LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. Wayne Lukas always talked up his latest crop of 2-year-old horses with an eye toward the next Kentucky Derby, telling his wife to get her dress for Oaks day.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers signed the fifth-year option on quarterback Bryce Young’s rookie contract Wednesday, keeping the 2023 No. 1 pick with the team through the 2027 season.

A Shaler contractor is accused of not completing a home repair job after a dispute over the color of the windows the homeowner wanted.

The Kamin Science Center is reopening its doors following the NFL Draft and unveiling its first exhibit as part of the Rapid Science Engagement Initiative, designed to get people talking about science topics that tend to be considered more controversial.

DALLAS — Mats Zuccarello and the Minnesota Wild are now in the position that they try to be in every season in the NHL playoffs.

PHILADELPHIA — Don Mattingly thew in the towel on his managerial career and had all but retired from baseball after he left his bench coach job with the Toronto Blue Jays following the World Series.

It’s one thing to see natural disasters on the news but another to experience them firsthand, says Cassidy Laffey.

The state House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a proposal that would clear the way for the PIAA to hold separate postseason tournaments for traditional public high schools and private, parochial and charter schools.

DENVER — Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task.

WASHINGTON — King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s four-day state visit is aimed at restoring U.K.-U.S. ties and celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary.

LONDON — Two people were stabbed in a London neighborhood with a large Jewish community and a suspect was arrested, community groups said Wednesday.

The Greensburg Night Market is expected to draw as many as 7,000 visitors downtown this week as the popular event resumes its outdoor schedule.

Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children.

Russia’s traditional parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II will take place next week without tanks, missiles and other military equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Shaler Area Middle School was briefly evacuated Wednesday morning when an automated fire alarm went off, a district spokeswoman said.

HANOVER, Mass. — Less than two years after her 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley was in an Ohio church basement teaching the first class of a program she hoped would help prevent future school shootings.

Club Cafe launched a GoFundMe campaign Tuesday to preserve the historic music venue.

A former TGI Friday’s restaurant off Route 30 in Hempfield is set to become a Bank of America.

Preserving Record Shop owner AJ Rassau has been waiting years for CDs to hit the mainstream again, so when the opportunity to buy 250,000 from an online collector and retailer presented itself, he took the chance.

Right on the heels of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Marathon will bring another surge of activity to Pittsburgh’s streets this weekend, from runners to spectators to those participating in other events.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats and affect the balance of power in Congress.

As the Penguins prepare for a monumental Game 6 in the City of Brotherly Shove, chasing history after falling behind three games to none, a question springs to mind:

When Susan Burton lost her 5-year-old son after he was struck by a police vehicle in Los Angeles, her grief drove her into addiction. Crack cocaine became her way to cope, and California’s response was to lock her up again and again.