The FBI arrested a second ShinyHunters suspect over the breach of its own systems while attackers outran fresh patches on Citrix, SonicWall, and AhsayCBS gear.
Emerging Trends and Key Updates
- Trend Attackers now race vendor advisories, hitting SonicWall SMA1000 three days after its hotfix while unpatched AhsayCBS servers take web shells and Citrix ships yet another NetScaler fix.
- Update · new The FBI announced the arrest of a second ShinyHunters suspect tied to the breach of bureau systems, as Japan separately ran a cyberspace emergency after ransomware downed IDCF Cloud.
- Trend Machines increasingly find what humans cannot, with Anthropic's OSS Scanner forwarding unreviewed model findings to maintainers and three teams breaking a fully patched Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own Ireland.
- Update · new Washington opened fronts at home and abroad, sanctioning the International Criminal Court, probing Fed governor Lisa Cook, and subpoenaing Pitt in a nine-university visa inquiry.
- Update · new Mike Ditka died at 86, Donnie Iris retired from performing, and Allegheny County confirmed a second measles case with 11 people in quarantine.
- Trend Markets wobbled as Houthi missiles killed three at Riyadh's airport, Pimco floated a 6% ten-year Treasury, and Paris riots deepened France's debt trouble.
Security
1. FBI Arrests a Second ShinyHunters Suspect
Latest developments: FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Friday, October 9, 2026 the arrest of another suspected ShinyHunters member whom investigators tie to the recent breach of FBI systems, and said the bureau will keep working with partners to disrupt what remains of the group; the same day Germany arrested a Russian national it calls a core Qilin ransomware member after Japan extradited him, and Oleg Korniev, a 42-year-old dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, pleaded guilty to running Your Mule Cashout, a network of 15,000 money mules across the United States and Europe that laundered cybercriminal proceeds from 2007 to 2014.
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ShinyHunters extorts companies by stealing data from cloud platforms, and Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader, the member known as Rey, in late September 2026. Patel's announcement marks the second arrest tied to the group's intrusion into the FBI's own environment.
Sources: BleepingComputer · The Record · BleepingComputer · The Record · ↑ top
2. Citrix Rushes Another NetScaler Patch
Latest developments: Citrix released fixes on October 9, 2026 for CVE-2026-107406, a memory overflow in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that carries an attacker to remote code execution or denial of service under specific configurations, SAML deployments among them, and told administrators to patch immediately.
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NetScaler ADC and Gateway terminate remote access and application traffic for large enterprises, and this is the second critical flaw Citrix has patched in the line inside a week, after attackers exploited CVE-2026-88779 to crash appliances. Administrators running SAML authentication on these appliances should install the new builds now.
Sources: BleepingComputer · The Hacker News · SecurityWeek · ↑ top
3. AhsayCBS Flaws Exploited With No Patch
Latest developments: Researchers detailed on October 9, 2026 what the attackers do once they chain CVE-2026-105133, an improper authentication bug in the checkSysPwd() function of AhsayCBS, with the command injection flaw CVE-2026-105134: they plant web shells and run XMRig cryptocurrency miners that masquerade as Microsoft Edge, and Ahsay still ships no fix.
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AhsayCBS is the server side of Ahsay's backup platform, which managed service providers run to hold client backups, so command execution on it reaches the copies of data victims would use to recover. Operators should restrict network access to the consoles and hunt for intrusions.
Sources: SecurityWeek · BleepingComputer · The Hacker News · ↑ top
4. Flax Typhoon Flaws Land on CISA's KEV List
Latest developments: CISA added five vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Thursday, October 8, 2026 after Flax Typhoon abused them, among them CVE-2015-3306, a 10.0-rated improper access control bug in the ProFTPD file transfer server, and set a remediation deadline of October 11, 2026 for federal civilian agencies.
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Flax Typhoon, which works for the sanctioned Beijing company Integrity Technology Group, used the vulnerability scanner MicroScan to find exposed systems and in some cases break in, and the FBI seized seven of its domains this week. Every organization running internet-facing ProFTPD and the other four products should patch on the federal timetable.
Sources: The Hacker News · SecurityWeek · Help Net Security · ↑ top
5. Pwn2Own Ireland Breaks a Patched Pixel 10
Latest developments: Three teams remotely exploited a fully patched Google Pixel 10 on October 8, 2026 at Pwn2Own Ireland in Cork, with Pixel 10 exploits paying $560,000 in all and Ikotas Labs taking the contest's $300,000 top prize and the overall win, and the event closed with $1,262,000 paid for 98 zero-days.
