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@triblive deputy managing editor/digital I write a column called Offbeat Pittsburgh. Raised in Pittsburgh. Peabody HS.

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8 years after synagogue massacre, Pittsburgh remembers 11 lives through good deeds triblive.com/news/8-years-af…

8 years after synagogue massacre, Pittsburgh remembers 11 lives through good deeds

Dan Stein’s passion for mitzvot, the Hebrew word for charitable acts and good deeds, was fueled by what literally ran through his veins and kept his heart beating. The salesman and former substitute...

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Donnie Iris: Photos through the decades triblive.com/aande/music/don…

Donnie Iris: Photos through the decades

Pittsburgh rock legend Donnie Iris, born Dominic Ierace in Ellwood City, died Monday at age 83. This photo gallery looks back at his life and music career, spanning decades of performances and...

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Donnie Iris, 'Ah! Leah!' singer and Pittsburgh legend, dies triblive.com/local/regional/…

Donnie Iris, ‘Ah! Leah!’ singer and Pittsburgh legend, dies

Dominic Ierace, the Pittsburgh rock legend known around the world as Donnie Iris, died Monday at 83 after a battle with bladder cancer. Iris, who was born in New Castle, is known for his more than...

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Donnie Iris, Pittsburgh's Favorite Rocker, Who Scored Hits With the Jaggerz and as a Solo Artist, Dies at 83 variety.com/2026/music/news/…

Donnie Iris, Pittsburgh’s Favorite Rocker, Who Scored Hits With the Jaggerz and as a Solo Artist,...

Donnie Iris, whom many Pittsburgh music fans considered the city's hometown rock favorite, died at 83. His first hit was with the Jaggerz in 1970.

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Donnie Iris- Sweet Merilee youtu.be/cjey52dhi1s?si=KM3c… via @YouTube

Donnie Iris- Sweet Merilee

from the band's 1981 release " King Cool"-MCA Records. I do not own...

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Donnie Iris, forever a Pittsburgh legend. 1943-2026 🖤 💛
Photo of Donnie Iris singing the national anthem at a Penguins game.

ALT Photo of Donnie Iris singing the national anthem at a Penguins game.

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Donnie Iris, 'Ah! Leah!' singer and Pittsburgh legend, dies triblive.com/local/regional/…

Donnie Iris, ‘Ah! Leah!’ singer and Pittsburgh legend, dies

Dominic Ierace, the Pittsburgh rock legend known around the world as Donnie Iris, died Monday at 83 after a battle with bladder cancer. Iris, who was born in New Castle, is known for his more than...

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Donnie Iris dies triblive.com/local/regional/…

Donnie Iris, ‘Ah! Leah!’ singer and Pittsburgh legend, dies

Dominic Ierace, the Pittsburgh rock legend known around the world as Donnie Iris, died Monday at 83 after a battle with bladder cancer. Iris, who was born in New Castle, is known for his more than...

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RIP Donnie Iris.
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Breaking: Pitt flies all the way to Paris to tear up Stade de France turf ahead of Steelers game. #HereWeGo
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At a Paris bar earlier this evening
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‘It just hasn’t been long enough,’ Jobeth Olson's family says as West Mifflin killer approaches parole eligibility triblive.com/local/it-just-h…

‘It just hasn’t been long enough,’ Jobeth Olson’s family says as West Mifflin killer approaches...

Retired Allegheny County prosecutor Lisa Pellegrini tried dozens of homicide cases over the course of her 30-year career. But one verdict, she said, continues to haunt her. Pellegrini described...

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Offbeat Pittsburgh: Clara Kent turns up volume on emerging artists

Clara Kent believes if she can make it in Pittsburgh, she can make it anywhere. The city’s music fans can be tough, opinionated and not always open-minded, says the musician, artist and WYEP (91.3...

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For an idea of how windy it is today in Paris, here is a Steelers flag blowing (outside of a Canadian bar in France that shows American football, incidentally and oddly enough)
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GetGo begins charging for air triblive.com/local/regional/…

GetGo begins charging for air

GetGo has started charging for air. A statement from Alimentation Couche-Tard, the company that owns GetGo, said it started transitioning to paid air services in September to coincide with the...

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Man found guilty of killing father in East Pittsburgh triblive.com/local/man-found…

Man found guilty of killing father in East Pittsburgh

A Pittsburgh man who shot and killed his father following an argument last year was convicted Thursday of third-degree murder. Tayron Reid, 20, of the Middle Hill District, will be sentenced by...

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Jury deliberates 20 minutes before returning not guilty verdict in South Side barbershop slaying triblive.com/local/jury-deli…

Jury deliberates 20 minutes before returning not guilty verdict in South Side barbershop slaying

A jury deliberated just 20 minutes Wednesday afternoon before acquitting a Baldwin Borough woman of criminal homicide. Myairah Carter, 26, fatally shot Rayon Williams, 26, of McKeesport on Oct. 4,...

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Innamorato signs Allegheny County's new parental leave policy triblive.com/news/health-now…

Innamorato signs Allegheny County’s new parental leave policy

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato signed a historic paid parental leave policy Thursday, making Allegheny County the first county in the nation to mandate the benefit in a state without a...

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Per Kyle Dubas, Ben Kindel suffered from a bout of vasovagal. Per the Mayo Clinic, it causes “heart rate and blood pressure to drop suddenly” when the “body overreacts to certain triggers.” Kindel is home in Western Pa. No timeframe for recovery as of yet.
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