Regional News

7:29 PM on Thursday, August 20

Investigators are trying to understand why a small plane crashed into a hovering Pennsylvania State Police helicopter

6:20 PM on Thursday, August 20

Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains

6:00 AM on Thursday, August 20

Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump

9:13 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Authorities say an airplane pilot has died after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania state police helicopter near a runway at a small airport

1:26 PM on Tuesday, August 18

More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers, as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths

12:47 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Authorities have charged 14 people in connection with a drug ring at Penn State

8:52 PM on Monday, August 17

Authorities say 13 former or current Penn State University students participated in a cocaine-trafficking ring that involved two fraternities

3:23 PM on Monday, August 17

Two weeks before classes, Darryl Canady learned students at the all-boys charter school he founded near Pittsburgh would not receive traditional bus rides

12:41 PM on Monday, August 17

As women’s college volleyball continues to see an increase in popularity on television, Fox Sports announced Monday that it will air 35 matches, including eight on Fox, this season

10:10 AM on Monday, August 17

A deadly stretch of unsettled weather is continuing with thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding an ongoing threat from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic

12:23 PM on Sunday, August 16

Indiana public safety officials say at least seven people have died during days of heavy rain and historic flooding in the state

11:47 AM on Friday, August 14

Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson resolves one of two cases against him

12:04 AM on Friday, August 14

Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

3:15 PM on Thursday, August 13

Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter

4:24 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A new law in Pennsylvania aims to resolve a long-standing legal battle over natural gas rights, but it might have sparked more complications

7:53 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Severe storms have wreaked havoc across the Midwest, causing tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash flooding

4:30 PM on Tuesday, August 11

A federal safety agency has issued its final report into a 2025 blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead

2:46 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Springdale is a small town near Pittsburgh that is facing tensions over immigration enforcement and a new data center

3:52 PM on Thursday, July 30

Cleanup efforts are underway in parts of upstate New York following two days of heavy rains that led to flash flooding, water rescues and the destruction of a centuries-old grist mill

7:47 PM on Wednesday, July 29

It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce