Steam billows out of U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works on March 5, 2019 in Clairton, Pa. The coke plant has come under scrutiny after a Dec. 24 fire triggered an air quality alert from the release of sulfur dioxide.
The @lungassociation released its “State of the Air 2019” report and gave Pittsburgh’s metro area an “F” grade for air quality. According to the report, Allegheny County remains the only county in the United States, outside of the state of California, to get failing grades in both soot and ozone categories.
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East Palestine Derailment 1 of 3 /
A mannequin is displayed on a porch with a sign that reads ‘We Are Fine’ on February 28, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Carly Tunno of Darlington, Pa., stands outside of Sprinklz on Top, a restaurant where EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan was meeting with community business leaders and Trent Conaway, mayor of East Palestine, on February 28, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. She hoped to ask them questions about issues that deeply concern her.
“I get it. Somebody messed up. I don't care. Somebody messed up. I get nobody's going to take blame for this. I get that, but somebody needs to tell people it is dangerous. It's dangerous to be here. It is dangerous to live and raise your children here,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
Toxic chemicals float on the surface of Leslie Run creek on February 25, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern Railways train carrying toxic chemicals derailed causing an environmental disaster. Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate after the area was placed under a state of emergency and temporary evacuation orders.
“Every morning I get up and my chest's killing me. I never did have chest pains. Now I got chest pains, and my nose is always running… Burning all the time,” says Lee Jenkins, 71, of Negley, Ohio, as he picks up water for his elderly neighbors with Matthew Mazza, 61, of Negley, (left) in the neighboring town of East Palestine on February 28, 2023. “I know what's going to happen. The railroad company going to go bankrupt. They ain't going to pay nobody. What can you do? You can't do nothing. It happened. It's over with. You know, you got to live from day to day.”
Contractors with Norfolk Southern work on cleaning toxic chemicals from Sulphur Run on February 28, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Trent Conaway, mayor of East Palestine, (center) sits with EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan as they meet with community business leaders at Sprinklz on Top, a popular restaurant, on February 28, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Courtney Miller gets her blood drawn for Dr. Beatrice Golomb Research Group as her children, Eliana, 6, and Mathias, 10, watch on at the Main Street Theater in Columbiana, Ohio on February 3, 2024. The study’s title is: Uncovering the Public Health Impact of Toxin Release in East Palestine, Ohio. The lab checked blood, urine, hair, fingernails and lung capacity as well as gathering other stats and info.
A Norfolk Southern train passes though the center of East Palestine, Ohio on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Wayne O’Connell, 66, and his wife, Lori, 59, sit in the kitchen of their home in Darlington, Pa., on January 19, 2024.
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023.
The settlement, if approved by a court, would pay class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the accident and personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius.
Residents, many of which still complain about respiratory issues, anxiety, unexplained rashes, and nosebleeds, fear it isn’t enough and doesn’t take into account potential costs from long-term health impacts of the derailment that spilled more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air.
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East Palestine Derailment 2 of 3 /
Jami Cozza yells, “Help us,” as President Biden’s motorcade passes by on February 16, 2024 in East Palestine, Ohio.
David Lonsbrough, 40, loads his suitcase into a friend’s truck after finishing packing to move from his apartment on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Lonsbrough who lives and works just blocks from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment says “It took about two weeks, once the evacuation was lifted and we came back and it still smelled terrible. But the trains were running. So as soon as that happened, I was like, they don't care about us, so I'm leaving. I'm getting out of town." Lonsbrough is staying with a friend for a few days in Warren, Ohio before moving to Texas.
David Lonsbrough, 40, gives the middle finger to a Norfolk Southern train as it passes in East Palestine, Ohio on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
U.S. Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) stands with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and U.S. Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17), take questions from media at a press conference on February 16, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Lonnie Miller becomes emotional as she stands in the living room at her home along East Clark street in East Palestine, Ohio on February 2, 2024. She has put her home on the market; although, it has gotten no interest in 100 days.
Jami Wallace, 46, holds a container that holds the ashes of her father, best friend and sister-in-law, as her daughter, Kyla, 3, watches her from the steps at a B&B where she is staying on March 23, 2023 in Columbiana, Ohio. Wallace and her husband are fearful of returning to their home after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3. The remains of her loved ones was one of the few things she took with her when she evacuated her home.
Local newspapers sit on the counter of Sprinklz on Top, a popular restaurant in East Palestine, Ohio on Friday, March 3, 2023.
Crews continue to cleanup at the site of a Norfolk Southern train derailment on February 24, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Tracy Hager, 44, talks with Greg Kildare, senior director of claims and risk management for Norfolk Southern, at an open house for East Palestine residents on March 23, 2023 at the East Palestine High School in East Palestine, Ohio. The open house gives residents a chance to speak with agencies involved in the Norfolk Southern train derailment cleanup as well as community resources.
Hager was concerned about getting reimbursed for purchases of clothing, shoes, and cat food as she stays at a cabin in a campground with her family while they are fearful of returning to their home.
“I cried everyday for three weeks,” she says.
“We R Sick” is painted on the front of Courtney Miller’s old home along East Taggart Street in East Palestine, Ohio on January 21, 2024.
