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On CMU’s campus, protesters march against facial recognition technology
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Toxic metals entered soil from Pittsburgh steel-industry emissions, study says
Pittsburgh’s soil is contaminated in some areas by five toxic metals emitted by historic coking and smelting from the region’s now-diminished coal and steel industry, according to a new study by geologists at the University of Pittsburgh. In a city…
By women, for women: The romance genre takes on abortion advocacy
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the romance literature community responded with a million-word anthology. “Dissent” features short stories from over 150 authors from around the world with all royalties going to U.S. abortion rights funds. It is…
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Big raises for disciplinary change? Gainey’s offer rejected by Pittsburgh police union
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