00:00I'm Paul Rasmussen. He played a sold-out show on his 80th birthday and recently christened a
00:05new Pittsburgh venue. And as NewsRadio KDKA's Paul Alexander reports, sadly, it was Donnie
00:11Iris' last show. It was just a month ago that legendary rock and roll star Donnie Iris opened
00:28the Wiley on the Hill. King Kuhl sold out the UPMC Event Center on his 80th birthday. From the
00:34Jaggers in the 60s, Wild Cherry in the 70s, Donnie Iris in the Cruisers, he was making music and kept
00:40performing at a very elite level. One of the founders of Jaggers is Jimmy Ross. We knew Donnie's
00:45been a tick for a while, but you're just never, you're never ready for this. You can tell I'm a
00:52little shook up. He battled bladder cancer for three years and lost his battle on Monday. Donnie Iris was
00:5883. Paul Alexander, NewsRadio KDKA. Eight years after the Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh is
01:05remembering the 11 victims and teaching the next generation about hate. NewsRadio KDKA's
01:12Tamira Rush has more from the newsroom. Paul, for Ron Wedner, he tells KDKA Radio the October 27th,
01:182018 attack is deeply personal. My wife, Andrea Wedner, my mother-in-law, Rose Malinger,
01:24were in the building that morning. My wife, Andrea, was severely injured, spent 10 days in
01:28the hospital after the shooting, and has had five surgeries, and is still in recovery. My mother-in-law,
01:35Rose, did not survive the shooting, and she was one of the 11 that were in there, murdered because
01:42they were Jews on a peaceful Shabbat morning. Wedner says students will help honor the victims
01:47through artwork and advocacy projects focused on fighting anti-Semitism. The public is invited to
01:53the commemoration from 6 30 to 7 30 tonight at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
01:59In the newsroom, Tamira Rush News Radio, KDKA. A city council member wants to tax the rich
02:05to address Pittsburgh's budget deficit. Barb Warwick calls it a fair share tax. It's a two percent levy on
02:12the unearned income of the city's wealthiest residents. Income like capital gains from property
02:17sales, stock dividends, rental income, distributions from estates and trusts. Warwick says the revenue
02:24can help the city fill a projected $250 million budget deficit over the next five years.
02:29In Pittsburgh, the wealthy already pay the most in property and earned income taxes.
02:35There's no comment from the mayor's office on that proposal.
02:38A no contest plea to third degree murder on Monday in a Northside shooting in 2023.
02:44Police say Aaron Smith and Demetrius Calajuri killed Rasul Akil. Police found the man shot in
02:50the head on Chautauqua Street in early February. Investigators found surveillance video showing
02:56two men wearing masks and dressed in black enter an SUV and exit a short time later. After that,
03:03Akil got out of the vehicle and collapsed. Smith will be sentenced in March.
03:08Police are searching for two men seen stealing an ATM from a Southside hotel last night.
03:13Officers were sent to Spring Hill Suites on South Water Street a few minutes before 9 p.m.
03:18The men removed the money machine, put it in a vehicle and simply drove off. That vehicle may be a
03:24gray Hyundai Tucson with a New Jersey license plate. KDKA Sports. Milwaukee erupted for eight runs in the
03:31fifth inning and the Brewers blew out Tampa Bay 10-1. The brew crew now one win away from the
03:36first World Series title for the team.
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