The federal Save America's Treasures program gives $471,760 to conserve Maxo Vanka's acclaimed murals in Millvale's St. Nicholas Church.

The fate of affirmative action programs in college admissions, redistricting and elections are in the hands of the justices as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term.

A spectator at Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets has died following a fall at Acrisure Stadium. The Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety said police and emergency service personnel were alerted after an unidentified male fell around 4:45 p.m., shortly after the end of New York’s 24-20 victory over the Steelers.

The service will be held in the Power Center at Duquesne University, where Baer graduated from law school in 1975.

Breece Hall ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 16 seconds remaining and Zach Wilson and the New York Jets spoiled Kenny Pickett’s debut in Pittsburgh by rallying for a 24-20 victory over the Steelers. The Jets won in Pittsburgh for the second time in franchise history after Wilson took the Jets 65 yards in 10 plays for the winning score.

“Hellbent,” a new short documentary, looks at Grant Township's fight over a proposed fracking waste injection well through the lens of a special resident — the eastern hellbender salamander.

Jeff Sims passed for a touchdown and ran for another Georgia Tech made interim head coach Brent Key a winner in his debut, stunning No. 24 Pittsburgh 26-21. Five days after Key was promoted to replace Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech took advantage of some sloppy play by the defending ACC champions to beat an FBS opponent for the first time in nearly a year. The Panthers turned it over three times and failed to muster any momentum offensively until they were woefully behind late.

Some mushrooms, or fungi, decompose litter in the forest, like fallen leaves and logs, while others, like most chanterelles, have what are called mycorrhizal connections. This type of fungus has a mutually beneficial relationship with certain species of trees, like oak.

Hundreds gathered in a parking lot in Pittsburgh's Strip District Saturday to hear from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman.

Max Baer, who became the chief justice of Pennsylvania's highest court just last year and was set to retire in a few months, has died. He was 74. A cause of death was not immediately available.

The University of Pittsburgh and the state Department of Health are no longer participating in a public forum next week to discuss a series of state-funded studies about fracking and public health.

Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has alluded to proposals that would be a transformative overhaul of the more than $30 billion K-12 education system, with public dollars eligible to fund students’ private education.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey unveiled his first city budget proposal Friday. It calls for a 7% increase in 2023 compared to what the city is spending in 2022.