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Government regulators sided with environmental advocates, in part, when they ruled recently that a U.S. Steel plant in the Mon Valley might be violating clean-air laws under a current permit

Government regulators sided with environmental advocates, in part, when they ruled recently that a U.S. Steel plant in the Mon Valley might be violating clean-air laws under a current permit that restricts its emissions. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered a split decision last month over petitions by four

A Delaware man is accused of breaking into the North Hills home of his ex-girlfriend’s parents this summer and trying to kill her with a knife. Allen Cephas Foote, 50, of Wilmington, Del., was arraigned Tuesday morning in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in connection with the case, court records

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the jail inmate who died at a local hospital Wednesday as Beaver County resident Zachary J. Sahm. Sahm, 27, of Glasgow, was taken to Allegheny County Jail on Saturday on a bench warrant and detainer charge from outside Allegheny County, Warden Orlando Harper

A man incarcerated at Allegheny County Jail died Wednesday morning at a local hospital, Warden Orlando Harper announced. The 27-year-old man, who county officials did not name, was taken to the Downtown jail Saturday on a bench warrant and detainer charge from outside Allegheny County, Harper said. The man tested

Talks are underway about a possible regional juvenile detention center in southwest Pennsylvania.

Western Pennsylvania’s largest county will develop a climate action plan to lay out its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Allegheny County Council voted 15-0 on Tuesday to pass an ordinance compelling the county’s Department of Sustainability to draft a climate action plan by next July 1. Allegheny County Executive

A Pittsburgh journalist sued Allegheny County in federal court Thursday, claiming a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment free-speech rights, as well as the press-freedom rights of journalists covering jail issues. The “gag order,” which actually is a combination of multiple county Bureau of Corrections policies, dictates

By Samantha Beech and Nouran Salahieh, CNN

A man who spent four days battling for his life in a burn unit became the sixth confirmed victim of the mystery explosion , which also killed his wife, in the Pennsylvania mining town of Plum.