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(Pittsburgh, PA) A roll-over crash occurred in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh early this morning which killed one male teenager and injured three others along Beechwood Boulevard. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, first responders were dispatched to the 1200 block of Beechwood Boulevard between Beechwood Lane and Gettysburg Street just before 1 a.m. One passenger in the car that crashed is in critical condition while another passenger and the driver are in stable condition. All three got taken to the hospital and the fourth teenager involved died where the scene was at that time. There is an ongoing investigation for this incident. According to public safety officials, the investigation points to speed as a factor in this incident.

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: Farmers examine the growth of fresh marijuana for medical)

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(Harrisburg, PA) Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are currently making a push to legalize marijuana that is recreational in the state of Pennsylvania. The two lawmakers that introduced a bill on Tuesday are Democratic Representative Emily Kinkead and Republican Representative Abby Major. According to a press release, Kinkead stated House Bill 20 plans to establish a “stable, well-regulated cannabis market that prioritizes public safety and public health.” That same press release also states from Kinkead that this market will not let children get exposed to marijuana, help opportunity for economics and to encourage social justice. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Model homes and for sale signs line the streets as construction continues at a housing plan in Zelienople, Pa., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as the viral outbreak keeps more people at home. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Deborah Gross has recently introduced a bill which will both hold investors accountable and will reclaim the stock of housing there. This bill does not apply to people that occasionally rent out their house when they live in those houses. This initiative is supported by the administration of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, which confirms that rentals that are short-term are turning into hotels that are unlicensed. Next week will be when the measure will go before the Pittsburgh City Council for further discussion.

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(Hershey, PA) According to a recent announcement from Pennsylvania American Water, an upgrade of $2.6 million is going to their water system in Allegheny and Washington counties. Water main that totals over one mile is also set to be replaced. Upcoming projects regarding this upgrade will help to improve customer reliability, reduce disruptions for service and increase the flow of water for firefighting.

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(Moon Township, PA) A new restaurant opened in Moon Township on Wednesday. Jenny Lee Breakfast Nook had its grand opening that day and it keeps a legacy going for the brand of Jenny Lee Bakery. This brand closed two bakeries back in 2008 located in Market Square and McKees Rocks. A fire also destroyed the bakery in McKees Rocks. A partner of Jenny Lee Breakfast Nook and Moon Township native Scott Baker had restaurant experts help him with the restaurant. Baker said that this opening was like a homecoming for the brand that he helps to partner.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: (File Photo: Source for Photo: President Donald Trump speaks at the “Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Event” at Carnegie Mellon University, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Pittsburgh, as Sen Dave McCormick, R-Pa., left, and Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer, Blackstone, right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) A former Beaver County power plant was mentioned in the pack of investments announced at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. According to an announcement from Frontier Group that day, $3.2 billion will change the former Bruce Mansfield coal powerplant in Shippingport into a power station for natural gas. Over 300 jobs that are permanent and 15,000 jobs for construction are expected to be created from this project. 

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(Washington County, PA) A man from Charleroi is in jail after according to South Strabane police, he left two young girls locked in a hot car on Sunday for around forty-five minutes. This occurred in a Walmart parking lot in South Strabane and South Strabane police confirm the car was not running and the windows were closed. According to court documents, medics took two girls, one nine months and one three years old, to the hospital for medical emergencies Sunday afternoon. The mother of these two girls told police that Fritzson Charles was the man taking care of them. The chief of the South Strabane Township Police Department told KDKA Charles is not the father of those two girls. Charles was arrested on multiple charges which included endangering the welfare of children. Charles was taken to the Washington County Jail and July 22nd is the date for his preliminary hearing. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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(Harrisburg, PA) According to an announcement from Governor Josh Shapiro on Monday, Pennsylvania joined over 20 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. This is because of a funding freeze with public schools getting owed a price of $230 million.  The money helps to fund job and literacy readiness programs, recruitment and training for teachers, before and after school programs and a spectrum of educational services.  

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(State College, PA) A man from State College, Pennsylvania recently received a fifteen-to-thirty-year prison sentence for participating in an organization that was drug trafficking at a “high level.” According to an announcement on Tuesday from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, fifty-one-year-old Larry Brickhouse got this long sentence in jail. A WJAC report confirms a conviction of felony drug possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility was given to Brickhouse in May of 2025. Brickhouse was part of a scheme in trafficking fentanyl and heroin from New Jersey to State College. According to prosecutors, Brickhouse’s co-conspirator, Larry David, then distributed the drugs in State College and surrounding communities. The office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday confirms that fourteen people got charged for their roles in this organization for drug trafficking.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Nov. 18, 2019, file photo, the logo of Google is displayed on a carpet at the entrance hall of Google France in Paris. Google users were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube videos or online documents when the internet giant’s services apparently suffered an outage on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

(CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP)–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 15, 2025–) Westinghouse Electric Company and Google Cloud today announced they are collaborating to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform the construction of advanced Westinghouse nuclear reactors into an efficient, repeatable process and enhance the operations of existing nuclear power plants using data-driven insights.

Together, the two companies will pair Westinghouse’s powerful HiVE™ and bertha™ nuclear AI solutions with Google Cloud technologies and expertise to streamline construction of new nuclear plants. AI tools will also improve the current nuclear fleet with data-driven AI insights.

“As the only fully licensed, construction ready modular reactor available today, our AP1000 ® technology is the quickest way to add new sources of affordable and abundant nuclear energy to the U.S. grid,” said Dan Sumner, Westinghouse Interim Chief Executive Officer. “By partnering with Google Cloud to enhance our HiVE and bertha technology, and backed by 75 years of our proprietary nuclear data, we can accelerate the deployment of new AP1000 units while implementing powerful AI technologies that will optimize the construction and operations of nuclear power plants.”

“This partnership with Westinghouse combines Google Cloud’s AI technologies and expertise with Westinghouse’s century-long expertise in nuclear innovation to chart a new path towards a smarter and safer future,” said Kyle Jessen, Managing Director, Commercial Industries, Google Cloud. “Artificial intelligence is not merely a tool; it can give companies a critical competitive advantage. Westinghouse is demonstrating what’s possible.”

As part of this collaboration, Westinghouse and Google Cloud have successfully achieved a first-of-a-kind proof of concept leveraging Westinghouse’s WNEXUS digital plant design platform and HiVE artificial intelligence enhanced by Google Cloud technologies, including Vertex AI, Gemini and BigQuery, to autonomously generate and optimize AP1000 modular construction work packages.

In September 2024, Westinghouse introduced HiVE and bertha, which are built from more than 75 years of proprietary data, knowledge and expertise. These nuclear-specific AI solutions are supported by dedicated nuclear engineers, and will optimize new nuclear deployment of our AP1000 reactor, AP300™ small modular reactors and eVinci ® microreactor technologies. Westinghouse’s AI solutions are ready to support power plant operations by helping to deliver reliable and cost-effective electricity to homes and businesses.

Westinghouse Electric Company is shaping the future of carbon-free energy by providing safe, innovative nuclear and other clean power technologies and services globally. Westinghouse supplied the world’s first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 and the company’s technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world’s operating nuclear plants. Over 135 years of innovation makes Westinghouse the preferred partner for advanced technologies covering the complete nuclear energy life cycle. For more information, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and X.