Новости за 18.02.2018

With two weeks left before a special election for Pittsburgh City Council, interest groups have begun declaring their favorites in the District 8 contest.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Venting his fury over the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted that the Obama administration bears some blame for the election meddling, insisted he never denied that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 U.S. campaign and said “they are laughing their asses off in Moscow.”

Port Authority should be ready to move ahead within a year on a major overhaul of the Negley Station on the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway.

How high’s the water?

How high's the water?

BRADENTON, Fla. — Josh Harrison on Sunday echoed the sentiments of the statement he released after the Pirates traded Andrew McCutchen: If you’re not trying to win, trade me too.

Christopher Rawson (cchr@pitt.edu) is the Post-Gazette senior theater critic and a member of the board of the August Wilson House.

It’s one of the great achievements in American literature, perhaps the greatest in American playwriting: the 10-play sequence of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, inspired by the life he observed in his native Hill District, where nine of the 10 take place.

Last weekend, my cousin Tim in New Jersey emailed a link to a New York Times story: “Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album.”

Horticulturists have been cross-breeding existing species into new plants for at least as long as there has been civilization -- some 8,000 years. The ancient Chinese even experimented with designer goldfish varieties.

The NHL’s two best offensive teams over the past 10 games met Saturday at PPG Paints Arena.

Sometimes smell is the first sense suggesting what’s just up the road, and it’s never a pretty sight.

As they sat in classrooms at the Hill House Association on a recent morning, some still bundled in winter coats or hats, about two dozen refugees listened patiently to lessons on living in their new country.

Sister Jane Scully, a former president of Carlow University who was an advocate for women’s education, died Saturday.

This tends to be the time of year — less than two months left in the regular season — when teams and coaches in playoff position might, at least in the backs of their minds, start making mental notes on potential line combinations for a playoff run.

President Donald Trump’s proposed 10-year, $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure has left state and local officials with lots of questions, chief among them how they will provide the vast majority of non-federal money the program requires.

In its final home game of the season, Robert Morris suffered a loss it couldn't afford.

A man was taken into custody after he was seen stabbing paper schedules on the T with a knife Saturday as a light-rail train was traveling from the North Shore to the Gateway station Downtown.

John-Henry Krueger was so talented at speed skating — even from a young age — that one of his childhood coaches knew he would go far.

John-Henry Krueger was so talented at speed skating — even from a young age — that one of his childhood coaches knew he would go far.

Taylor Johnson found what she had been seeking.

PARKLAND, Fla. — Thousands of angry students, parents and residents demanded stricter gun control laws Saturday as new details were revealed about the suspect accused of shooting and killed 17 people in a Florida high school.