The Latest Breaking News from Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — The Juan Soto sweepstakes have resonated very little locally for obvious reasons. The star outfielder just turned down a nearly half-billion dollar offer from the Washington Nationals last week. So, in the context of the Pirates' penny-pinching ownership, a sign-and-trade situation in which the club gives him more…

PITTSBURGH — In a game where the Pirates faced arguably the best starting pitcher in the National League in right-hander Sandy Alcantara, their offense was pesky, persistent and productive, Pittsburgh tying the game in the ninth to force extra innings and threatening again in the 10th.

PITTSBURGH — With NFL training camps opening coast-to-coast this week, the football news cycles for the next six or seven weeks figure to flip past like a well-worn playbook, if that's still a thing.

PITTSBURGH — José Quintana and the Pirates are in a strange spot right now.

PITTSBURGH — After a man in Rockland County, New York, became the first patient to contract polio in the United States in nearly a decade, experts such as Dr. Peter Salk — whose late father, Jonas, developed a vaccine for the disease — said the public shouldn't be alarmed but…

PITTSBURGH — And in the 38th inning, the Miami Marlins scored runs — four of them to be specific.

PITTSBURGH — It’s long been assumed that the Pirates would be busy at (and around) the MLB trade deadline. How they kicked things off, however, was a little unexpected, sending Daniel Vogelbach to the New York Mets on Friday in exchange for major league pitcher Colin Holderman.

PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi needs to work on his breakup etiquette. What is it with this guy and his outgoing offensive coordinators?

PITTSBURGH — Benjamin Jr. and Bodie had been dropped off at golf camp earlier in the morning. Baylee still needed a ride to swimming lessons. You don't want to know their schedule for the weekend. If you have kids or had kids, you understand.

The Pose actor’s patchy directorial debut follows a black trans teenager in Pittsburgh as she strives to thrive, rather than just survive, senior year

PITTSBURGH — The question of who will win the Steelers' quarterback competition has been asked ad nauseam since the night they drafted Kenny Pickett in the first round. But what about the question of how the job will be won?