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Business
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
A major retailer primarily located in malls and headquartered in Pennsylvania is set to close all 543 of its stores following its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Closures for all rue21 locations are expected to be completed within the next two months with going-out-of-business sales coming soon. The company, headquartered in Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh, had first filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and then for a second time in 2017, when it closed around 400 stores. Founded in 1970, rue21 specializes in women's & men's casual apparel and accessories. rue21 has locations in …
Weather
Pre-Thanksgiving Storm To Cause 'Miserable' Travel Conditions: Here's The Latest
Forecasters are urging Thanksgiving travelers to allow for extra time in this year's trip due to a pre-Thanksgiving storm creeping in on the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Up to three inches of rain are expected to fall along areas up and down the East Coast, beginning anywhere between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, according to the National Weather Service. Good evening! Overall, there hasn't been too much change with the forecast for the system still due to affect the area... Posted by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly on Monday, November 20, 2023 Temps will…
Lifestyle
Aw, Rats: DC Earns Dubious Distinction Among US Cities In Newly Released Ranking
The nation's capital is renowned for many things throughout the city. This is not one of them. Washington, DC once again landed in the top-five of "Orkin's Top 50 Rattiest City's List," which the pest control company puts out annually (and has been led by front-running Chicago for nine straight years). Each year, Orkin's evaluates "the number of new rodent services showcasing the demand and also indicates the efforts that residents and businesses of the top cities have taken to treat rodent issues." This year, DC landed fourth on the list, behind only Chicago, Los Angeles, and …
Weather
Super Scorcher: Hottest Day Of The Year With Real-Feel Temps Climbing Near 110 Degrees
The hottest day of the summer has arrived. Friday, July 28 is expected to be a super scorcher, as temperatures are expected to be the highest they've been all summer, forecasters say. Temps are expected to peak above the 90-degree mark for the third day in a row in several major cities along the East Coast. Temps are expected to peak above the 90-degree mark for the third day in a row in several major cities along the East Coast.AccuWeather Good evening, severe weather threat has ended with the main story for Friday being the extreme heat! Posted by US National Weather Service Phil…
Lifestyle
Beyoncé Cancels Part Of Tour In PA, Here's How To Get Refunds
The Pittsburgh members of the Beyhive will no longer be seeing their Queen perform. Beyoncé has canceled her Pittsburgh tour stop on her Reinassance World Tour. The announcement came the day after Independence Day and just a week before the superstar will start her United States leg of the North American tour at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The tour was supposed to continue for a couple of weeks before the singer returned to Pennsylvania with a performance at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday, Aug. 3. For some reason the Seattle sto…
Weather
Heatwave
? Temps Could Feel As Hot As 105 Degrees Across East Coast This Week
July is supposed to be hot. But this? It's abnormally hot. Parts of the Northeast are experiencing the first heatwave of the year this week, with real-feel temps at 90 or above three days in a row, according to AccuWeather. That could be the case in Philadelphia, where temps hit 90 on Monday, July 3, and then 88 on Tuesday, July 4. In Washington DC, temps hit 92 and 93 degrees. "Because the 30-year average high temperature has crept upward in recent decades in the nation's capital, the criteria for a heat wave should probably be more like the low to mid-90s for a heat wave, rather than t…
Weather
Incoming Storm Means Slight Air Quality Improvement Along East Coast, Forecasters Say
A weekend storm could slightly help improve the Canadian wildfire smoke still lingering along the East Coast, meteorologists are saying. While skies will be sunny with a high in the mid-80s on Friday, June 30, they'll also be hazy for most of the day, according to the National Weather Service. The Air Quality Index remained in the triple digits along East Coast of 9:15 a.m., with code red issued across much of the area. In Pittsburgh, air quality levels remained very unhealthy, according to AccuWeather's Plume Labs. Worst air quality in this batch is just northwest of us and some spots…
Lifestyle
Meet The Fairfax County Attorney On 'Jeopardy!'
A Fairfax County attorney will be competing on the Wednesday, June 28 episode of "Jeopardy!" Vic Goel, a corporate and immigration lawyer from Vienna, is a managing partner at Reston's Goel & Anderson, LLC, according to the firm's website. "Vic is an active speaker and writer on immigration law and appears as a featured and keynote speaker on immigration issues at national and international industry meetings and trade association conferences," his bio reads. "He has been interviewed on immigration issues by the NBC Nightly News, and his articles and quotes have appeared in print …
Weather
Storms With Possibility Of Isolated Tornadoes To Threaten East Coast
Severe storms with the possibility of isolated tornadoes will be threatening the East Coast Monday, June 26, and will be followed by at least two more days of stormy weather, meteorologists say. Damaging winds, flash flooding, and hail are all possible by late in the afternoon Monday, forecasters are predicting. Hail could be around 1 inch in diameter, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement issued early Monday morning. A moderate threat was issued across North Jersey, the Poconos, and Central Pennsylvania, while a high threat was issued in South Jersey,…
Lifestyle
DC Among 'Safest' For LGBTQ+ Pride, Study Says
When protests against LGBTQ+ are on the rise, community members (and allies) may want to look for not only the best place to celebrate during Pride month but also the safest place to live. Washington DC came in at No. 2 on LawnStarter's "2023's Most LGBTQ-Friendly Cities" list. The study ranked America's "200 biggest U.S. cities based on 20 indicators of an ideal LGBTQ city, such as anti-discrimination policies, the share of same-sex households, and LGBTQ support resources," the organization said. Affordability, LGBTQ-friendly healthcare access, and "Pride-readiness," were also …
Weather
Smoky Summer: Could Week Of Wildfires Be Preview Of What's Ahead?
