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Pittsburgh Opera announces appointment of new general director
The Pittsburgh Opera announced Tuesday that it will enter a fresh chapter with new general director William Powers, who will take the reins on July 1 after the company’s 2025-26 season. Powers — who has decades of experience working in the performing arts and has spent much of his career...
Fight for the Right: Is the MAGA movement the future of the GOP?
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the changing face of the country’s two major political parties. As former U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney prepared to step away from office in December 2024, he told reporters, “I’m a narrow slice, if you will, of what we used...
A look at the classic diners still holding on in Western PennsylvaniaVideo
The sizzle of frying potatoes and the scent of fresh coffee and grease. Gleaming chrome fixtures and brightly colored booths. Oldies playing softly in the background. Servers dropping off heaping plates of steaming comfort food. Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania diner. Diners peaked in popularity in the mid-20th century, when...
