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Polling locations in Allegheny County faced delays but are now operational. Issues included late judge arrivals and absentee judge retrieval.

Allegheny County Republican leader praises Trump's courage and resilience in response to assassination attempt.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, who's grappling with an increase in youth crime, and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who's pushing an expansive juvenile detention center, should talk to Antonio Howard. In truth, most adults could benefit from his insights on young people in trouble, and the myriad of mistakes grown…

As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they predict which children could be at risk of harm

Three days after Valentine's Day, a Pittsburgh couple added a potential new member to the family.

More than 150 of Allegheny County’s 1,500 prisoners work at institutional jobs. They wash dishes, cook, sort laundry, serve food, clean housing units, work in warehouses and perform various other jobs that, one way or the other, must be done. Inmate laborers generally work eight hours a day, seven days…

PITTSBURGH — Democrats declared victory in three special elections for the state House on Tuesday, putting the party on the brink of controlling the lower chamber of the legislature for the first time since 2010.

"When you have technology designed by humans, the bias is going to show up in the algorithms," said one former child welfare worker.

Winter is home improvement season in the bald eagle world. In Allegheny County, five nests are bustling with activity and one eagle couple are, well, companions without commitment.