A deadly measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has infected more than 975 people this year and been linked to five deaths. It has also infected at least 50 pregnant women in the state, causing doctors in outbreak areas to change how they care for pregnant patients and their babies.

What Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak could mean for pregnancy care across America

It's raising new questions about immunity testing before pregnancy, early vaccinations for babies and the many complications that could rise from infection.

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Polish Hill split over proposed new shelter as zoning board delays hearing. buff.ly/PbmYQYX

Polish Hill split over proposed new shelter as zoning board delays hearing

In Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill, residents shared with Public Source a range of positions on a plan to turn a vacant commercial building into a year-round, overnight shelter for people experiencing…

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Love to read photographers' reflections on how/why they approach a portrait the way they do... Here Dina Litovsky breaks down how she spent her 15 minute shoot w/ Evan Gershkovich, the @wsj.com reporter released from a Russian jail in a recent prisoner swap: dinalitovsky.substack.com/p/comparing-...

Comparing Portraits of Evan Gershkovich by Five Photographers (Myself Included)

One subject, five distinct visual approaches.

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Pittsburgh-area restaurants where you can get a *full* meal for around $15? Yeah, there's a map for that. @publicsource.org just dropped a new meal map of PGH eats that won't wreck your wallet w/ handpicked insight from Yinzer foodies. Search your neighborhood here: www.publicsource.org/mealmap/

Meal Map

Pittsburgh's Public Source mapped restaurants around the Pittsburgh region where you can get a full meal for around $15. Search by name, dish or neighborhood.

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Doing home visits with a mobile vet was a cool way to spend a Friday, cat hair & all. Dr. De Santis served as a counterpoint to this @publicsource.org story: Vet care costs have far outpaced inflation as private equity consolidates practices. Do profit incentives also impact care? buff.ly/rilhCMf

Las Palmas owner’s son: Federal agents demand he ‘get out of the way’ as Beechview immigration enforcement heightens. buff.ly/gwv7ab9

Las Palmas owner’s son: Federal agents demand he ‘get out of the way’ as Beechview immigration enforcement heightens

Pittsburgh's Public Source talked to Beechview business owners and immigrant advocates after immigration agents confronted the Las Palmas grocery owner's son twice.

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Zines land Public Source national Product of the Year award. buff.ly/CKINgpi

Zines land Public Source national Product of the Year award

Honors for the Pittsburgh newsroom’s examination of a local company’s efforts in Australia cap an awards season that has also brought recognition of neighborhood-level zines and more.

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Pittsburgh’s Public Source is turning 15! To celebrate, we’re raising $15k in just 15 days. We’re kicking it off today, on the International Day of Democracy, because we believe independent journalism is essential to a strong democracy. Donate today: buff.ly/dU6tYCi

New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

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News Analysis: Among the growing fears about artificial intelligence, the possibility that A.I. models trained in biology could be used to create a new wave of biological weapons — like bacteria or fungi designed to be unleashed against armies or civilians — has been alarming. nyti.ms/4h7vLni

After Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday at 80, celebrities, friends, collaborators and fans have flooded the internet with their favorite clips from her life, remembering her for her generosity and creative genius. Here are some of those moments.

The Dolly Parton Moments That Are Going Viral After Her Death

After the country music legend died on Tuesday, fans shared clips of their favorite moments of the singer.

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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

When the floating community on the Allegheny River awoke on Aug. 3 to learn that it was cut off from land, Diamond Beach Marina got a taste of what may come. Wade into a unique - and anxious - corner of Pittsburgh www.publicsource.org/diamond-beac...

Caught between a river, a water project and a railroad, a marina community tries to hang on

Water and railroad projects encroach on the road into Diamond Beach Marina, Pittsburgh's Public Source found. Some residents worry they'll lose access.

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“I feel kind of scared,” said a Springdale Borough resident. “Chief Dayoub, I think maybe you feel a little bit scared too, which is why you got to talk a lot longer than three minutes about this.” www.publicsource.org/springdale-p...

Springdale police chief says he has 'overwhelming support' amid petition for resignation

Pittsburgh's Public Source investigated Springdale police chief Derek Dayoub's past. Some residents called for his resignation. He says he's not going anywhere.

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It's a simple question: How did Pittsburgh decide that it's a good idea to restrict where young people can be, and when, without an adult chaperone? www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-t...

Pittsburgh’s summer of teen restrictions raises transparency questions

Pittsburgh's Public Source obtained emails and crime data behind new teen restrictions in Market Square, Shadyside and South Side, finding limited transparency.

