Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander has returned to his native Sweden to begin offseason training after being sidelined for the majority of the 2025-26 campaign due to a blood clot in an unspecified leg.

If you were having a mental health crisis, would you want someone with a gun and taser telling you to calm down? That’s often the reality any time someone calls 9-1-1 in response to a behavioral or mental health emergency.

Former IUP men’s coach Tom Beck died April 24. Beck, a Youngwood native, was 93.

Jane Bareikis loves to run on the streets of Pittsburgh.

Approximately 90% of the former Century III Mall site has been demolished, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said this week.

VOORHEES, N.J. — Cam York threw his stick into the stands after he scored a playoff winner for the Flyers and, almost like a boomerang, it came back to him at practice.

Konnor Griffin made his major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their home opener and lived up to the hype of being baseball’s consensus top prospect by hitting an RBI double in his first at-bat, then scoring a run in the 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on April 3 at PNC Park.

Evgeni Malkin understands quite well what a youth movement can mean.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just 17 women have trained a horse that ran in one of the first 151 renditions of the Kentucky Derby. Only six women have ridden in the race.

Citing, in part, that the fan involved in the alleged incident was not injured, a prosecutor from the Detroit area denied a request to charge Pittsburgh Steelers receiver DK Metcalf for his role in an altercation with a Detroit Lions fan during a game in December.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds. Twenty horses bursting out of the starting gate to varying degrees of success makes it a mad dash to the turn.

A U.S. District judge has ruled that an Ecuadorian immigrant and Carnegie resident arrested in January is entitled to a bond hearing in immigration court.

Most Pittsburgh Penguins fans can’t tolerate rewatching Cam York’s series-ending overtime goal for the Philadelphia Flyers.

The University of Pittsburgh’s pledge of free tuition for low-income students at its regional campuses doesn’t seem to weigh too heavily on its competition.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cristian Torres waited his whole life to ride in the Kentucky Derby. In line to get his first chance on Saturday, it looked like the rising-star jockey would have to wait at least another year when the horse he was supposed to be on was ruled out.

The Penguins have several pending free agents this offseason, and forward Evgeni Malkin is, by far, the most prominent.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes had a long wait for Round 2 of the NHL playoffs, even to find out they would be playing the Philadelphia Flyers.

BEREA, Ky. — A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation will provide Pittsburgh with nearly $2 million to support youth employment initiatives, a Mellon Square redesign, economic development and a celebration marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, Mayor Corey O’Connor announced Thursday.

Profit for the two largest oil companies in the U.S. tumbled during the first quarter, a three-month period in which the price of crude and gasoline rocketed higher. It’s a setback on paper only, however, the result of financial hedges that backfired after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February.

It’s big, blue and built to last.

This week’s “Beyond the Bylines” covers lots of ground.

To Geno or not to Geno?

While the U.S. breast cancer death rate declined by 43% between 1990 and 2025 following the proliferation of mammograms, per the American College of Radiology, that welcome prolonged decline has leveled off among women ages 40-74 in recent years.

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