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Philips Respironics must hire independent experts to inspect facilities and products and hand over part of its revenue to the U.S. Treasury under a proposed consent decree filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Under the proposed decree, Philips Respironics would not admit to any wrongdoing. “The consent decree provides...

An egg in the bald eagles’ nest at U.S. Steel’s Irvin plant in West Mifflin has hatched. Bald eagles Irvin and Claire, who nest near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works — Irvin Plant, welcomed the first eaglet of the season Sunday morning, according to Andrew Fulton, spokesman for U.S. Steel....

A Penn Hills man wanted on several warrants was arrested by Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies Saturday morning after, authorities say, he led police on a chase through Mount Lebanon. Curtis Norvell Davis Jr., 24, was taken into custody Saturday morning after he led police on a chase that started in...

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central Pa. newsletter, Talk of the Town, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. STATE COLLEGE — Leaders of Penn State’s Board of Trustees recently admonished...

A Connoquenessing Township man faces felony animal cruelty charges after authorities found two dead German Shepherds that belonged to him, and seized 50 animals from his home. Paul Joseph Frederick, 53, was arrested Saturday after state police in Butler searched his home in Butler Township and removed 50 animals —...

John Augustine knew he would have to let Jason Hicks move on to bigger things. Augustine has been a career and technology center director for 24 years, the past 18 at Greater Johnstown, where for several years Hicks was his right-hand man. “I could tell he had more capabilities than...

A 20-year-old Greensburg woman escaped unharmed from a burning vehicle Thursday after a crash on Interstate 70, according to state police. The woman was traveling east on the highway in Hempfield at 2:45 p.m. in a Nissan Murano when troopers said she looked at her cell phone to reply to...

A Clairton man’s body was found on railroad tracks Saturday in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood, according to city police and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. First responders were sent just before 6:30 p.m. to the railroad tracks underneath a bridge where South 12th and Brosville streets meet for a report...

While thousands of dedicated solar eclipse watchers are expected to descend on the Erie area Monday to be in the path of totality, Western Pennsylvanians who want to get in on the excitement need not stray far from home. Plenty of public watch parties are planned across Westmoreland and Allegheny...

Westmoreland County’s register of wills could face a potential jail sentence if found in contempt of court for violating two judicial orders that mandate improvements in the operations of her office. It’s a finding rarely made in Pennsylvania, especially against elected officials, according to legal expert Bruce Antkowiak. “This is...

While watching private and charter schools again flourish in the state basketball finals, the PIAA’s top administrator said there is a problem, but it’s not what public school advocates might think. “We have a ‘school’ problem,” said PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi, insisting that while some individual schools are likely...

The city of Pittsburgh on Friday appealed the reinstatement of the officer who was fired after repeatedly Tasing a homeless man who died the next day. The appeal, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, includes the arbitration award and a dissent written by the city’s representative on the panel,...

Lisa Fyke of Monroeville can recall her mother’s stories about paranormal things she’d experienced growing up in Braddock. “When I was going downstairs once, I saw a man in a yellow raincoat,” Fyke said. “When I went and told my dad and we came back, of course, he was gone.”...

A pedestrian died after she was hit by a car Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, according to city police. Just before 6 a.m., first responders were dispatched to the 1000 block of Brownsville Road in Carrick for reports of a car hitting a pedestrian, according to Emily Bourne, city...

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man was reportedly stabbed in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon. City police responded to the 300 block of Third Avenue just after 1 p.m. for a man reporting he had been stabbed, city police spokeswoman Emily Bourne said. Upon arrival, officers found the man,...

A Penn Hills man wanted on several warrants was arrested by Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies Saturday morning after, authorities say, he led police on a chase through Mount Lebanon. Curtis Norvell Davis Jr., 24, was taken into custody Saturday morning after he led police on a chase that started in...

Eight-year-old Ava Martini was excited when a fish hooked onto her line cast in Deer Lakes Park on Saturday. With the help of her grandfather, Bill Martini of West Deer, she was able to reel in the trout and display it proudly to Bill and her father, Will Martini of...

DALLAS — East Coast residents were jolted Friday by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, with weak rumblings felt as far away as Baltimore and the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. No life-threatening injuries or major damage have been reported. Here’s what to know about earthquakes on the East Coast....

PennDOT has released an update concerning the portions of state roads are closed or restricted in Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, and Beaver County due to flooding and slides as of 1:30 a.m. Saturday: Allegheny County Saxonburg Boulevard, south of Berryhill Road in O’Hara Township: closed (due to slide) Bunola River...

A Murrysville pizza restaurant that opened in 2020 along the Westmoreland Heritage Trail is up for sale. And where many restaurants go up for sale when times are tough, one of Ginny’s owners said their situation is the opposite. “It’s almost too busy,” said Chris Juricich. “We have four other...

Amid a sea of pink cowboy hats, boots and sparkles at Stage AE Friday night was Chappell Roan. The 26-year-old singer from Missouri, brought her spunky “Midwest Princess” tour to Pittsburgh, starting strong with “Femininomenon” as the opener. She then played through “Naked In Manhattan,” “After Midnight” and “Picture You”...

Mild weather and the company of family made for a pleasant Easter Sunday at Debbie Carlberg’s home in Oakmont, but it was not to last. Soon, a sickening stench wafted half a mile across the Allegheny River from the Allegheny Valley Joint Sewage Authority treatment plant in Harmar, spoiling their...

Several days after a spate of shootings in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs left two teens dead and one injured, CeCe Russell stood on a Wilkinsburg street corner and recalled her first brush with gun violence. The Homewood woman was still a little girl when her friend was killed in their neighborhood....

Pittsburgh police plan to excavate an area in the Perry North neighborhood after receiving a tip about a 40-year-old cold case. According to TribLive news partner WTAE, police will work with crews from Greater Pittsburgh Plumbing to help dig up land in the neighborhood which could be connected to a...