2013-05-24 13:36:17
The Route 28 end of the bridge will remain closed as construction of a new interchange continues.
2013-05-24 13:05:04
Attacks disrupt the prison, which houses more than 2,300 inmates.
2013-05-24 12:23:52
Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd will quit the Republican Party and run an independent write-in campaign to keep his North Hills seat.
2013-05-24 11:59:37
The state Department of Corrections may eliminate more than 180 mental health jobs in state prisons by outsourcing work to private firms.
2013-05-24 07:32:34
The National Weather Service warns that that sensitive or unprotected plants could be damaged or killed by the cold.
2013-05-24 00:30:55
Plant operators have been struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in decommissioning it.
2013-05-24 00:27:02
Giant Eagle and newcomers like Kmart are rolling out gas price promotions in anticipation of Memorial Day weekend.
2013-05-24 00:26:00
The rules require labels on steaks, ribs and other cuts of meat to say where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered.
2013-05-24 00:25:33
The bill would allow students to dodge an increase in interest rates, but fees could rise in coming years.
2013-05-24 00:18:44
About 200 Vietnam-era POWs, reunited for a three-day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.
2013-05-24 00:13:55
The school board voted to OK a plan that would include the teacher layoffs and cut programs to fill a $1.48 million budget gap.
2013-05-24 00:13:29
Pittsburgh police have issued no citations for violation of a new law requiring motorists to give bicycles a four-foot buffer when passing.
2013-05-24 00:12:43
With a 3-1 series lead, the Penguins have the opportunity to finish a playoff series at home for the first time since 2008.
2013-05-24 00:11:59
The head of the World Health Organization said attempts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus are being slowed by competition for the potent
2013-05-24 00:10:55
The violence added urgency to U.S.-Russian efforts to bring both sides of the Syrian conflict to a peace conference in Geneva.
2013-05-24 00:10:41
Representatives of the corporate community in Pittsburgh are committed to sharing successful practices for improving diversity.
2013-05-24 00:10:28
But Israeli and Palestinian officials privately say chances of success remain low, and Kerry's effort has yielded no results so far.
2013-05-24 00:10:15
The panel failed to reach a decision on a death sentence or life in prison for Jodi Arias' murder conviction.
2013-05-24 00:09:10
More than 30 million people will be on the road for the holiday weekend, the unofficial start of summer.
2013-05-24 00:08:44
Mourners attend funeral for a girl who was among seven schoolchildren killed.
2013-05-24 00:08:19
A combative Barbara Brenner pilloried the medical establishment, industrial polluters and even other cancer research advocates.
2013-05-24 00:07:41
British authorities also began combing through their intelligence files to determine whether the killing could have been prevented.
2013-05-24 00:07:28
It is becoming clearer how much it could cost Pennsylvanians if UPMC and Highmark really do end up parting ways. And it looks expensive.
2013-05-24 00:07:15
Legislation in Congress requires Veterans Administration medical centers to report infectious disease outbreaks to health officials.
2013-05-24 00:06:49
The president also announced the creation of a new Pentagon position to spearhead transfers of inmates from prison in Cuba.
2013-05-24 00:06:36
She is the second official of the tax agency to be disciplined over the scrutiny of conservative-leaning groups seeking tax-exempt status.
2013-05-24 00:04:51
Columnist Tony Norman writes that Bill Peduto's primary victory pushes Pittsburgh to the verge of still-greater national status.
2013-05-24 00:04:01
The president delivers a major policy address on terror-related issues, seeking to redefine the threat.
2013-05-24 00:03:45
The organization voted Thursday to end a ban on including openly gay youth within its ranks, though gay leaders are still not welcomed.
2013-05-24 00:02:44
Tours of the historic blast furnace in Rankin will begin Saturday, giving a firsthand look at the region's one-time industrial might.
2013-05-23 23:54:04
A suit filed by the parents of Maddox Derkosh, who fell into an African dogs exhibit, says other zoos have better safeguards in place.
2013-05-23 23:51:32
Investigators found baking soda in evidence bags that had contained cocaine in the chambers of former Judge Paul Pozonsky.
2013-05-23 23:45:50
Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs and scored another Thursday at PNC Park to move to a 29-18 record this season.
