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USA: Pittsburgh transport agency Port Authority of Allegheny County and ticketing technology companies Masabi and Transit have launched the three-month pilot phase of the Ready2Ride mobile ticketing system, ahead of the full launch later this year.
At 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, Dan Sturm texted his wife, Tanya.
“You awake?” he asked.
“I am coming over,” he replied.
Dan, 61, made his way to his wife’s room across the hall on the 11 North hospital floor inside UPMC Montefiore in Oakland.
Connected to intravenous tubes and wearing hospital gowns, they welcomed 2021 through a deeper connection. They were both recovering from surgery.
Tanya, who turns 56 on Feb. 24, had donated a kidney to the love of her life two days prior, Dec. 29.
“We had a New Year’s kiss,” said Tanya, a Belle Vernon native. “I wish I would have asked someone to take our picture with all of the IVs and us dressed in hospital gowns. It would have been a wonderful memory.”
These three startups won the Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. How they’re using tech to better the city.
Three fledgling startups are leveraging technology to create positive social change after winning the second annual Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. The event, presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council and RustBuilt a grassroots organization dedicated to entrepreneurship took place the last weekend of January.
Convening virtually, 10 groups pitched their solutions, formed teams and worked for the better part of 54 hours over Zoom, grinding away to create minimal viable products or versions of their concepts with just enough features to work that could impress the judges (you can watch the full 2.5-hour event in the video below).
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A Washington County man has been accused by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh of attempting to sell more than 500 grams of cocaine, federal prosecutors said.
Patrick Ellis, 43, of the city of Washington, faces a narcotics charge in a one-count indictment in which Ellis is named as the sole defendant, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said.
If convicted, Ellis faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of up to 40 years in federal prison, Brady said.