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February 10, 2012
Earlier this week 20-year-old Brandon White was the victim of a gang beating, which was videotaped and uploaded to World…
February 8, 2012
BRENTWOOD, Pa. (AP) - Athletic tensions between two Pittsburgh-area high schools one largely white, the other predominantly black have boiled…
January 5, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pittsburgh rapper is suing hip hop star Wiz Khalifa for $2.3 million over allegations that he…
November 3, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A white man claims he was fired as manager of a suburban Panera Bread shop for repeatedly…
August 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A native of Pittsburgh, Dileo began his career in the music industry working as a promoter…
July 25, 2011
Thirty-six recruits will enter the city's police academy today. Marlin Avant is the only one who is black...
June 24, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The NAACP is asking local prosecutors to bring charges against three white police officers who beat a…
May 5, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) - 19-year-old Jordan Miles claimed he was roughed up and beaten for no reason in January 2010...
October 20, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The family of George Vashon was in Pittsburgh on Wednesday for a ceremony before the state Supreme…
August 30, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jordan Miles claims the officers assumed he was a troublemaker because of his race and beat him…
July 28, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Six months after a chaotic airlift to the United States, 12 Haitian children remain in a Roman…
February 18, 2010
VIDEO - Pittsburgh officials are changing how emergency calls are handled after a man died waiting for an ambulance during…
February 1, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The city of Pittsburgh has suspended three white police officers while officials investigate accusations that they beat…
January 27, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jordan Miles, an 18-year-old who attends a prestigious Pittsburgh arts school, said three white undercover officers beat…
January 23, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The photos taken by Jordan Miles' mother show his face covered with raw, red bruises, his cheek…
September 25, 2009
OPINION - For the most part, African-American Pittsburgh seems to be invisible, not only to the public relations hucksters who…
September 24, 2009
VIDEO - Nearly half of the HIV patients in America are African-American, and many are familiar with the shameful stigma…
September 24, 2009
There have been concerns that more militant outfits are seeking the kind of carnage witnessed in Seattle, and the city…