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On Tuesday, Democratic voters in the City of Pittsburgh will choose among four mayoral candidates. Other races in the region include four...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission Tuesday affixed special tracking bands to the legs of peregrine falcons that have hatched atop a state office...
A Pittsburgh-based charity better known for working in Third World countries is lending a hand in Oklahoma in the wake of Monday's devastating...
The polls are open in Pennsylvania, and so far there have been no reports of voting abnormalities in southwestern Pennsylvania. Turnout at most...
Members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee will put their questions to the IRS acting commissioner Tuesday, and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey says...
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- Idaho Terrorism Suspect Waives Detention Hearing The 30-year-old Uzbek national accused of a terrorist conspiracy in Idaho and Utah waived his right to a detention hearing in Boise on Tuesday, and...
- Why Oklahomans Don't Like Basements When Randy Keller moved from Texas to the Oklahoma City area several years ago, he couldn't find the house he was looking for. "I was moving from...
- Two Key Candidates Barred From Seeking Iran's Presidency Iran's powerful Guardian Council has disqualified two key candidates — a former president and a top aide to the current president — from running in...
- Former IRS Head To Senate: It Wasn't My Fault It was the Senate's turn Tuesday to grill the Internal Revenue Service, or more accurately, former agency officials, about its handling of the...
- Discovering A Family Member's Lost Time In Amsterdam When I found out that one of my cousins — now 88 — had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, just like Anne Frank, it was a revelation. It made me want...
Special Election Coverage
90.5 WESA will provide special election coverage tonight beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting through final returns.