2013-05-23 23:34:24
The EPA settlements with Fluid Recovery Services LLC include $83,000 in fines and $30 million in plant improvements at three facilities.
2013-05-23 21:45:47
Montour school directors voted 9-0 tonight to approve a $59.2 million budget for the 2013-14 school year.
2013-05-23 20:16:28
The board also approved the hiring of Wesley Kuchta, 28, of Harmar to become the McCandless career center's new principal.
2013-05-23 18:59:02
Matthew Smith arrived at Perma-Cast, a mold castings company in Export, and told his fellow employees to leave the building, police said.
2013-05-23 18:08:55
BEIJING -- Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that
2013-05-23 18:08:42
DUBAI -- Before graduating in June from Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, a school in Dubai that is in academic association with t
2013-05-23 18:08:28
LUXEMBOURG -- It was a blunt and unsettling message for a country whose opaque banks have sucked in hundreds of billions of euros from abroa
2013-05-23 18:08:15
BANGKOK -- The Malaysian government began a crackdown on political opponents on Thursday, arresting three government critics, including a pr
2013-05-23 18:08:01
CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday announced the release of seven Egyptian security officers who had been kidnapped nearly a week
2013-05-23 18:07:48
JERUSALEM -- As he embarked on another round of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Thursday in an effort to revitalize the pea
2013-05-23 18:07:34
BEIJING -- A North Korean envoy, Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, said the North would "accept the proposal" by China to "open up dialogue," the Chin
2013-05-23 18:07:21
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- At least 13 police officers were killed on Thursday morning when a powerful remote-controlled bomb ripped through a p
2013-05-23 18:07:07
JERUSALEM -- For more than two years, Israeli leaders have insisted they had no intention of intervening in the civil war raging in neighbor
2013-05-23 18:06:54
LONDON -- One day after a fatal and gruesome attack on an off-duty soldier by two knife-wielding assailants, Prime Minister David Cameron on
2013-05-23 18:06:41
HERMEL, Lebanon -- On the outskirts of this northern Lebanese town near the Syrian border, a short, rugged dirt track leads downhill to a tu
2013-05-23 18:06:27
LONDON -- First, a prominent Tory called the party's rank and file "swivel-eyed loons." Then the populist politician Nigel Farage called Pri
2013-05-23 18:06:13
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three days after one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike Oklahoma in decades, people here filed into a mortuary cha
2013-05-23 18:05:59
Correction Appended
2013-05-23 18:05:46
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates
2013-05-23 18:05:32
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Thursday announced new restraints on targeted killings and narrowed the scope of the long struggle with ter
2013-05-23 18:05:19
With the unofficial start of summer on Monday, many people will get up close and personal with the element that carries 17 protons.
2013-05-23 18:05:05
Everyone knows that cockroaches are the ultimate survivors, with enough evolutionary tricks up their carapaces to have thrived for 350 milli
2013-05-23 16:45:29
The white truck hit a Port Authority bus and drove off from the intersection of Boulevard of the Allies and Commonwealth Place, police said.
2013-05-23 16:31:34
Family-friendly events and the reopening of the fountain at Point State Park are set for "a very exciting two weeks" starting June 7.
2013-05-23 13:41:58
David Kipp sued Arii L. Metz claiming the officer beat him in 2010. Mr. Metz has pleaded guilty to depriving Mr. Kipp of his civil rights.
2013-05-23 12:47:00
Members of the The Corporate Equity & Inclusion Roundtable, the companies worked with others, community groups and Rich Fitzgerald.
2013-05-23 12:17:04
Charles W. Wolfertz III succeeds Michael J. Hayes, who last week was named senior vice president and group head of Hearst Television.
2013-05-23 12:14:50
The board plans to vote on the final budget at its June 25 meeting.
2013-05-23 11:51:58
The switch preserves her ability to challenge Bill Peduto and Josh Wander in the election for Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's successor.
2013-05-23 07:43:59
A fifth-grade class has discovered that reading and imagination are as good as a time machine when it comes to bringing history to life.
2013-05-23 06:06:18
Board members defeated a proposed $134.6 million plan that raised taxes.
2013-05-23 05:58:35
The administration's recommendation to close the school is a "weight hanging over meetings," the board president said.
2013-05-23 05:55:01
School directors have approved the purchase of 200 Apple TVs, 16 MacBook Pros and 330 iPads.
