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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump repeated his false assertion on Thursday that the United States runs a trade deficit with Canada, the morning after telling Republican donors at a private dinner that he had knowingly insisted on that claim in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada without knowing if it was true.

WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. It is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to President Donald Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.

The Pittsburgh music scene is about to get a lot less soulful.

Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held was ordered Thursday to stand trial on charges that he used county resources to boost his 2015 re-election campaign.

A 26-year-old Bethel Park man walked into the Upper St. Clair police station Wednesday night, pulled out a gun and killed himself, authorities said Thursday.

Teachers have been brought to the table to work with Fox Chapel Area administrators on controversial plans for a new curriculum and schedule at Dorseyville Middle School.

They're still double-checking the numbers in Tuesday's special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District ... but already the talk is turning to the next round. And thanks in part to a new Congressional map redrawn by the state Supreme Court, some familiar names — including that of state Sen. Guy Reschenthaler — may get a second crack at the U.S. House in this year's regular election cycle.

McKeesport is taking steps to remodel the former McKeesport Daily News building at the corner of Walnut Street and Lysle Boulevard by applying for a $200,000 grant.

MIAMI — A pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday afternoon, crushing vehicles beneath its massive slabs of concrete and steel and killing at least four people, authorities said.

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The seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the Pittsburgh region held steady at 4.9 percent in January as the number of unemployed people fell but more people entered the labor force to look for work, according to the monthly report from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Chartiers Valley’s new superintendent, Johannah Vanatta, 41, says she hopes to inspire excellence when she begins her tenure with the district April 1.

A public forum on a proposed elementary campus renovation and building project in Franklin Regional School District drew more than 250 people Monday night.

PHILADELPHIA — Members of a Pennsylvania State University fraternity will not face felony aggravated assault charges — among the most serious — in the death of a sophomore pledge, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has decided.

WILKES-BARRE — A judge on Thursday extended for three years a restraining order obtained by a female Republican state legislator who has accused Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware, of physical and mental abuse while the two were dating in 2012 and of stalking her in the state Capitol later.

Eight teams hit the court Thursday for four NCAA tournament first-round games at PPG Paints Arena. Follow some of the action — on and off the court — right here:

Eight teams hit the court Thursday for four NCAA tournament first-round games at PPG Paints Arena. Follow some of the action — on and off the court — right here:

Thomas Mowbray didn’t even know Eboni Sanders.

United Lutheran Seminary’s board has fired its first president, and several trustees have resigned, amid controversy over revelations that the long-time advocate for gays and others in ministry had years ago worked for an organization opposed to homosexuality years ago before renouncing those view.

Forget about wining and dining free agents. Steelers players are in an all-out social media blitz to lure free agent safety Tyrann Mathieu.

Former Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh on Friday for an event honoring the late Steelers owner Dan Rooney at Duquesne University.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday sounded off on the results of Pennsylvania's special election for the 18th Congressional District, seeking to downplay concerns from Republicans that Democrat Conor Lamb's winning vote total is a warning sign for the party heading into the midterms.

GREELEY, Pa. — An AR-15 semiautomatic rifle sits perched on a rack, higher than all the other things that decorate Justin Moon’s office in the Poconos.