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Connor Heyward reportedly leaves Steelers for 2-year deal with Raiders
The Heyward brothers have been split up. Former Steelers tight end/fullback Connor Heyward agreed to a two-year, $5.5 million maximum value deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday. According to Rapoport’s post on X, the Steelers were interested in keeping Heyward, but new Raiders coach...
Steelers free agent wide receiver Calvin Austin III to sign with Giants, per report
Just days after the Pittsburgh Steelers acquired a new No. 2 wide receiver, the most recent player to hold that position joined a new team. Calvin Austin III is signing with the New York Giants, according to an ESPN report. The free agent wideout reportedly agreed to a one-year deal...
Senate again deadlocks on Homeland Security funding as shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — The congressional impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security is entering its second month after the Senate on Thursday again deadlocked over providing money for the agency, even as airports continued to experience security line backups. With Democrats refusing to back money for the agency without significant...
Steelers free agent special teams captain Miles Killebrew signs with Bucs
Miles Killebrew will have a reunion with his former special teams coach after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ free agent safety and special teams specialist signed Thursday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In January, the Bucs’ Todd Bowles hired former Steelers special teams coach Danny Smith for the same position after Steelers...
Mortgage rates rise as Iran war ripples through financial markets
Mortgage rates in the United States are rising again, ending — for the time being — a decline that had offered hope to homebuyers struggling to afford housing. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate in the United States rose to 6.11%, mortgage-financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday, the second week...
O’Connor says Pittsburgh faces budget shortfall of up to $40M, leaving city finances in crisis
Pittsburgh could be facing a severe budget shortfall of up to $40 million this year, according to projections revealed Thursday by Mayor Corey O’Connor, leaving his young administration scrambling to figure out how to cover costs. O’Connor blamed inaccurate predictions and “a lot of false assumptions” by the previous administration...
Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court has a marijuana problem
The 17.7 million Americans who use marijuana daily or near-daily can relax: The Supreme Court appears poised to hold that Congress can’t prohibit them from owning firearms. More significantly, the argument revealed that the Supreme Court’s originalist doctrine on gun laws has made it increasingly difficult for Congress to bar...
Will independents ever get to vote in Pa. primaries? Advocates hope a lawsuit moves the needle
HARRISBURG — Supporters of opening Pennsylvania’s primaries to more than 1 million unaffiliated voters hope the courts will accomplish what the legislature couldn’t for decades. Pennsylvania is one of just eight states with a closed primary system, meaning only voters registered as Democrats or Republicans can participate in their respective...
Will independents ever get to vote in Pa. primaries? Advocates hope a lawsuit moves the needle.
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Supporters of opening Pennsylvania’s primaries to more than 1 million unaffiliated voters hope the courts will accomplish...
Bill Cosby, out of prison and the public eye, faces civil trial
He is not expected to be in the courtroom, but Bill Cosby is front and center at a civil trial in California this week as he faces accusations from one of the many women who have accused him of being a sexual predator. The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court...
AI chatbots want your health records. Tread carefully.
SAN FRANCISCO — For the last few years, the tech industry has convinced people that their artificially intelligent chatbots get better the more data you feed them. The next step is to get users to share their most sensitive information: their health records. What could go wrong? Microsoft this week...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 12, 2026
Every photograph tells a story. From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, TribLive’s gallery brings those stories to life — moments of connection, place and the quiet beauty of everyday life. It’s more than a look at Western Pennsylvania. It’s a view of the...
Running on rage bait: Young conservatives in Florida are fascinated by James Fishback
The crowd on the back patio of the sports pub milled about anxiously. Some 200 or so Floridians, many in their teens and early 20s, had been drawn to this nondescript Miami ale house, on a weeknight in February, by the algorithm. From Instagram to X to TikTok, they had...
Felt cute, until they gave their husbands the phone
What kind of photographer could make Kerry Washington look bad? Or turn an idyllic beach shot into a haunting nightmare? Make a candlelit dinner into a memory you want to hide? Boyfriends and husbands. Women across TikTok and Instagram have been sharing their partners’ not-so-faithful renditions of them. Felt pretty,...
AI writes buggy code. A Silicon Valley startup wants to fix it
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In January, a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University published a study analyzing the use of artificial intelligence technologies that can generate their own computer code. The study found that while these increasingly popular AI systems could speed up software development, they could also degrade...
Jamelle Bouie: Trump is the anti-Trump
There is an alternate universe in which Donald Trump is the popular, successful president of his imagination. In this world, Trump has a clear view of the political landscape. He knows he won a narrow victory, not a landslide. He knows that his key voters — the ones who put...
Letter to the editor: Never enough cyber savings
The article “Western Pa. school districts tally expected savings from cyber charter tuition reform” (March 3, TribLive) reveals an important truth: For many school districts, it will never be enough. Despite receiving record levels of state funding, including hundreds of millions in new dollars, school district leaders say the latest...
Editorial: Why answers help communities heal
When the unexpected occurs, we want to know why. We want to know how it happened. And we want to know what can be done to stop it from happening again. On April 22, 2022, an explosion ripped through a home on Hialeah Drive in Plum, destroying the house and...
The Stroller, March 12, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Lower Burrell to celebrate...
Longtime firefighter, former Sharpsburg chief Lou Costanzo recognized for 50 years of service
Lou Costanzo has helped keep Sharpsburg residents — and others across the Lower Valley — safe for more than half a century. The lifelong borough resident joined the fire department at 18, following “all the older guys who I saw doing it and loving it.” Costanzo never left. He worked...
Westmoreland happenings: Gift basket raffle, stuffed pork chop dinner, art exhibit, more
Art Greensburg Art Center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield, will host an exhibit of student art work from Seton Hill University March 14 to April 24. An opening reception will be held 6 to 8 p.m. March 14. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Details: 724-837-6791. Fundraisers...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s wars
President Trump wasn’t kidding when he named the Department of Defense the Department of War. He has now attacked two sovereign nations, neither of which posed any direct threat to the United States. Our military intelligence is so advanced we were able to surgically remove Venezuela’s president and kill Iran’s...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s results Plymouth-Whitemarsh 59, Bethlehem Liberty 46 Father Judge 82, Central York 68 (2OT) Imhotep Charter 68, William Penn 45 Parkland 62, Delaware Valley 33 Central Dauphin 68, Souderton 55 New Castle 65, Methacton 61 Central Catholic 54, Chambersburg 38 Upper St....
High school roundup for March 11, 2026: Central Catholic, New Castle, Upper St. Clair win as WPIAL goes 3-0 in 6A 2nd round
Enzo Khalil and Jack Stoessel each scored 13 points each to lead Central Catholic to a 54-38 victory over Chambersburg in the PIAA Class 6A boys basketball second round Wednesday night. Christian Williams added 12 points for the Vikings (24-3), who will take on Upper St. Clair in the quarterfinals...
Propel Schools to serve as host team for football co-op with Imani Christian
Imani Christian Academy and Propel Charter have played football together as part of a co-operative agreement for the past four seasons under the Imani Christian name. On Monday, Propel Schools announced it will now serve as the host school, starting next fall. Propel will assume full leadership of the program...
