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TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A 71-year-old man died of injuries suffered in a crash Wednesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes neighborhood, according to the county medical examiner. Emergency responders were called to the intersection of Saint Thomas Street and Monastery Avenue shortly before 3 p.m., for a crash involving multiple vehicles. One man involved in the crash, Robert McMaster, 71, of Carnegie, was pronounced dead after being transported to UPMC Mercy hospital, according to the Al...

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Today on the TribLive Taste Test, we travel all the way to the Philippines for a taste of something called spicy sampaloc candy. What is it? Find out with us! Just in case it turns out to be horrible, Taste Test squad member Patrick Varine also brought along some “lemon fudge” made using a recipe from Manor resident Joanne Niehl’s recent cookbook, “Pittsburgh on Your Plate.” What would you like to see the Taste Test squad try? Ema...

Submitted photo/Allegheny County Penny, a 13-year-old therapy dog with Crisis Center North in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, is up for America Humane’s Hero Dog Award for the second consecutive year.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. This time last year, Penny — a shelter-adopted spaniel mix who works as a therapy dog with domestic violence victims at the nonprofit Crisis Center North — was in the running for American Humane’s annual Hero Dog Award. Penny is one of several dogs working as “canine c...

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The roots of the Duff family tree extend across much of Western Pennsylvania, including to Murrysville, where the surname should ring a bell as the namesake of the municipality’s first park. Duff Park was acquired by the municipality in 1968, and was originally formed from three parcels totaling about 143 acres, 88 acres of which belonged to the Duff family. When they first arrived in the area, however, th...

Greensburg native Melody Carranza found herself frustrated after opting for a career in the medical field. “Once I realized that wasn’t for me, I started looking at other options,” Carranza said. Similarly, Raelee Nicholson of Charleroi was “in the process of following a traditional four-year path with offers to multiple colleges and universities,” she said. “But it wasn’t something that I loved.” Against the advice of several teachers and counselors, Nicholson opted to pursue a trade career through Rosedale Technical College. “I shifted gears and began to pursue something I...