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023.
The settlement, if approved by a court, would pay class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the accident and personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius.
Residents, many of which still complain about respiratory issues, anxiety, unexplained rashes, and nosebleeds, fear it isn’t enough and doesn’t take into account potential costs from long-term health impacts of the derailment that spilled more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air.
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Tree of Life /
Nearly six years after the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where 11 worshippers were murdered in the 2018 mass shooting. The new building will include a museum to combat antisemitism and a memorial to the victims of the attack: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil and David Rosenthal, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax and Irving Younger. This collection of images is from the transformation of the Tree of Life building over the last few years.
iPhone Photography /
A few iPhone images from the last few months.
Appomattox, Virginia /
March For Our Lives /
Kristine Hayes of Greensburg, Pa., holds up a 'March for Our Lives' sign as Martin Palla, 33, of Rostraver Township, Pa., stands with his AR-15 rifle across the street from demonstrators joining in the ‘March for Our Lives' rally at the Westmoreland County Courthouse on Friday, March 23, 2018 in Greensburg, Pa.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join marches across the country on Saturday in response to the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed 17 lives last month. The demonstrators are calling for stricter gun control and an end to gun violence in our schools and communities. - Justin Merriman / American Reportage
To read more visit the Washington Examiner.
Trump Campaigns for Saccone /
To read more about Trump's visit to Moon Township, Pa., visit the Washington Examiner.
John James /
Detroit businessman and Iraq war veteran, John James, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 in Detroit, Mich. Read more about John James rise in Michigan in the Washington Examiner.
Along the Promenade /
Daren Johnson, 64, busks on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 along the promenade of the Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall in Winchester, Va. Johnson, a retired school teacher and former supporter of Hillary Clinton, is exhausted by recent elections, but will vote in the upcoming gubernatorial election. Being uninsured and relying on a free healthcare clinic he cares deeply about the state of healthcare in America. Read more about this story in The New York Post.
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Preliminary Hearing /
A member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity arrives for the preliminary hearing at the Centre County courthouse on Monday Morning, June 12, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa. Today's hearing will determine whether the 18 brothers, as well as their fraternity, should stand trial for the death of Timothy Piazza.
Jim and Evelyn Piazza, the parents of Timothy Piazza, the 19-year-old pledge who died following a Feb. 2 event at the Beta Theta Pi frat house at Penn State University, leave the Centre County courthouse following a preliminary hearing on Monday Morning, June 12, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Luke Visser, a member of the Beta Theta Pi frat house at Penn State University, leaves the Centre County courthouse following a preliminary hearing on Monday Morning, June 12, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa. Visser faces 56 counts: involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, hazing, furnishing alcohol to minors, unlawful acts relative to liquor, and consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Jim and Evelyn Piazza, the parents of Timothy Piazza, the 19-year-old pledge who died following a Feb. 2 event at the Beta Theta Pi frat house at Penn State University, wait to enter the Centre County courthouse prior to a preliminary hearing on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Piazza family attorney Tom Kline speaks with members of the media outside of the Centre County courthouse at the conclusion of the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Brendan Young, president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, arrives back at the Centre County courthouse for the continuation of the preliminary hearing in the death of Timothy Piazza, 19, who died following a Feb. 2 pledge event at the frat house at Penn State University, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Young faces 200 counts including involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, tampering with evidence, recklessly endangering another person, hazing, furnishing alcohol to minors, and unlawful acts relative to liquor.
As the preliminary hearing for the death of Tim Piazza continues, fog sits over Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday, Aug., 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Leonard Ambrose, the attorney for Joe Sala, a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, arrives at the Centre County courthouse for a continuation of the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Aug. 30, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa. Sala faces 55 counts including involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, hazing, furnishing alcohol to minors, unlawful acts relative to liquor.
Members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity walk to the Centre County courthouse after a break in the 7th day of the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Aug. 31, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Luke Visser, a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, arrives at the Centre County courthouse for verdict in the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Sept. 1, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa. Visser faces 56 counts including involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, hazing, furnishing alcohol to minors, unlawful acts relative to liquor, and consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Brendan Young, president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, stands in front of the Centre County courthouse after the verdict in the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Sept. 1, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa after a judge threw out the most serious charges for the fraternity members.
Tom Kline, the attorney for Jim and Evelyn Piazza, the parents of Timothy Piazza, 19, who died following a Feb. 2 pledge event at the Beta Theta Pi frat house at Penn State University, speaks with media in front of the Centre County courthouse after the verdict in the fraternity members' preliminary hearing on Sept. 1, 2017 in Bellefonte, Pa.
On Feb. 4, Tim Piazza, a sophomore pledge at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State University died after a night of heaving drinking and hazing by fraternity members. After falling down a flight of stairs and suffering sustained multiple traumatic injuries from the fall, it would be 12 hours until his fraternity brothers would call for help. In pretrial hearings that lasted throughout the summer, it ended with the most serious charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault dropped; however, 14 of the Beta brothers will still face a total of 328 criminal charges.
iPhone Photography /
A collection of recent iPhone images.