittsburgh/ Community & Society
Published on February 20, 2020
Top Pittsburgh news: 9-month-old baby injured after landslide; DC man charged with double homicidePhoto: Allie_Caulfield/Flickr

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The parking chair as art and an homage to Pittsburghers

Pittsburgh likes parking chairs. It's a cultural touchstone referenced in jokes, on T-shirts, or in an ad promoting tourism to the Steel City. But like most things Pittsburghers claim as uniquely Pittsburgh things — pierogies, basement toilets, hills — the parking chair is not exclusive to Pittsburgh. 

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9-month-old baby injured after landslide sends tree crashing into window of building

A 9-month-old baby was injured after a tree crashed through a window following a landslide in Etna.

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Ex-Westinghouse HS principal accused of abusing girl working at Pittsburgh Public Schools central office

A former principal at Westinghouse High School is working for the Pittsburgh Public Schools district again, after he allegedly abused a 14-year-old student.

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Pittsburgh Police investigate two recent threats

Pittsburgh Police are investigating two similar threats, one made as recently as Wednesday afternoon.

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Washington, DC man charged with criminal homicide in 2017 Armstrong County shooting

State police have filed homicide charges against a Washington, DC man, in connection with the fatal shooting of a man and a woman in Armstrong County in 2017.

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