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Pittsburgh police said they know the license plate of the vehicle that drove through a group of protesters Friday night on the North Shore and identified a possible suspect.

The Post-Gazette office is tucked away in the food desert that is North Shore Drive. The only place to buy drip coffee is at a bar, and going out for lunch means visiting restaurants with menus of bar food, beer, shots and cigars. In place of a burgeoning business district, there’s a riverwalk and a casino. Closer to the office, a beer garden and a mechanical bull wait for after-work hours.

Pittsburgh’s second major medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors Tuesday, the latest mile marker for Pennsylvania’s fast-growing program to provide people with certain medical conditions access to the still-illegal plant.

Violence against civilians in Nicaragua has escalated in recent weeks, with street protests and retaliations that first became international news in April.

A federal complaint filed Tuesday alleges cruel and inhumane living conditions at the 129-year-old Fayette County Prison as well as violations of inmates’ constitutional due process, free speech and privacy rights.

A Columbus developer working on behalf of the Steelers and the Pirates is getting more time to complete its next project on the North Shore.

A Columbus developer working on behalf of the Steelers and the Pirates is getting more time to complete its next project on the North Shore.

HARRISBURG — With the state House recessed, many activists are acknowledging what they had long feared: Absent an extraordinary development, Pennsylvania won't have an independent commission to redraw district lines the next time around.

When an unarmed black American dies at the hands of police, the emotional impact reverberates so widely that black Americans who don’t even know the victim report distress, anxiety and depression, creating a national mental health burden nearly comparable to the stress caused by a chronic illness like diabetes, a new study has found.

Allegheny County police have detained and plan to charge a juvenile with a drive-by shooting in North Braddock that preceded the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II.

Bryan Rust can do a little bit of everything. Left side or right. First line or fourth. Now, there's something else he can and should do: Pick up the check at expensive restaurants.

Bryan Rust can do a little bit of everything. Left side or right. First line or fourth. Now, there's something else he can and should do: pick up the check at expensive restaurants.

Dental care is costly and when patients don’t have dental insurance or have limited income, they’re not able to get their teeth taken care of, said Daniel Pituch, the chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at UPMC Mercy and UPMC Shadyside.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Pittsburgh region plummeted to 3.9 percent in May — the lowest point on record in southwestern Pennsylvania — the latest sign of the region’s tightening workforce amid a strengthening economy and a wave of retirements.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Pittsburgh region plummeted to 3.9 percent in May — the lowest point on record in southwestern Pennsylvania — the latest sign of the region’s tightening workforce amid a strengthening economy and a wave of retirements.

WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power. A dissenting liberal justice said the court was making a historic mistake by refusing to recognize the ban discriminates against Muslims.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.

Back in 2008, Kenny Chesney brought his Poets and Pirates Tour to Heinz Field with Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes, Gary Allan and, on the bottom of the bill, a little-known singer from Georgia with one album to his credit.

Do Pittsburgh restaurants ban diners? What does it take to get banned from a Pittsburgh restaurant?

Last year, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital confronted a painful reality: Without radical change, the 107-year-old rural Huntingdon County hospital wasn’t going to survive.

Twelve years after the first vaccine for human papillomavirus was licensed for use, many young people still have not had the vaccine that is proven to prevent certain types of cancer. Cancer experts say they’re trying to turn that around, and their first target is eliminating cervical cancer.

A leader in Pittsburgh's African-American community Tuesday called for criminal charges against a suburban police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing teenager last week in East Pittsburgh and asked the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to relinquish oversight of the case.

A leader in Pittsburgh's African-American community is calling on the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to relinquish control of the investigation and possible prosecution in the case of a teenager who was shot to death by a police officer last week.

Fistfights over love interests, exclusion from lunch tables, name-calling and keyed cars — senior citizens are capable of more than one might think. Kim Hicks, manager of the Mars Senior Center, said the way some seniors treat one another makes her feel like she’s watching a high school drama unfold. Some are more private about it, whispering behind each other’s backs, but one senior in particular picks on any person for any reason — Ms. Hicks and other staff included. She said the senior’s actions have upset some to tears. Читать дальше...

Nearly 100 people marched from Freedom Corner in the Hill District to Downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning to protest the police shooting death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II and push for criminal charges against the officer.