/ Local News News From CBSNews.com Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:59:49 -0400 5 /pittsburgh/news/80-years-holocaust-french-survivor-learn-history/ May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the history and contributions Jews have made to our country. Tue, 27 May 2025 13:26:56 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/05/22/7b62143b-7c4a-4798-bd3e-8e1d22d8b749/thumbnail/60x60/7993095558d31aebc5cce173df45a106/thumbnail-712614.jpg dd1bbc6a-93f2-4b2c-afc9-f15d7d81c1e2 /news/pennsylvania-kindergarten-student-jello-shots-johnstown/ An investigation is underway after a Pennsylvania school district says a kindergarten student gave jello shots to classmates. Wed, 14 May 2025 20:02:23 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/06/26/d940346a-8e66-4502-8397-3c23e9b8a512/thumbnail/60x60/4489900e6da5dac66924a6a8df74e17e/classroom.jpg 615ceffd-3937-4730-993a-bf197738b626 /news/special-olympics-pennsylvania-torch-run/ A long-running tradition returned to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Wed, 14 May 2025 19:59:36 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/05/13/3a98dcac-3706-4180-a591-a07b7c08c56a/thumbnail/60x60/8f3b0dd8869ae1102d209e347bdc81c4/44c97ef4871a9381688f79d3c49f237e.jpg bab14c06-154c-4ea3-a057-a271f1d22901 /news/person-falls-out-of-stands-pirates-cubs-pnc-park/ A fan at the Pirates-Cubs game on Wednesday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh fell over the outfield wall and landed on the playing field. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:34:48 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/05/01/0f31b971-9977-4aeb-b3e7-8b77cc23477d/thumbnail/60x60/8150bd1f34304cf43249f12fe5a90501/gettyimages-2212198077.jpg 6c22fb5b-3263-4332-96df-ca76d82688de /news/pittsburgh-funeral-director-pet-bodies-ashes-funerals/ A Pittsburgh funeral home director is facing charges after prosecutors said he threw out the bodies of thousands of pets. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:38:16 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/04/29/2e356d93-293d-43a2-8531-672d5623ebea/thumbnail/60x60/b2221cb62489a0577e0ef89d64331327/patrick-vereb.png fd998a3d-d89e-474b-bf49-b15f9390d5e4 /video/mit-graduate-and-family-from-weston-killed-in-plane-crash-in-upstate-new-york/ Karenna Groff, her boyfriend, her parents, her brother and her brother's girlfriend were all killed in the plane crash on Saturday, a relative confirmed late Sunday night. WBZ-TV's Logan Hall reports. Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:48:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/04/14/3db7a14f-fc00-433a-93f0-c8230b0706d7/thumbnail/60x60/d9edb0c23a2cf7d855b6c75aa5a26b4c/973ea39b5e730c230c1c99992ec159f0.jpg adfc3113-51a8-461d-8c88-6b1bd922caa8 /news/us-steel-new-review-trump/ President Trump ordered a new review of the bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:11:00 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/12/18/0df3e560-a36d-4c2f-9a63-e7c7913bcb7c/thumbnail/60x60/718723f5d85c0e8433349faaaac1f87b/gettyimages-1234265085.jpg 29d4afb9-b186-4743-a218-c215d0c1fcd2 /news/former-upmc-doctor-arrested-hawaii-push-wife-cliff/ A former UPMC doctor was arrested after police in Hawaii say he tried to push his wife off a hiking trail and hit her in the head with a rock. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:29:21 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/03/25/b1f02210-1436-4bd9-a015-94c1bc3a6e2b/thumbnail/60x60/d50ccb6d685907b291f4e43e0edb0b39/kdka-gerhardt-konig.png 15c60a7f-ba52-4d66-96cf-e08258dee2a1 /news/missing-sudiksha-konanki-university-of-pittsburgh-student-spring-break-dominican-republic/ Authorities are searching in the tourist town of Punta Cana for any signs of 20-year-old Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki, who disappeared while on spring break. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:42:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/03/10/ecb22764-6d97-4fa3-af12-47f7b83bbfc6/thumbnail/60x60/68f4c2535cf374ede961957cd85dbb25/sudiksha-konanki.png 3eda5d0b-d125-4857-b7cd-7f6d26a8ae34 /news/missing-student-dominican-republic-punta-cana-surveillance-video/ New surveillance video has surfaced of Sudiksha Konanki, the Pitt student who went missing and disappeared while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:48:50 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/03/12/8997bda3-19c3-4b83-8966-de8cb9b86c81/thumbnail/60x60/dc13b7a275f17fabd167a0cff93fd8b7/a8b6d2d1df454056f86fe81436756546.jpg 96275801-7d92-408b-89b9-eb9fa44874ae /video/a-blood-moon-eclipse-is-coming-this-weekend/ If you look to the skies early on Friday, March 14, you'll get to see something incredible: the Blood Moon. KDKA's Chris DeRose tells us more from the planetarium on the campus of Saint Vincent College. