Patrick Doyle
Digital DirectorPatrick Doyle oversees WESA's digital strategy and products. Previously, he served as WESA's news director. He is a former columnist for Pittsburgh Magazine; he's also written for MIT Technology Review, Outside, Mountain, and Men's Journal. He also worked as the executive editor of Boston Magazine and the senior/digital editor of 5280 Magazine in Denver. Email: pdoyle@wesa.fm.
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International students and recent graduates at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have seen their visas revoked by the federal government. -
Tequila, whiskey and prepared cocktails sales are booming in Pennsylvania. -
Experts in education research funding, former NIH staffers and researchers themselves said it’s hard to narrow down one cause for the delay, but they all agreed that confusion created by a flurry of executive orders dismissing certain research categories is a factor. -
Top races for Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh include U.S. Senate (Bob Casey v. Dave McCormick), U.S. House (Chris Deluzio v. Rob Mercuri), attorney general, treasurer, auditor general, state Senate and state House of Representatives. -
Pennsylvania has ended up polarized: highly populated urban counties such as Philadelphia and Allegheny are overwhelmingly Democratic, while Republicans dominate in outlying and rural counties. -
As of 6:30 a.m., more than 25,000 Duquesne Light customers were experiencing outages, in a swath that extended from Beaver Falls in the northwest, down through Pittsburgh, and southeast to McKeesport. -
In the 63rd House District, Josh Bashline earned the Republican nomination after beating three others for a shot to replace retiring state Rep. Donna Oberlander. -
Live results for key races, including the 12th Congressional District (Summer Lee v. Bhavini Patel), attorney general, treasurer, auditor general, state Senate and state House. -
A cloudy morning has turned mostly sunny, according to the National Weather Service. -
U.S. Steel will be acquired by the Japanese conglomerate Nippon Steel Corporation, under a $14.9 billion-dollar deal announced early this morning. NSC will pay $55 per share for the Pittsburgh-based company.
