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Three North Hills school districts are considering a later start time for high school students, prompted by studies showing that teenagers who get more sleep are healthier and perform better in school.

The story is developing and will be updated.

Sidney Crosby is on just about every short list of the world’s finest hockey players.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Being an NHL goalie can often be a pretty thankless task.

The Pennsylvania auditor general found a number of troubling issues in recent audits of the Sto-Rox and Aliquippa school districts.

There’s an old joke about forgetting the recipe for making ice.

WASHINGTON — First, he said he was headed to North Fayette “in order to give my total support to Rick Saccone,” the Republican congressional candidate. But once he arrived, President Donald Trump changed his story.

The Steelers had the offseason unexpectedly thrust upon them Sunday afternoon when the Jacksonville Jaguars thumped them and then dumped out of the playoffs.

With tens of billions of dollars at stake, cities, counties and states are arraying themselves against companies that sold and distributed prescription opioids. There’s no consensus, though, about how to litigate the opioid crisis, or how to divide the potential spoils.

LANSING, Mich. — A medal-winning Olympic gymnast said Thursday that sexual assault by a Michigan sports doctor “left scars” in her mind that may never fade as a judge heard a third day of testimony from victims.

Montgomery County prosecutors want to call 19 more accusers to testify against Bill Cosby at his upcoming sex-assault retrial, potentially expanding the scope and length of the proceeding.

Amazon’s wish list of cities for its second headquarters was narrowed to 20 Thursday, and Pittsburgh can be proud it’s on it.

On a day when a coalition of groups was scheduled to hold a pair of rallies against armed enforcement of fare payment on Port Authority vehicles, the new head of the transit agency said reviewing that proposed policy is her first priority.

On a day when a coalition of groups were scheduled to hold a pair of rallies against armed enforcement of fare payment on Port Authority vehicles, the new head of the transit agency said reviewing that proposed policy is her top priority.

The Steelers defensive staff got a vote of confidence Wednesday from Mike Tomlin. That’s a strange move, considering the defense is the reason the Steelers failed to get to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row.

A 29-year-old inmate in the Allegheny County Jail faces criminal charges after state employees found a shank hidden in his mattress during a top-to-bottom search of the jail Tuesday, according to court records.

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s fight to reverse her perjury conviction reached the state Superior Court Wednesday, another milestone in a long march that so far has kept Kane from serving a county jail sentence.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Thursday affirmed the conviction of Robert Ferrante for killing his wife with cyanide in 2013.

Pittsburgh formally entered the race to court Seattle’s e-commerce darling Amazon on Oct. 18.

HARRISBURG — The state Public Utility Commission on Thursday morning adopted a preliminary plan that will outline for the first time how specifically the commission will oversee the troubled Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.

The Nightmare is staying in Pittsburgh.

Tom Ceponis, a senior manager at Howard Hanna Real Estate Services for 30 years, has been named president of the company's Pennsylvania region.

Pittsburgh has made the first cut in its bid for Amazon’s prized second headquarters.

Amazon has narrowed its list of cities for a second HQ to 20 — and Pittsburgh has made the cut.

A U.S. marshal was shot and killed and two police officers were wounded while serving a warrant in the city Thursday morning.