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The Boulevard of the Allies between Market and Wood streets in Downtown Pittsburgh remained closed Monday morning because of a water main break, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The waterline failed just before 2 a.m. Saturday morning, said Jeffrey Besong, Point Park University’s chief of police. Besong said the waterline...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official for allegedly proposing a deal with the White House behind Esper’s back to resolve the matter of a Navy SEAL whose case that has been championed by President Donald Trump. At Esper’s request, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer...

A sophomore at Slippery Rock University died in a hunting accident Saturday in Crawford County, officials confirmed Sunday. State police in Meadville identified the victim as Jacob Scott Smith, 19, of Linesville, Crawford County. Smith was a safety management major at the university, President William Behre said in a statement....

NEW YORK — Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a series of burglaries that took place near the University of Pittsburgh campus this month. None of the victims were home when the burglaries took place, nor was anyone injured in any of the incidents. There is no description given of any possible suspects. And there...

WASHINGTON— Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday he won’t foreclose the possibility of his committee undertaking more depositions and hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Schiff said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that his committee continues to conduct investigative work, but he won’t...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from a Baltimore hospital where she had been treated for a possible infection. The 86-year-old Ginsburg has returned to her home in Washington, D.C., and is “doing well,” court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Sunday. Ginsburg spent two...

All eyes will be on Taylor Swift at the 2019 American Music Awards. The 29-year-old pop star, who has continued to publicly battle with the men who own her master recordings, is set to take the stage at Sunday’s show — a performance she recently said was put in jeopardy...

LINCOLN, Neb. — When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than 200 miles away. It’s frustrating for the 61-year-old rancher, who wants to know the latest developments in...

A Pennsylvania state trooper was pulled a short distance and fell to the ground in Uniontown early Sunday when two men drove off during a traffic stop. Police have issued arrest warrants for Michael L. Monroe, 24, the alleged driver of the vehicle, and his passenger, Joshua E. Linnen, 24....

An Erie man was taken to the Allegheny County Jail on aggravated assault charges after being arrested for striking a police officer with his car Friday during Light Up Night in Downtown Pittsburgh. Adam J. Martin, 31, was charged by the sheriff’s department with aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff was fatally shot Saturday evening in a community near the state’s capital, authorities announced, later saying they were seeking a man considered to be a “serious risk” who may be traveling on foot. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams had...

Pennsylvania should consider abolishing the kind of grand jury report that detailed extensive allegations of child sexual abuse among Catholic clergy, a task force of lawyers, judges and legal scholars said. In the report released last week, the result of a two-year review of the state grand jury system also...

Don’t ask Josh Shapiro what’s next. There’s work to do right now. Shapiro, three years into his first term as Pennsylvania attorney general, has risen in profile since taking office. That’s due in no small part to the explosive 2018 grand jury report accusing a half-dozen Catholic dioceses across the...

Seasonal weather — brisk but not bitter cold — greeted hundreds of parade participants and visitors who lined Main Street in downtown Greensburg for the county seat’s 28th Annual Holiday Parade on Saturday. More than 100 floats, bands, dance companies and fire trucks participated in the parade, which lasted more...

NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president and he will not take a salary if he wins, according to senior aides who offered new details on Saturday about the New York billionaire’s plans to navigate his wealth as he marches toward a...

A man was found dead on the T tracks near the Port Authority’s South Hill Village station Saturday morning, police said. The man was identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office as Mark Stephen Setar, 56, of Canonsburg. Setar was pronounced dead at the scene, apparently struck by a...

The Tribune-Review sought reaction to the impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is some of what people in Western Pennsylvania had to say: Sindy Diaz, 48, of Greensburg, Republican “I believe this sham impeachment is a giant waste of the taxpayers money and time....