At around 7 p.m. on Monday night, about 100 protesters were met by police officers in East Liberty. After being told multiple times that they were part of an unlawful assembly, police fired rubber bullets or bean bags and then smoke and chemical munitions at the crowd, at which most of the protesters dispersed...

Updated: 6:49 p.m., Mon., June 1: On Mon., June 1, the night before the June 2 election, Gov. Tom Wolf (D-York) signed an executive order extending the deadline for mail-in ballots to June 9 at 8 p.m. for six counties: Allegheny, Dauphin, Erie, Montgomery, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties. Until now, voters were told that ballots had to be returned to the county's election office by the evening of June 2...

You might feel like things are spiraling out of control and that there is nothing you can do about it, but there is always something. If you find yourself watching the protests on TV and scrolling helplessly through shocking Tweets, try donating to one of these local organizations...

The spread of COVID-19 has canceled many cultural events, including the annual Pride parades meant to celebrate the history of LGBTQ rights in America. While June is officially Pride month, Pittsburgh Pride 2020 was moved to July, People's Pride weekend was postponed to early October, and Pittsburgh Black Pride Week was canceled altogether...

UPDATE —  1:35 p.m., June 1: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 8...

Audio & Video Archive

Video Archive A lot has happened since last Thursday's show...

I’ve heard many rave reviews of Bigham Tavern, Mount Washington’s neighborhood pub that serves classics “with a twist.” Its name is often brought up during conversations about the “best wings in Pittsburgh,” and so I decided to put its reputation to the test.  Bigham Tavern has over 30 wing sauces and for my first go-round, I stuck with two classics: black and gold (a "peppery honey-mustard combo that packs a little punch") and their house sauce, BT original...

Alterations Express is now a resource for today’s new fashion and safety statement: cloth masks.  “Customers and businesses can buy one, two, or 200 masks on the spot," says Gino Rondinelli, owner of the alterations store...

On Sunday evening, a few hundred people gathered behind Eastminster Presbyterian Church during a community prayer vigil for racial justice and reconciliation. The event took place in the wake of protests in Pittsburgh and other U.S. cities incited by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minnesota, in the custody of white police officers...

Today, thousands gathered and marched in Downtown Pittsburgh, joining demonstrations being held across the country in protest against the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed earlier this week by a Minneapolis Police officer. More than 3,000 people — a crowd so large that it filled a space larger than a city block — attended the march, which started at 2:30 p.m. at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Sixth Street...

A protest is scheduled Downtown on Sat., May 30 in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed earlier this week by a Minneapolis Police officer. The protest is part of growing anger and increased protests across the country demanding an end to racist police brutality...

On May 13, Vice President Mike Pence took an official call with 13 higher education leaders from colleges and universities across the country — including Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) president Dr. Farnam Jahanian — to address reopening campuses shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, reports have surfaced alleging that some of the leaders asked about federal protection against lawsuits from students, faculty, and staff who contract the virus on school property...

Election day is approaching. For a mail-in or absentee ballot to be counted, it must be received by the Elections Division no later than 8 p.m. on June 2 ⁠— a postmark is not sufficient. Voted ballots may not be taken to polling places on Election Day...

Today, during an online press conference addressing the COVID-19 response, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D-York) announced that 16 counties throughout the state — including Allegheny County — will officially move from the yellow phase into the green phase. The move will take place at 12:01 a.m. on Fri., June 5...

Air pollution has dogged Pittsburgh for decades. The city has a history of steel and coal plant emissions, and a ranking of 8th-worst in the country for year-round particle pollution and 16th for short-term particle pollution in this year’s American Lung Association’s State of the Air report...

Ben Orrvick, aka Kahone Concept, started out the year with a bang. His first single of 2020, "Attention Addict," was streamed over 100,000 times on Spotify, and garnered the attention local music outlets WYEP and 105.9 The X, among others...

Two Pittsburgh restaurants, Pizzeria Davide and Choolaah, will open locations in Robinson this June. Popular Strip District eatery Pizzeria Davide plans to open a second location on June 16...

Everybody is dealing with COVID-19 quarantines and restrictions in different ways. While there's no single right way to cope — social distancing and staying TF home aside — connecting with friends, family, and neighbors is a good place to start...

Pittsburgh arts educator, printmaker, and installation artist Jo-Anne Bates' social and politically themed artwork is so impressive, it earned her the title of Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Artist of the Year in 2017. Last week, one of Bates' framed prints — a beautiful feministic collage of shredded paper with "REAL POWER IS WOMAN POWER" printed across the front of the colorful abstract design — sold for only $110 in Artists Image Resource's art auction on Instagram...