After latest attack, some Jews wonder how much more security is possible
In the eight years since a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh — the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history — synagogues and other Jewish institutions across the country have gone to great lengths to fortify themselves. They have hired security guards, installed metal...
Consumer prices rose in January, before Iran War added price pressures
Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an economy on unsteady footing before war with Iran upended oil and financial markets. Consumer prices increased moderately in January, the Federal Reserve’s...
When DOGE unleashed ChatGPT on the humanities
When the Trump administration went looking last spring for National Endowment for the Humanities grants to cut, it turned to a familiar scourge of professors: ChatGPT. Last March, two employees from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the agency with the mandate of canceling previously approved grants that...
Pittsburgh businesses ready for 2026 NFL Draft
Jim Coen expects his football-themed merchandise to fly off the shelves when the 2026 NFL Draft comes to town April 23. “I’m projecting this NFL Draft to be like two Super Bowls combined,” said Coen, who owns Yinzers in the Burgh, a Strip District store dedicated to all things Pittsburgh...
Letter to the editor: Democrats suffering from TDS
Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in the Democratic Party. Look at the socialist Democrats as they go about their business. I could see by the State of the Union that they don’t care about Americans. In my opinion, they are putting illegal immigrants first. Public trust erodes when...
The Stroller, March 13, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Seminar to discuss college...
Laurels & lances: Service & sacrifice
Laurel: To redding up. Fox Chapel senior Kabeer Chopra and the volunteers behind Green Bridge 412 are proving that cleaning up the environment can start with one person noticing a problem and doing something about it. What began after Chopra saw the amount of plastic waste generated during a summer...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from March 5-11, 2026
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, TribLive’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s lies continue
During President Trump’s first term in office, he told, by some accounts, 30,573 lies, an average of 21 per day. I believe Trump’s unprecedented lying has continued in his second term: He still claims that foreign countries will pay for the U.S. government’s tariffs. He lies; we, the consumers, bear...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2026
High schools Baseball Friday’s schedule Nonsection Ambridge at Quaker Valley, 4:15 p.m. Avella at Washington, 4 p.m. Bishop Canevin at Greenbrier Christian Academy, 5 p.m. Chartiers-Houston at Ellwood City, 4:30 p.m. Chartiers Valley at Seton LaSalle, 4 p.m. Fox Chapel at Franklin Regional, 4 p.m. Freedom at Beaver, 4:15 p.m....
Connor Heyward reportedly leaves Steelers for 2-year deal with Raiders
The Heyward brothers have been split up. Former Steelers tight end/fullback Connor Heyward agreed to a two-year, $5.5 million maximum value deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday. According to Rapoport’s post on X, the Steelers were interested in keeping Heyward, but new Raiders coach...
Steelers free agent wide receiver Calvin Austin III to sign with Giants, per report
Just days after the Pittsburgh Steelers acquired a new No. 2 wide receiver, the most recent player to hold that position joined a new team. Calvin Austin III is signing with the New York Giants, according to an ESPN report. The free agent wideout reportedly agreed to a one-year deal...
Senate again deadlocks on Homeland Security funding as shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — The congressional impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security is entering its second month after the Senate on Thursday again deadlocked over providing money for the agency, even as airports continued to experience security line backups. With Democrats refusing to back money for the agency without significant...
Steelers free agent special teams captain Miles Killebrew signs with Bucs
Miles Killebrew will have a reunion with his former special teams coach after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ free agent safety and special teams specialist signed Thursday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In January, the Bucs’ Todd Bowles hired former Steelers special teams coach Danny Smith for the same position after Steelers...
Mortgage rates rise as Iran war ripples through financial markets
Mortgage rates in the United States are rising again, ending — for the time being — a decline that had offered hope to homebuyers struggling to afford housing. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate in the United States rose to 6.11%, mortgage-financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday, the second week...
O’Connor says Pittsburgh faces budget shortfall of up to $40M, leaving city finances in crisis
Pittsburgh could be facing a severe budget shortfall of up to $40 million this year, according to projections revealed Thursday by Mayor Corey O’Connor, leaving his young administration scrambling to figure out how to cover costs. O’Connor blamed inaccurate predictions and “a lot of false assumptions” by the previous administration...
Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court has a marijuana problem
The 17.7 million Americans who use marijuana daily or near-daily can relax: The Supreme Court appears poised to hold that Congress can’t prohibit them from owning firearms. More significantly, the argument revealed that the Supreme Court’s originalist doctrine on gun laws has made it increasingly difficult for Congress to bar...
Will independents ever get to vote in Pa. primaries? Advocates hope a lawsuit moves the needle
HARRISBURG — Supporters of opening Pennsylvania’s primaries to more than 1 million unaffiliated voters hope the courts will accomplish what the legislature couldn’t for decades. Pennsylvania is one of just eight states with a closed primary system, meaning only voters registered as Democrats or Republicans can participate in their respective...
Will independents ever get to vote in Pa. primaries? Advocates hope a lawsuit moves the needle.
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Supporters of opening Pennsylvania’s primaries to more than 1 million unaffiliated voters hope the courts will accomplish...
Bill Cosby, out of prison and the public eye, faces civil trial
He is not expected to be in the courtroom, but Bill Cosby is front and center at a civil trial in California this week as he faces accusations from one of the many women who have accused him of being a sexual predator. The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court...
AI chatbots want your health records. Tread carefully.
SAN FRANCISCO — For the last few years, the tech industry has convinced people that their artificially intelligent chatbots get better the more data you feed them. The next step is to get users to share their most sensitive information: their health records. What could go wrong? Microsoft this week...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 12, 2026
Every photograph tells a story. From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, TribLive’s gallery brings those stories to life — moments of connection, place and the quiet beauty of everyday life. It’s more than a look at Western Pennsylvania. It’s a view of the...
Running on rage bait: Young conservatives in Florida are fascinated by James Fishback
The crowd on the back patio of the sports pub milled about anxiously. Some 200 or so Floridians, many in their teens and early 20s, had been drawn to this nondescript Miami ale house, on a weeknight in February, by the algorithm. From Instagram to X to TikTok, they had...
Felt cute, until they gave their husbands the phone
What kind of photographer could make Kerry Washington look bad? Or turn an idyllic beach shot into a haunting nightmare? Make a candlelit dinner into a memory you want to hide? Boyfriends and husbands. Women across TikTok and Instagram have been sharing their partners’ not-so-faithful renditions of them. Felt pretty,...
AI writes buggy code. A Silicon Valley startup wants to fix it
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In January, a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University published a study analyzing the use of artificial intelligence technologies that can generate their own computer code. The study found that while these increasingly popular AI systems could speed up software development, they could also degrade...
