UPDATE — 6:07 p.m., Wed., April 14: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 382 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 14...

Spring is here, and that means the intoxicating smell of … fresh asphalt. That’s right, street paving season is back in the city of Pittsburgh, and Pittsburghers can finally get excited about fewer potholes and smoother rides...

We’ve had many milestones recently on the path back to normalcy. But one stands out among them all: the return of celebrities congratulating each other for truly incomprehensible amounts of time...

Video Archive "If there are two cops behaving irrationally, and they already have their guns drawn on me, I’m not sure that I’m getting out of the car either."

“No Lie” by KELS has an old-school R&B feel that is comforting, but will still be enjoyed by a modern audience. KELS started her career in jazz, and it shows - her jazzy vocal twang is accompanied by the song's muted drum beats and solo guitar...

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Fear and anxiety are adaptive responses essential to coping with threats to survival. Certain anxiety disorders may have unique symptoms, but they all have one thing in common: persistent, excessive fear or worry in situations that are not threatening...

To troll or not to troll? That’s the question many people have to answer in the social media age...

Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program continues to expand. What started as just a handful of dispensaries in 2018, the Pittsburgh region, and the entire state, is continuously adding on more dispensaries and providing long-overdue relief to patients with a wide variety of cannabis products and medications...

Many new laws and policies have made marijuana more accessible — like Pennsylvania's medical cannabis law passed in 2016 — and less punitive, such as the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana enacted by several cities, including Pittsburgh. These smaller marijuana victories have been championed by advocates, but despite efforts leading to legalization of marijuana in neighboring states near Pennsylvania, including both New York and Virginia just last week, weed for recreational use is still illegal in the Keystone State...

Being a Black person at the helm of a marijuana-based business is important to Jimil Wilson. It’s “critical to the health of the industry,” as he describes it...

1. Create an online patient profile Adult patients (18+) must first fill out a form with accurate and up-to-date personal information, including name, address, and date of birth, at the Pennsylvania Department of Health website (padohmmp.custhelp.com).

This week’s must-see arts and cultural events

Thu., April 15 LIT • VIRTUAL Nobel Prize and Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro is joining Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures’ New & Noted series to discuss his latest book Klara and the Sun, in conversation with Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe. Ishiguro’s eighth novel is a dystopian science fiction story about an Artificial Friend who longs for a customer to choose her...

Pennsylvanians can still technically get jammed up for owning paraphernalia related to marijuana use, but it’s not always heavily enforced, especially in Allegheny County. (Read more about enforcement in our story “Marijuana Misdemeanors.”) And Pennsylvania medical marijuana users are technically not allowed to smoke the dry leaf they order, either; legally, it’s available for vaporization only...

My cat Toaster is a little more than 10 months old. A grey tabby with white on his belly, chest, and all four paws, he’s the largest of his litter, weighing in at about 13 pounds depending on the day...

Ashley Bianca Corts is best known for Black Forge Coffee, her metal-themed coffee shops located in Allentown and McKees Rocks, but now she is expanding her expertise to weed. In January 2021, her business went mobile when she kicked off a nationwide Save Our Stages tour, focused on raising money for music venues struggling due to the pandemic...

Recreational marijuana isn't legal yet in Pennsylvania, but there’s no law against freely making and buying weed-themed art and apparel. Pittsburgh City Paper found some local artists who integrate marijuana imagery and themes in their work, as well as a smoke shop setting its brand apart with custom-designed merchandise...

In addition to covering the usual emergent album of note in this month’s installment, I’m joining in on the fun for this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper Marijuana Issue. Editor Lisa asked nicely, and what came to mind right away was something Neil Young said in his memoir...

Pittsburgh City Paper staff writer Kimberly Rooney and her cat Toaster got to test out some CBD cat treats this week, and we can’t let felines have all the fun. These local stores offer CBD-infused products for hyperactive pups in need of some chillout time...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Today I feel the whole world is a door," wrote poet Dennis Silk. In a similar spirit, 13th-century Zen master Wumen Huikai observed, “The whole world is a door of liberation, but people are unwilling to enter it."