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Some Pittsburgh residents can now apply to city program that provides free lawn care services

Pittsburgh officials are now taking applications from residents who need help maintaining their lawn. This is part of the city’s “City Cuts” initiative, which provides free lawn care services to elderly, veteran and disabled residents. The service will be provided twice a month, weather permitting, from summer through early mid-fall. Applicants must reside in the…

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Judge grants Joshua Riibe, who last saw missing student Sudiksha Konanki, release from custody in Dominican Republic

Judge grants Joshua Riibe, who last saw missing student Sudiksha Konanki, release from custody in Dominican Republic

Konanki family requests death declaration Family of missing Pitt student requests authorities declare her dead 01:26 A judge in the Dominican Republic ruled on Tuesday a Minnesota college student, who is presumed to be the last person to see missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki alive, should be freed from police surveillance. However, 22-year-old Joshua Riibe’s return to…

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Family of missing college student Sudiksha Konanki asks police that she be declared dead

Family of missing college student Sudiksha Konanki asks police that she be declared dead

The family of missing college student Sudiksha Konanki has asked authorities that she be declared deceased, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia told CBS News, almost two weeks after she disappeared while visiting Punta Cana for spring break. The family provided the request in writing to the sheriff’s office, according to spokesperson Thomas Julia. Julia said…

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Missing student Sudiksha Konanki vanished in Punta Cana on spring break. Here's what we know about the case.

Missing student Sudiksha Konanki vanished in Punta Cana on spring break. Here’s what we know about the case.

Search efforts pressed on into their second week for Sudiksha Konanki, a college student at the University of Pittsburgh who went missing earlier this month during a trip to the Dominican Republic resort town Punta Cana.  Details surrounding Konanki’s disappearance have begun to emerge as the international investigation continues. Here’s what we know so far…

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Surveillance video of Pitt student missing in Dominican Republic may show last images before she disappeared

Surveillance video of Pitt student missing in Dominican Republic may show last images before she disappeared

Last known images of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki caught on surveillance video Last known images of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki caught on surveillance video 00:36 New surveillance video has surfaced showing what are believed to be the last known images of Sudiksha Konanki, the Pitt student who went missing and disappeared while vacationing…

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Stock market, Trump, tariff, economy, inflation, shutdown, March Madness, Black Lives Matter: Daily Briefing

Stock market, Trump, tariff, economy, inflation, shutdown, March Madness, Black Lives Matter: Daily Briefing

Hello! 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, and welcome to Tuesday’s Daily Briefing. Don’t fear the worm moon. In today’s news: American stocks take a major tumble The American stock market had its worst day of the year on Monday, when the tech-heavy Nasdaq and broad S&P 500 posted their biggest one-day drop since September 2022. Why? Investors…

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Pittsburgh families tell survivors' stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Pittsburgh families tell survivors’ stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Eighty years ago on Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz and uncovered the horrors of the Holocaust.  The day now also known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the six million Jews killed in the massacre, nearly one million of which were murdered at the Nazi death camp. It comes amid…

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves at supporters at the end of a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

US Election 2024: ‘Will put tariff on Mexico, China to stop flow of fentanyl into United States,’ says Donald Trump

During a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned that, if elected, he would impose tariffs on Mexico and China unless both countries took action to halt the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Also Read: US Election 2024 LIVE Updates As reported by Reuters, Trump stated that he would…

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2024 Presidential Election - Live updates

2024 Presidential Election – Live updates

Harris to barnstorm Pennsylvania on the final day of campaigning Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 14, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Harris will spend her final day on the campaign trail holding rallies across Pennsylvania, a must-win battleground state that both Republican…

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