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Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative runs Pwn2Own and requires every target device to carry current patches, then hands the flaws to the vendors. This year's targets reached past phones to printers, smart speakers, smart home hubs, and AI infrastructure and coding tools, so the 98 bugs now sit in vendor queues awaiting fixes.
Sources: The Hacker News · BleepingComputer · SecurityWeek · ↑ top
6. Anthropic Sends AI Bug Reports to Maintainers
Latest developments: Anthropic launched OSS Scanner on October 9, 2026, a free service that runs its strongest models against the code of open-source maintainers who opt in and then forwards unreviewed, model-generated findings with reproduction steps and, when it has them, fixes, and the company separately engaged 11 firms to work on operational technology security.
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OSS Scanner grows out of Project Glasswing, the Anthropic effort that used Claude to find software flaws, and the company says human validation has become the bottleneck. Maintainers who sign up absorb the triage load, a month after Google stopped taking product reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program over a flood of AI-generated submissions.
Sources: Help Net Security · SecurityWeek · The Hacker News · ↑ top
7. Certificate Lifetimes Shrink to 64 Days
Latest developments: Let's Encrypt said on October 8, 2026 that it will cut the lifetime of its free TLS certificates to 64 days beginning in February 2027, and Microsoft told customers the same week that devices running unsupported versions of Windows will stop receiving security updates after next year's Windows Update certificate rotation, while its PQC TLS Pilot Program asks organizations to test certificate ecosystems against post-quantum algorithms now.
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Let's Encrypt issues certificates for a large share of the public web, and a 64-day maximum lifetime forces renewal roughly every two months, which breaks any process a person still runs by hand. Enterprises face the same certificate dependency inside Windows Update, where an expiring trust chain cuts off patches for old builds.
Sources: Ars Technica Security · BleepingComputer · Microsoft Security Blog · ↑ top
8. Midnight Mimosa Ships Inside Android Firmware
Latest developments: Researchers named a campaign Midnight Mimosa on October 8, 2026 that arrives preinstalled in the firmware of low-cost Android smartphones sold in more than 150 countries, silently installs further applications, commits advertising fraud, and enlists each handset as a residential proxy node.
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Malware baked into firmware before a phone ships survives factory resets and sits below the applications a user controls, and the proxy function rents a buyer's home internet connection to whoever pays for it. Organizations that allow cheap Android handsets onto corporate networks or issue them to staff carry the exposure.
Sources: SecurityWeek · BleepingComputer · ↑ top
9. Ransomware Knocks Out Japan's IDCF Cloud
Latest developments: IDC Frontier disclosed on October 8, 2026 that a ransomware attack on its IDCF Cloud service caused an outage at a data center cluster serving eastern Japan, where government bodies rank among the customers, and the JPCERT Coordination Center in Tokyo published an alert the same day tying a sharp rise in Japanese personal data leaks to abuse of mobile application APIs and exploitation of known software flaws.
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IDC Frontier, a subsidiary in the SoftBank group, runs cloud and data center infrastructure for Japanese enterprises and public agencies, so the outage reaches tenants who never touched the attacker. JPCERT/CC named no attacker and no victim organization in its alert, and told operators to audit the APIs behind their mobile apps and patch exposed software such as Metabase.
Sources: BleepingComputer · The Hacker News · ↑ top
10. SonicWall SMA1000 Flaw Now Exploited
Latest developments: Attackers began exploiting CVE-2026-102255, the maximum-severity server-side request forgery in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access 1000 appliances, BleepingComputer reported on October 9, 2026, three days after SonicWall shipped the hotfix and said it saw no evidence of exploitation.
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The flaw lets an unauthenticated remote attacker make the gateway issue requests on the attacker's behalf and reach internal functionality behind it. SMA1000 operators who skipped Tuesday's hotfix should apply it now and hunt for intrusions.
Sources: BleepingComputer · ↑ top
Business and Politics
Trump Opens an Inquiry Into Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Latest developments: President Trump formed a committee Friday, October 9, to evaluate the mortgage-fraud allegations against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, reviving his push to remove her from the central bank's board.
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The Supreme Court in June rebuffed Trump's attempt to fire Cook, whom President Biden appointed. The committee signals a renewed effort to oust a sitting governor and extends the president's campaign to wield more control over the institution that sets United States interest rates, at a moment when Federal Open Market Committee officials are weighing another increase.
