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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 5h

Soaring gold prices spell payday for some, but economic uncertainty for all
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Soaring gold prices spell payday for some, but economic uncertainty for all

Now might be a golden opportunity to empty out the jewelry box. A palmful of gold necklaces, rings or other jewelry could fetch about $10,000 at precious metals dealers as gold’s price-per-ounce...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 11h

Graphic video of Robinson motel manager's killing spurs DA to seek gag order triblive.com/local/graphi...

Graphic video of Robinson motel manager's killing spurs DA to seek gag order

Graphic video posted on social media of the fatal shooting last week of a Robinson motel manager has prompted the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office to seek a broad gag order in the cas...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 11h

CMU cuts 75 employees in its Software Engineering Institute triblive.com/news/educati...

CMU cuts 75 employees in its Software Engineering Institute

Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday cut 75 staff positions at its Software Engineering Institute. The cut represents 10% of the institute’s overall workforce, according to Cassia Crogan, CMU...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 14h

When and where you can find peak fall foliage in Western Pa. triblive.com/local/region...

When and where you can find peak fall foliage in Western Pa.

Parts of Somerset County are already reaching their peak fall colors, and with this week’s much-needed rain and temperatures dipping into the 40s, the rest of Western Pennsylvania won’t be...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 1d

Walmart plans to demolish Monroeville Mall, according to state grant bid triblive.com/business/wal...

Walmart plans to demolish Monroeville Mall, according to state grant bid

For the first time since it purchased Monroeville Mall in February, Walmart has declared its intent for the 186-acre property. The mall is expected to be demolished and replaced with retail and public...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 2d

Bike lane battle: Strip District merchants drag Pittsburgh back to court over Penn Ave. project triblive.com/local/bike-l...

Bike lane battle: Strip District merchants drag Pittsburgh back to court over Penn Ave. project

Last week, a judge agreed to block Pittsburgh from changing one lane of traffic into a bike lane along part of Penn Avenue in the Strip District. But the injunction never took effect because of a tech...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 3d

An inside look at Pittsburgh's tunnel and team that keeps them running
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An inside look at Pittsburgh's tunnel and team that keeps them running

Todd Caddy is the man behind the mirrored glass at Pittsburgh’s front door. His job: tunnel manager for PennDOT. From his office on a recent weekday morning on the south face of Mt. Washington, ...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 4d

Lorde rules in her 1st Pittsburgh show at the Petersen Events Center
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Lorde rules in her 1st Pittsburgh show at the Petersen Events Center

When it strode onto the scene in 2013, pop song “Royals” defiantly took over the Billboard Hot 100 and changed the face of that decade’s popular music. New Zealand artist Lorde won t...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 5d

Updated! Pittsburgh cop shot after confronting suspect in killing of Robinson motel manager triblive.com/local/pittsb...

Pittsburgh cop shot after confronting suspect in killing of Robinson motel manager

A Pittsburgh police detective was shot Friday afternoon in the city’s East Hills section during an exchange of gunfire with a homicide suspect. The suspect was fleeing from a shooting scene in R...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 5d

Pittsburgh police officer shot in leg in East Hills triblive.com/local/pittsb...

Pittsburgh police officer shot in leg in East Hills

A Pittsburgh police detective was shot in the leg Friday afternoon in the city’s East Hills section during a confrontation with a homicide suspect, according to a City Council member. Councilman...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 5d

Experts say 'partisan' government agency messages on shutdown could violate federal law triblive.com/news/politic...

Experts say 'partisan' government agency messages on shutdown could violate federal law

The bright red box on the U.S. Housing and Urban Development website minces no words. “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government,” it reads. A message in the rust-colored box a...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 5d

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ fails to give promised behind-the-scenes look into superstardom triblive.com/aande/music/...

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ fails to give promised behind-the-scenes look into superstardom

I’m not mad — I’m just disappointed. With the midnight hour came the release of yet another Taylor Swift album. One the megastar previously touted as a record she’s been &ldquo...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 6d

Man who fell at PNC Park charged with prowling at ex's house triblive.com/local/man-wh...

