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In the next few weeks, Bob Nutting will name a new general manager and manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He already has a new president in place who will chart a plan he hopes eventually will lift a struggling team back among the National League’s contenders. A couple of coaches...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency. Yet he still drew loud boos and jeers when introduced to the crowd. Wearing a dark suit and a tie, Trump arrived at Nationals Park just...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — California’s governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday after officials ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes as hurricane-force winds drove multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation. Meanwhile, the state’s largest utility cut electricity to millions of residents as a precaution to prevent more areas from igniting....

If taking over a river ecosystem isn’t enough for the invasive northern snakehead fish known as “fishzilla,” walking on land is another feat of the fish, according to new details released by a Wake Forest University researcher. The invasive fish has a snakelike appearance with its sleek shape and pattern...

The witches traveled by bike, bus and broom to take over the streets of Ligonier Sunday. About 1,200 women, most of them in witch attire, turned out for the 4th annual Ligonier Witches Bike Brigade. The event is a cross between a women-only pub crawl, costume party and bike fundraiser,...

This spinning performance lasted 28 hours, though not on a stationary bike. Isabel “Iz” Horgan, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University, started spinning wool at 5 p.m. Friday at the student-run Frame Gallery on Forbes Avenue. She spun and spun until 9 p.m. Saturday. By the end, she had spun...

GREENVILLE, Texas — A gunman opened fire at an off-campus college party in Texas, leaving two people dead and 12 others injured before he escaped in the ensuing chaos, authorities said Sunday. Authorities believe the shooter may have been targeting just one person at the party of about 750 people...

There’s a new restaurant at the site of the once-beloved Dunning’s Grill in Regent Square . Frick Park Tavern on Braddock Avenue opened Tuesday. Owner James Brown chose the name because his mother, Louise Brown, once worked as director of Citiparks, and he grew up close to Frick Park. Brown...

A Reserve Township family of Halloween enthusiasts have turned their front yard into a neighborhood horror attraction. Passersby are greeted by a knife-wielding Jason from “Friday the 13th,” corpses hanging out of coffins, demonic clowns, vampires, bats and many more spooky sights. Sound effects are included. “We just love Halloween,”...

As bicyclists pedal south, away from Pittsburgh on the Great Allegheny Passage, the towns get farther apart, the woods get deeper and the views get even more impressive. Last month’s guide to the GAP focused on the 148-mile biking and walking trail’s most urban stretch — the 26 miles between...

Hundreds of buyers turned out Saturday for a public auction at Oak Lake Golf Course in Upper Burrell, bidding on grounds equipment, commercial kitchen items, a fleet of 50 golf carts — even a box of tees. The big ticket item — 113 acres of land — is still in...

Families and children dressed up Saturday for the Mt. Lebanon Pumpkin Patch Parade, an annual Halloween event. The rain mostly held off and the grey skies did not deter people from enjoying the holiday parade, which kicked off at 11 a.m., beginning at the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery and running through...

Jimmy Morrissey asked the question and, really, he didn’t care to hear the answer. “Was it four field goals?” he said when reporters looked to the Pitt junior center and tri-captain Saturday for some explanation of the 16-12 loss to Miami at Heinz Field. All Morrissey knew was Pitt (5-3,...