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Mayor Ed Gainey has a host of policy goals and ambitions for the remainder of his first term, but underpinning many of them is a simple message: "Diversity is good."

Rocco started her career in 1949.

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids said in a release Saturday that it was pulling its plans to recognize Pittsburgh police.

Evictions can be physically dangerous for all parties – but programs can help prevent them or assist evictees in finding other living spaces

  Law Enforcement News Plainclothes Shoplifting Stings Result In 11 Arrests During Black Friday Weekend Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force conducted a sting operation against flash mob robberies and shoplifters that led to 11 suspects being arrested. According to the LAPD, plainclothes officers worked with three Los

Attorney Casey White has seen youth violence surge. Since the North Hills native launched his career 13 years ago as a criminal defense lawyer in Pittsburgh, he has witnessed gun violence involving children and teens grow exponentially. He said he has never had as many juvenile clients in jail awaiting

Violent crime in Pittsburgh has been a talking point in recent years. There have been businesses that have closed because of it. Far too many lives have been lost to it, from children sitting in cars to women waiting for buses. Gun crimes have even happened at the most unexpected

Pittsburgh police plan next year to launch a new street crime team and hire a dozen people to respond to calls that don’t require an armed officer. The new street crime unit will be comprised of 18 officers, including two sergeants and a lieutenant. It will focus on reducing violent

The 18-officer Pittsburgh police unit will operate across the city starting Jan. 1, and its "sole charge" will be to focus on repeat gun violence offenders.

Sean Stumpf and Mike Slatcoff, detectives with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, received the citys Medal of Valor for helping to hunt and take down a fugitive who shot and killed...