LONDON — The fabled 2-hour barrier for a marathon has been broken, officially, in an once-inconceivable achievement in sports.

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked deadly radiation exposure to contain its aftermath.

KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.

JERUSALEM — Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in upcoming elections in a shared effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

PHILADELPHIA — There might not be another soul in the state of Pennsylvania who has a better idea of what Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs can do in a demanding situation than Rick Tocchet.

I am a bit of a pope groupie. Anything and everything about the Vatican fascinates me.

Emma Currier was defensive anchor for four years on the Quaker Valley girls soccer team.

Jonah Montagnese has had a brilliant career so far as a third-year distance runner in the Quaker Valley track and field program.

It was an all-Quaker Valley matchup in the Section 3-2A boys tennis consolation round April 15 at Nichols Courts, home of Sewickley Academy tennis.

The Sewickley Academy softball team has been a significant offensive juggernaut in the early portion of the 2026 season.

Eden Christian Academy’s baseball team won its eighth and ninth consecutive games with back-to-back section victories over Monessen.

A shooting early this morning in Armstrong County has left one person dead and three injured.

PHILADELPHIA — While Game 4 of the first-round playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday surely commanded the attention of television viewers in every corner of Pennsylvania from McKees Rocks to Malvern, it was also appointment viewing for one town in eastern Belarus.

From Fernando Mendoza to Red Murdock, 257 players were selected in the 2026 NFL draft.

Hempfield alum Fintan Brose did not hear his name called on the big stage at the NFL Draft, but he still could carve a path to the pros.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will face the rival Hershey Bears in a best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal round of the Calder Cup playoffs.

Pennsylvania’s housing affordability crisis is real and requires supply-driven solutions. At its core is a long-standing shortage: demand for attainable housing has outpaced production for decades, especially at entry-level price points. Today, there are only about 40 affordable rental units for every 100 extremely low-income households, while rising home ...

As Pennsylvania’s artificial intelligence industry starts to take off, Upper Burrell residents say they still feel left in the dark about a data center coming to the township.

Chickens are not inherently political, but they can be dragged into politics clucking and crowing.

Sixty-four seniors from 16 Westmoreland County high schools will be recognized by the Westmoreland Cultural Trust for their exceptional artistic abilities.

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At just after 7 p.m. on Saturday, the event that Pittsburgh spent years anticipating came to an end when the final pick of the 2026 NFL Draft was announced. Three days of excitement, fun and Pittsburgh pride were in the books as the torch — or, rather, football — was passed to Washington, D.C. for next year’s Draft. But the party wasn’t over quite ...