There isn’t a microreactor tested and ready for market yet, but Westinghouse's eVinci is in line. A 12-foot-tall slice into the dark gray core of a model nuclear microreactor looms on the shop floor ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday (at podium) called for House Democrats to approve a Republican-backed bill to shape felony-murder sentencing before Friday. Joining him Wednesday in Lancaster ...

A coal refuse pile from the early 20th century in Fredericktown, Pa. The story of coal in Pennsylvania over the past few decades has been one of decline. Over the years, the coal industry has shed ...

Western Pennsylvania Congressman Chris Deluzio told reporters he expects to visit other federal immigration detention facilities, after he and fellow Pittsburgh-area Democrat Summer Lee made an ...

The snuffbox mussel is one the 95 species of freshwater mussels that have been listed as endangered or threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. When a female snuffbox mussel wants to ...

Michael Eck (No. 12) in action for Mount Lebanon High School. Many people have a defining episode from youth, whether a romantic relationship or a memorable summer vacation. Relatively few such ...

Internationally known sculptor Thaddeus G. Mosley Jr., for decades one of Pittsburgh’s most beloved artists, died Friday at age 99. Mosley and his monumental abstract sculptures made from salvaged ...

Homer City Generating Station, Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant, closed in July 2023. Nonprofit environmental groups are seeking support for their legal challenge to a massive data center ...

Most health systems have moved beyond experimenting with artificial intelligence toward an era of relying on the technology to manage tasks like clinical documentation and billing. But a new report ...

A rendering of the VOPP Trail's path through the borough of Verona. The planned 14-mile, $20 million bike and pedestrian trail would begin on the shore of the Allegheny River in Verona, run through ...

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville, June 2025. The U.S. Department of Justice is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that quashed its subpoena issued to UPMC just over a ...

Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn't need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining. She finds evidence in a stack of more than 150 funeral programs, all for ...