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Donald Trump’s dream of putting his name on a tower in Moscow came with a hefty price tag: $20 million. Trump demanded that non-negotiable fee in 2006 from a Ukrainian-Russian named Pavel Fuks, who made his fortune in oil trading, banking and real estate development. Fuks, who says he’s been...

MERRILL, Mich. — Authorities say a Michigan man was fatally struck by a car while trying to remove his daughter’s dead cat from a roadway before she saw it. Saginaw County sheriff’s officials say 50-year-old Andrew Rosas of Merrill was struck before sunrise Tuesday by a woman who was driving...

Recent warm temperatures, no matter how pleasant and notwithstanding the prognostications of a groundhog, aren’t signs of spring. But the signs already are here. They’re just a little more subtle. In his book, “Signs of Spring,” Bill Hamilton of Kiski Township, a retired biology professor from Penn State New Kensington...

Adam Hursen took such pride in his work, he sometimes took it home with him. The arborist at Treemasters in Pittsburgh was known to bring wood home from the trees he cut down and make furniture out of it. “He would take a slab of wood and make a coffee...

Greensburg Police warned residents to beware of identity theft scammers pretending to be from the Social Security Administration. Several residents called the police recently regarding these scam calls, the department posted on Facebook. The scammers ask their targets for personal information like dates of birth and Social Security numbers, threatening...

Scald injuries can be serious enough to require surgery, but they’re also highly preventable — realities that are the focus of Burn Awareness Week, observed annually during the first week of February. “So many scald burns are preventable, such as cooking safely, practicing safe bathing habits, and being vigilant when...

The Port Authority of Allegheny County is asking Norfolk Southern for $3 million to reimburse costs incurred during the August derailment at Station Square that disrupted light rail traffic for nearly three weeks. The derailment inconvenienced thousands of riders for weeks, Port Authority CEO Katharine Kelleman said. “Port Authority, our...

Jeannette police are investigating an alleged assault by numerous juveniles who injured a man on South Sixth Street Sunday night. Investigators have several people of interest, and are reviewing security footage of the incident, according to Police Chief Shannon Binda. Police will not release more details about the alleged assault...

Jaylen Barrientos-Collins, a senior at Hempfield Area High School, will be one of six students to receive the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s annual National Youth Award on Thursday in Miami. Of Dominican descent, Barrientos-Collins was chosen for his leadership in the classroom and the community and for his focus on the...

The federal government is encouraging rural communities to take advantage of new opportunities to expand broadband internet service. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a new toolkit to support the deployment of high-speed internet service in rural communities. The toolkit features 27 USDA programs meant to facilitate the...

DAVIE, Fla. — A Florida teen will be tried as an adult on charges that he beat his mother with a baseball bat and lit her on fire with a Molotov cocktail because she scolded him about sneaking out of the house and using social media. James Edward Monroe faces...

BOSTON — A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her boyfriend through dozens of text messages to kill himself is responsible for his suicide, Massachusetts highest court ruled Wednesday in upholding her involuntary manslaughter conviction. The Supreme Judicial Court said in a unanimous decision in the novel case that...

A Brownsville man will spend 20 months on house arrest for causing a head-on crash on the Liberty Bridge that severely injured a couple and their newborn son, an Allegheny County judge ruled Wednesday. Richard Hauschel, 33, must also wear an electronic monitoring bracelet during his house arrest, which will...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia sank deeper into political turmoil Wednesday when another top Democrat — Attorney General Mark Herring — admitted putting on blackface in the 1980s, when he was a college student. With Gov. Ralph Northam’s career in extreme peril over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school...

Mt. Pleasant fired its police chief this week after four years on the job. The tenure of Chief Douglas Sam ended Tuesday, borough solicitor Deanna Istik confirmed. Borough council voted 6-3 on Monday to fire Sam. Istik declined to comment on the reasons for the termination, saying the personnel matter...

A Cranberry Township medic has been charged with using a phone camera to secretly record women using the restroom at his EMS station. Matthew Thomas Leonard, 37, has been suspended without pay as police investigate. Police were first called to the Cranberry Township EMS station along Rochester Road on Jan....

Parking at the Mon Wharf will be restricted Thursday, and the parking area will be closed Friday because of a flood advisory that has been issued for the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. No parking will be allowed along the lower wall of the Mon Wharf on Thursday. All vehicles must...

An Apollo man is accused of throwing and sexually assaulting a woman earlier this week. The woman accused James Orlando Oquinn, 29, of attacking her after she laughed when he suggested she was sneaking men through a window. The woman told Apollo police that she had taken Oquinn out for...

The state Department of Environmental Protection says it is cutting red tape often associated with its review of projects that could impact air, water and soil quality in southwestern Pennsylvania. In the past year, the DEP’s Southwest Regional Office reduced its backlog of permits by more than 75 percent –...

Warning to Tarentum tax deadbeats: your tax debt soon could become public knowledge. Borough council is considering using the threat of public embarrassment to get delinquent property taxpayers to pay up. As tentatively discussed, if those who owe delinquent property taxes don’t pay by April 30, their names would become...

PHILADELPHIA — A patient is being tested for Ebola at a hospital in Philadelphia, although officials don’t believe the patient has the potentially deadly illness. Penn Medicine says preliminary testing at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania indicates the person has another condition. They did not release the patient’s...

A Brackenridge man was taken to a local hospital Wednesday following a two-vehicle collision near Highlands Middle School in Harrison. The collision happened about 9:40 a.m. at the intersection of Freeport Road and Argonne Drive. Harrison police Sgt. Joshua Acre identified the drivers as Shawn Rittman, 57, of Brackenridge and...

LONDON — Custodians of a London cemetery say the tombstone of Karl Marx has been damaged in a hammer attack. The German philosopher and economist was buried in Highgate Cemetery after his death in 1883, and his grave was later topped with a large bronze bust atop a base bearing...

MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say a school bus driver was wounded in a shooting that followed a crash with another vehicle on a snowy interstate near downtown Minneapolis. Minneapolis Public Schools said in a statement that one student was on the small bus Tuesday afternoon and was not hurt. Police spokesman...