Pittsburgh police

Authorities have released the names of three men who died in an apparent mass drug overdose at a Pittsburgh apartment complex that left four other men hospitalized. Police say the men initially went to a venue together, then headed to the apartment Sunday where they used narcotics at the same time and in the same place. Authorities haven’t specified which...

Authorities say a man fatally stabbed a woman who was talking to a police officer at a downtown Pittsburgh bus stop and then slashed another woman before he was taken into custody. Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert says the officer was checking on the first woman’s well-being Thursday on a crowded sidewalk full of office workers and others headed to...

A mother duck was spotted quacking for help after her ducklings got trapped in a sewer in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh police responded.

Pittsburgh police say a trail of coins led them to a burglary suspect.

Eleven police officers who responded to the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh will light a menorah on Long Island Sunday evening in memory of the victims.

After a gunman stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning and killed 11 people during worship services in what is being treated as a hate crime, officials urged the city to come together in support as the victims were identified. Those killed ranged in age from 54 to 97 and included two brothers and a husband and wife, the medical examiner...

A man and his family hid behind a shuttle van during the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival until they were able to escape to safety.

President Donald Trump called civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton a “con man” after the MSNBC host spoke up in defense of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who came under Twitter attack from the president. Sharpton later said that Trump “has a particular venom for blacks and people of color.”

President Donald Trump and some members of Congress met Feb. 28 at the White House for a freewheeling discussion on how to reduce gun violence at schools. The meeting came two weeks after the mass shooting in Florida in which 17 people were killed, including 14 high school students. Here we look at the facts regarding some of the issues...

The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide which party wins an election-season battle royale that has consumed the nation. A showdown roll call over confirmation seemed likely over the weekend. McConnell, R-Ky., cemented the process late Wednesday...

The Democratic National Convention speaker’s lineup has highlighted an increasingly diverse country that could soon elect the first female president to succeed its first black chief executive. Yet the stream of women, African-Americans, Latinos, gay Americans — from U.S. senators and celebrities to activists, rank-and-file citizens and, Thursday, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton herself — also serves as a tacit reminder...

A Pittsburgh man has been jailed on charges he grabbed an 11-year-old boy and wouldn’t let the youth leave after the boy rang his doorbell then ran away.

State police say they’re looking for a man pretending he’s Pittsburgh’s district attorney to steal beer, pizza and other goods.

Pittsburgh police say a drunken woman tried to drive away in an unmarked police car — with two officers still inside. According to a criminal complaint, 32-year-old Ria Buford got into the car at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday outside a nightclub that was hosting a party after the Wiz Khalifa concert.