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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro balked at claims that his legal fight against UPMC is a ploy for political clout under the guise of acting in the public interest. “This has nothing to do with my career, and everything to do with the good people of Western Pennsylvania who deserve...

A priest serving at parishes in Butler and Lawrence counties has been placed on administrative leave while the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh investigates allegations that he had inappropriate contact with women. Bishop David Zubik suspended the Rev. James Young from engaging in public ministry while the investigation is being conducted,...

A Shelocta man was pronounced dead Saturday evening at the scene of a one-car crash in Indiana County. State police in Indiana said Mason Robert McCauley, 18, was traveling on McIntyre Road in Young Township shortly before 6:30 p.m. when the vehicle he was driving veered off the side of...

An Uber driver allegedly kidnapped two women early Saturday morning, taking the women to a Point Breeze intersection and trying to lock them in the vehicle, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to the intersection of South Homewood and Penn avenues where two women reported their Uber...

Authorities say five men were shot and wounded, one critically, after being ambushed by three teenagers in north Philadelphia. Police said three males broke away from a group of 10 or 11 males walking down a street just before 5:30 p.m. Friday, and surveillance video shows three teenagers shortly afterward...

A Jefferson County man has admitted in federal court about lying when he was involved with a gun sale. Brock Powell, 43, of Summerville entered his plea before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti to one count of making false statements in relation to the acquisition of firearms....

A Fayette County woman who thought she was calling Amazon customer service ended up getting scammed by the person on the other end of the phone, according to state police. The Springfield Township woman told troopers she didn’t receive an item she bought from the website and searched on March...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Elizabeth Warren is set to visit a state that hasn’t been friendly to Democrats lately to pitch her plan to combat the opioid addiction crisis by boosting taxes on the wealthy. The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate will travel to Kermit, West Virginia, on Friday before...

State and local officials participated in an emergency exercise Friday morning at an Indiana County school. There was an increased police presence at United Junior-Senior High School in East Wheatfield Township, state police said. Those involved responded to a simulated critical incident to practice emergency response, lockdown procedures and communication...

Four Southwestern Pennsylvania bike paths eventually could be part of a coast-to-coast mega-trail. The Great American Rail-Trail, proposed by the nonprofit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, would link Seattle to Washington D.C. with 3,700 miles spanning 12 states. The conservancy has announced its preferred route for the trail, which would link up dozens...

If it feels like a bad spring for allergies, blame it on higher-than-normal pollen counts. Pollen counts throughout the region are reaching the highest levels that can be measured by the National Allergy Bureau, said Dr. Merrit L. Fajt, an allergist with UPMC. “The higher the count, the greater the...

A former coach for Berks County’s Special Olympics soccer team has been charged with raping a player with intellectual disabilities and will head to trial. The Reading Eagle reports Michael Sheldon was ordered held without bail after Thursday’s preliminary hearing on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual assault and related...

A Philadelphia woman who made headlines for an elaborate prom send-off has been spared a prison term for Social Security fraud. Saudia Shuler was ordered Wednesday to pay back the nearly $37,000 in benefits, do 100 hours of community service and serve three years of probation with six months house...

Twenty-six Southwestern Pennsylvania small businesses have received state grants to help them cut energy waste and expenses. The grants — including 14 in Allegheny County and nine in Westmoreland — were part of nearly $1 million in funding awarded Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Protection through its Small...

DETROIT — General Motors plans to sell its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to a company that builds electric trucks. President Donald Trump announced the deal with a company named Workhorse on Twitter Wednesday morning. He also wrote that GM plans to spend $700 million at three locations in Ohio...

Pennsylvania Game Commission wardens received a call last month about a lone bear cub behind a Rite-Aid drugstore in Pottsville, Schuylkill County. Sure enough, Game Warden James Macunas and state police found the small cub without a mom in sight on April 28, according to a game commission account on...

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is seeking the names of people who died from domestic violence in 2018. The coalition will include the names on an annual poster. Submissions must have the names, ages, and states of origin of any victims killed by an abuser in 2018. These include...

A 38-year-old man suffered only minor injuries after he was struck by a train while walking along the CSX tracks in Somerset on Tuesday, police said. Kevin McDougald of Somerset was walking along the tracks along the 300 block of North Pleasant Avenue about 4 p.m. when the train approached...

A fire broke out in a Beaver County apartment building late Tuesday, displacing six people and two cats. When firefighters arrived at the building on Riverview Street in Rochester, they saw flames coming from a third-floor window, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. NEW: fire forces six people & pets...

“We have safely crossed the pond.” With that telegram, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Albert C. Read announced to the world the first transatlantic flight in 1919 — eight years before Charles Lindbergh’s solo, nonstop voyage. One of Read’s crewmen on the NC-4 seaplane was a Somerset County native by the name...

A Beaver County couple managed to make it safely out of their home after it caught on fire Tuesday morning. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. on Thompson Hill Road in Independence Township, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Officials told WPXI the blaze appeared to have started in...

A Beaver County man admitted to producing child pornography in 2014 and sharing it online in 2015, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said Monday. Randolph Guy Gum, 25, a former resident of Rochester, Pa., pleaded guilty to three counts related to the sexual exploitation of a minor stemming from videos...

Gasoline prices could peak in the next week or so in much of the United States before dropping in June to match last summer’s prices, said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “It appears that large increases in gas prices have begun to fade to distant memory, lending...

A Butler County man was flown to an Ohio hospital after he was shot in the chest during a domestic dispute early Sunday, state police said. The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. at a home in the 300 block of Hungarian Road in Cherry Township. Troopers with the Butler...

Firefighters from four departments were called Sunday morning blaze at a vacant apartment building in North Union Township, Fayette County. According to a 911 dispatcher the fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. at 315 North Gallatin Ave. No one was living in the structure and no injuries were reported....