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Gov. Tom Wolf called the opioid epidemic “an invisible problem” with concrete ramifications.
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Gov. Tom Wolf called the opioid epidemic “an invisible problem” with concrete ramifications.

Wolf makes urgent call to pass measures curbing opioid addiction

Gov. Tom Wolf urged lawmakers not to limit their expectations despite the waning of the legislative session.

A woman wears a shirt depicting Hillary Clinton as Rosie the Riveter as people gather to watch Michelle Obama speak on behalf of the Democratic presidential candidate on Wednesday at the Fitzgerald Field House on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.

In stumping for Clinton, first lady criticizes Republican nominee

Michelle Obama did not mention Donald Trump by name but her 20-minute-long speech lashed him repeatedly anyway.

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    PG SLIDESHOW: First Lady Michelle Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton

    • The Pittsburgh Tribune Review's offices at the former Clark Candy building on the North Shore. The company plans to stop printing the Pittsburgh edition of its newspaper on Nov. 30. After that, it plans to resume coverage in a digital-only format.

    Tribune-Review to drop Pittsburgh print edition

    The company will continue to publish the Greensburg and Tarentum editions while laying off 106 workers.

    Joey Taylor walks with his daughter Josie Taylor after picking her up at Oakdale Baptist Church on Wednesday in Townville, S.C.

    Official: 2 students, 1 teacher wounded at South Carolina elementary school shooting

    Authorities say they believe the teenage male who was taken into custody after the shooting first fatally shot his father.

    A view of the North Shore from Mt. Washington, Duquesne Incline Station.

    Another new office building in store for the North Shore?

    The office complex would be built on the last parcel available on the Allegheny riverfront.

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    Carnegie Science Center expansion plans detailed

    • This May 5, 2012, file photo shows Jack Nicklaus, left, Gary Player, center, and Arnold Palmer reacting after Palmer's birdie putt on the 18th green during a Greats of Golf event in The Woodlands, Texas.

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    Theirs was a friendly rivalry, but Jack Nicklaus remembers Arnold Palmer as an icon, legend, and pioneer, but chiefly, a friend

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    Infant on life support; father charged with shaking baby

    Police said the child suffered a "traumatic brain injury" and was taken to the hospital Sunday night.

    Bus driver, two passengers injured in Brentwood crash

    The Port Authority says the bus was broken down and stopped on Route 51 at Marylea Avenue when it was struck from behind.

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    In five years, across Pennsylvania and seven other Appalachian states, 608 doctors were disciplined for overprescribing narcotics, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found. Read this special report and more:

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    New: A week of overdoses; a year of struggle: The opioid epidemic in Washington County

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    Shane Pilster, graffiti artist, graphic designer, and urban arts coordinator for the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area. Some photos show the Rivers of Steel logo designed and spray painted by Mr. pilster on the crane wall at the Carrie Furnaces iron mill in Swissvale. Other photos show Pilster in frounr of the crane wall where a number of graffiti panels have been painted, or inside the "power house," one of the sites, along with the crane wall, where graffiti is permitted and encouraged. For national parks series running 6/23 online, 6/26 in Mag
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    A worker on a lift is drapped by the protective covering on the Warhol Bridge Tuesday as part of a rehabilitation project.

    TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge and Tunnel closed inbound tonight; Squirrel Hill Tunnel closures planned tonight after Pirates game

    Squirrel Hill Tunnel single-lane restrictions planned in both directions tonight and Thursday night.

    Funding battle rages over state intellectual disability services

    While the Wolf administration and legislators disagree over funding, the waiting list for services continues to grow.

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    U.S. appeals court hears arguments in Clean Power Plan case

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    J.C. Penney major appliance showroom at a mall in Lewisville, Texas.

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    Classic Italian meatballs.

    Meatballs can speak different accents fluently

    They can be served with a lemon sauce perfumed with saffron or a sweet-spicy glaze or a simple tomato marinara.

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    Betty Crocker introduces a novice to cooking

    • Honey, served with apple slices or as the sweetener for a moist cake, is a symbolic food for the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, and expresses wishes and hopes for a sweet New Year.

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    Honey cake with apple, spices and brewed black tea augurs for a sweet new year.

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    Yona Harvey is an English professor who teaches poetry at the University of Pittsburgh.

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    University of Pittsburgh professor Yona Harvey returns to her first love and creates an origin story for Zenzi, the mighty woman of Wakanda.

    Attributed to John Hilling (1822-1894), "Burning the Old South Church," c. 1854, Oil on Canvas.

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    Tulsa Police Department helicopter footage shows the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man, by Betty Shelby, a white Oklahoma police officer, in north Tulsa on Sept. 16.

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