Sources: FT World · WSJ Politics · ↑ top
Washington Moves to Dismantle the International Criminal Court
Latest developments: The United States announced a sanctions campaign Friday, October 9, to end the International Criminal Court, giving companies 180 days to stop trading with the tribunal in The Hague and threatening to cut it off from the dollar.
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The measures reach banks and corporations far beyond The Hague, because a designated institution loses access to the United States financial system and the ability to clear dollar transactions, which forces compliance decisions on every counterparty. Hours earlier the Nobel committee gave the 2026 Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, the South African lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela, sat as a judge on the International Criminal Court, and led human rights at the United Nations; Israel rebuked the choice.
Sources: FT Home · WSJ World News · WSJ World News · ↑ top
China and the EU Pull Back From a Hybrid Car Trade War
Latest developments: China and the European Union said Friday, October 9, that two days of talks in Beijing produced an understanding on hybrid vehicles, easing the full-scale trade conflict officials warned about earlier in the week.
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The European Commission's top trade negotiator met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing after Beijing rejected Brussels's request for voluntary curbs on surging Chinese hybrid car exports, a refusal that had pushed the Commission toward temporary import limits. Both governments also reported progress on other pieces of the trade relationship, which carries roughly a fifth of EU goods trade.
Sources: WSJ US Business · FT Home · ↑ top
Paris Riots Compound France's Debt Trouble
Latest developments: French authorities have detained 7,000 people as rioting high school students swept Paris, the Financial Times reported Friday, October 9, piling political pressure on Emmanuel Macron's government in the middle of the sell-off in French government bonds.
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France's borrowing costs have stayed elevated through weeks of selling, with the spread over German Bunds at multiyear highs and Finance Minister Roland Lescure pledging to bypass parliament if he must to pass billions of euros of cuts. The Financial Times judged Friday that the European Central Bank will sit out the rout while drawing up contingency plans for emergency measures.
Sources: FT World · FT World · ↑ top
Pimco Warns of a 6% Ten-Year Treasury
Latest developments: Pimco's chief investment officer told the Financial Times Friday, October 9, that a 10-year Treasury yield of 6%, a level last seen in 2000, looks "feasible" as investors unwind losing positions.
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Treasury yields edged higher Friday while long-dated yields stayed below the 24-year highs they touched earlier in the week, helped by falling oil; eurozone yields declined, the dollar held steady as bond investors hunted for an equilibrium level after the week's roller coaster, and gold gained more than 1%. The Financial Times also reported that bank shares are sliding even as rates surge, because rising funding costs threaten to reverse the widening margins lenders have enjoyed.
Sources: FT Home · WSJ Markets · WSJ Markets · FT Home · WSJ Markets · ↑ top
Houthi Missiles Kill Three at Riyadh Airport as Oil Retreats
Latest developments: A Houthi barrage on Riyadh's airport killed three Saudis and pushed several international carriers to suspend flights, Iran extended its tanker attacks beyond the Strait of Hormuz, and crude fell Friday, October 9, as traders weighed President Trump's pledge to hold off on striking Iran until after the November 3 midterms.
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Goldman Sachs put Brent's September risk premium at $22 a barrel, the second-highest monthly reading on record, as Iran and the Houthis mount a new round of attacks around the Strait of Hormuz. BP evacuated all personnel from its Na Kika and Thunder Horse platforms and curbed Gulf of Mexico production ahead of Hurricane Isaias, and Delta Air Lines cut its profit outlook Friday on fuel costs tied to the Iran conflict even as third-quarter revenue rose, with Chief Executive Ed Bastian also ruling out Starlink service on Delta jets.
Sources: FT World · FT World · WSJ World News · WSJ Markets · WSJ Markets · FT World · ↑ top
The Financial Stability Board Finds Most Countries Unready for a Bank Failure
Latest developments: The Financial Stability Board warned Friday, October 9, that only the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Hong Kong hold a credible public-sector backstop capable of funding a troubled lender through a sale or a wind-down.
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The Basel-based board, which coordinates financial regulation for the Group of 20, judged most jurisdictions still unprepared to resolve a failing bank, which leaves cross-border lenders dependent on improvised rescues and puts the burden on the handful of authorities that have built the machinery.
Sources: FT Markets · ↑ top
Japan Declares a Cyberspace Emergency
Latest developments: Japan declared a cyberspace emergency Friday, October 9, as attacks on companies there soared and dozens of firms disclosed data leaks.
