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A columnist who has worked at The Washington Post for four decades resigned Monday after the newspaper’s management decided not to run her commentary critical of owner Jeff Bezos’ new editorial policy. Ruth Marcus, who has worked at the newspaper since 1984, wrote that “it breaks my heart to conclude...

Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.” “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” Musk claimed in a post. “Either...

After receiving a $50 million gift to assist in a stadium renovation project, the Penn State Board of Trustees on Monday approved the naming of the field at Beaver Stadium as West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium. The gift from Werzyn family and West Shore Home will help fund...

Craig Wolfley, the affable color commentator on Pittsburgh Steelers broadcasts and former offensive lineman for the organization, died Monday at age 66. Wolfley died following a short battle with cancer. Wolfley parlayed his 10-year run as a guard/tackle for the Steelers into a lengthy run as an announcer on their...

Thirteen-year-old Marshall Fee of Scottdale is the rare person who will celebrate a birthday twice in one year. While his regular birthday is in October, his second commemorates the day he received a new heart — which has given him hope for a full life. Fee, who had suffered from...

Some officials believe a University of Pittsburgh student missing since Thursday in the Dominican Republic died of drowning, but authorities in her Virginia home community say there is no evidence yet to support that. A search is continuing for Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who was last seen just before 5 a.m....

Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor on Sunday narrowly beat out Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey for the Allegheny County Democratic Committee’s endorsement in what is shaping up to be a hotly contested mayoral primary in May. The committee in a social media post said the tally was close enough to trigger...

Akeyba Sanchez tried to explain away the crime he’d committed by saying it had been a bad day. “I’m sorry this happened,” he said Monday in court. “I regret it. It wasn’t supposed to go down like that.” But, the prosecutor said, what Sanchez really meant was, he shot the...

Students who returned to classes Monday at the University of Pittsburgh were talking about a classmate who wasn’t there: Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old student who went missing last week while on spring break in the Dominican Republic. “These things can happen to anybody,” said Mackenzie Shearon, 19, of Cranberry. A...

New attorneys for a former Loyalhanna business owner on death row for the murder of his sister, mother and elderly aunt in 2009 claim they have identified two other men as the potential killers. The evidence, they say, bolsters arguments that a new trial is warranted. Kevin Murphy, 64, of...

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk pushed debunked theories about Social Security on Monday while describing federal benefit programs as rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusade to reduce government spending. The billionaire entrepreneur, who is advising President Donald Trump, suggested that $500 billion to $700...

Adding the big-play veteran receiver they lacked last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers are acquiring DK Metcalf from the Seattle Seahawks, a league source confirmed to TribLive on Sunday. ESPN initially reported the trade, adding that the Steelers will be giving Metcalf a five-year, $150 million contract. Metcalf is scheduled to...

Springdale is different. The power plant that dominated its sky, serving as a landmark and part of its identity, is gone — mostly. A mass of mangled metal an estimated 35 feet high remains, the rubble left after Saturday’s final demolition of the 13-story boiler house at the Cheswick Generating...

HARRISBURG — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity. Some...

The search for a University of Pittsburgh student continues after authorities say she went missing Thursday while on spring break in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen just before 5 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Hotel Riu Republica. According to a social media post from...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has named Therreus Lindsey, 27, as the man found dead after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Friday night. Officials were called to the 7200 block of Mount Vernon Street around 11:30 p.m. Friday night following reports of the incident. When police arrived on...

Harry Davis wasn’t surprised to hear others speak about his wife’s kindness after she was killed Friday morning. “It doesn’t surprise me,” Davis said. “From being around her, I know how she is with other people and (how she) wanted to help people.” Rene Davis, 60, of Hempfield was killed...

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial is ramping up fundraising efforts and volunteer recruitment in light of job cuts in the National Park Service around the country. While it’s unclear if any of the national parks in Western Pennsylvania have been affected by the cuts, Donna Gibson, executive director...

Five years ago this month, Pennsylvania’s chief executive scrambled to manage a global health crisis for which no one in the world was prepared. As leader of the nation’s fifth most-populous state, then-Gov. Tom Wolf found himself winging it like everyone else. He had no playbook for covid-19. “It looked...

John Stanzione is leaving Brackenridge Council but he really doesn’t want to. Stanzione announced he is resigning at Thursday’s council meeting. He said the reason is his family has outgrown his two-bedroom home on Pacific Avenue and he hasn’t been able to find one in the borough that would suit...

Alle-Kiski Valley lawmakers are hoping the combination of political pressure — and even legislation — can help keep Penn State New Kensington off the chopping block when the university considers the closure of branch campuses. “I am in the process of putting out a letter to the university president in...