Pittsburgh Star news Pittsburgh Star news Rss feed

  • Strong storms move through Channel 11 News viewing area

    Severe Weather Team 11 Meteorologist Kevin Benson said that strong thunderstorms, with severe potential, began to move through the Channel 11 News viewing area late Tuesday afternoon.The National Weather Service currently has in effect a severe thunderstorm warning for Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties until 5:45 p.m. A warning that had been issued for Fayette and Washington ...

  • Man accused of using stun gun on woman in Sheraden

    A man is facing charges after allegedly attacking a woman with a stun gun inside a house in Sheraden.Police said the attack happened in a house on Citadel Street about 1 a.m. Monday.Henry Robinson, 37, is accused of using a stun gun on a woman who was then heard by neighbors screaming for help.The woman, who has not been identified, ran to a neighboring house and began banging on the door, ...

  • Poll Congress approval rating just 16 percent

    According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ...

  • Heat Need Big Game From James Again

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. Then LeBron James got "the look" and things were never the same for the Heat. James put the team on his ...

  • Police Seek 2 Suspects In Squirrel Hills Street Robbery

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh police are asking for help from the public as they search for two suspects wanted in connection with a knifepoint robbery on a street in Squirrel Hill. The incident happened in the 5800-block of Hobart Street last Monday afternoon. Police say the victim was getting into her parked car when she felt one of the suspect's pulling at her bag. The victim ...


cloudy
Pittsburgh Weather
67.9°F Overcast
Winds: Calm
Wed
chancetstorms
77° 57°
Thu
partlycloudy
75° 57°
Fri
clear
79° 63°
Last Updated on June 18, 5:35 PM EDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

On Facebook

  • Military Moving Women To Frontline Combat And Commando Missions

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is there any job in the military — frontline combat or on special commando missions — that women can not do? No, say military leaders, who are moving to end the disparity in jobs between men and women by mid-2015. ';Go for it. I think women can do anything that men can do,'; says Alison Sacriponte of Friendship. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...

  • N.J. Communities Pulling Together To Rebuild After Sandy

    BELMAR, N.J. (KDKA) — When KDKA's Andy Sheehan went to Belmar just days after Superstorm Sandy, there was an ocean lake in the middle of town. The boardwalk had vanished in some places and was jutting out of the sand in others. On Ocean Avenue, bulldozers and earthmovers were trying to move the beach back to its rightful place. In Belmar now though, Ocean Avenue is clear and the ...

  • Investigators Making Progress In Bank Robbery Case

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Investigators think they are making progress in the description of the getaway car used in a fatal South Strabane Township bank robbery Sunday. The South Strabane Police Chief said they think the car was likely a white, four-door Toyota Camry, but they are not positive. A former FBI profiler also gave his take on who the suspect may ...

  • Senator’s liquor plan offers sales packaging reform but no state store closings

    HARRISBURG -- A Bucks County senator, flanked by Republican leaders, on Tuesday offered a plan that he says would allow existing liquor licensees to sell wine and liquor to go, though he acknowledged his bill has no mechanism to force closure of more than 600 state-controlled ...

  • Bad weather barrels through Western Pa.

    The storm - packing up to 40 mph wind gusts, torrential rains and possibly nickel-sized hail - is expected to impact Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties, weather service meteorologists ...

More Pittsburgh Star news