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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars more for schools in his budget proposal released Tuesday, as well as a sprinkling of money for new voting machines and programs to improve worker training and the agricultural sector. The Democrat is also seeking new college...

WASHINGTON — The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before President Donald Trump was to call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York seems to have triggered the latest Trump...

A day after county health inspectors ordered Oakland’s Las Palmas to close, a second re-inspection Tuesday deemed the storefront and eatery clean enough to remain open. An initial inspection on Jan. 24 turned up an infestation of cockroaches, sewage leaking from a toilet and inadequate hand-washing facilities. A follow-up inspection...

Does the mystery shrouding the origins of St. Valentine the person — or persons — really matter? Historic documents suggest three possible martyrs who were either killed or buried Feb. 14. Whatever the reality, since the Middle Ages most folks associate the day and feast of St. Valentine with romantic...

A man and woman from southwestern Pennsylvania arrested more than two years ago for transporting about 16 pounds of cocaine in Louisiana were sentenced last week to federal prison there. Joseph Wilbon, 52, of Pittsburgh, and Marva L. Flenory, 59, of Penn Hills, were sentenced to six and a half...

A garbage truck driver was taken to a hospital Tuesday after a plume of smoke from a cleaning product containing acid got on his face, according to Bellevue police. The incident was reported about 8:40 a.m. in the 500 block of Forest Avenue. The Allegheny County Hazmat unit was called...

Bring your sweetheart to the 13th annual “Valentine’s on Ice” from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 14 at Schenley Park Skating Rink. Presented by the City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events, the night of outdoor ice skating for adults includes $5 per couple admission. The first 200 couples will...

NEW YORK — Liam Neeson says violence breeds violence and bigotry breeds bigotry. The 66-year-old actor appeared Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” one day after he told an interviewer that he had violent thoughts about killing a black person after learning nearly 40 years ago that someone close to...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honor given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery in New York on Dec. 21. She missed arguments at the court in January, her...

ORLAND, Maine — Investigators say a Maine man died when he returned to a burning house to get his dog. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the man escaped the fire with the rest of his family before going back inside Monday evening in the town of Orland....

PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed at least 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof and clambering across balconies as flames rapidly engulfed their nine-story apartment building. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested...

TANNERSVILLE — Authorities say an 80-year-old man hurt in a skiing accident at a Pennsylvania resort has died from his injuries. Rudolf Huber fell around 10:40 a.m. Saturday while skiing at Camelback Resort in Tannersville. The Pocono Township man was treated on scene by ski patrol members and then taken...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 26 members of the security forces, a provincial official said, the latest brazen assault by insurgents to defy stepped-up efforts to resolve the country’s protracted war. The raid on the base...

FARMVILLE, Va. — Authorities in Virginia say a state trooper and a suspect were killed in a shootout during a drug investigation. News outlets cite a Virginia State Police release that says Lucas B. Dowell was a member of a tactical team assisting the Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task...

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address, using the moment to attempt a reset after two years of bitter partisanship and deeply personal attacks. But will anyone buy it? Skepticism will emanate from both sides...

We all know Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol had a fondness for Campbell’s Soup. On Sunday, we learned about his love of hamburgers. Burger King debuted a new 45-second Super Bowl commercial featuring a nearly silent film of the iconic pop artist eating a Whopper sandwich. The film simply showed Warhol...

Residents who live in the Grandview Avenue neighborhood of Mt. Washington will have no water service through 9 a.m. Wednesday while crews work to repair a water main break, officials at the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority said. A water buffalo is available at the intersection of Grandview Avenue at...

More than 300 Scott Township residents were without power overnight after two utility poles caught fire and two transformers were damaged. Crews responded to the 300 block of Old Washington Pike at about 3:30 a.m., WPXI reported. No township power outages remained listed on Duquesne Light’s website by 5:30 a.m....

Six adults escaped an overnight fire at a home along Jucunda Street in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville section. Flames broke out at about 1 a.m. at 130 Jucunda Street, police said. The blaze started in an abandoned building and spread to the home next door, WPXI reported. The American Red Cross was...

Pittsburgh’s free supply of water could run out as the city and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority sit down to renegotiate a 24-year-old agreement outlining duties and responsibilities for operating the city-owned water system. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority board of directors voted Monday to renegotiate the contract....

As if parents didn’t have enough to worry about. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and it arrives with a warning from medical professionals that — yes, mom and dad — you are responsible for your kids’ good dental health habits. “The best way for kids to develop good...

• American Red Cross blood drives: — 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Seton Hill University, Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg — Noon-5:30 p.m. Monday, Excela Square Norwin, 8775 Norwin Ave., Irwin — Noon-5:30 p.m. Feb. 12, Saint Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Unity Appointments: 800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org; walk-ins welcome Meetings •...

Two teenagers were shot late Monday night in a shooting in Braddock, according to Allegheny County police. Investigators and medics were called at 11:41 p.m. to the 500 block of Mills Avenue and found the victims, ages 17 and 18, with gunshot wounds. Police said the teens, who were together...

OAK FOREST, Ill. — Police say a woman was fatally shot along an interstate in suburban Chicago several hours after a separate shooting along the same freeway wounded a man and two boys. Illinois State Police say the 55-year-old woman was alone in a car when she was shot around...

SCRANTON — Prosecutors say a former guard at a Pennsylvania county prison forced a female inmate to perform a sex act on him while he stood outside her cell in 2009. Opening statements got underway Tuesday in the case against 51-year-old George McHale. He’s the first of seven former guards...