Halloween travelers wearing costume makeup, bringing metal-heavy accessories and carrying props could face delays and challenges at airports, the TSA is warning.

Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The election is Nov. 3.

Residents speculated much of the bears natural habitat was lost in the 2025 Eaton Fire

NEW YORK — Manhattan’s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.

Riverhounds SC President Jeff Garner is proud of how the organization has assisted in growing the Pittsburgh soccer scene. He said the inaugural 412 Football Classic this weekend at F.N.B. Stadium is the start of what the organization hopes will deepen ties with local communities for high school football.

A measles-related death reported by the Franklin County coroner Monday has still not been recorded in Pennsylvania data as state health officials say they continue to investigate the fatality.

Within a couple days, the primary question surrounding Pitt football might not have to do with who’s starting at quarterback.

A man acquitted of homicide last week after claiming self-defense for killing someone during an illegal gun deal was ordered to time served Thursday for his conviction on two gun charges and will be freed from jail.

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WASHINGTON — New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia defended her legal background and justified her truncated inaugural briefing as she navigates a rocky first week as the president’s chief spokeswoman.

One year after firing James Franklin, Penn State finds itself in an all-too-familiar, doom-and-gloom scenario.

Erik Weihenmayer remembers feeling discouraged growing up blind.

For the first time since suffering a toe injury during a game four weeks ago, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rico Dowdle on Thursday made it through a full practice. That bodes well for a return to action during Sunday’s game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The newly installed lights at Riverside Park in Oakmont are ready to shine Friday evening for Riverview football’s homecoming game with Greensburg Central Catholic.

After weeks of feuding between state and federal health officials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will send a scientist to help Pennsylvania battle a measles outbreak that has so far infected more than 1,200 people.

Two women filed a lawsuit Thursday against former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying they were sexually exploited by him and other men in violation of a federal anti-trafficking law.

There are only two healthy wide receivers on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ active roster who have played the position in a regular-season game.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit continued its positive ridership momentum into August, increasing 5.3% year-over-year compared to last August.

High school football season enters Week 8 in Western Pennsylvania. Here are four players to watch this weekend:

A busier than usual Thursday and Saturday sandwich the meat of Week 8 in high school football.

Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Thursday announced Bloomberg Philanthropies will be helping his push to reform the city’s permitting processes, making it easier and faster to build in the city.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are calling for changes to the state’s pretrial release and bail system following a September fatal attack on a UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh doctor by a man who police say was facing separate burglary charges and was free on nonmonetary bail.

The main service line that for decades sent untreated water to steel mills and factories near Leechburg was punctured Thursday and left in need of major repairs.

Pittsburgh paramedics and EMTs are now able to live outside city limits, under an order a judge signed Wednesday that exempts the union-represented first responders from the residency requirement.

BEND, Ore. — At least two people were injured Thursday in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the attacker was shot and killed, authorities said.