Tom Davidson

Pittsburgh

News Editor at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

I'm a journalist and logofile who lives in the Pittsburgh area.

Articles

'Betrayal of veterans': Deluzio rips proposed Trump cuts to VA clinical trials

6 days ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio on Friday likened Pittsburgh-area veterans to pawns in a game being played by the Trump administration after a report released this week shed light on emails sent by Department of Veterans Affairs doctors warning that proposed cuts could cause lasting harm. “This is a betrayal of veterans, period,” said Deluzio, D-Fox Chapel, in a statement released prior to a Friday news conference at Sharpsburg VFW Post 709. Trump hurt life-saving VA clinical trials & research.
'Broken everything': Kavan Markwood hasn't watched his fall from Clemente Wall during Pirates game

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Tom Davidson

May 7—Kavan Markwood told TribLive on Wednesday that he hasn't watched the video of his 21-foot plunge on April 30 from the Clemente Wall to the right field warning track at PNC Park. Markwood fell while celebrating an Andrew McCutchen double. Under treatment at Allegheny General Hospital, he called TribLive before a physical therapy appointment Wednesday.
'Broken everything': Kavan Markwood hasn't watched his fall from Clemente Wall during Pirates game

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Davidson

May 7—Kavan Markwood told TribLive on Wednesday that he hasn't watched the video of his 21-foot plunge on April 30 from the Clemente Wall to the right field warning track at PNC Park. Markwood fell while celebrating an Andrew McCutchen double. Under treatment at Allegheny General Hospital, he called TribLive before a physical therapy appointment Wednesday. "I'm all right," he said. "I can't really sleep.
P*town bar check prompted by overcrowding complaint, not bias, Gainey says

1 week ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

A weekend compliance check at P*Town, a gay bar in Bloomfield, was prompted by an overcrowding complaint — not to target the LGBTQIA+ community, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said. “It was not so long ago that police raids on gay bars were routine, and it was one such raid, at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, that sparked the modern movement to establish safe places for people to be open about their gender and sexuality without fear of arrest,” Gainey said.
Prayers pour in for Pirates fan hurt in fall from PNC Park stands

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Tom Davidson

May 2—A 20-year-old Pirates fan who fell 21 feet from the Clemente Wall in right field of PNC Park during Wednesday's win against the Chicago Cubs remained in critical condition Friday. Friends and family of Kavan Markwood, who has ties to several Mon Valley towns including McKeesport and Liberty, didn't respond to requests for comment and staff at the Pittsburgh hospital where he is being treated wouldn't release further information. kAmQ(6VC6 ?@E :?E6C6DE65[Q $92?6 {2HD@?
Prayers pour in for Pirates fan hurt in fall from PNC Park stands

1 week ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

A 20-year-old Pirates fan who fell 21 feet from the Clemente Wall in right field of PNC Park during Wednesday’s win against the Chicago Cubs remained in critical condition Friday. Friends and family of Kavan Markwood, who has ties to several Mon Valley towns including McKeesport and Liberty, didn’t respond to requests for comment and staff at the Pittsburgh hospital where he is being treated wouldn’t release further information. “We’re not interested,” Shane Lawson told TribLive.
Faithful remember Francis as ‘pilgrim of hope’

2 weeks ago | monvalleyindependent.com | Tom Davidson

Local parishioners talked about his impact on the Catholic Church during his 12 years as pope. By TOM DAVIDSONTribLivePope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonated, even among those who lacked faith. Francis, who died Monday at 88, was remembered by Western Pennsylvanians as a man who led by his actions. The South American Jesuit had a 12-year papacy marked by humility, prayer and a focus on meeting people where they were in life and listening to them.
Popes rise to challenges of their times, Pittsburgh-area Catholic experts say

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

The next pope will have the weight of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on his shoulders. That’s how the Rev. Daniel Carr, 40, pastor of St. Regis Parish in Trafford, sees it. Carr, a priest for six years, has only served under Pope Francis. He has taken Francis’ message of caring for the people he serves to heart. In his view, the spiritual lives of about 1,000 members of St. Regis are his responsibility, Carr said. “Think about having the entire world on your shoulders,” Carr said of a pope.
Faithful remember Pope Francis as 'pilgrim of hope'

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

Pope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonated, even among those who lacked faith. Francis, who died Monday at 88, was remembered by Western Pennsylvanians as a man who led by his actions. The South American Jesuit had a 12-year papacy marked by humility, prayer and a focus on meeting people where they were in life and listening to them.
Pittsburgh's Lou Astorino designed Vatican chapel used by Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | triblive.com | Tom Davidson

Pittsburgh’s connection to the Vatican was spotlighted for all the world to see this week. Pope Francis’ initial resting spot in death was the chapel of the Holy Spirit. It’s the work of Louis Astorino, the Pittsburgh architect who also designed PNC Park. The 88-year-old Argentine pope, who died Monday, laid in state earlier this week in the chapel, where he said daily Mass during his papacy.