Новости за 24.01.2018

The Pittsburgh region’s bid to lure the next Amazon headquarters is one step closer to becoming public.

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said he would speak with Matt Murray later Wednesday afternoon to gauge his goaltender’s readiness following the death of Murray’s father, James.

A blue-ribbon panel organized to examine the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will present and discuss its findings at a community meeting Downtown next week.

Some haven’t gotten professional health care in their entire adult lives.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell has at least one more game as a member of the Steelers organization. That will come Sunday afternoon when he represents the Steelers and the AFC in the Pro Bowl.

Uber is opening up its autonomous vehicle testing facilities in Pittsburgh to swarms of elementary and junior high schoolchildren, letting them climb all over its cars. The secretive tech company is also exploring a certificate program with community colleges that could train people nationally to operate and maintain self-driving cars.

Elton John’s three-year, 300-date “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour will include a Pittsburgh stop at the PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 10.

An effort is underway to remove Rennick Remley, one of four candidates seeking to represent Pittsburgh’s District 8 in city council, from the March 6 special election ballot.

LANSING, Mich. — The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.”

Oakland Restaurant Week will hold its annual winter edition from Monday through Feb. 3 with $6 lunch menus.

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Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday captured a wanted man in Penn Hills following a brief foot pursuit and car chase that began in Monroeville.

With more than one million people watching at home, and hundreds watching from the studio audience, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leaned across his desk with a crucial health-care question.

The casino competition in southwestern Pennsylvania is about to heat up, much to the delight of officials — and presumably gamblers — in Westmoreland County.

HARRISBURG — A company that’s building a casino in Philadelphia has won the right to put up a mini-casino across Pennsylvania in Westmoreland County in the second auction of licenses newly authorized by the state.

After three seasons of mostly keeping his original staff intact, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is looking for another assistant again.

Since splitting off from the great Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers in 2007, Jason Isbell has made six records — three with just his name on the label and three that are credited to Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

A year ago this week, the discussion was about a Grammy boycott among hip-hop/​R&B musicians for having so few slots among the top nominations.

Pittsburgh crews are set to fill dozens of potholes this week in a three-day blitz, Mayor Bill Peduto’s office said Wednesday.

A firefighter required medical treatment for smoke inhalation after fighting a blaze at a vacant home in Westmoreland County.

Numerous slick spots were being reported on Pittsburgh-area roadways Wednesday morning.

Toys “R” Us has announced that the retailer plans to close up to 182 stores — one-fifth of its stores in the U.S. -— as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy.

This year, union nurses at UPMC McKeesport will begin negotiating a new three-year labor contract with the hospital.

A former warehouse on First Avenue, Downtown, that dates back to the 1800s, when the Monongahela Wharf served as Pittsburgh’s primary commercial waterfront, has hit the market.

Ron Carroll, the head athletic trainer for the Arkansas State University football team, hasn’t missed a game since he was hired in 1976 — a streak currently at 495 games — and the only practice he missed was when he had his gallbladder removed a few springs ago. So he knows a thing or two about who has passed through the program in the past four decades.