Animal livestreams are so relaxing. You get to look at animals, and also at your computer.

Woman Shot and Killed After Rebuffing Man's Advances at a Bar

Early Friday morning in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, 29-year-old Janese Jackson-Talton was at Cliff’s Bar when a 41-year-old man named Charles McKinney, according to KDKA, tried to approach her for a date. She refused. After the bar closed, McKinney followed her outside and shot her in the chest.

Woman Found Guilty of Euthanizing Terminally Ill Neighbor’s Dog

Isha Aran

12/28/14 2:45pm

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A Pittsburgh woman is facing up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of stealing the dog of her cancer-stricken neighbor and then having the dog put down. Jesus, what the hell is wrong with people?

This Science Museum Has Royally Pissed Off a Bunch of Girl Scouts

Kelly Faircloth

10/01/14 6:10pm

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Wanna see the STEM gender gap illustrated so starkly that Marie Curie may very well rise from her grave to gnash her teeth? The Carnegie Science Center offers one workshop explicitly for Girl Scouts, and it's about the science of beauty products.

Proposal During 22 Jump Street Is Either Worst or Best of All Time

Rebecca "Burt" Rose

9/03/14 6:00pm

It's hard for me to hate on stunt wedding proposals, even if they take place during shitty B-grade movies and are touted by local media outlets as "epic."

Groom Causes Brawl After Groping Pregnant Bartender on His Wedding Night

Isha Aran

9/02/14 2:20pm

Weddings are probably the most common way for newlyweds to drunkenly embarrass themselves before all of their loved ones, but one belligerent groom definitely took that tradition too far. A wedding in Pittsburgh ended with fisticuffs and then handcuffs after the newlywed groom continuously felt up pregnant bartender…

Witnesses: Police Officer Assaulted Gay Teen at Pittsburgh Pride

Kat Callahan (鮎川きお)

6/18/14 3:05am

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Witnesses are claiming that a viral video shows a Pittsburgh police officer using unwarranted and excessive force on a gay teenager at the city's pride parade.

Pennsylvania McDonalds Accused of Selling Heroin in Happy Meals

Lindy West

1/30/14 4:40pm

Innovative and efficient! You have to give it that! You have to give it that. A McDonalds employee in Pittsburgh has been accused of selling heroin from her post at the drive-through window. All you needed was $82, a car, and an extreme longing for heroin, and the 26-year-old would give you a Happy Meal full of, um,…

'My Stomach Hit the Pavement': A Creepy Cop's Victim Tells Her Story

Anna North

2/23/12 3:20pm

Last week, Pittsburgh police officer Adam Skweres was arrested for allegedly preying on vulnerable women and demanding sexual favors from them in exchange for various forms of legal help. Now one of his victims has come forward to talk to us about her experience — and how the Pittsburgh police department ignored it.

Gross Cop Accused of Demanding Sexual Favors for Legal Help

Anna North

2/17/12 10:20am

Today in awful, a Pittsburgh cop is accused of offering to make women's legal problems go away if they "satisfied him" with various sexual favors. And it looks like his department may have waited years to do anything about it.

Pittsburgh Local News Hijacked By Giggling, Towel-Snapping 16 Year Old Boys

Erin Gloria Ryan

2/06/11 3:05pm

If you'd like to get your hackles raised on this lovely Super Bowl Sunday, check out the appalling lack of sensitivity displayed in this story about transgender women who were arrested outside of Pittsburgh. Nontraditional gender identity: hilarious!

Mister Rogers Lives On In Our Hearts

Sadie Stein

3/17/10 4:20pm

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Kids these days: They don't know who Mister Rogers is now that he's off the air (and, er, dead), says the Times, making us very worried for future generations. At least he's still big in Pittsburgh. [NYT, Image via FredRogersBlog]