Are this week's smoky skies a preview of Summer 2023 in the Northeast? According to U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Ramsey, that depends. Ramsey is quoted by CBS New York saying "it's really just going be all about the wind shift." According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, the Canadian wildfires are showing no signs of slowing down and will "likely continue to burn over Quebec into the summer, as they are in remote, heavily wooded areas," he said. But, if what Ramsey is saying is true, then raging fires in Canada — and locally, for that matter — …
Events
Beyoncé Comes To DC Area
Beyoncé is heading to the D.C. area during a stop on her highly-anticipated world tour. The superstar will be performing at FedExField in Landover, Maryland on Saturday, Aug. 5 as a part of her Renaissance World Tour, the singer announced on Wednesday, Feb. 1, the start of Black History Month. The Queen Bey announced her tour on Instagram dressed in some of her iconic Renaissance era imagery, sitting on a glittering mosaic horse. Beyoncé will stop at more than three dozen locations across the globe during the nearly four-month long tour, which begins in Stockholm, Sweden in May and e…
News
2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess
More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28 leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…
Obituaries
4-Year-Old Girl Killed, Mom In Critical Condition Following Shooting In Pittsburgh
A 4-year-old girl has been identified as one of two victims of a shooting in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Dec. 1, authorities say. Kaari Thompson was shot along with her mother while going grocery shopping in the 1500 block of Lincoln Avenue near Lemington in Zone 5 around 6:40 p.m., according to her family. Posted by STK, Embrace Life Media on Friday, December 2, 2022 Kaari died shortly after arriving at UPMC Children's Hospital that same evening, Pittsburgh Public Safety confirms. Her mother remains in an area hospital in critical condition, according to Pittsburgh police. Posted b…
News
Ex-Con At-Large After Shooting, Abandoning Wife On PA Interstate: Police
A former convict with an expired Protect From Abuse order filed by his wife— somehow got a gun, ended up in a car with her, and shot her, before abandoning her on the side of an interstate in Pennsylvania on Monday, Nov. 28, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. 37-year-old Kevin Derrick Crew of Pittsburgh was in the passenger's seat of his wife Shauntorria Crew's car on her way to work when they got into a heated argument and he shot her in her right leg— with the bullet entering her thigh and shooting out her calf, as detailed in the court documents. When she a…
News
Foreigner Charged In $100M Ransomware Assault That Victimized Innocent Computer Users
A Russian and Canadian national who participated in a campaign that extorted tens of millions of dollars from Internet users will be brought to New Jersey to face federal charges, authorities announced. Mikhail Vasiliev, 33, of Bradford, Ontario, was among a group that began attacking more than 1,000 computer users in the U.S. and throughout the world as early as January 2020, federal officials said on Thursday, Nov. 10. Vasiliev and his fellow LockBit members demanded at least $100 million in ransom demands after locking up the victims' devices, they said. Vasiliev was arrested on Wednesd…
News
'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ
Recent broad threats against synagogues and Jewish people in New Jersey earlier this month ended with the arrest of a teenager from the state, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 10. A manifesto posted by Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville in a forum frequented by extremists frightened the public, brought security to Jewish houses of worship and got the FBI involved last week. The concern stemmed from a contention in the Nov. 1 post that an attack had already occurred -- which active shooters have done in certain instances across the U.S. just before carrying out their fatal…
News
Plane From Leesburg Crash Lands In Pennsylvania After Brakes Fail: Report
A pilot that took off from Leesburg was forced to make a controlled crash landing on Sunday, June 19, in Pennsylvania after her brakes failed, a report said. Caiolinn Ertel, 61, of Pittsburgh, was not injured in the crash, but she fears her Cessna 414 was totaled in the crash at Rostraver Airport, she told TribLive.com. Ertel's plane skidded off the runway at Rostraver Airport and crashed into a hill, the website reported. The pilot says she resorted to a controlled crash after she put the flaps up and stomped on the brakes to no avail. Click here for more from…
News
Extreme Weather Forecasts As Tornadoes, Hail, T'Storms Pummel PA, NJ, MD, DE: NWS
Over 11 million residents across four states may be impacted by extreme weather this weekend, starting Friday, May 27, weather forecasters say. Hail, high winds, high temperatures, thunderstorms, and tornadoes are all in the forecast across four mid-Atlantic states, according to the National Weather Service. Hail up to a half-inch in size, fast-moving thunderstorms, and 75-mile-per-hour winds may hit homes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware between noon and 7 p.m. on Friday. Map of warmer temperatures.AccuWeather The stormy weather will give way to warmer weather, ac…
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