COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cashius Howell heard the same thing repeatedly from power-conference schools when he was being recruited out of high school.

PHILADELPHIA — The last minted pennies sure cost a pretty penny.

Following weeks of negotiations and threats of a looming impasse, Verizon failed to reach agreement on a new retransmission deal with WPXI parent company Cox Media Group and Pittsburgh’s Channel 11 is no longer available to subscribers to Verizon’s FiOS TV.

Nate Chinman was studying for a math final Saturday when a warning text from a friend just five minutes away in Brown University’s engineering and physics building upended everything: Don’t come by the engineering building.

TUKWILA, Wash. — Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, officials said.

DETROIT — Dan Campbell didn’t need long to sum up when things went wrong for the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wants restrictions on military flights approved before government funding runs out at the end of next month to prevent another midair collision like the one over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people in January.

Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon will miss a third consecutive game, but running back Jaylen Warren was declared ready to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Monday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins.

Anthony Geary, the Daytime Emmy winner who played half of “General Hospital’s” supercouple Luke Spencer and Laura Baldwin, died Sunday. He was 78.

Tristan Jarry is very familiar with navigating the labyrinth of corridors and concourses of PPG Paints Arena.

Interest is picking up for offensive lineman Dane Levi (Belle Vernon). Since he put his name in the NCAA transfer portal, Levi (6-foot-3, 295 pounds) has picked up Division II offers from Slippery Rock, Lake Erie, Bluefield State, West Chester, Saint Anselm, Gannon and Clarion.

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two U.S. companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Tavius Robinson pressured the quarterback, Kyle Van Noy intercepted the pass and, after a careful handoff, Alohi Gilman returned the ball all the way to the end zone.

Prosecutors have withdrawn an assault charge against a Pittsburgh police officer who was accused of pushing his wife during a late-night dispute last month outside his Dormont home.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins and durable switch-hitting slugger Josh Bell agreed Monday on a one-year, $7 million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.

Shaler Area Middle School is one of two new Pittsburgh-area middle schools recognized by the Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn Schools: Schools to Watch Program for 2025-26.

Hours away from the vote wrapping up, the fan tallies for the NFL Pro Bowl honors were not all that bountiful with Pittsburgh Steelers.

Please don’t stop the music.

An MRI confirmed Green Bay Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons tore his left anterior cruciate ligament, according to multiple reports.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes will get a second opinion on his torn left ACL before having surgery, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday, and it remains unclear whether the two-time MVP quarterback could be available by the start of next season.

Jayden Daniels will be shut down for the rest of the Washington Commanders’ season, starting with Saturday’s game against the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Pittsburgh will be in the national spotlight this week when “NBC Nightly News” broadcasts live from the city on Tuesday night.

The Pittsburgh Steelers transformed their wide receivers corps during last week’s game. After the leader of that unit produced at a season-best level, they’ve begun to make the new-look position group more permanent.

A four-alarm fire in South Buffalo on Monday drew a dozen companies to a home on Collier Drive.

On Monday, some streets throughout Pittsburgh remained blanketed by Saturday’s snow, even as city officials claimed “moderate successes” in responding to the winter weather.