Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Pittsburgh’

Pittsburgh-area women’s shelters thank Oakland Raiders for mitigating local domestic violence

Pittsburgh-area women’s shelters thank Oakland Raiders for mitigating local domestic violence

PITTSBURGH – A coalition of Pittsburgh Women’s Shelters dedicated to combating domestic violence issued a joint press release today thanking the Oakland Raiders for sparing “untold numbers” of Pittsburgh-area women from more serious injuries Sunday evening.
Earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered an embarrassing, overtime loss to the struggling Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs [...]

Police under fire after using enhanced acoustic weapon against G20 rioters

Police under fire after using enhanced acoustic weapon against G20 rioters

PITTSBURGH – Police who patrolled the grounds of the G20 summit held in Pittsburgh last week have drawn international condemnation for using a controversial new anti-riot weapon that projects loud bursts of sound at target subjects.
A week later, dozens of protesters remain in the hospital after being subjected to the cutting-edge sonic weapon. Observers blame [...]

Pittsburgh to be first-ever Third World host of G-20 summit

Pittsburgh to be first-ever Third World host of G-20 summit

PITTSBURGH – When the Group of Twenty (G-20) met earlier this year in London, the gathering of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the world’s top 20 industrialized countries signed off on urgent action to temper the ravaging effects Great Depression 2.0 was having on the developing world.
Although the crux of the plan is [...]

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