Pittsburgh

Louisiana teen rescued from box in Pittsburgh basement after online grooming

Police said the girl had been contacted on the popular app Snapchat by 26-year-old Ki-Shawn Crumity, who said he would help arrange for her to be adopted, police said.

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers' home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018.
Ilan Chaim.

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Exterior sign for University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, November 1, 2020

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Pittsburgh's Jewish students see 'increase in Jewish joy' ahead of new year

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation


Man charged in attack on Jewish students at Pitt now accused in earlier assault

He’s now facing additional charges of attempted aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and harassment.

University of Pittsburgh campus, 2019

Assailant attacks Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh with glass bottle

Two of the students were treated for medical attention at the scene. The suspect behind the attack was arrested by Pittsburgh police.

 A picture of the George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. This building finished construction in 2023, and was taken from behind UPB's Hanley Library.

Pittsburgh Jewish groups hope to quash a referendum that would force the city to boycott Israel

No city has seen a measure to boycott Israel brought to voters. And Pittsburgh’s measure has caused quite a stir.

 Voters line up outside a voting place in a synagogue Shaare Torah, on Election Day in Pittsburgh, Nov. 3, 2020.

Pittsburgh man arrested for having explosive material, defacing synagogue

A Pittsburgh man faces multiple charges for possessing explosive materials and vandalizing a synagogue, amid an increase in antisemitic graffiti incidents in the area.

 West Marble Synagogue in London

'God has intervened': Gun failure saves Pittsburgh church pastor from shooter

A church congregant wrestled the shooter to the ground and restrained him until police arrived.

A person holds a crucifix outside a Catholic church in Harare, Zimbabwe March 29, 2024.

Tree of Life congregation looks ahead as new synagogue building planned

The site of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will soon host the country's first antisemitism museum.

 Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following Saturday's shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 28, 2018.

Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting tested me as a Jewish journalist

I had that epiphany every reporter longs for, of a story bigger than the sum of its already major elements.

 A CROWD attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week after the deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, in 2018.

Judge to pronounce death sentence for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter after jury vote

The sentencing hearing comes a day after a jury unanimously voted for the death penalty after finding Bowers guilty on 63 counts.

This image widely distributed by US media on October 27, 2018 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ID picture of Robert Bowers

US Jewish leaders applaud death sentence for Tree of Life shooter

While responses varied, most emphasized the strength and resilience of Pittsburgh's Jewish community.

 Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following Saturday's shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 28, 2018.

Jury demands to see guns of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

It’s not clear why the jury wanted to see the weapons, but in weighing a death sentence, one of the statutory aggravating factors jurors must consider is the risk the gunman’s attack posed to others.

 A GROWING series of violent attacks on Jewish facilities began at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in October 2018.