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The disclosed victims run from car rental operators and barbecue chains to the railway group JR East, and the declaration puts Tokyo on an emergency footing against a wave of intrusions hitting the world's fourth-largest economy.
Pittsburgh
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Business
PPG Spends $70 Million on Aircraft Windows in Alabama
Latest developments: WPXI reported Friday, October 9, that PPG will spend $70 million to expand an aerospace transparencies plant in Alabama, a plan the company disclosed Wednesday, October 7, as demand for specialized aircraft windows surges.
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PPG, the coatings and specialty materials maker headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, builds aircraft windows and canopies through its aerospace transparencies business, and the expansion adds capacity for them in Alabama.
CP Industries Puts $21.7 Million Into McKeesport
Latest developments: WPXI reported Friday, October 9, that CP Industries will build a 25,000-square-foot structure at its McKeesport operations in a $21.7 million investment.
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CP Industries manufactures seamless high-pressure steel pressure vessels in McKeesport, the Allegheny County city on the Monongahela River, and the new building lets the plant turn out more of them.
Murph's Kitchen Takes Over the Strange Roots Taproom
Latest developments: Pittsburgh Magazine profiled Murph's Kitchen on Friday, October 9, reporting that crowds have followed chef Les Murphy since he moved the operation into Millvale in July.
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Murphy, a North Versailles native and veteran chef, runs the food program inside Strange Roots Experimental Ales' taproom on East Ohio Street in Millvale under the tagline "Good Times Served Daily," taking over from the brewery's longtime purveyor, Pittsburgh Sandwich Society.
Sources: Pittsburgh Magazine · ↑ top
U.S. Steel Hires on the Spot in Duquesne
Latest developments: Pittsburgh Magazine's Friday, October 9, job board leads with a U.S. Steel Corp. hiring event for utility persons set for Wednesday, October 14, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1 South Linden Street in Duquesne.
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U.S. Steel says applicants who register in advance and qualify can interview and receive an offer at the event. The listing heads a weekly roundup of 10 new Pittsburgh-area openings.
Sources: Pittsburgh Magazine · ↑ top
Duquesne Light and IBEW Local 29 Reach a Tentative Deal
Latest developments: Duquesne Light Co. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 29 announced a tentative contract Thursday night, October 8, on the eighth day of the strike, and ratification would send roughly 1,000 workers back to the lines.
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The walkout, which began October 1, was the utility's first in half a century and forced Duquesne Light to bring in 80 line workers from outside the region to cover its crews. The timing matters: forecasters have the remnants of Hurricane Isaias dropping tropical rain on Western Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 11, the kind of weather that knocks down wires.
Sources: TribLive · KDKA · WTAE · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · ↑ top
The Iron City Complex Hunts a Renewal Story
Latest developments: TribLive reported Friday, October 9, that the deteriorating Pittsburgh Brewing Co. complex in Lawrenceville may yet find a second life, eight years after Cliff Forrest bought the company.
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Forrest, a coal magnate, acquired Pittsburgh Brewing Co. in 2018 planning to restore the historic Lawrenceville production plant where Iron City beer had been brewed since 1867. The buildings have crumbled since, and the complex's fate now turns on finding a use for them.
Around Town
Mike Ditka Dies at 86
Latest developments: Mike Ditka's family announced his death Friday, October 9, at 86, calling him "the heart of our family," and Pitt, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the NFL posted tributes.
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Ditka grew up in Aliquippa, the Beaver County mill town, earned a football scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, and built his Iron Mike reputation there by refusing to leave a game after dislocating his shoulder. He went on to redefine the tight end position in the NFL and coached the Chicago Bears to the franchise's only Super Bowl title.
Sources: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · TribLive · KDKA · WTAE · ↑ top
Trek Development Revives North Point Breeze Housing
Latest developments: WPXI reported Friday, October 9, that Trek Development Group is working to put a new multifamily development on a city-owned property next to Rockwell Park in North Point Breeze.
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The downtown-based developer targets a Penn Avenue site at the seam of North Point Breeze and Homewood, where an earlier plan for 125 rental homes faded a few years ago and then died.
Allegheny County Confirms a Second Measles Case
Latest developments: The Allegheny County Health Department confirmed a second measles case Friday, October 9, tied to the county's first because both children attend the same school, 11 people have gone into quarantine, and PublicSource reported that the school link significantly expands the investigation.
