The Latest Breaking News from Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — In a sit-down interview that will air Tuesday night on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," new Steelers assistant coach Brian Flores spoke for the first time about how his addition to Mike Tomlin's staff came about.

Flores, who was hired over the weekend to be a senior defensive assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL alleging racist hiring practices. Flores has no plans to abandon the lawsuit even though he has returned to coach in the league.

PITTSBURGH — A Penn Hills couple hurt in the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse said this week they intend to sue PennDOT, the city of Pittsburgh and the Port Authority of Allegheny County for their injuries.

PITTSBURGH — At first, Simone Joy Jones aspired to be Beyonce. But after seeing Leslie Odom Jr. and Renee Elise Goldsberry in "Hamilton," she found a new career goal and a path to get there.

Packers co-director of player personnel John Wojciechowski will interview with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the team's open GM job.

PITTSBURGH — If you've ever had a root canal or tooth extraction, you might have been handed a prescription for Vicodin or another opioid painkiller to help you recover after your procedure.

PITTSBURGH — The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report Monday on the Jan. 28 Fern Hollow Bridge collapse indicates the bridge began falling from the Squirrel Hill side of the structure, but it doesn't offer any reason why.

The National Transportation Safety Board initial review doesn't identify the cause of a recent bridge collapse in Pittsburgh

As president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., Bob Kendrick is plenty familiar with the players who starred for the Grays and Crawfords and made Pittsburgh an integral part of Black baseball, names like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell or Buck Leonard…