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Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor says his party needs to be able to stand up for its own base

Republicans with deep pockets increasingly see the intra-party struggles of their opponents as a new battlefield

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, who's grappling with an increase in youth crime, and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who's pushing an expansive juvenile detention center, should talk to Antonio Howard. In truth, most adults could benefit from his insights on young people in trouble, and the myriad of mistakes grown…

A decisive victory swept progressive Democrat Summer Lee into history, with her victory in Pennsylvania's newly drawn 12th Congressional District making her the first Black woman to represent the state in the U.S. House.

PITTSBURGH — Film Pittsburgh secured some heavy-hitters for this year’s JFilm Festival lineup.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police on Monday confirmed an officer had responded to a noise complaint at a North Side home late Saturday night, just 90 minutes before gunfire rang out through the building and on nearby streets, killing two teenagers and injuring several others in one of the largest mass…

PITTSBURGH — Two people were killed and several more were injured in a shooting at a home in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood early Sunday in what the mayor called a “senseless loss of life.”

If you're in Pittsburgh, happy Aaron Donald Day!

PITTSBURGH — Hours before President Joe Biden was to visit Pittsburgh on Friday to tout his infrastructure plan, a bridge with a troubled inspection history collapsed, injuring 10 people and stranding seven vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the wrecked structure that spans a ravine in Frick Park.