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The county reported its first resident case, an unvaccinated minor, on October 5, and flagged possible exposure at a Target store on McKnight Road in McCandless. Pennsylvania's outbreak has passed 1,000 cases, the largest in the United States in decades, and the Post-Gazette reported Friday on a Pennsylvania pediatrician who now treats measles daily after a career expecting never to see it.
Sources: KDKA · PublicSource · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · WTAE · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · ↑ top
Pitt Joins a Nine-University Visa Investigation
Latest developments: Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from the University of Pittsburgh, TribLive reported Friday, October 9, and WTAE reported that Pitt is one of nine universities the Trump administration has placed under investigation over student visa programs, with United States Representative Chris Deluzio calling the move "a bunch of nonsense."
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Vice President JD Vance named Pitt a day earlier, as the administration suspended Microsoft and other technology companies from the program that lets H-1B visa holders apply for green cards. Deluzio, a Democrat whose Western Pennsylvania district adjoins the university, pushed back publicly, and PublicSource published a timeline of the federal actions aimed at Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University, and other area schools.
Sources: WTAE · TribLive · PublicSource · ↑ top
Isaias Reaches Category 3 and Points Rain at Sunday
Latest developments: TribLive reported Friday, October 9, that Hurricane Isaias will have low impact on Western Pennsylvania even as WTAE keeps Sunday, October 11, tagged an Impact Day for tropical rain, with the heaviest rain arriving that day after a sunny Friday in the upper 60s and low 70s.
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Isaias strengthened into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on a track toward the Gulf Coast, and forecasters expect its remnants to push rain into the Pittsburgh region Sunday. The timing lands as Duquesne Light's line workers weigh a tentative contract that ended an eight-day strike, and BP has evacuated two Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of the storm.
Sources: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · TribLive · WTAE · WTAE · WPXI · KDKA · ↑ top
Obama Endorses Shapiro
Latest developments: Former President Barack Obama endorsed Governor Josh Shapiro's reelection bid Friday, October 9, his latest step into the midterm campaign.
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Shapiro, a Democrat, faces Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity on November 3 after the race's only debate on October 7, and polling has shown Shapiro well ahead. Obama is picking his spots in key races as both parties measure the Pennsylvania result for 2028 signals.
Paid Parental Leave Clears an Allegheny County Committee
Latest developments: The AFL-CIO endorsed Allegheny County's proposed 12-week paid parental leave policy Friday, October 9, urging county officials to approve what would be the first such mandate by an individual municipality without a state requirement, a day after the County Council health committee advanced it.
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The policy would require employers with 15 or more eligible employees to give both parents at least 12 weeks of paid leave, a mandate that would reach a large share of the county's private workforce. The committee vote on Thursday, October 8, sent the measure toward a final vote of the full council.
Sources: TribLive · WTAE · ↑ top
Eleven Westmoreland Precincts Get New Polling Places
Latest developments: The Westmoreland County election board announced Friday, October 9, that voters in 11 precincts will cast ballots at a different location for the November 3 general election.
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County election officials move polling places when a host site becomes unavailable or unsuitable, and affected voters receive notice before the election. Checking the assigned location before Election Day avoids a wasted trip.
Events
Donnie Iris Retires From the Stage
Latest developments: Donnie Iris announced his retirement from future concert performances in a letter posted to social media Friday, October 9, citing recent health issues.
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Iris, the Pittsburgh rocker Pittsburgh Magazine calls the King of Cool, wrote that music has given him far more than he gave it, and KDKA reported he closed out with a hometown show he called a meaningful and fitting moment.
Sources: Post-Gazette Arts & Entertainment · KDKA · Pittsburgh Magazine · ↑ top
Nickelback Books Pittsburgh on Its 2027 Tour
Latest developments: Nickelback announced the 2027 Everything Under the Sun Tour on Friday, October 9, a global arena run that includes a Pittsburgh stop.
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The Canadian rock band tours behind its 11th studio album, "Everything Under The Sun," which Virgin Music Group releases October 30, with the English four-piece Don Broco as direct support across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Its single "Rattle The Cage," featuring guitarist John 5, holds the No. 1 spot at Active Rock radio.
Bellevue Opens Its Houses and Shops October 17
Latest developments: Pittsburgh Magazine reported Friday, October 9, that Bellevue's eighth Live, Worship, Shop House Tour returns Saturday, October 17.
