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By PETER SMITH Pittsburgh Post-Gazette LATROBE (AP) – When he died in 2003, Fred Rogers was described in many headlines as gentle, beloved, kind and…

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A rare “super bloom” of wildflowers in Death Valley National Park has covered the hottest and driest place…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has…

NEW YORK (AP) – Jim Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country’s landscape and rural life…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle zoo says North America’s oldest orangutan born in a zoo has died after struggling with respiratory problems. The 48-year-old primate…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the bombings in Brussels that killed 31 people: Belgian prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a new suspect…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City siblings are among the dead in the attacks in Brussels, their family said Friday. Alexander and Sascha…

HARRISBURG (AP) – Pennsylvania’s judicial ethics court fined a former state Supreme Court justice $50,000 on Thursday, one week after he resigned because of his…

NEW YORK (AP) – Turns out there’s a shadowy global industry devoted to breaking into smartphones and extracting their information. But you’ve probably never heard…

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man charged with fatally shooting a police officer who responded to a domestic dispute could face the death…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – A day after bombs ripped through Brussels, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that fighting the Islamic State is his “No….

PITTSFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A rare bird described as a “flying rainbow” that normally doesn’t fly north of the Carolinas on the East Coast has…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf, in accordance with a presidential proclamation, has ordered all U.S. and Commonwealth flags at the Capitol complex and…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eaglet number two has emerged in Pittsburgh. The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania says the second eaglet of the season from three…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities searched Wednesday for a man pictured at the Brussels airport with two apparent suicide bombers, amid growing suggestions that the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – A mental health manager who tackled a gunman who killed his caseworker and wounded a psychiatrist at an eastern Pennsylvania hospital complex…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the explosions Tuesday at Brussels airport and a subway station (all times local): 11:30 p.m. A Belgian security official…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Bombs exploded Tuesday at the Brussels airport and in the city’s subway, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a…

The Associated Press MONTREAL — Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto who made international headlines with his admission that he smoked crack cocaine while…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of…