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12/31/2025

Metcalf was sorely missed in the Steelers' 13-6 loss at Cleveland on Sunday that set up a winner-take-all showdown between Pittsburgh (9-7) and the Baltimore Ravens (8-8) this weekend. The winner wins the AFC North and gets to host a first-round playoff game. The losers clear out their lockers and pack for vacation.

Metcalf was sorely missed in the Steelers' 13-6 loss at Cleveland on Sunday that set up a winner-take-all showdown between Pittsburgh and the Ravens this weekend.

12/30/2025

Special interests, organizations connected to Pennsylvania's richest man, and groups with mysterious donors broke spending records to influence the outcome of this year's critical state Supreme Court elections.

In all, they spent cash and provided other support worth at least $18.7 million, a Spotlight PA review found.

Supporters of the three justices — all elected as Democrats — outspent opponents by millions.

12/30/2025

A new battle of the bands is among the highlights of First Night Pittsburgh, the big annual Downtown New Year’s Eve celebration.

The free, family-friendly Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Event, sponsored by Highmark, features dozens of indoor and outdoor attractions, from live music and dance to ice sculpting, classic cartoons and fireworks.

The 32nd annual First Night Pittsburgh features a new battle of the bands and more early events, though the big community parade is "paused."

12/29/2025

Pittsburgh City Council unanimously voted on Monday to use eminent domain to take over a problematic apartment building in Homewood in order to keep the 100-unit building as affordable housing and keep its residents in place.

Pittsburgh City Council unanimously voted on Monday to use eminent domain to take over a problematic apartment building in Homewood.

12/29/2025

In the Pittsburgh area, several environmentally conscious options exist to drop off live Christmas trees. Recycled trees collected by the City of Pittsburgh will become mulch for the county's park systems or will be available for city residents this spring at mulch distribution events.

Christmas trees that are put on the curb will go into landfills where they will produce the potent greenhouse gas methane.

12/28/2025

Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.

12/28/2025

More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.

12/27/2025

If the Green Bay Packers beat the Baltimore Ravens, the Steelers would secure their first AFC North title since 2020, making Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns essentially meaningless.

If the Green Bay Packers — Rodgers' former team — beat the Baltimore Ravens, the Steelers (9-6) would secure their first AFC North title since 2020, making Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns (3-12) essentially meaningless.

12/27/2025

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes as a winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year between Christmas and New Year’s.

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes as a winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year between Christmas and New Year’s. As of Saturday morning, New York City had received around four inches of snow, and states of emerg...

12/27/2025

Every even-numbered election year, when voters choose presidents, governors and legislators, national groups hire temporary staff to find people not yet registered to vote, or who need to update their registration.

Pennsylvania election officials are asking for these groups to be held to some standard of accountability.

Not fraud, but incompetence, hinder an essential voting service, officials say.

12/27/2025

Chief U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the order on Dec. 24, granting a request to block the Justice Department from obtaining personal information about minor patients and their parents or guardians.

Chief U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon issued the order on Dec. 24, granting a request to block the Justice Department from obtaining personal information about minor patients and their parents or guardians.

12/26/2025

For Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, the weather service has issued a weather advisory, saying freezing rain could create between a glaze to 0:1 inch of ice on roads and surfaces from Friday morning through 3 p.m.