Allegheny County

The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh.

A missing toddler reported kidnapped near Pittsburgh over the weekend was found dead Tuesday in a park in a neighboring county.

Authorities say a crew member working on a movie about Mister Rogers has died after he suffered an apparent medical emergency and fell two stories off a balcony in western Pennsylvania.

County officials say there has been “extensive damage” that will likely take a long time to repair.

Former professional wrestling champion “Luscious” Johnny Valiant has died after being struck crossing a street in a Pittsburgh suburb. The Allegheny County medical examiner says in a statement that 71-year-old Thomas Sullivan died Wednesday morning at a hospital. He was struck just before 5:30 a.m. while crossing a street in Ross Township, about 8 miles (12 kilometers) northwest of Pittsburgh....

Lamb’s lead is 758 votes, based on totals reported Wednesday by the four counties in the 18th Congressional District.

The Republican Party will watch the final vote-counting in a tightly contested U.S. House race in Pennsylvania before deciding whether to seek a recount or sue over perceived election irregularities, officials said Thursday, even as they scrounged for votes to whittle away at Democrat Conor Lamb’s lead. But changing a final count by hundreds of votes, such as Lamb’s lead...

Democrat Conor Lamb is the apparent winner in the closely watched special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district, NBC News projected. A surprisingly strong bid by the first-time candidate has severely tested Donald Trump’s sway in a GOP stronghold. There are only 200 outstanding votes, all absentee ballots in Greene County and the provisional ballots that the district will count...

The final day of campaigning Monday before votes are cast in western Pennsylvania’s closely watched congressional election drew a visit by Donald Trump Jr. and lots of door-knocking all over the southwestern district where polls show a close race. President Donald Trump tweeted about “steel and business” in a final push to sway voters while Donald Trump Jr., visiting a...

Pittsburgh pedestrians are being urged to “Look Alive” and not at their cellphones by folks dressed as though they’re dead. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and other groups are trying to “scare” pedestrians off their cellphones by having actors dressed as the Grim Reaper and zombies urging people to look up from their cellphones while they’re walking downtown. The $50,000 program...

If there’s one thing Dr. Jill Biden is used to, it’s campaigning. “I’ve done 13 campaigns between my son’s campaign for attorney general and my husband’s campaign for senate, and then for vice president,” she told “Late Night” host Seth Meyers on Wednesday.

Dr. Jill Biden prefers the title of “Captain of the Vice Squad” to Second Lady.

How much does it cost to get rid of a single bed bug? At an emergency dispatch center in Pittsburgh, about $12,000 so far.

The mother of a 2-year-old girl found dead in a ravine has been arrested on charges she asphyxiated the girl after becoming upset that she had to help the toddler clean herself after using the toilet, police said Tuesday.

The Pittsburgh-area’s transit agency is removing decals from nine buses after some motorists complained that they spell out a racial slur when viewed in reverse through a mirror.

A Pennsylvania man shot an 11-year-old boy in the chest with a BB gun on a playground because he said the boy had previously shot his own young son with the same kind of weapon, authorities said.

A neighbor says he heard the cries of a 9-month-old boy who authorities believe later starved after his mother died of an apparent overdose inside their Pittsburgh-area apartment.

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with a triple shooting at a Pittsburgh-area mall that injured the man who was targeted as well as two bystanders.

A Pennsylvania county council has voted 8-6 against posting the national motto, “In God We Trust,” in its chambers.