Jonathan D. Silver
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Judge in high-profile UPMC malpractice case threatens lawyer with jail, closes courtroom again
Judge Philip A. Ignelzi threatened to throw lawyer Robert Barnes in jail if he continued to grill a star UPMC surgeon about his use of a prescription drug → Read More
Allegheny County judge closes hearing in UPMC star surgeon case
An Allegheny County judge presiding over a malpractice case involving a star UPMC surgeon has closed the courtroom to the public and barred the media while... → Read More
Court secrecy fight looms over UPMC star surgeon case
Months after an Allegheny County judge ordered that key testimony in a controversial case involving a UPMC star surgeon — the target of a longstanding... → Read More
Legal battles flare over UPMC, star surgeons
For surgeon Jonathan D'Cunha, a rising star in Minnesota medical circles and a specialist in treating lung disease, his move to UPMC a decade ago allowed... → Read More
U.S. banks move billions for fugitives, corrupt foreign officials and criminal groups
During his rise as one of Russia's richest oligarchs, Roman Abramovich poured much of his wealth into the west, amassing luxury homes, multimillion-dollar... → Read More
COVID-19, overdoses push Westmoreland Co. coroner's office to record caseload in 2021
Coroner Timothy Carson said the surge in fentanyl deaths and suicides is alarming, and he blames the pandemic for the office’s record-high caseload. → Read More
Nation's blood shortage leads to urgent plea for donors in Pittsburgh
Two Sundays ago Dr. Allan Philp handled a major trauma case at Allegheny General Hospital. “It was a terrible car accident,” Dr. Philp said,... → Read More
Police: Couple stole gun from woman's mom one day before double suicide
A young married couple killed themselves Wednesday behind a McCandless dumpster with a handgun they stole from the woman’s mother a day earlier. Hampton... → Read More
Who killed Lisa Stover? Cops tout $10K reward for one week only in Rochester mom's 2016 slaying
Police hope the money will shake loose crucial information in the death of the college student, who was shot and bludgeoned.. → Read More
Brutal Secrets – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive
Police press for final confessions from Pennsylvania’s dreaded serial killer → Read More
The cop and the killer
Ex-Florida homicide sergeant draws critical confessions → Read More
Son recalls murdered father: ‘We were like brothers in a lot of ways’ – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive
John Shelkons grabbed a shotgun and raced to his parents’ house just a few miles away in Baden. All he knew was that someone had broken in. It was Jan. 7, 1978. He and his wife had just returned from a double date with his sister and her fiance — the foursome had seen a new sci-fi film, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” — and the phone was ringing. His sister was urgently summoning him to the… → Read More
About fentanyl: What it is, the danger and where to get help
WHAT IS IT? Fentanyl is a cheap and extremely powerful synthetic opioid, up to 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin. Used... → Read More
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission: Powerful State Agency Shrouded in Secrecy – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive
On June 2, the Pennsylvania Turnpike commissioners gathered behind closed doors for a meeting that was about to dramatically change the lives of their workers. Other than a brief public statement that they had talked about “modifications to staffing levels and benefits,” there was little hint of what was to unfold. When the commissioners finally appeared before an online audience, they rolled… → Read More
DA's office to meet with Club Erotica owner over parking-lot mass shooting
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office wants to discuss “any impacts on public safety” in the community from Club Erotica, spokesman Mike Manko said. → Read More
Seniors, longing for hugs and human touch, line up for COVID vaccine at Juniper Village
The inoculations took several hours at the Forest Hills personal care home, where nurses from CVS gave the Pfizer vaccine to residents. → Read More
Allegheny County sees 'unprecedented' spike in demand to carry concealed guns
The increase began around March with the advent of COVID-19 and surged after Oct. 21 when the sheriff’s office allowed walk-ins. → Read More
Peters apologizes to Woodland Hills for 'insensitive' marching band costumes
The Peters superintendent wrote an apology to her counterpart in Woodland Hills, saying adults missed chances to forestall the situation. → Read More
Peters investigates controversial band outfits at football game with Woodland Hills
Some band members from Peters wore black, full-body spandex outfits that some in Woodland Hills found offensive. → Read More
The mystery girl of Oakmont. Neighbors say they didn’t know she was there until she died
Everyone in the neighborhood knew the boys. There were three of them, brothers, a little rambunctious as you’d expect for their ages, 12, 10 and... → Read More