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Birth Control Restrictions, Bickering Media Bros & Free Ginger Beer

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It’s the Friday news roundup! Former president Donald Trump is making waves again after telling KDKA’s Jon Delano that he would restrict birth control, two very powerful twin brothers are bickering over media drama, and multiple people are suing the city and engineering firms after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. Plus, if you like ginger beer, we’re sharing a special event where you could snag a free drink.

We always cite our sources:

  • Former president Donald Trump made an appearance on KDKA-TV and made headlines for his response to a question about restricting contraceptives.
  • The PRT driver who was driving the bus over the Fern Hollow Bridge when it collapsed is suing the city and three engineering firms.
  • The Fern Hollow Bridge was one of the few K-frame bridges left in the state.
  • Allan Block was pushed out as the publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by his twin brother, JR Block.
  • JR Block has made the news for taking a photo with Trump on his private plane during his 2016 presidential campaign and for an incident where he showed up at the Post-Gazette newsroom late one night appearing “both intoxicated and enraged.” Allan Block made the news for slapping a union organizer with a fast food bag. 
  • Looking for some weekend reading? Allan Block was profiled in the Observer in 1999; the article focuses on his saga of traveling from Toledo to New York City to find a wife.
  • The NFL draft is officially coming to Pittsburgh in 2026!
  • The former Irish Centre finally has a new owner, the Phipps Conservatory.

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