Skild AI bought Zebra’s warehouse robotics unit, folding the Symmetry Fulfillment platform into its Skild Brain to accelerate mixed‑fleet automation.

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership is using grants and rent abatements to activate dozens of vacant storefronts before next week’s NFL Draft. Temporary shops, art windows and subsidies aim to turn looks into lasting leases.

A Reed Smith partner faces misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges after a Murrysville road‑rage incident; court testimony says he sped toward a car carrying his estranged wife.

A Butler Area school bus went off Shannon Road in Connoquenessing Wednesday; students were checked by EMS and parents were notified. Officials have not reported serious injuries.

The Army Corps has started excavation at the 44‑acre SLDA near Apollo; crews will remove buried radioactive waste and ship sealed containers off site in a heavily monitored, multiyear cleanup.

A jury found Martel Hedge Jr. not guilty on all counts in the Feb. 19, 2025 Smithfield Street shooting; his attorney said he acted in self‑defense. Jurors deliberated under three hours.

An 18-year-old Southern Huntingdon County senior, Conner B. Robinson, died after a motorcycle crash on State Route 22. The district has arranged counselors and crisis supports.

A heavy blaze tore through a Glassport building Sunday; the Allegheny County Fire Marshal is on scene and officials have not confirmed injuries.

Joshua Brown, 30, died after a motorcycle crash on State Route 21 in Jefferson Township. Officials say the cause is under investigation.

Adan Market 2 in Allentown received a second consumer alert after inspectors found rodent droppings, chewed snacks and sanitation failures. The store faces a reinspection and possible closure.

A 78-year-old Homer City woman died after her car drifted off Route 422 in White Township and struck a tree. State police say the crash is under investigation.

A late-night fight in Perry South left a man stabbed in the head; SWAT searched a Koerner Avenue home but found no suspects and investigators are still looking.

An Allegheny County judge refused to drop an attempted homicide charge tied to a near‑fatal Shadyside stabbing, keeping the most serious count in place as pretrial work continues.