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WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern in Philadelphia, will offer Americans their...

Here are some of the latest news items for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024: Former district judge accused of DUI A former district judge who resigned from the position earlier this year after allegations of misconduct with teenage boys is now facing DUI charges. Online court records show Anthony Saveikis, 57,...

Updated vaccines for the flu and covid are available, and a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease physician is encouraging the use of an over-the-counter at-home test that can differentiate between the two viruses. A nasal swab with the at-home test can help those who are ill know what virus they have as...

Late contract negotiations seem to have paid off at Allegheny Valley and West Penn hospitals. Statements from SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania say new contracts either are approved or pending at both hospitals after talks over the past few days. A new contract approved Monday by employees of Allegheny Valley Hospital in...

JERUSALEM — An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 early on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted senior Hamas militants with precise munitions. The overnight strike hit Muwasi, a sprawl of...

A man was stabbed and a construction crew was shot at Monday afternoon in a Turtle Creek neighborhood after what authorities said was a fight over parking on the street. The man who was stabbed was in stable condition at a Pittsburgh-area hospital. He was stabbed near his home in...

Emily Schneider uses artificial intelligence at work for six hours a day, twice a week. As a physician assistant at West Penn Hospital, it’s her job to operate Vectra, a 3D imaging system intended to capture signs of skin disease. The algorithm the machine uses is an example of artificial...

Mellissa Gardina wants to move out of her Vandergrift neighborhood. She was looking for a deal and over the summer found her potential new home in nearby Oklahoma Borough, not through a real estate listing but in a booklet of Westmoreland County’s tax delinquent properties that the county publishes each...

A prosecutor told a jury Monday there is no reasonable way to explain why a Mt. Pleasant woman ran over another woman two years ago outside of a Scottdale apartment building. Nicole Louise Moore, 28, is accused of aggravated assault, hit and run, and other offenses in connection with an...

The Allegheny County Board of Elections on Monday approved 10 ballot-return sites and five satellite voting centers for November’s election. The board, which includes Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and council members Sam DeMarco, R-North Fayette, and Bethany Hallam, D-North Side, unanimously approved the ballot return sites. DeMarco voted against...

The Rev. Yaroslav Koval stood inside St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church recently, recalling how he rushed into the church during a fire on Dec. 4, 2021. He entered the burning building because he has led the congregation for more than a decade. He and the parishioners vowed, amid the darkness,...

Mary Fischer didn’t know she had heart problems until she collapsed one day in early June. Fischer, 51, was in her home in Pittsburgh’s West End, slicing pepperoni in preparation for a pizza night with her boyfriend on June 11. While she was trying to plug in her pizza oven,...

The Penn State board of trustees is set to vote on removing an outspoken alumni-elected trustee after a committee reviewed a potential code of conduct violation. During a special meeting of the Governance Committee Monday morning, members discussed a potential code of conduct violation by Trustee Barry Fenchak in an...

BOISE, Idaho — A judge has agreed to move the trial of man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students to a different city. In an order dated Friday, Idaho Second District Judge John C. Judge said he was concerned about defendant Bryan Kohberger’s ability to...

Community members are banding together to support a Lower Burrell family after they were left homeless when a fire destroyed their Michigan Avenue home last week. Less than 24 hours after the Wednesday blaze, Patrick Elston, co-owner of Gus Franco’s Pizza shop in Lower Burrell, began arranging a way to...

Passed over for the Northwestern athletic director’s job last month, Heather Lyke now finds herself out as AD at Pitt. Pitt chancellor Joan Gabel released a statement Monday morning, ending Lyke’s 7 1/2-year tenure as head of the athletic department. “Today, I informed University of Pittsburgh director of athletics, Heather...

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense under new coordinator Arthur Smith is a work in progress. Sunday’s season opener at Atlanta didn’t yield much progress. The Steelers averaged 17.88 points per game last season. They scored 18 points at Atlanta. Six field goals. They failed to score a touchdown. Quarterback Justin Fields...

A Peters Township woman was killed Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash. Sandra Zuraw, 77, crashed in the 4000 block of Washington Road in Peters around 12:15 p.m., according to the Washington County Coroner as reported by TribLive news partner WTAE. County Coroner Tim Warco told WTAE that Zuraw lost...

The Pittsburgh Steelers secured an upset 18-10 victory in Atlanta on Sunday over the Falcons, surprising the league thanks to clutch performances from kicker Chris Boswell and All-Pro linebacker T.J. Watt. Most prognosticators picked the Falcons to prevail at home thanks to a revitalized roster and the addition of quarterback...

Editor’s note: This is the second story in an occasional series on the causes and impact of inflation. Consider the humble Triscuit. Introduced in 1902, it’s been a snack-cracker staple for decades in the U.S. It’s made primarily from whole-grain wheat, oil and salt — pretty simple as far as...