On today's program: WESA and the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation will host a debate with Pittsburgh’s Mayoral Candidates, as Mayor Bill Peduto attempts to secure a third term; a new study published today looks at how health care workers can use techniques from anti-vaccine social media users to share science-based information online; and we’ll talk about how Penguins' trades could affect their playoff performance ..read more

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A pandemic power struggle that has raged for a year between Pennsylvania's Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters' laps next month in the form of two proposed constitutional amendments that could limit the length of disaster emergencies ..read more

Prices for some of your favorite things are going up. The big question is how long the price hikes will last. Consumer prices rose 0.6% in March, according to the Labor Department — the sharpest increase in nearly nine years. Over the last 12 months, the department's consumer price index has risen 2.6%. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, inflation was 0.3% in March and 1.6% over the last year. The March price increase is somewhat exaggerated by the point of comparison. Prices fell a year ago, when the pandemic first took hold in the United States, dropping 0.4% in March 2020 and anothe ..read more

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Police Officer William "Billy" Evans on Tuesday will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, where he served for 18 years and lost his life in the line of duty earlier this month. Evans was killed on April 2, when a driver rammed his vehicle into the north barricade of the Capitol complex, slamming into Evans and another officer before crashing into a barrier. The suspect in the incident — the second attack on the Capitol this year — was 25-year-old Noah Green, who was shot by at least one officer and who later died. William "Billy" Evans U.S. Capitol Police via AP In a statement issued shortly afte ..read more

The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots ..read more

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