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Grief is not just a human emotion. When animals die at the Pittsburgh Zoo, their caretakers and the animals with which they’ve shared an enclosure also feel the loss.
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An internet outage early Thursday at Pittsburgh Regional Transit delayed rail cars and shut down the computers at customer service. -
Luigi Mangione agreed on Thursday to be extradited at a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run. -
Pittsburgh Public Schools board members have approved a $752 million budget for 2025, as well as union contracts for the district’s teachers and paraprofessionals. -
For Pittsburghers of a certain age, the art exhibit “Pittsburgh’s Avant-Garde” is a walk down memory lane. For anyone younger, it’s a time capsule of the city’s artistic riches. -
In its fourth-straight appearance in the national semifinals, the University of Pittsburgh team faces the Louisville Cardinals at KFC Yum! Center Thursday night in Louisville, Kentucky. The game is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. and will be carried by ESPN. -
Policies expanding access to telehealth for Medicare participants will end Dec. 31 unless Congress extends them this week. -
After weeks of debate, a divided City Council voted to have the Planning Commission evaluate Councilor Bob Charland’s bill to rein in the potential use of inclusionary zoning. -
Celebrate the music of Ahmad Jamal, watch "The Year Without A Santa Claus" or check out a magic show downtown — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
East Liberty has been the site of rapid, dramatic change over the past two decades. Technologist Adrian Jones dives into archives to tell stories from the neighborhood’s past.
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In two municipalities, Allegheny County is sending behavioral health first responders instead of police.to answer human service and behavioral health 911 calls -
The vote is one of several administrative and largely symbolic steps before inaugurating the new president. -
A federal appeals court is reversing lower court decisions that had blocked Pennsylvania from siphoning cash from a state-chartered medical malpractice insurer of last resort. -
90.5 WESA’s Priyanka Tewari speaks with Nicole Molinaro, president of the Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, about the center’s history and how people can get help. -
Following an investigation, the university’s Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response placed Pi Delta Psi on organizational suspension last month.
