UPDATE —  12:56 p.m., Sat., Jan. 16: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 526 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 38*

Assigning cash bail to defendants has come under increased scrutiny over the years. In Allegheny County, the practice has Magisterial District Judges forcing defendants who were charged, but not convicted, of a crime to sometimes pay thousands of dollars to avoid time in jail...

By now, it should be clear to every drinker: hard seltzer isn’t going anywhere. For those who drink hard seltzer, this is good news...

On Jan. 14, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto kicked off what could be the biggest race in the local 2021 election cycle, as he announced he is running for re-election and a third term. During a panel with 14 community leaders, Peduto conveyed Pittsburgh in an optimistic light, signifying that the city had turned the corner from its past as an area that was mocked nationally...

Two major Black-led organizations are joining forces to ensure the future of performative dance and the East Liberty arts scene in Pittsburgh. Yesterday, Kelly Strayhorn Theater and PearlArts, the creative space for the STAYCEE PEARL dance project and Soy Sos, announced they would embark on a partnership as a way to “share resources and work together to reestablish East Liberty as a hub for the Pittsburgh arts community,” according to a press release...

If you’ve ever been to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest agricultural exposition in the nation, you’ve seen the butter sculpture. The unveiling of the sculpture, which last year used 1,000 pounds of Pennsylvania butter, is known as the unofficial kickoff to the event...

The Pittsburgh sandwich scene is dominated by Primanti Bros. The chain's french fry and coleslaw sandwich is synonymous with Pittsburgh, and it has spawned imitators and homages on menus throughout the region, and the nation. It’s good that Pittsburgh has a unique sandwich to call its own, but there is more to the city than French fries and coleslaw, no matter how popular...

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Video Archive Yesterday Trump was impeached for a second time...

Over the years, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reduced the number of days it prints from seven days a week down to three. On Jan. 13, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, the union that represents the P-G's journalists, announced that Pittsburgh's biggest newspaper would lose another day of print, and now will only print two days a week...

In 1877, Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. District Court judge in Nebraska, ruled in Standing Bear v. Crook that a Ponca chief had the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of liberty guaranteed to white men. It should have been a landmark case...

Progressives will have a new and official voice in Harrisburg for the next two years. House Democrats have established a subcommittee on “Progressive Policies for Working People,” Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) told the Capital-Star Monday...

In many parts of Pennsylvania, it is still legal to evict or deny public accommodations to LGBTQ people. Only in jurisdictions with Human Relations Commissions do LGBTQ individuals and other classes not mentioned in state and federal civil rights laws have such nondiscrimination protections...

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Video Archive As investigations into the Capitol riot continues the Justice Department has said that the recent arrests are only the beginning...

Reflections on watching the siege on the nation's Capitol

Nothing worked. Not turning off my phone for an hour, only to turn it back on and staying up until 12:30 in the morning from where I’m currently living in Izmir, Turkey...

The pandemic has forced nearly everything online, including performing arts that would otherwise take place in front of a live audience. While this has become a necessity, Taylor Knight and Anna Thompson, co-artistic directors of the multidisciplinary performance duo slowdanger, were frustrated with the limitations of going digital...

Learn a new craft, take a winter hike, and discover more virtual and real-life events this week in Pittsburgh

Thu., Jan. 14 TALK • VIRTUAL Instead of subjecting passersby to the expected advertisements of fast food or nearby hotels, 10 billboards throughout Westmoreland County have gone deeper, with images of social justice, equity, and love. They’re a part of Make Our Differences Our Strengths, a public art billboard campaign and traveling exhibit created by 10 artists and sponsored by the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art...

“We do not serve ranch dressing with pizza.” I found this disclaimer on the bottom of the menu at Rockaway Pizzeria, a White Oak joint that specializes in New York-style pizza. For me, this statement solidified their commitment to the NY slice; I don’t know of any area in the eastern U.S. that is as committed to the ranch and pizza combination as Pittsburgh...

Preparing the year’s Top 10 Albums list is an exercise in reflection. It’s a time to rewind 12 months and recall what’s been good...

The events of Wed., Jan. 6 prompted Pennsylvania politicians across the state, and across party lines, to issue statements condemning, with varying degrees of intensity, the insurrection by pro-Trump protesters on the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Local U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Forest Hills) first made a statement while the events involving the violent mob were still unfolding...

Drag shows work best in person, as performers get to interact with and rile up the crowd, who in turn generously offer up tips. With COVID-19 putting a stop to these intimate events, people like Taylor Waits, co-founder of #ChangeRapeCulture PGH, worries how drag acts could be forced into performing for in-person events that put them at risk...