July 11, 2025 4:57 am
PITTSBURGH — The Pirates have announced plans to install permanent bronze plaques at PNC Park, showcasing fan messages from the Bucco Bricks program. Final plans were submitted to the Pittsburgh Sports Exhibition Authority, which approved the installation of 60 bronze plaques on the ballpark’s facade. These plaques will display over 10,000 messages originally engraved on bricks around PNC Park. “We know how important these messages and memories are to our fans,” said Pirates President Travis Williams. “This plan accomplishes our stated goal of improving upon the permanence of the display while maintaining the essence of the original program.” The bronze plaques, designed by architect Janet Marie-Smith and The Canopy Team, will be placed along West General Robinson Street and Mazeroski Way. Each plaque will be approximately 5 feet tall and 6 feet in length, holding nearly 170 messages. The park said the updated vertical design will allow fans to locate their messages more easily. The installation is scheduled to be completed by Opening Day 2026. (Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates)
July 11, 2025 4:49 am
City Council unanimously approved the installation of “No Parking” signs along Locust Avenue from Murtland Avenue to Wilson Avenue, a stretch Mayor JoJo Burgess described as a high-accident area. “This area has seen far too many accidents,” Burgess said. In related parking matters, council authorized the addition of one new handicap parking space on North Franklin Street and one on Broad Street. However, one existing handicap space on Broad Street will be removed as part of the adjustment. The city also announced several new personnel decisions. Two new firefighters, Ryan Hess and Ryan Kmetz, were officially hired to join the Washington Fire Department. The city also conditionally hired Jennifer Winters as the Police Department’s new Data Entry/Clerk, pending the completion of a pre-employment screening process. Additionally, City Administrator Rich Cleveland was appointed as the city’s liaison to the Pennsylvania Legislative League.
July 11, 2025 2:53 am
State police said they’ve arrested two men, including the victim’s ex-boyfriend, in the deadly shooting of a mother during a home invasion in Washington County last month. Police said Renee Gill, 37, was shot and killed in June after confronting two masked men who broke into her home overnight. According to investigators, the suspects, identified as Michael “Coury” Pyles and Walter Winland, planned to burglarize her home but ended up shooting Gill and her son, who tried to intervene. Gill died at the scene. Her son was shot in the hand and survived. Detectives say Walter Winland had recently moved out of Gill’s home, and they’d been in a relationship. According to police, the situation escalated quickly once Gill confronted the intruders, who were reportedly there to steal drugs. Both Pyles and Winland remain in custody, facing charges including homicide, attempted homicide, burglary, conspiracy and more. (Photo: WPXI)
July 10, 2025 4:52 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 850,000 of its cars across the U.S. because the low-pressure fuel pump inside the vehicles may fail — and potentially cause an engine stall while driving, increasing crash risks. The recall covers a wide range of Ford and Lincoln-branded vehicles made in recent model years. That includes certain Ford Broncos, Explorers and F-150s, as well as Lincoln Aviators and Navigators, documents published this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration note. Ford plans to send out notification letters to affected owners starting July 14, to warn of safety risks related to this potential fuel pump failure. But recall documents note that a remedy is still under development. Ford isn’t aware of any accidents or injuries related to these recalled cars.
July 10, 2025 4:50 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Several thousand Microsoft Outlook users ran into issues with the email platform Wednesday night and Thursday morning, with some reporting problems like loading their inboxes or signing in. Microsoft 365’s status page first said that it was investigating an issue with Outlook on Wednesday night, and later shared it was deploying a fix. But affected systems aren’t fully back online yet — with the company noting that it encountered a problem with its initial remedy. Microsoft did not immediately provide further information about what had caused the outage. As of around 10 a.m. ET, nearly 2,200 users worldwide had reported issues with Outlook, formerly also Hotmail, to outage tracker Downdetector. (Photo: AP)
July 10, 2025 3:41 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Fire Department says 31 construction workers are safely out of an industrial tunnel that partially collapsed Wednesday evening. The workers were 400 feet underground and near the coast, as much as 6 miles inside from from the only entrance. Some had to scramble over a tall mound of debris to squeeze out. Rescuers helped pull some out, and they were shuttled to the entrance and hoisted out. Paramedics were evaluating 27 of the workers and officials say none had major injuries. The nearly $700 million project will carry treated wastewater 400 feet below ground from across Los Angeles County to the Pacific Ocean.
July 10, 2025 3:16 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — A fire broke out at a motorcycle club in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood Thursday morning. Crews responded to the Sin City club on Brushton Avenue just after 4:30 a.m. Public Safety officials said the fire started on the back porch of the club and extended into the kitchen. When firefighters arrived on scene, four people were on the front porch roof and were safely evacuated from the area. A firefighter sustained a non-life-threatening back injury and was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The Fire Investigation Unit is working to determine the cause of the fire.
July 10, 2025 5:04 am
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a ruling pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the United States. The judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking Trump’s order and certified a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected. The judge announced his decision, which includes a seven-day stay to allow for appeal, after an hourlong hearing. The ruling puts the birthright citizenship issue on a fast track to return to the Supreme Court.
July 10, 2025 5:03 am
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a ruling pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the United States. The judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking Trump’s order and certified a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected. The judge announced his decision, which includes a seven-day stay to allow for appeal, after an hourlong hearing. The ruling puts the birthright citizenship issue on a fast track to return to the Supreme Court.
July 10, 2025 5:01 am
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Several hundred people have gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas. The vigil was held Wednesday evening to remember of the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday. More than 160 are still believed to be missing in hard-hit Kerr County. People in the crowd clutched one another and brushed away tears during the vigil. Search crews and volunteers are continuing to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the people still missing. The floods are now the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since 1976.
