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NEW YORK (AP) — About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, makin...

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By JOSH EWERS TribLive Some 40,000 portals to different worlds were readied to be opened at Acrisure Stadium Wednesday morning that saw the Steelers playbook take a backseat to more immediate tomes. D...

A few small changes to how you store fruits and vegetables can have big benefits for the planet – and your wallet. From herbs that wilt in days to berries that seem to mold even faster, what we toss i...

(AP) — Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why. Prices for food eaten at home rose 2.9% in April compa...

The Carnegie Museums on Tuesday publicly launched a $500 million comprehensive campaign to support operations, programming and exhibitions at the group’s four museums: Carnegie Museums of Natural Hist...

Thursday Music • The Next, Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar, Finleyville, 6:30 p.m. • Open Jam, Dead Head Winery, Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Micah Nagel, West Newton Farmer’s Market, Bloom Brew, West Newton, 5:30 p....

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Standing behind a downtown bar, Evan Duke smiled when he thought about no longer paying federal income tax on the hundreds of dollars in tips he earns on a busy night pouring beer...

For 12 days this week, the eyes of the movie world will be on the Cannes Film Festival. The Cote d’Azur spectacular plays host — starting on Tuesday — to some of the most anticipated movies of the yea...

By QUINCEY REESE TribLive Dozens of environmental advocates and Indiana County residents — gripping signs protesting a data center slated for a 3,200-acre site outside Homer City — trickled into the I...

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NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in ...

by Whitney Downard, Pennsylvania Capital-Star May 11, 2026 In the coming weeks, the federal audit of Medicaid programs across the country will enter its next steps to root out fraud following investig...

Younger Americans’ job market views now register close to the level they did in 2010, when the country was still deep in the Great Recession. This is not the first Gallup poll to find striking levels ...

For years, younger Americans have been more optimistic about the job market than older Americans, even through the depths of the Great Recession. But in an abrupt shift, a new poll released Monday fin...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dr. John Gordon, a reproductive endocrinologist, has been a man of faith for years. When he began to have doubts, they were not about his God, but his life’s work. He chose to ...

By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Zayva McCachren is one of the oldest living children in the world with a rare terminal condition known as sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase-4, or SMPD4. She is 7. SMPD4 is a g...

Struggling drugstores have finally gotten the attention of lawmakers. By JACK TROY TribLive Running two drugstores is a break-even endeavor for Primary Care Pharmacy Services owner Anthony Bertola, as...

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they c...