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A woman who died when her SUV collided with a Hummer early Monday in Penn Hills has been identified. Jewell Motley, 33, of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 5:15 a.m. at Saltsburg Road and Sycamore Drive, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported. Allegheny County police...

A 77-year-old Canonsburg man died after a crash in North Strabane Township on Sunday afternoon, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. According to the coroner, Robert C. Boyd was traveling on Route 519 in North Strabane when he lost control of his vehicle around 1:30 p.m. His vehicle hit...

Two women were seriously hurt Sunday when a tree fell and crushed their car on Washington Boulevard. A Pittsburgh police officer was driving by when he saw the tree topple down from the hillside and onto the car just before 5 p.m. in the 1400 block of Washington Boulevard. The...

A Penn Hills woman had been attacked by two other women before opening fire in a North Versailles Walmart on Friday night, according to a criminal complaint against her. Rojanai Germaine Alston, 22, fired at both of her assailants and hit one of them twice, in the hand and left...

A flooded stretch of Route 30 in Ligonier Township has reopened, a county emergency dispatcher said. The road had been closed in both directions between Ruthies Diner, at 1850 Route 30, to Laughlintown in Ligonier Township. The road was closed around 5:30 p.m. It reopened about an hour later....

Pittsburgh police asked for the public’s help with a burglary and sexual assault investigation on Sunday. The department released images of a black male they seek to identify in connection with an alleged burglary and sexual assault in Oakland. Anyone with information is asked to call the Pittsburgh Police Sex...

Ten months after the dedication of the Flight 93 Tower of Voices, only eight of the 40 wind chimes planned for the monument are installed. An alert posted to the National Park Service website for the Flight 93 National Memorial notes that field testing on the eight prototype chimes that...

DETROIT — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday that it removed a prominent priest from public ministry after reviewing what it described as a “credible allegation” that he had sexually abused a child decades ago. The Rev. Eduard Perrone was suspended from ministry Friday, a month after The...

BUXTON, N.C. — The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse might have to be moved again as the Outer Banks sands near the Buxton point wane and gain. The National Park Service on July 1 marked the 20th anniversary of pushing the 4,800 ton tower more than a half-mile southwest to save it...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Justin Amash said he “wouldn’t rule out” a run as a third-party presidential candidate but plans to seek re-election to Congress in his Michigan district as an independent after leaving the Republican Party. “I believe that I have to use my skills, my public influence, where it...

Several cars lined the parking lots at Twin Lakes Park in Hempfield on Sunday morning, waiting to peruse the last day of the annual Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival despite continued threats of rain that shut down the festival early on Saturday. Inside, vendors checked their products for water or...

Fallingwater, along with seven other Frank Lloyd Wright works, were officially named to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage list. Selected by the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan, the sites show the development and evolution of modern architecture in the first half of the 20th...

Pennsylvania is concerned that people aren’t jumping on the Real ID bandwagon. Hmm. It’s hard to figure out how 12.8 million people could have gotten the idea that it doesn’t matter. Pennsylvania has balked and delayed to implement Real ID at every turn for years. Yes, the state has finally...

Forget the title chase in the National League Central. Set aside whatever you might think of the Pittsburgh Pirates roster and how it was constructed by a fiscally aware owner. For the next two days, let’s concentrate on how Josh Bell stacks up against the game’s greatest sluggers before taking...

Cameron Boyce, a 20-year-old actor who is best known for his roles on Disney Channel’s “Descendants” and “Jessie,” has died, ABC News reported. A family spokesperson told ABC that Boyce died in his sleep after suffering a seizure, which was the result of “an ongoing medical condition.” Boyce made his...

RIDGECREST, Calif. — The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared for natural disasters, the state’s governor said as officials expressed relief that the damages weren’t worse. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday that governments must strengthen alert systems...

More showers and thunderstorms moved through the area Sunday, and flash flooding occurred in parts of the region. Part of Route 30 in Westmoreland County was closed for about an hour Sunday, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., because of flooding, a county emergency dispatcher said. The road was closed in...

Pittsburgh doctors say Type 2 diabetes continues to be prevalent in Western Pennsylvania despite the findings of a new study that shows incidences of the disease are decreasing nationwide. The study was published in the health journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care in May. It shows a roughly 35%...

One way to unwind before performing your hits in an amusement park is to dance along to the beat of a passing band. New Kids On The Block member Donnie Wahlberg grabbed a friend Saturday afternoon and cut a jig through Hersheypark a few hours prior to the band’s show....

NEW YORK — Wealthy financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested Saturday in New York on sex-trafficking charges involving allegations that date to the 2000s, according to law enforcement officials. Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who once counted as friends former President Bill Clinton, Great Britain’s Prince...

LONDON — Stevie Wonder surprised concertgoers in London on Saturday night by announcing that he will take a break from performing so that he can receive a kidney transplant this fall. The 69-year-old music legend made the announcement after performing “Superstition” at the end of a packed British Summer Time...

On Saturday afternoon, hundreds of participants in the annual Anthrocon Convention gathered for the parade through the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Here are some sights from the event....