2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1083+ words) DALLAS — Vice President JD Vance took the stage Thursday on the second and final night of the Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas, the party knowing that history is not on its side this election season but counting on President Donald…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (836+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (412+ words) A Northern Southern freight train passes through Homestead in December. (Justin Vellucci | TribLive) Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 9: Man injured by train A man was flown to a Pittsburgh-area hospital Tuesday night…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (724+ words) WASHINGTON — Iran has launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes. It’s the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1130+ words) Scott Alexander was a standout soccer player at Shaler Area High School, where he graduated in 1989, and went on to attend the University of Pittsburgh on a soccer scholarship. (Courtesy of Lora Weinman) For nearly 20 years, family and friends have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1001+ words) The attorney representing the accused ringleader of a suspected cocaine trafficking ring operating out of two Penn State University fraternity houses is requesting the immediate release of his client, Agostino Abbatiello, and claiming that prosecutors have engaged in underhanded dealings,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (938+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Two measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania last week were omitted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest measles outbreak update, continuing an increasingly political clash over the nature of the deaths announced by the state last week. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1744+ words) Students change classes at Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh. The school’s block scheduling means fewer class changes each day. (Louis B. Ruediger | TribLive ) To most students, high school is synonymous with the ring of a bell followed by a quick…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (642+ words) Central Catholic linebacker Roman Thompson prepares to play Bergen Catholic (N.J.) on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (Steve Rotstein | For TribLive) After one of the wildest season-opening games in recent memory featuring a pair of northeastern powerhouses, one thing became clear — these Central Catholic…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (732+ words) Eugene Cooper Jr. (Courtesy of Allegheny County Police Department) Police say an argument over a late-night fender bender in a bar parking lot this month led a Plum man to fatally shoot the tavern’s security guard, whose vehicle was struck....