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ATLANTA — From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates. She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her...

NEW YORK — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the...

Here are a few news items for Monday Sept. 9, 2024. Leechburg School District has heightened police presence There will be a heightened security presence Monday for a school in the Leechburg Area School District, Armstrong County, after a suspicious note was found in the district’s high school building on...

Vice President Kamala Harris will bid the Steel City farewell Monday after spending the past five days in Pittsburgh preparing for her upcoming high-profile debate. Harris is scheduled to depart the city late Monday afternoon from the Pittsburgh International Airport heading to Philadelphia for an upcoming debate against rival former...

Martin “Marty” Baron knew by the time he reached high school that he wanted to work in newspapers. But while an undergraduate at Lehigh University, he also developed doubts. It’s partly why he graduated from Lehigh in 1976 with not only a journalism degree but also an MBA. “I said,...

Eric Kish is a fan of artificial intelligence. The Tarentum resident said he’s seen its efficiency through his work at a local insurance agency. “It makes processes go quicker — 24 hours a day as opposed to 9 to 5 when you have to talk to someone,” he said. Kish...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have had Georgia on their minds since the NFL schedule was released in May. Then everybody’s minds got scrambled late last week. That’s when we found out Russell Wilson’s bothersome calf flared up, and Justin Fields may start in Atlanta to open the 2024 campaign. That’s what...

They snatched line drives out of the air, pinned their opponents in the rundown and made close tags at the plate. They cheered at the great plays, grumbled at the bad ones and danced with the umpires. “They treat each other like family. Watch the sportsmanship they display,” said Jenni...

ATLANTA — Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community’s efforts to cope with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from a teacher who was there. Brooke Lewis-Slamkova, who teaches food and nutrition at...

The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative said. Annie Brown told the Washington Post that her sister,...

Jeff Revilla, a New Kensington man with more than 10 years of experience producing shows, wants to reach an infinite audience. His podcast studio, Poduty Live in Tarentum, has the capacity to do just that. The event stage on Corbet Street can house up to 40 audience members during a...

ATLANTA — The first snap that Justin Fields handled Sunday was fumbled. He bobbled another exchange later in the opening series. His first pass attempt was incomplete, and his second was behind running back Najee Harris. Not the kind of start that Fields envisioned when he was summoned to start...

A 72-year-old woman rescued from a house fire late Saturday night in Carrick has died, police said. Officials said Pittsburgh city fire crews responded to a residential structure fire in the 100 block of Minooka Street, where a 72-year-old woman was found on the first floor of the home. Medics...

Kalondah Basking recalled being as young as 4 years old riding the bus with her grandmother to shop at G.C. Murphy Co. in Market Square, where her grandmother would purchase lunch meat and cheese for lunch from the deli. Summer days were spent in a tiny plastic pool her grandmother...

The breakneck pace of advancements in artificial intelligence development has led to the technology touching seemingly every facet of life, from work to finances to health care. That rapid growth and unchecked development have created as much anxiety as hope, from Wall Street to the White House. But while AI...

Pittsburgh may not be the birthplace of AI, but it served as a cradle. And the technology is older than you probably think. Carnegie Mellon University is one of the places where AI was being developed more than 50 years ago. Tom Mitchell, who has taught at Carnegie Mellon since...

LONDON, Ky. — Multiple people were shot Saturday along Interstate 75 in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky, authorities said. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook that it was an “active shooter situation” and “numerous persons” were shot near the highway. In a video statement,...

Anna Watson couldn’t wait to return to the walking trails at Bushy Run Battlefield in Penn Township. “We didn’t realize how much damage it did,” said Watson, 33, of Sewickley of the June 26 tornado that cased what officials estimated to be about $1 million in damage to the historic...

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Southwestern Pennsylvania this month to speak at an event in Westmoreland County. On Saturday, the Trump campaign announced Trump will address The Projecting America Initiative, a nonprofit group led by former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grennel. The group says it...

A union representing nurses and other employees at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison has reached a tentative contract with the Allegheny Health Network. The union, SEIU Healthcare PA, issued a statement Saturday saying the tentative agreement was reached late Friday night. Union members will vote on the contract Monday, Sept....

Good kids can sometimes make stupid choices. That’s what Laurie Moorhead tells the families she meets while giving drug prevention presentations in schools across Westmoreland County. Moorhead has spent a decade working for Saint Vincent Prevention Projects. Since 1978, the organization — affiliated with Saint Vincent College in Unity —...

Lauren Stumpp of the South Hills has a special connection with her mother, Carol Killian. While growing up in New York City, the pair were part of a dance group at the Bavarian club Gemuetlichen Enzianer. Stumpp, the second of five children, learned traditional German dance moves and celebrated their...

Penn State trustees plan a nearly $225 million addition to the university’s five-year capital plan to fund endeavors that include a new classroom building to support a planned 800-student expansion at University Park. The move from 9,200 to 10,000 incoming students is envisioned to take place over several years. Student...