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The tour opens homes, houses of worship, and storefronts across Bellevue, the Allegheny County borough drawing attention for the rapid growth of its commercial district, and organizers pitch it as a walk through the borough's community initiatives.
Sources: Pittsburgh Magazine · ↑ top
Peak Foliage Hits the Laurel Highlands
Latest developments: WTAE reported Friday, October 9, that the weekend of October 10 and 11 brings peak fall color to the Laurel Highlands, with the best display now at the highest elevations.
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The Laurel Highlands, the ridge country southeast of Pittsburgh, turns color first on its ridgetops. Drivers heading out Sunday should account for the tropical rain Isaias sends into Western Pennsylvania that day.
Alice Takes Over the Phipps Fall Flower Show
Latest developments: The Post-Gazette walked the Phipps Fall Flower Show on Friday, October 9, and found Alice, the Cheshire Cat, and company worked into the autumn displays.
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The Fall Flower Show at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland builds this year's show around Alice's adventures, mixing autumn plantings with Halloween touches through the season.
Sources: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · ↑ top
David Chang Eats His Way Through Pittsburgh on CNN
Latest developments: TribLive reported Friday, October 9, that the Pittsburgh episode of CNN's "The Detour with David Chang" airs at 10 p.m. Saturday, October 10, with the actress Gillian Jacobs guiding the chef around town.
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Chang, a chef and restaurateur, left Pittsburgh off a list he made of "The Five Best NFL Cities for Sandwiches," and the omission prompted the visit that became the episode.
Thomas Jefferson at West Allegheny Is the WPIAL Game of the Week
Latest developments: KDKA picked Thomas Jefferson at West Allegheny for Friday night's Steelers High School Showcase, with kickoff at 7 p.m. October 9.
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The game runs at Joe P. DiMichela Stadium in Imperial, home of West Allegheny, in Week 7 of the WPIAL season, and KDKA publishes watch details for the broadcast.
Sports
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Around the Teams
Darnell Washington Becomes a Landmark in the Offense
Latest developments: The Post-Gazette detailed Friday, October 9, how tight end Darnell Washington, whom teammates call Mount Washington, has turned into a key piece of the Steelers' offense.
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The paper traced the role Washington has carved out in head coach Mike McCarthy's offense, and the team's own YouTube channel pushed a clip calling him a cheat code. The Steelers play at Indianapolis on Sunday, October 11, at 1 p.m. Eastern on CBS.
Sources: Post-Gazette Steelers · Pittsburgh Steelers (YouTube) · ↑ top
The Pirates' Farm System Turns In a Good Year
Latest developments: The Post-Gazette laid out the five biggest storylines from the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor-league season Friday, October 9, calling the year a success for the organization's prospects.
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The system produced while the major-league club finished a winning season short of the playoffs, and the Pirates spent this week reshaping their amateur operation, promoting Justin Newman to lead the draft process.
Sources: Post-Gazette Pirates · Post-Gazette Pirates · ↑ top
Hiles Puts the Fix on the Steelers Defense
Latest developments: Post-Gazette columnist Noah Hiles wrote Friday, October 9, that the Steelers' defense has to reverse course Sunday at Indianapolis against quarterback Daniel Jones and the Colts.
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The unit has slipped since the Joey Porter Jr. trade to Dallas and the loss of defensive tackle Derrick Harmon to injured reserve, and it gave up the winning drive at Cleveland in Week 4. Kickoff is 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, October 11, on CBS.
Sources: Post-Gazette Steelers · Pittsburgh Steelers (YouTube) · ↑ top
Team USA
The United States Women Measure Themselves Against Spain
Latest developments: ESPN published an assessment Friday, October 9, of what the second-ranked United States women can take from Spain, the top-ranked side and reigning World Cup champion, before the two meet.
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Emma Hayes's team treats the Spain pair as its benchmark ahead of next summer's Women's World Cup in Brazil, with midfielder Rose Lavelle using that word for the fixtures earlier in the week. Spain's possession game has set the standard other national teams now chase.
Sources: ESPN Soccer · ↑ top
Evan Bates Warns About Abuse of Teenage Skaters
Latest developments: Olympic gold medalist Evan Bates said in comments ESPN published Friday, October 9, that figure skaters as young as 13 face a rising volume of abusive comments on social media.
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Bates, the American ice dancer, raised the warning as the sport's youngest competitors carry public profiles built on social platforms, and he tied the abuse to the pressure these athletes absorb during competition seasons.
Sources: ESPN Olympics · ↑ top
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