Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON (AP) — The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up. Upset that doctors did not make that risk clear, his mother, Christine, tracked down...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two women who say they were taped by hidden cameras as they undressed at a southwestern Pennsylvania tanning salon have filed a federal lawsuit against the business and its owner. According to the suit filed Monday, one of...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple took a frigid plunge to symbolize taking another plunge — their marriage. Judy Herilla and Adam Lipinski were among hundreds of members of the Pittsburgh Polar Bear Club who jumped into the Monongahela...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man posted pro-terrorist songs and statements online under an alias and bit two FBI agents while carrying a loaded gun. Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh are expected to present evidence...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines By a 6-2 vote Tuesday, the court ruled against the parents of a child who sued the drug...

A Tinley Park man was charged with making terroristic threats and stealing a car in Pennsylvania while on a trip to visit his son, Pennsylvania State Police said. Jason Scott Sargent, 39, flew to Pittsburgh to visit his son and stayed with his ex-wife...

With the national aviation industry experiencing a workforce shortage of aircraft mechanics and technicians, a new Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics training facility in Hagerstown might go a long way toward helping train the workers of tomorrow, a...

Democrats J. William Reynolds and Robert Donchez raised nearly the same amount of money this year for the Bethlehem mayoral contest, but Donchez's early fundraising efforts from last year were too large to surpass. Donchez had $167,600 to spend on the...

The letters decrying Pennsylvania's relatively new academic standards for students began arriving about six weeks ago in state Rep. Paul Clymer's email and mailbox. The letters were on the same form or used the same language so Clymer could tell they...

Richard Dearmont Vincent, 66, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away May 17, 2013, at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. Born Oct. 9, 1946, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Oliver Vincent, and Frances and William Grimes. He was a graduate...

James Ray Pyle, 81, of Somerset, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 16, 2013. Born Feb. 8, 1932, the son of Ralph and Ruby Pyle. Preceded in death by his parents and two infant brothers, Donald and Frederick. Survived by his wife of...

There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...