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New tax figures complicate the picture of the NFL Draft’s $177M impact. buff.ly/iyMjaS0

New tax figures complicate the picture of the NFL Draft’s $177M impact

VisitPITTSBURGH says the 2026 NFL Draft brought $177 million to the region, but city and county tax figures complicate that.

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AI chatbots have encouraged suicide, but that's not the whole story. "It still sounds crazy to say but ChatGPT walked me off the ledge," Jeremy Carter told @ormorrison.bsky.social of @publicsource.org. Here's what therapists say about AI and mental health www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...

As patients turn to AI, Pittsburgh's mental health providers adapt

Pittsburgh mental health providers are having to adapt as some patients use AI for support.

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The backlash to the massive AI data centers is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds. Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro shifts course on support for data centers as gov. campaign ramps up: www.publicsource.org/shapiro-data... @publicsource.org

Shapiro shifts course on data centers as governor campaign ramps up

Pennsylvania's Democratic governor announced an executive order Tuesday imposing a slate of new guardrails.

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At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...

NEW: We invited the author of a brand new book on the Census to answer questions from our Bolts readers. So now we want to hear from you: What do you want to know about the inner workings of the Census? About how politics shapes it, & how it shapes politics? Let us know!

How the Census Shapes Politics: Send Us Your Questions - Bolts

News broke this month that the Trump administration is working on a plan to order the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented people in 2030, a move President Trump already pushed... Read More

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🧵: William “Danny” Rosenmund was speaking during public comment about his town's police agreement w/ ICE when he was tackled to the ground by multiple police officers. He was charged with felony aggravated assault. www.publicsource.org/springdale-c...

DA drops charges against Springdale man forcefully arrested at council meeting

Rosenmund was taken to the ground and arrested during an April Springdale Borough meeting while criticizing a borough agreement with ICE.

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Proud of @stephstrasburg.bsky.social and the @publicsource.org team for this important investigation. This is why local journalism matters. www.publicsource.org/how-ice-and-...

How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground

At the intersection of two major issues in the United States, Springdale stands divided. Now residents, organizers and local leaders are asking about policing, power and accountability.

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This marks the second time in recent months charges have been brought — and later withdrawn — against critics of Springdale Borough leadership. www.publicsource.org/springdale-c...

DA drops charges against Springdale man forcefully arrested at council meeting

Rosenmund was taken to the ground and arrested during an April Springdale Borough meeting while criticizing a borough agreement with ICE.

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A team of @publicsource.org journalists spent months in Springdale, a borough northeast of Pittsburgh, to learn what happens when ICE and a data center development collide in a small American community. @jamiewiggan.bsky.social's overview: t.co/ddAmeOieRt

Data centers and immigration enforcement are two of America's biggest issues - and they've come together in little Springdale Borough, Pa. A team from @publicsource.org explored at the Allegheny River town's turmoil www.publicsource.org/how-ice-and-...

How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground

At the intersection of two major issues in the United States, Springdale stands divided. Now residents, organizers and local leaders are asking about policing, power and accountability.

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Pittsburgh’s Public Source wants to meet and write about Pittsburgh-area families who are making plans for childcare for this school year. Has your family had trouble finding after-school, evening or weekend childcare? Are you adjusting your work as a result? Please email matt456p@gmail.com

🧵“The cruelty of these policies is that they often ask for labor from bodies already breaking down, treating survival itself as something that must be earned.” Artist/curator Tara Fay Coleman's raw essay about the cumulative impacts of poverty on mortality: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...

My parents’ premature deaths made public health a personal reality

Data shows life expectancy, chronic illness, disability and premature mortality remain sharply stratified by race, income and neighborhood.

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Furor over the early removal of a Pride Month display at the Monroeville Public Library reignited Southwestern Pennsylvania's battles over LGBTQ books. @publicsource.org checked in on half a dozen Pittsburgh-area book fights www.publicsource.org/monroeville-...

Monroeville library Pride Month display puts regional fight over LGBTQ+ books back in focus

The dispute follows a series of high-profile clashes in Southwestern Pennsylvania since 2021 over books, displays and library policies. Here’s where a half dozen book battles stand.

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NEW: As cyclosporiasis cases jumped, the company linked to the outbreak - Taylor Farms - effectively delayed a recall that mounted in consumer confusion. Gift link for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As Parasite Spawned Chaos, Taylor Farms Slow-Walked Its Response

The US Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was a false posit...

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