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:01:00 -0500 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/03/04/a803ac15-037b-4416-870d-cf31765b0bf3/thumbnail/60x60/62d80a96139e6d311e61ca96998a0bfc/9370b8838d7ccccde98b5c8a4d06291b.jpg 858e2250-edff-4840-90df-4df85a7e550d /pittsburgh/news/jeanette-woman-six-triple-eight/ The women in Six Triple Eight were from all over the country, including Pittsburgh. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:50:04 -0500 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/02/28/ceb1e20a-c6ab-4ec1-b3c8-4fe253df26bb/thumbnail/60x60/f8a0cfef8f77999712415d80ca8634e6/snapshot-2025-02-28t181952-177.jpg 55e17c41-8392-4a8a-819b-933dd557699d /news/groundhog-day-2025-punxsutawney-phil/ Watch live coverage of Groundhog Day 2025 as Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction at Gobbler's Knob. Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:33:48 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/01/30/e29f71a5-53aa-4bc0-bf75-6563a2f2d128/thumbnail/60x60/4484064d992441f1d55ec0b5cc1a0588/gettyimages-1972527056.jpg f5ef1352-14b9-4480-8b6d-1369cf8ddb30 /pittsburgh/news/holocaust-remembrance-day-pittsburgh-survivors/ On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the families of two survivors who resettled in Pittsburgh shared their stories. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:16:41 -0500 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/01/27/c5499a5d-d547-4f76-ab66-04a71956ae16/thumbnail/60x60/17d19a8c1d8e4d1f82ffa131501c39d7/holocaustsurvivors.png bc1edf34-6a09-4b63-962b-e88e57bc8b9f /news/luigi-mangione-arraigned-altoona-pennsylvania-united-healthcare-ceo-shooting/ Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on unrelated charges. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:07:55 -0500 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/12/09/6f811881-7c07-4dd1-8c30-a236cbca8bc2/thumbnail/60x60/8e14d01499e45593dac41cec5cfb0f47/luigi.jpg c2f4b120-2c32-4239-af8f-144b1551d87b /news/pennsylvania-state-police-missing-woman-sinkhole-abandoned-mine-update/ State police now say the rescue effort for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has now shifted to a recovery effort. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:30:00 -0500 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/12/03/31d816f5-a46c-47b2-81bd-e05543f32f30/thumbnail/60x60/76128a6012d1625e2567177c9cc25701/kdka-elizabeth-pollard.png ef34ef3b-f9ac-458e-9073-9ec37ed87b53 /news/pennsylvania-woman-sinkhole-search-rescue-mission-continues/ Crews are still working to locate 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in Unity Township while she was out searching for a missing cat.​ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:02:18 -0500 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/12/04/17cd680a-ed07-4d07-80cd-b7e56ae36ba4/thumbnail/60x60/252ecc1e3a34dd93f473acabd5926eff/469152087-980780904096768-3037098840260245596-n.jpg af78d26e-a525-4095-bbbf-ddb190a44ee4 /news/trump-assassination-task-force-subpoenas-atf-testimony/ The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on Monday issued subpoenas for testimony from two ATF employees regarding the response to the July 13 assassination attempt​. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:14:36 -0500 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/07/14/89b7e574-c60b-42fe-abfb-6f99eff00f9e/thumbnail/60x60/dbd3e7de84332a3b1f4bac69fa90a357/gettyimages-2161922155.jpg e123d496-9112-4b20-ad2a-eda03732d9df /video/in-houston-whats-on-voters-minds-ahead-of-the-election/ A CBS News Texas crew traveled from Amarillo to Houston to try to find the Texas State of Mind. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:33:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/01/e3e5ffd7-065f-4090-a497-a54523dfa753/thumbnail/60x60/a249a24123fbe8d42c5053f9e1c9fe60/185ec2e07c65c200a8140bab706ddbfd-6.jpg 787c6e03-5298-420b-a3d1-6721de0ceba4 /video/in-the-east-texas-whats-on-voters-minds-ahead-of-the-election/ A CBS News Texas crew traveled from Marfa to Nacogdoches to try to find the Texas State of Mind. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:02:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/31/b6db5867-5681-4a6e-9763-ba9580e4efdd/thumbnail/60x60/0b93a9fa4f147a98d5ed354795c17285/9a38161b3e408e28ee22de3b3d258b23-8.jpg a45a50f1-c1f4-48d0-b48c-fd8333d008dc /video/texas-business-owners-seek-sustainable-growth-amid-rising-costs/ A CBS News Texas crew traveled from McAllen to Fredericksburg to try to find the Texas State of Mind. