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Surveillance photos shows a man who is believed to be homeless throwing piles of trash at the foot of Philadelphia's Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza, less than three days after a giant swastika was discovered nearby.

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Leaders of Pittsburgh Jewish and Palestinian organizations had mixed reactions to Friday’s start of hostage exchanges and a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Associated Press reported 13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and one person from the Philippines were released Friday, and Israel released

Allegheny County executive candidate Sara Innamorato is breaking with a left-wing group over the group’s latest statements on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Innamorato, a Democrat from Lawrenceville, tweeted Wednesday that she strongly denounces the statements made by the national and local chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Voters in Allegheny County will determine which party controls the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in one week, when they choose former state Rep. Sara Innamorato’s successor in a special election.

The special election Sept. 19 lacks the buzz of statewide races, but is crucial to the balance of the state House.

Rockey thanked the unions for their endorsements before laying out his plan to address crime

Rep. Sara Innamorato announced her resignation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The Republican candidate for Allegheny County executive picked up a rare, but not unprecedented, endorsement from a large labor union on Thursday. The Pennsylvania District Council of the Laborers International Union of North America endorsed Republican Joe Rockey, a retired chief risk officer at PNC. He is facing state Rep.

Flatbush tenants are fighting against the eviction of a longtime tenant leader who led a three-year rent strike at her Ocean Avenue apartment building.