EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers named Mike Babcock as their coach on Tuesday, hiring the polarizing taskmaster after the NHL cleared him last week following an investigation into his ill-fated 2023 stint in Columbus that ended without him working a game.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For all the offense, leadership and star-power Gavin McKenna brought to Penn State hockey this season, coach Guy Gadowsky discovered yet another attribute in the celebrated forward’s talented arsenal.

This is the real deal now.

With PennDOT’s $95 million Commercial Street bridge replacement less than a month away, workers are rehearsing the move with a short-term closure later this week.

Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2026 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with two players each day between June 13 and July 28. Contract data courtesy ...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitching phenom Paul Skenes turned pitchman on Tuesday morning at the Sheetz station in Shaler.

March through mid-June is Emmy Awards “FYC” – For Your Consideration – season in Hollywood, as studios stage screenings and QAs for shows aspiring to collect Emmy nominations. Reigning champion “The Pitt” is no exception, but it has competition this year and by all rights, it should have more.

A witness found their adult son missing and husband “unresponsive, covered in blood and cold to the touch on the kitchen floor” after returning from errands last weekend to their Jefferson Hills home, according to details released Tuesday in a criminal complaint about the alleged patricide.

NEW YORK — The top U.S. auto regulator opened an investigation Monday after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.

TUCSON, Ariz. — “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers Tuesday to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news organizations said a ransom note received months ago had indicated that she was dead.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration center last July 4 was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison Tuesday, while other protesters accused of having links to antifa were given multiple decades in federal prison.

The federal government can’t block benefits from the nation’s largest food aid program from being used to buy candy, soda and other sugary drinks, a judge ruled.

In honor of fallen Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire, his family has partnered with the AKV Back The Blue organization to host the Chief’s Challenge, a fishing tournament event, this Saturday.

State police are looking for help to identify a person who sprayed a glue-like silicone substance on a control panel at the entrance to a gated community in Unity.

Those of us living in a fractured world today cannot help but feel, at least at times, that evil is winning. It seems a hard point to argue, even for the most optimistic among us. The proof is everywhere. War, competition, fear and dehumanization are the color of the day, the red and black of the face cards in the devil’s hand.

Two employees at a Downtown Pittsburgh 7-Eleven are charged with trafficking more than $600,000 in food stamps through the convenience store, using fake UPC codes to ring up thousands of transactions.

The NFL informed quarterback Brendan Sorsby on Tuesday that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, saying it encouraged him to focus on preparing for possible entry into the league through the regular draft next year.

Verona officials are accepting applications to fill a council vacancy.

After 57 years of raising environmental awareness in Pittsburgh’s northern region, the North Area Environmental Council is dissolving.

The 1930s building will shift from coffee to classrooms.

Community leaders have been pressuring Chicago mayors for more than a decade to create a stand-alone city department focusing exclusively on reducing and preventing gun violence, but they now have a champion in Mayor Brandon Johnson.Johnson on Tuesday embraced the call after a Juneteenth weekend that, as he put it, should have been a celebration, and was ...

The Redding man went hiking on Sunday and hasn't been seen since, authorities say.

The penalties, issued in an attack where a police officer was shot, dwarfed those given to Jan. 6 rioters and appeared to signal that at least some courts will deal aggressively with ICE protesters.

Actors and guides are leading tours of two cemeteries on Baraboos north side.

Gird your loins. "The Devil Wears Prada 2" will stream exclusively on Disney+ and Hulu soon. See when you can start streaming.