17+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1116+ words) LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All…...

14+ hour, 3+ min ago   (95+ words) A man’s body was found Saturday in the Allegheny River between the Roberto Clemente and Andy Warhol bridges, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. River Rescue responded around 11:15 a.m. to a report of body amongst river debris near the shoreline. A…...

13+ hour, 41+ min ago   (111+ words) Two people were taken to hospitals from the scene of a crash in Harrison on Saturday afternoon. The collision at Freeport and Saxonburg roads was reported to Allegheny County 911 shortly before 4:15 p.m., a dispatcher said. The crash involved a small car…...

20+ hour, 46+ min ago   (366+ words) Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Saturday, Sept. 12: 2 men wounded in Pittsburgh shooting Emergency crews were called just before 11:30 p.m. to the area of Brighton Road at Woods Run Avenue along border of both neighborhoods. They…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (801+ words) The scope of an alleged cocaine distribution ring involving students at Penn State University remains unclear, but testimony at preliminary hearings offered some clarity as to how much money and drugs were exchanged between the two accused leaders of the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (862+ words) The phone messages got to me. “I’m on a plane that’s been hijacked. I’m on the plane. I’m calling from the plane. I want to tell you I love you. Please tell my children that I love them very much,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (426+ words) LOS ANGELES — A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (540+ words) Jennifer Messaros walked along Broadview Boulevard in Harrison on Friday, American flag in hand, thinking about the unsung heroes from Sept. 11, 2001. “Even though it’s been 25 years, I find out something new every year,” Messaros said, while participating in the annual…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (353+ words) PennDOT has released plans to replace a degrading century-old bridge in Chartiers, Washington County, within the next two years. The one-lane Brevard Bridge opened in 1913 and carries Ullom Road over Westland Run, roughly two miles from Canonsburg. PennDOT described the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1436+ words) Gordon Felt refuses to forget. The retired camp manager lost his older brother — Edward Porter Felt, computer whiz and perennial problem-solver — when he and 39 others on United Flight 93 thwarted hijackers’ plans on Sept. 11, 2001. Their plane crashed in a empty field…...