Man who fell at PNC Park charged with prowling at ex's house

The man who recently made a triumphant return to PNC Park after suffering serious injuries from a 21-foot fall there in April has been charged with prowling at his ex-girlfriend’s house. Kavan M...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 7d

This Mt. Lebanon street has a Steelers logo painted on it triblive.com/local/south-...

This Mt. Lebanon street has a Steelers logo painted on it

Jonquil Place in Mt. Lebanon has been adorned with a large Pittsburgh Steelers logo for nearly three decades. An annual tradition is to refresh the paint every year during the neighborhood block party...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 9d

Moonlit Burgers to open 4th location in East End triblive.com/lifestyles/f...

Moonlit Burgers to open 4th location in East End

Moonlit Burgers continues to expand its empire as the restaurant announced the smash burger is headed to the East End. After officially opening a location in Sewickley earlier this month, Moonlit Burg...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 12d

Starbucks to close 3 Pittsburgh locations triblive.com/business/sta...

Starbucks to close 3 Pittsburgh locations

Barista Josh Nicklow showed up Friday at Starbucks’ South Side location for work as usual. By noon, the district manager told him he’d be out of a job by the weekend. After four years behi...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 13d

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Pa. Supreme Court strikes down Pittsburgh 'jock tax' triblive.com/sports/pa-su...

Pa. Supreme Court strikes down Pittsburgh 'jock tax'

The City of Pittsburgh’s so-called “jock tax” is unconstitutional, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said on Thursday. That means that city officials, who have used it to collect millio...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 14d

3 students stabbed at Pittsburgh's Carrick High School triblive.com/news/banner/...

3 students stabbed at Pittsburgh's Carrick High School

Three Carrick High School students were stabbed Wednesday morning just inside the building’s front doors, Pittsburgh police said. One victim was in critical condition, another was in stable, acc...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 15d

Complaint filed against UPMC Children's for denying transgender youths gender-affirming care triblive.com/local/compla...

Complaint filed against UPMC Children's for denying transgender youths gender-affirming care

A complaint filed Tuesday with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission claims UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s halt on gender-affirming care for transgender patients under 19 c...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 16d

Mayor Ed Gainey shares favorite Pittsburgh food joints triblive.com/news/politic...

Mayor Ed Gainey shares favorite Pittsburgh food joints

Pittsburgh’s Mayor Ed Gainey revealed his favorite food spots around the 412. Spoiler alert: Red Lobster made the cut. In a Pittsburgh-based Scoop TV interview for the WeArePgh series, originall...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 18d

Homer City school board member threatened after misunderstood Facebook post triblive.com/local/region...

Homer City school board member threatened after misunderstood Facebook post

An ill-timed Facebook post misconstrued to be celebrating Republican influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination prompted death threats against a Homer City school board member and spurred 60 people...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

'We will miss u': Memorial grows to Castle Shannon teen who died in arson triblive.com/local/we-wil...

'We will miss u': Memorial grows to Castle Shannon teen who died in arson

Lakyn Shelleby lived loudly. Friends and neighbors adored her, recalling an upbeat, fierce-willed young woman described by her boss as a “ball of energy.” The 19-year-old sophomore at the ...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

A true love story: Penn Hills High School sweethearts celebrate 75 years of marriage triblive.com/local/fox-ch...

A true love story: Penn Hills High School sweethearts celebrate 75 years of marriage

Sitting side by side, Harold McKamish with his arm around his wife, Daisy, the couple recalled the first time they met. They were juniors at Penn Hills High School — seated next to each other in...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

State budget impasse prompts Allegheny County hiring, spending freeze triblive.com/local/state-...

State budget impasse prompts Allegheny County hiring, spending freeze

Allegheny County is freezing hiring and spending because of a state budget impasse that has left funding in limbo. The county’s 2025 budget anticipated more than $1 billion from the state this y...

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Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

What the helly? Why a stream near Monroeville Mall is glowing bright blue triblive.com/local/westmo...

Why a stream near Monroeville Mall is glowing bright blue

In the valley below Monroeville Mall, a small stream that starts in Penn Hills winds its way downhill alongside Stotler Road, before breaking southeast and following the road that bears its name, Thom...

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