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💡 Take this tricky Pittsburgh quiz!

September 5, 2024 · — Francesca Dabecco

We have a sweet treat for you, neighbor! The team is sharing their picks for the best baked goods in the Burgh on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh podcast 🧁

Podcast Player: Cannoli Cruffins, Cardamom Buns & More Favorite Pittsburgh Baked Goods

Dig into our favorite 🍪 cookies, 🍰 cakes, and 🥐 pastries — then scroll down to challenge yourself with today’s Pittsburgh news quiz ⬇️

What's CITY Talking About?

A white and blue bike is covered in colorful flowers and photos of Courtney Carter, a 9-year-old Black girl from Homewood
Riders gathered this week for a short bike ride and vigil at Rosedale and Tacoma where a child was struck and killed by a car. (Courtesy of Bike Pittsburgh)

💔 Flowers for 9-Year-Old Courtney Carter

Carter was killed last month by a driver while riding her bike in Homewood, just days before she should’ve started a new school year at Pittsburgh Faison. [Bike Pittsburgh]

📬 Wrong Date? Mail Ballots Should Still Count

The Commonwealth Court ruled that throwing out mail-in ballots with incorrectly dated return envelopes is unconstitutional. Voting rights organizations claim this rule disenfranchised 10,000 voters in the 2022 election and thousands more in the 2024 primary. [TribLive]

📣 Allegheny Valley Hospital Union Votes To Strike

It’s the second Allegheny Health Network hospital to send a strike notice in recent weeks, asking for better pay and recruitment. West Penn nurses authorized a strike on Aug. 21. [TribLive]

🦠 Rising Risk of Measles Outbreak

As more parents choose not to get their kids vaccinated, some infectious diseases — which require a near-perfect vaccination rate — are making a comeback. In Pennsylvania, parents who object to vaccines for religious or philosophical reasons can request an exemption and still send their children to school. [SpotlightPA]

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The Hey Pittsburgh News Quiz!

a man wearing a black and gold baseball cap that reads "organize" on the back, standing infront of a crowd of people, looking to a stage with a large American flag
Organizers gather at the annual Allegheny County Labor Day Parade, Sept. 7, 2015. (Jeff Swensen / Getty)

💥 Pop quiz, Pittsburgh! It’s time to play along as we test your knowledge of local history and current events. And head’s up — our quizmaster won’t take it easy on you!

Shoutout to our perfect scorers last week: Vance D. and Sarah S. We’re pleased to report many of yinz know your Point State Park fountain history, but far fewer remembered how campaign visits during the 2016 election shook out! If you missed it, you can still play last week’s quiz here.

Here’s this round’s first question:

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✊ At press time, the White House looked poised to block the U.S. Steel sale to Nippon, and hundreds of people who appear to be union members were gathered Downtown to support the sale. Signs said “$3B reasons to say yes.”

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