Penguins acquire defenseman Ron Hainsey from Carolina
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 7 hours ago With injuries knocking players out of the Penguins lineup left and right,...
Pittsburgh, developer call truce over East Liberty apartment complex
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 7 hours ago Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's administration and a Downtown developer who have battled...
Police dog grant raises eyebrows in Arnold — a city without a police dog
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 6 hours ago News that Arnold received a grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation for...
Arrival screenwriter discusses sustaining tension and alien linguistics | Toronto Star
As far as hit Hollywood movies go, this one couldn’t be more unlikely: A linguist and a physicist are charged with deciphering alien communication...
La La Land’s female sound editing duo makes history | Toronto Star
In a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars, La La Land’s Ai-ling Lee has already made history — twice.The Singapore-born Lee and Mildred...
Beefed-up Raptors might be too big to fail: Arthur | Toronto Star
Facing last call at this year’s NBA bar, Masai Ujiri had to make a choice. It’s helpful to think of it as a Goldilocks...
Manitoba beats Ontario to take top seed at Tournament of Hearts | Toronto Star
ST. CATHARINES, ONT.— Michelle Englot was recruited precisely for this situation.Short on previous playoff experience at the Canadian women’s curling championship, Manitoba will lean...
So you’re an RRSP procrastinator | Toronto Star
So here we go again. You’re just days away from the RRSP deadline and you’re scrambling to make a contribution. Thanks to online banking...
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions supports continued use of private prisons | Toronto...
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Jeff Sessions signalled Thursday his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons, reversing an Obama administration directive to...
White House adviser asked FBI to dispute Russia reports | Toronto Star
WASHINGTON—White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI official to dispute media reports that President Donald Trump’s campaign advisers were frequently...
PunditFact: Website wrong with attack on Donald Trump, Dakota Access Pipeline
The statement4 Months Ago5 Months Ago4 Months AgoSays Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."LearnProgress.org, Feb. 8 in a...
Lightning point streak ends with loss to Flames (w/ video)
TAMPA — The decision to start Andrei Vasilevskiy over red-hot Ben Bishop in goal Thursday night will understandably be questioned and debated in Lightning...
Food truck rules outnumber patrons in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — For the 23rd year running, Hong Kong is, in the opinion of the conservative Heritage Foundation, the freest economy in the...
Cosmos controversy: The universe is expanding, but how fast?
There is a crisis brewing in the cosmos, or perhaps in the community of cosmologists. The universe seems to be expanding too fast, some...
Old farmstead's history runs from John Brown to James Brown
DARGAN, Md. — From John Brown's raid to James Brown's wail, a stream of hot-blooded American history runs through a 19th century farmstead in...
Readers Write (Feb. 24): Congressional town halls, immigration policy, transgender policy, University of Minnesota...
My husband and I attended U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer’s town hall meeting Wednesday evening in Sartell, Minn., on the condition that we would behave...
Illegal immigrants: We may pay a steep price for this craziness
Now begins the latest chapter in our new president’s dissembling.Before cheering crowds in Florida last weekend, President Trump declared his resolve to deport “gang...
Plymouth meeting without U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen draws hundreds
Frustrated by a lack of town hall meetings on U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen’s calendar, some of his constituents set up a gathering of their...
As U.S. signals reversal on private prisons, Minnesota facility is back in play
Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled Thursday his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons — reversing a late-Obama-era directive to...
Challenges abound in Twins camp as first Grapefruit League game arrives
FORT MYERS, Fla. – In the past five years, Craig Breslow has twice come to a major league training camp with a minor league...
Resiliency is serving Gophers hockey team quite well
Despite the dire situation, Justin Kloos saw no hint of anxiety or resignation among his teammates. They reacted just as the Gophers captain expected...
Obituary: Warren Frost was ‘Twin Peaks’ doc, plus a mentor to Twin Cities actors
Best known for playing the small-town physician on “Twin Peaks” — a show co-created by his son — former Twin Cities actor and director...
Trickle of refugees fleeing the U.S. to Canada could become a deluge in the...
OTTAWA – As desperate asylum seekers continue to flee the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by crossing into Canada, concern is growing here over whether...
Inside Uber: An aggressive, unrestrained workplace culture
SAN FRANCISCO – When new employees join Uber, they are asked to subscribe to 14 core company values, including making bold bets, being “obsessed”...
Many people keep taking prescription opioids during addiction treatment
The grip of opioid addiction is so strong that many people who undergo treatment relapse repeatedly. Now a study by Johns Hopkins University researchers...
Cleveland high today could be warmest ever in February: Cleveland weather forecast Friday, Feb....
Cleveland February records.National Weather Service CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Today's high temperature could be the hottest in February recorded history,...
Craigslist photo shows missing car in background: Fairview Park Police Blotter
FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio - Petty theft, Lorain Road: A theft was reported in progress Feb. 13. Officers stopped a...
Traffic stop nabs two wanted robbers: Solon police blotter
Wrongful entrustment, SR 91: At 1:40 p.m. Feb. 18, police received a call about an erratic driver on eastbound...
Google-bred company accuses Uber of self-driving car theft
CaptionCloseSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A self-driving car company founded by Google is colliding with ride-haling service Uber in a court battle revolving around allegations...
Vote expected on hotly contested New Jersey pipeline project
CaptionCloseCHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators are set to vote on whether a natural gas pipeline should run through the state's federally...