Oligarchy is a form of government in which power resides with a small group of people. America’s recent presidential election has thrust the nation into a three-party system: Republican, Democrat and ...

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A weekly news quiz: 1. There’s no question the Pittsburgh region was on the chilly side this week. On Wednesday morning, ...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust suffered an undisclosed injury and prematurely exited a 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks ...

With below-freezing temperatures keeping everyone inside this past week, you might be feeling a bit of cabin fever going into ...

Fayette County native Jessie Duda came away from the freestyle skiing Junior World Championships proud of her performance. Duda, 19, of Brownsville was one of 12 U.S. athletes to compete against ...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump put a price tag on returning to ...

Unity resident Tracy Lemmon is among those who are eagerly awaiting construction of a new alignment for Route 981 that PennDOT is planning south of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. “I’m actually very ...

A Wilkinsburg man who Allegheny County Police said shot at two officers in October in Penn Hills was arrested in Fort Pierce, Florida Thursday. Pittsburgh detectives — who had a court order to conduct ...

The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball, and those talks with FIBA and other stakeholders will continue, commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday. That means there’s no ...

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot. “There’s one writer that I wasn’t able to get a vote from,” he said through a ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during his ...