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On Nov. 16, 2018, Jessica Lynn Goldsworthy got into a gray four-door car with four men who were planning to rob a drug dealer in Sutersville. Two people were shot during the robbery. Goldsworthy, then 24, was never seen again. Her brothers reported her missing days later, state police Cpl....

LOS ANGELES — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn’t quite right. In what’s dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding...

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. “Let’s make every day count,” President Joe Biden said in an...

Here are some news items from Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Police seek person impersonating officer Bell Acres Police are investigating reports from Wednesday of an elderly man posing as a police officer. Police were told the incident originated just outside the town, when a suspect began following the victim in...

The phrase “your body, my choice” has spread across social media platforms in the wake of the Nov. 5 presidential election — and experts warn that the rhetoric could have lasting detrimental effects on society. It’s just one of many misogynistic — strongly prejudiced against women — comments Alicia Marva...

A Lancaster-based firm wants to transform a slice of farmland in Buffalo Township into a town within a town, boasting more than 600 homes and about 20,000 square feet of retail space. The ambitious plan, proposed near the intersection of routes 28 and 356, reflects a seemingly insatiable appetite for...

Lindsae Heidenreich spends her days crawling under plow trucks and skid steer loaders in a Penn Township turnpike maintenance shed, chipping away at the rust nestled in every nook and cranny. Heidenreich, 37, of Penn Hills has rust removal down to a science. Scrub down the vehicle with a degreaser,...

As traditional cable television fades and online streaming services grow in popularity, users have a common burden: rising bills. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows almost 30 straight years of consumers paying more for cable, satellite and — since they were introduced in the late 2000s — livestream...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, abruptly resigned his Florida congressional seat on Wednesday ahead of the potential release of a House Ethics Committee report about alleged sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old high school girl that a congressional source described to the Miami Herald as...

A federal judge on Thursday said he will not stop the closure of the Pyrex glassware plant in Charleroi, finding the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office failed to prove the company’s actions in shuttering the facility violate antitrust laws. “(W)hile the court is sympathetic to employees whose jobs might be at...

The for-profit company behind the planned $740 million Esplanade development on Pittsburgh’s North Shore is asking the city, Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Public Schools for a long-term massive tax break. Canonsburg-based Piatt Companies is requesting a deal that would take nearly $54 million in property tax revenue and plow it...

HARRISBURG — The campaign arms behind both parties in the Pennsylvania House and Senate spent more than $35 million to influence the outcome of last week’s election — nearly half of which was spent by House Democrats to hold on to their narrow majority as the GOP swept races throughout...

The Pennsylvania Senate race is headed to a recount. Republican businessman Dave McCormick led by about 24,000 votes over Democratic incumbent Bob Casey as of Thursday afternoon. McCormick has secured 48.9% to Casey’s 48.5%. The Associated Press and Decision Desk have called the race for McCormick. But because the race...

Ibrahim Diallo, who studied animal science at Penn State University, was supposed to return in June 2022 to Senegal, the West African nation where he had grown up. He and his father had started a farm there, named after his grandmother, and Diallo looked forward to caring for the animals...

Amachi Pittsburgh is breaking the cycle of incarceration by helping youth thrive and achieve their goals. The organization provides support to youth who have parents who may be incarcerated or are at high risk of incarceration. Through mentorship and care, their work has changed the trajectory of children’s lives. On...

HARRISBURG — Republicans went to court in Pennsylvania on Thursday amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, as the campaigns prepare for a recount and press counties for favorable ballot-counting decisions. The lawsuits ask courts not to allow counties to...

Westmoreland County will reopen its program to assist low-income renters with monthly bills and housing costs. Finance director Meghan McCandless said the county has allocated the final $80,000 left over from the program along with another $727,000 earned through bank interest over the last three years again offer rental assistance...

A fire destroyed Riley’s Pour House in Carnegie on Thursday afternoon. The popular Irish pub at 215 E. Main St. caught fire at around 1:15 p.m., according to Allegheny County 911. No injuries were reported, and all employees and restaurant patrons evacuated the restaurant safely. Abbey Fickley of West Mifflin...

Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. Trump often railed on the campaign trail against hefty price increases for bacon, cereal, crackers and other items. “We’ll get them down,” he told shoppers during a September...

The satirical news publication The Onion was named the winning bidder for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. The purchase would turn over...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he’s been tapped to lead, and has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct. That probe effectively ended...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified the Republican’s rallying cry that the criminal investigations into him are “witch hunts.” That kinship was rewarded Wednesday...

A woman with multiple warrants in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties was taken into custody Wednesday by Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies. Carley L. Johnson, 27, who lists addresses in Irwin and Pittsburgh, has been a fugitive since April 2023, when she failed to appear in Westmoreland County district court on robbery...

Latrobe may double its real estate transfer tax as part of a tentative $7.4 million 2025 budget. But it will leave the property tax rate unchanged. City officials also are debating a possible increase next year in fees that apply to mechanical devices, including games of chance, while Latrobe’s police...