2013-05-23 05:38:31
Did you know George Washington took his oath of office in 1789 on Wall Street in New York City? These middle school students know.
2013-05-23 05:35:54
No tax increase is set for next school year, but the district plans to borrow about $27 million through a bond issue for renovations.
2013-05-23 05:28:49
The state Department of Transportation has announced plans for $45 million worth of road improvement projects for the county this summer.
2013-05-23 05:21:44
Cecil District Judge Valarie Costanzo and assistant district attorney Mike Lucas secure nominations from both parties for empty judge seats.
2013-05-23 05:17:19
The board passed a preliminary budget of $53.3 million, including a technology budget of $1.1 million.
2013-05-23 05:15:08
The school board on Monday adopted the district's final 2013-14 budget, but three board members voted against the $83 million spending plan.
2013-05-23 05:01:39
Voters selected a Meagan Bilik DeFazio as the Republican and Democratic nominee for Common Pleas judge in the primary.
2013-05-23 04:54:27
The school board gave the district approval to proceed with renovations at the Woodland Hills Academy, the former Turtle Creek High School.
2013-05-23 01:28:31
The unofficial results of Tuesday's primary election balloting in Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh.
2013-05-23 00:42:08
A University of Pittsburgh professor designed the clinical trials to test dupilumab's effect.
2013-05-23 00:35:17
Two days after the tornado barreled through Moore, Okla., authorities reopened the worst-hit neighborhoods for the first time.
2013-05-23 00:29:28
The two attackers allegedly slashed their victim to death with knives or machete-like weapons, before being shot and wounded by police.
2013-05-23 00:26:00
The allegations come amid growing outrage in the federal government over reports of sexual harassment and assault in the armed forces.
2013-05-23 00:25:48
Unofficial results from Tuesday's primary balloting across Washington County.
2013-05-23 00:25:08
Unofficial results from Tuesday's primary balloting across Beaver County.
2013-05-23 00:24:42
Gardeners are filling their beds with perennials, which bloom year after year, and annuals, which need to be planted each year.
2013-05-23 00:24:03
The move singled out schools that district officials said were half empty after years of population loss.
2013-05-23 00:23:50
Police say J. Jason Elash drove through a wooden fence and into a building in a January 2012 car crash.
2013-05-23 00:23:24
Leader Kim Jong Un sent his first special envoy to China, amid signs that his government was trying to mend strained ties with Beijing.
2013-05-23 00:21:26
Tsarnaev acquaintance was being questioned in connection with a triple slaying in Massachusetts.
2013-05-23 00:20:33
The repressed president vows to challenge the ruling by election overseers to block his protege from the June 14 ballot.
2013-05-23 00:19:52
Pittsburgh's population grows a tad according to 2012 estimates, while some northern and western suburbs see an influx of residents.
2013-05-23 00:19:39
With a final permit in hand, the project will begin five years of construction this summer.
2013-05-23 00:19:01
Lois Lerner tells lawmakers she did nothing wrong but refuses to answer questions about her unit's mistreatment of groups.
2013-05-23 00:14:13
On Monday, Highmark neurosurgeon Michael Horowitz treated an intracranial aneurysm -- in Butler, instead of Pittsburgh.
2013-05-23 00:12:18
After a video clip of an interview surfaces on the Internet, the governor's office issued a lengthy news release defending his comments.
2013-05-23 00:12:05
A trio of new air quality laws will tighten restrictions on printing plants, industrial solvents and wood-burning boilers.
2013-05-23 00:10:44
Most automobiles their journey by ship to a new world of unpaved roads, kidnappers and Islamist militants after being auctioned to middlemen
2013-05-23 00:08:24
They include Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen.
2013-05-23 00:07:12
Over four decades, Bernard Waber tracked the life of a crocodile named Lyle who was adopted by a Manhattan family.
2013-05-23 00:05:47
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that there was "no circumstance that will allow me to stay as president."
2013-05-23 00:05:40
The descendant of three Southern soldiers in a famous Civil War photo will speak at a news conference for the Gettysburg stamp's unveiling.
2013-05-23 00:05:24
The unofficial results of Tuesday's primary election balloting in Westmoreland County.
2013-05-23 00:04:22
There is still a chance that an independent candidate could emerge and secure enough signatures to add their name to the general election.
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