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/30/ab8ab408-b462-40ba-a7f0-b600da7c810c/thumbnail/60x60/bbf01079da4ac34a993e7bc27b25577b/32006e46a5fced4b32e1f74660ba3e13.jpg 89d7eb63-0534-475d-b108-d842fd14e746 /video/in-the-rio-grande-valley-whats-on-voters-minds-ahead-of-the-election/ The Rio Grande Valley has been one of Texas' few Democratic strongholds for decades. But in recent years, Republicans believe they've made inroads in turning the majority-Hispanic region red. Although the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area is one of the region's major metro areas with more than a million residents, the people we spoke with touted the community's small-town feel. Many named the people, pace and culture as things they love about living in the Valley. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:27:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/23/c6b62564-2682-4d6a-8ca7-32025db58277/thumbnail/60x60/f7ba3a4f0b9eaec35ecaec1d798d70fd/3c988d2b2e624b6476e255d610252cdf-0-1729654182924.jpg 77ff7551-201f-4c9e-9523-f8af2d0ab552 /video/in-the-texas-high-plains-whats-on-voters-minds-ahead-of-the-election/ The CBS News Texas crew traveled to Amarillo in late July for the 29th Annual Original Harley Party Many people there named the small-town feel of their communities as the reason they love living there. But some also expressed a desire for more things to do and more employment opportunities. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:13:00 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/16/838fe8f2-d145-4f23-a20c-5fbae42e1793/thumbnail/60x60/3ff94e2d169cf8bfb62c4127a1e684f1/ceecaceb30c064f40e48f490090ffe23.jpg 21e0209f-bc6e-4128-9c02-a667cc7df73e /video/in-far-west-texas-whats-on-voters-minds-ahead-of-the-election/ With Election Day less than a month away, candidates up and down the ballot are making their final push to reach voters. CBS News Texas has been following the polls and covering political events all year long. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:13:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/10/896b589b-29d2-4845-b9cc-12e19924bb3e/thumbnail/60x60/8a9e754a45f4159ddaa0d07b3aff9d61/c4c2d08d76f6e382a126157588fa23ef.jpg be39212e-994a-4b9d-a5b7-aeec5fba4eb8 /news/trump-rally-butler-pennsylvania/ Billionaire Elon Musk also appeared with Trump on stage, calling the November election "the most important of our lifetime." Sat, 05 Oct 2024 22:32:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/05/1a8d2926-edaf-4ba4-a3f3-4e3b9cbb7dd0/thumbnail/60x60/718c9f3d1193b37880b4ade0eb49222e/gettyimages-2176078591.jpg 9f9c4f63-b56f-4b90-a60b-1efbda7247e8 /news/kamala-harris-fracking-ban/ Vice President Kamala Harris said she won't ban fracking natural gas. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:49:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/02/82dff210-8b93-4b00-b46a-e708071971d4/thumbnail/60x60/76c6f080feaf502871a88655d3003a33/snapshot-2024-10-02t174224-286.jpg 8f593780-360c-4129-980c-323f2fe93ce1 /news/fema-nfl-stadiums-disaster-shelters-pittsburgh-new-york/ Stadiums in Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Seattle, and Tampa have been picked as emergency locations. Sun, 29 Sep 2024 23:19:02 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/09/26/e586c311-a054-459d-9a91-bf5dbd06b70a/thumbnail/60x60/9d3def4b25e24f0558af9c70efc21d27/gettyimages-1794921951.jpg 52071528-088b-4ab5-b75e-d1e912a9c3f0 /news/joe-biden-kamala-harris-donald-trump-shanksville-pennsylvania-flight-93-memorial/ United Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field when forty passengers and crew members fought back against hijackers on September 11, 2001. Thu, 12 Sep 2024 01:07:07 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/09/11/545b89b9-ceff-4595-a8dd-8ce09e810bd0/thumbnail/60x60/97ba377a0f36e0a3333539d63ba95202/FILE-20180911-TUE0264-Shanksville-EVE_NAT-Reid_frame_706.png ef788bf2-717d-454d-bacf-0dc89f19b469 /news/pennsylvania-invasive-box-tree-moth/ A "highly destructive" and invasive insect new to North America has been discovered for the first time in Pennsylvania. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:22:32 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/09/10/519a76d3-1548-4d37-bfc4-a1945159a35a/thumbnail/60x60/b6a6167619baba3b5c344fcf40ce7e60/gettyimages-1438872549.jpg a2e7b572-7ee3-4430-8416-e2c40d23dab3 /news/secret-service-agents-on-leave-trump-shooting-reaction/ The Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:26:04 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/07/18/902998c1-f760-4576-99b1-50eeca6757db/thumbnail/60x60/64f0540bba8bdf133a659b6cf39e2316/cbsn-fusion-homeland-security-investigating-secret-service-detail-during-trump-rally-shooting-thumbnail.jpg b120a276-1d86-4b96-9622-c64ed07ce4a9