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Perry Ground spent Sunday afternoon telling stories at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. It was his way of educating people about his Native American culture — which is alive and well in Western Pennsylvania and across the country, he said. “People think we went away,” said Ground, of the...

Jenn Schneider spent Sunday morning setting up her vendor booth at the Tour-Ed Mine grounds in Fawn with items varying from ornaments, toy trucks and Christmas Village collections. “We have a little bit of everything,” said Schneider of New Kensington. “It’s everything you didn’t know you needed.” Quipped her brother,...

A person was taken to a trauma center Sunday after being trapped under wires at Evans Field in South Park Township, authorities said. Emergency crews were called mid-afternoon after a downed tree caused the wires to fall, according to a social media post by the Broughton Volunteer Fire Department. A...

A 26-year-old woman died, and two others were injured, in a wrong-way crash early Sunday morning along Parkway West in Findlay Township. The crash happened at 1:18 a.m. near the McClaren Road interchange (Exit 56) on the Parkway West, near the Pittsburgh International Airport, according to state police. Summer Cartrette,...

The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials said Sunday. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead...

The Israeli military said on Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month’s U.S.-brokered truce. Aid into the enclave was set to...

A man was found dead early Sunday on the sidewalk of a South Strabane strip mall, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. The victim was identified as Jude Cassidy, 62 of Washington, Pa. Coroner Tim Warco said it does not appear to be suspicious. Warco is investigating it as...

A person was killed after being hit by a train Saturday night in West Homestead. At 11:18 p.m. Saturday, a CSX train hit a person on the tracks near West Fifth Avenue and West Waterfront Drive in West Homestead, said CSX spokesman Austin Staton. Allegheny County 911 was notified, Staton...

Pastor, puppeteer and avid Red Sox fan. That’s how the Rev. Bob Dayton describes himself. Parishioners at Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum, however, go further in their descriptions: supportive, worldly and well-rounded. “I have nothing but good things to say about him,” Barb Diller said. “When he first came to...

The Pittsburgh region could be in for wind gusts as strong as 50 mph Sunday afternoon, according to meteorologists. Heavy showers are moving through the eastern portion of Ohio and are expected to hit the Allegheny County area at about 3 p.m., said Andrew Kienzle, a meteorologist at the National...

Seventy-three-year-old Lee Vest couldn’t ignore the chance to revolt against what she called the downfall of our country. “I’ve never seen such a thing in all my life,” Vest said. “We need an administration that will fight for the people, not put it down.” Vest was among thousands who gathered...

A motorcyclist was killed after a crash with a car in Unity Township on Saturday, authorities said. The victim was identified as Brandon Shea, 43, of Mt. Pleasant, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. Emergency crews were called at about 6:20 p.m. to the intersection of Route 30 and...

It seems the data center discussions in Springdale won’t be ending anytime soon. In the coming weeks, developers will appear before three borough bodies in an attempt to gain approval for the proposed data complex at the site of the former Cheswick Generating Station. Here’s a rundown of what comes...

Part of a Penn Hills road remains closed and residents are without water as crews work to repair a broken water line Saturday. Police Chief Jason Bonace said the break occurred around 7:45 a.m. along the 300 block of Pennoak Drive. Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority crews responded to the area...

Graduates of the University of Pittsburgh’s new online Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics will have a leg up on the growing industry and artificial intelligence, especially as the technology continues to advance, Pitt officials say. In 2026, Pitt will launch the fully online undergraduate program that emphasizes health data...

Some days, Ashley Grieco feels behind the moment she steps into the neonatal intensive care unit at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. On those difficult occasions, three critically ill babies might need her attention — all at once. Ideally, Grieco would spend more time with each infant, nurturing language skills by reading...

Sometimes if you just wait, a situation will change. Maybe the forest fire will burn itself out. Maybe the floodwaters will recede. Maybe the storm promised by the weatherman will veer off and unleash its fury elsewhere. That can happen. It does happen. But it doesn’t always happen. That’s part...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump meanwhile suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange...

Calling Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug leader,” President Donald Trump announced Sunday the end of all U.S. aid to the South American country, upending the relationship with one of the region’s closest military allies at a time of a massive U.S. buildup near neighboring Venezuela. Trump said Petro,...

Inside Amazon’s massive 1.1 million-square-foot New Stanton warehouse, a constant hum of moving parts and people fills the air as packages travel along a seemingly endless matrix of metal rollers. The decidedly modern facility, with a nonstop flow of packages, has an equally large appetite for workers. TribLive received an...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO -The Israeli military said it launched air strikes and artillery fire at targets in southern Gaza on Sunday, dimming hopes that a U.S.-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace as Israel traded blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel’s attacks on Sunday were the most serious test of an...

Crews removed a piece of Heights Plaza history on Saturday morning — the illuminated Community Supermarket sign came down. The store, in operation in Harrison since 2002, closed Wednesday. Plaza owners Benbrooke Realty said previously they would seek a replacement grocery store, but that plan appears up in the air...

Federal authorities announced the apprehension of 19 fugitives as part of a multi-agency operation. FBI Pittsburgh, U.S. Marshals Service, Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Fugitive Apprehension units partnered to investigate and arrest the suspects between Oct. 6 and Oct. 10. Authorities said the focus of...

WASHINGTON — The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and prosecuted, President Donald Trump said Saturday. The move means the U.S. military will not have to grapple with thorny legal issues...