The Republican primary contest for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat is just a few months old, but it’s already testing candidates on who can be seen as more conservative and who is more aligned with former President Donald Trump. Two candidates — army veteran and author Sean Parnell (R-Ohio Township) and businessman Jeff Bartos (R-Montgomery) — have already traded barbs over each other’s past support for Trump adversaries, and those attacks continue after Pittsburgh City Paper discovered that Bartos gave money to Democrats in the past, and he praising Hillary Clinton in 2014...

As the number of fully-vaccinated individuals in Allegheny County continues to increase, bar life is making a return. For those who aren’t vaccinated just yet, Wigle Whiskey is hoping to encourage more vaccinations by offering people who get vaccinated a free cocktail or shot from the award-winning distillery...

News Allegheny Wine Mixer 5326 Butler St., Lawrenceville. alleghenywinemixer.com This wine bar posted a dimly lit photo to their Instagram with the caption: “We’re ready enough...

One of Pittsburgh’s best attended art nights is back. The Unblurred gallery crawl is on, and next week will see the return of LIKELIKE: a “non-commercial, artist run endeavor” that encompasses a 20x23x12 room in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood...

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A new medical marijuana dispensary is now open in Gibsonia, in Pittsburgh's North Hills. Ayr Wellness Inc. opened on June 21 and products are available to purchase for licensed Pennsylvania medical marijuana patients...

The Coalition to Reimagine Public Safety gathered at the steps of the Pittsburgh City County building on June 19 to discuss their goals towards decreasing the Pittsburgh Police budget, and instead funneling those funds to invest in resources for numerous efforts to combat problems stemming from violence, homelessness, drug use, and mental health. The goal of these policy changes, the coalition said, is to make Pittsburgh more safe and livable for minority communities...

Allegheny County COVID-19 information as of June 21 Number of new positive cases in Allegheny County: 31 (three-day total) Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 0...

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Pittsburgh on a hot and humid June 21 to tout the Biden administration’s child tax credit. It was Harris’ first visit to Pittsburgh since becoming vice president, and she met with children in a summer camp program at a neighborhood rec center in the city’s Brookline neighborhood...

Former Pittsburgh City Paper Managing Editor Alex Gordon took great pleasure in sharing music he loved with his friends. Whether it was music he created himself, music his friends made, or just music he had recently discovered and loved, as soon as he found a song he dug, he threw it in a Slack channel at City Paper, or in an email to friends to spread the joy...

Video Archive Lynn is starting the week off talking about a recent vote by Catholic Bishops that could allow them to move forward on a plan to limit communion to President Biden based on his abortion views...

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Pittsburghers celebrated Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the freedom of enslaved people in the United States, at Point State Park where a three-day Juneteenth and Black Music Festival was held from Fri., June 18-Sun., June 20. I had the opportunity to head to The Point on Saturday evening and capture the event...

A recent collaboration between Pittsburgh musical acts Disheveled and Spednar under Thaco Records has yielded a unique project titled Disheveled/Spednar Split. The album consists of four tracks from each artist, and each track is heavy with distortion and sound...

I was greeted with hot dogs, cornhole, and a Jell-O shot. So goes the pre-game tailgate from the Steel Army, the fan group of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, the city’s professional soccer team...

The bus stop at the corner of Smithfield Street and Sixth Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh is known as a “super stop,” with its extended curb, modern awning, and location next to the Port Authority Service Center. It’s also the busiest bus stop in all of Western Pennsylvania, as several popular bus routes all converge there in the heart of Downtown...

Pittsburgh cinephiles recently mourned the official death of a local institution when the Squirrel Hill Theater, a historic movie house closed in 2010, was torn down to make room for a housing complex. In mid-May, the theater was reduced to rubble by demolition equipment, putting to rest any hopes that the neighborhood theater would be resurrected...

Summer has officially arrived in Pittsburgh. That means if the sky isn’t scattered in rain clouds, the heat of the sun is aggressively beating down...

The first official Juneteenth in Pittsburgh has resulted in some robust programming, with events highlighting Black leaders and creative professionals representing music, literature, and more. For local artist Mikael Owunna, the holiday – which pays tribute to the nationwide end of slavery in the United States – serves as a way to celebrate Black bodies, and make his art more accessible to communities often left out of the city’s art scene...

The Pennsylvania state Senate committee chair in charge of overseeing elections said a forensic audit was a “very real possibility” Thursday after meeting with activists Wednesday. Senate State Government Committee Chairman Dave Argall (R-Schuylkill) told the Capital-Star that he was considering subpoenas for ballot information, but had not considered which jurisdictions would be subpoenaed yet...