Shaylah L. Brown

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These are the lines to just enter the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston because of a TSA agent shortage due to the #governmentshutdown2025 causing the closing of two terminals

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Breakthrough treatments offer some sickle cell sufferers a cure, barriers remain

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The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania will sponsor a Hike through Maple History: Maple Madness March 15 and 22. For details and more local event news, read today's Stroller: https://t.co/D7pRbeIsXe @KellenStepler @shaylah_brown @VNDNews @audubonsociety

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Behind the scenes at AFRICANISM Gala in Lawrenceville, models are getting ready for the show.

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Read more about the Black-owned pizzeria here: https://t.co/eb6vVK92mQ

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What’s on the menu for election night? Pizza, pizza, pizza! 🍕🍕 At North Homewood Pizza, owner Keith Calhoun said he’s been busy supporting several polling places early in the morning with pizza deliveries and serving voters throughout the day.

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For Bell, the focus is on supporting the middle class and empowering small Black-owned businesses.

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Voters continue to trickle into polling places in the Hill District close to 3 p.m. including Ebenezer Baptist Church.

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“ I just feel like I’m picking the lesser of two evils. But this plays a big part in what our future will look like, and I don’t want to struggle. Let’s just keep it a bean,” he said.

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“But nobody knows what the outcome is going to be. It’s like a football game—you don’t know who’s gonna win until the game is over. Right now, this is a game, but a game of survival.”

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In Homewood, the second floor of the library serves as a voting hub. Wildena Thompson, a poll worker there, said, “I wanted to make sure we get equal rights in this world and that we elect the right president who will help us, not harm us.”

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According to Williams, it’s not about Republicans, Democrats, or Independents, “It’s about we the people.”

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Here at the Allegheny County elections warehouse, where dozens of workers are processing mail-in ballots. No photos or videos are allowed now that the count has begun, but these cameras are fair game. Altogether a quiet scene at the center of the political universe. @TribLIVE

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Joyce Reese, 39, just came from work to her polling place, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Homewood. She feels joyful and optimistic about the election’s outcome.