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Photos: Haitian woman released by ICE spent 24 cold hours in bus shelter prior to death
Daphy Michel’s death has increased the anxiety in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Haitian community as ICE steps up immigration enforcement and protected status awaits a court decision. Visuals released by PRT show her last day.
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ICE notified sheriff of 46 ‘targets’ for planned arrests at Downtown courthouses last year, emails show
As federal agents sought to make arrests in Allegheny County courts, they emailed the sheriff to identify targets and alert them to the time and location.
How Shell’s cracker has polluted more than permitted with no new fines for three years
State regulators have allowed the Beaver County ethylene plant to keep exceeding limits on damaging nitrogen oxides while the official permitting process has taken seven times its original timeline.
Sheriff’s ICE interactions, in flux for nearly a year, at center of Allegheny County debate
An email circulated among county judges last year suggested sheriff’s deputies would detain people sought by ICE at the courthouse. The sheriff’s office maintains they never did, as council mulls a bill to ban cooperation with immigration enforcement.
Alcoa pays Australian feds $36 million for ‘unlawful’ forest clearing
The payment, dubbed “unprecedented” by Australia’s mining minister, settles a question of whether the Pittsburgh giant enjoys exemptions to Australian environmental law. Separate tussles continue with state and local governments.
After deadly explosion, safety and environmental lapses at U.S. Steel’s flagship coke works now rest with Nippon
Six months after two deaths at the massive Clairton Coke Works, U.S. Steel’s new owner inherits the plant’s safety challenges and pollution violations. Nippon’s plans haven’t yet been released.
Maps: Pittsburgh has more decaying homes than it can demolish
The city saw a three-year surge in demolitions of abandoned structures, but the federal funds are gone and disrepair is again outrunning the wrecking crews.
On a North Side block that saw a New Year’s shooting, short-term rentals draw fire
The latest shooting at an Airbnb in East Allegheny could fuel a renewed push to regulate short-term rentals.
Slur accusation against city employee tests human relations panel’s clout
The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations receives few complaints alleging discrimination based on perceived or actual sexual orientation. An allegation against a city employee has raised questions about the scope of its powers.
Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher ed fight
This year, Pittsburgh researchers responded to new federal guidelines by rewriting grant applications or, in some cases, going without funding. Some worry that university commitments to academic freedom will fade.
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