The Sweetwater Center for the Arts introduced the first Blooms Market in 2024 to spotlight and uplift local artists and vendors. Since then, the monthly events have brought community members together to support the collective each summer.

Fourteen WPIAL girls lacrosse players were recognized by USA Lacrosse this week with postseason honors.

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin beagle breeding farm that’s been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group.

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Mental health struggles for Black Americans often go overlooked, according to the Rev. Vincent Ponder of Community Baptist Church in the Lincoln Beach section of Upper Burrell.

Kiski Township is welcoming a new face in the municipal building.

LONDON — A rare first-edition copy of ” Wuthering Heights,” complete with spelling mistakes, is up for auction for the first time in more than a century, as Emily Brontë’s tragic, tempestuous romance gains new fans through a big-screen adaptation.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to hire Portland Trail Blazers interim coach Tiago Splitter as their next head coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.

Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee rose 48% to $243.8 million for 2025, an increase of $79 million for distribution to counties, municipalities and state programs.

If you own a business in Allegheny County, you’ve probably heard the news: a proposed 18 weeks of paid parental leave, every employer, no exemptions. You’re probably asking the same question every other business owner is asking: How can I afford this?

Residents, lawmakers, and affordable housing advocates are pressing the Pennsylvania Senate to act on manufactured home community protections that have stalled in that chamber for one year.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Officials in Brazil on Monday were inspecting the site of a crash in which six people were killed Sunday, after two helicopters collided midair over a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.

The owner of what was once known as Roaring Run Resort is facing three lawsuits, two filed by former members and a third from the company to which he sold the Donegal Township property in 2025.

WASHINGTON — It’s common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known problem: a life-threatening allergy to meat triggered by tick bites.

Michigan junior Liz Tapper peaked at the perfect time.

The championship celebration starts at 10 a.m. Thursday, just as some of the state Regents tests begin. Students had organized petitions calling for the exams to be delayed.

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland was escorted from a viewing event near the White House on Sunday. U.S. Park Police says his 'unplanned presence' resulted in 'disorder.'

Police issued a warning after a woman was sexually assaulted at Rainbow Beach Park in the South Chicago neighborhood on Saturday morning. The woman, 44, was jogging in the park near the 3100 block of East 79th Street at 6:15 a.m. when the man attacked her from behind, police said. He then threw her to the ground, sexually assaulted her and took her ...

Iran remains a formidable and undefeated force capable of threatening Gulf Arab states and global energy flows, analysts say, while the U.S. again revealed the limits of military power.

Sex offender Carl Cacconie vanished days before sentencing.

Mikal Bridges went live crazy on Instagram Live on Monday after the Knicks' NBA championship win, talking about everything from Jalen Brunson getting a statue to singing with his dog Sonny.

"Today's young parents are just plain LAZIER. They both work, come home, cook, and feel that they are too tired to be bothered."

A California nurse from San Diego miraculously survived a helicopter crash during the Baja 500 race in Mexico.

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While the Knicks won championships twice in the early 1970s, no ticker-tape parade was held.