Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pa. battle brews over skill game terminals
From taverns to gas stations to so-called skill games parlors, business owners across Pennsylvania are bracing for an unknown future as time runs out for video game terminals that have been a lucrative cash stream for years. Without swift action by...
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Heat, politics mark celebrations in U.S.
Fireworks began to crack as early as midday Saturday in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation near the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress, as America celebrated the 250th...
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Berks, Dauphin, Northumberland and York. Health officials say there is a likelihood of a large number of unreported cases. While immunization data shows that most families in Lancaster support vaccination, the county is home to a large number of Amish...
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MOVE TO SLOW VACCINE WAIVERS
Read our investigation about the declining vaccine rates in Pa. schools and the potential impact. With the spread of dangerous childhood diseases rising across Pennsylvania, top lawmakers say they want to rein in the legal exemptions that have allowed...
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Paid leave plan triggers angst
Meredith Boyle is one of hundreds of small business owners concerned about how to cover the costs of paid parental leave if Allegheny County eventually approves a proposal now under consideration. Boyle owns the Argentinian restaurant Balvanera in the...
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HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS BY ICE WERE ‘COLLATERAL’
When immigration agents stopped Luis Mayancela’s car outside a Lowe’s hardware store in Monroeville on a frigid January morning, two men bolted from the vehicle. One escaped the officers after he ran across Route 22 and leapt down an embankment....
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A portrait of grief — and resilience
Tommy Nesbitt was gone by the time his little sister was born but his presence — and absence — loomed large throughout her entire childhood. The little boy and the void left after he disappeared followed her into adulthood, and the mystery remains one...
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Senators in races allege gaming lobby overreach
For five years, state lawmakers have tried to tax and regulate the thousands of video skill games that have cropped up in convenience stores, bars and gas stations across the commonwealth. But as the devices have grown into a multibillion-dollar...
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BIG BUCKS FUEL GOP SENATE PRIMARY
A decade after Donald Trump upended the Republican Party by attacking the GOP establishment in his first presidential campaign, the political outsiders he mobilized are continuing to fight their own leaders in a battle for future control of the...
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Beyond survival: One woman’s long road to recovery after sex trafficking
They met on a dating app. At first, everything felt natural. He was “charming,” she said. Conversation came easy. They shared similar interests, like travel, and it wasn’t long before they began discussing the future — moving in together, daydreaming...
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Spirit Airlines shuts down
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultralow-cost airline that once operated...
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