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Jala Rucker loves Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood so much she tells her kids that when she dies, she wants to be buried in her backyard. She loves her neighbors. She loves that her kids are known in the area. She loves how the tight-knit Manchester community prides itself on keeping its...

The Steelers offseason is all over the place. The highlights of free agency so far: • Recycling a quarterback they never trusted previously. • Getting a second-string running back to go with their other second-string running back. • Adding a 34-year-old cornerback. The Steelers might sign a 33-year-old fullback, which...

A Mars Area school bus driver has died following a March 6 bus crash that injured seven elementary students. In a letter posted on the school district website, officials with the school and bus contractor A.J. Myers & Sons announced the death of the driver, William “Bob” Miller. The crash...

Just like fathers and sons often form a bond tied together by baseball, Clint Hurdle started loving the game the day his dad, Big Clint, asked him, “Do you want to go outside and play catch?” The former Pittsburgh Pirates manager was 5. A flame was lit. Hurdle, now 67...

DENVER — Twelve people were taken to hospitals after an American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly. All of the people transported to hospitals had minor injuries, according to a post on the social...

Not much can faze Elizabeth Pittinger, the eyes of police oversight in Pittsburgh for the past 27 years. But even the longtime executive director of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board is alarmed by the recent revolving-door leadership that has fomented turmoil in the 758-officer force. “We’ve never had anything...

The trade war launched by President Donald Trump against Canada, China and Mexico and what could end up involving countries around the world is unprecedented, national economic and legal experts say. “Businesses no longer have any idea how to plan,” said Timothy Meyer, an international business law professor at Duke...

Universities across the country have announced hiring freezes, citing new financial uncertainty as the Trump administration threatens a range of cuts to federal contracts and research grants. Some have announced layoffs. Johns Hopkins University said Thursday it is eliminating more than 2,200 workers because of a loss of funding from...

No Democratic candidates have filed to run for Westmoreland County row offices this year, further weakening a political brand that dominated the area just two decades ago. Two Republican incumbents — newly appointed Register of Wills Jon Wian and first-term Coroner Tim Carson — face opposition in this spring’s Republican...

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low Thursday after President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war dragged the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record, which was set just last month. A 10% drop is a big enough deal that professional investors have a name for it...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to narrow court orders entered by district judges in Maryland,...

Despite reporting $209 million in operating losses for 2024, Highmark Health executives said they are optimistic about the future of the Pittsburgh-based health care insurer and provider. Officials on Thursday released the 2024 earnings report. Highmark’s $11.7 billion in cash and investments and net assets of $9.8 billion mean it...

A Greensburg man is behind bars after city police said he directed a racial slur at a student who was standing at a school bus stop Thursday morning, according to court papers. Witnesses told investigators Troy Michael Konieczny, 44, wielded a fire poker that had three knives attached to the...

Striking production and advertising workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have accepted a buyout offer, the Communications Workers of America union announced Thursday. The news comes after the Post-Gazette outsourced production of its print edition to the Butler Eagle — eliminating 31 union jobs in Allegheny County. The Post-Gazette has trimmed...

NEW YORK — Demonstrators from a Jewish group filled the lobby of Trump Tower on Thursday to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at Columbia University. The Jewish Voice for Peace protesters, who carried banners and wore red shirts reading...

Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler said Thursday her auditors found no widespread abuse by parks officials who use city credit cards, or p-cards, to pay vendors. The release of the 21-page audit, which recommended reforms to p-card policies, capped a 17-month inquiry that was sparked by a city administrator’s move to...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, blasting their tactics Thursday as he slowed the new president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government. U.S....

Live Nation is turning up the volume in Pittsburgh. The global entertainment giant broke ground Thursday on its new concert venue, Citizens Live at the Wylie, set to energize the Lower Hill District. Community leaders, elected officials and representatives of Citizens Financial Group, Live Nation and the Pittsburgh Penguins gathered...

A Pittsburgh man has been charged with fatally shooting a man and a woman on Jan. 20 at a home in Duquesne. The suspect, 28-year-old Ishmeil Muhammad, periodically stayed at the residence in the 100 block of Commonwealth Avenue, which was the home of one of the victims, Catherine Lawing,...

The mysterious, creepy “Box Demon” spotted on Ring doorbell footage in York County has been identified, police said. On Tuesday, a woman called the Northern York County Regional Police Department to report a suspicious person — who showed up unannounced at her home and proclaimed to be the “Box Demon”...

Interpol has issued a yellow alert for University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing a week ago from a beach in the Dominican Republic. The alert was posted by the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol. Konanki, 20, was visiting Punta Cana on spring break last week...

A recount has confirmed Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor won the Allegheny County Democratic Committee’s endorsement for Pittsburgh mayor in the spring primary, beating out Mayor Ed Gainey by a razor-thin margin. The final vote was 274-270, said committee Chair Sam Hans-Greco. Six Pittsburgh committee members did not vote. Hans-Greco...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats under pressure to impose limits on the Trump administration. Schumer told Democrats privately during a spirited...

Four days into free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers finally have a new quarterback. Well, a quarterback who is not-so-new to the organization. Mason Rudolph and the Steelers agreed to terms Thursday, according to a report from the NFL Network. Rudolph, who spent his first six seasons with the Steelers before...