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Study: Many Allegheny County psych hospitalizations do more harm than good

The county and allied researchers zoomed in on some 40% of involuntary hospitalizations over a decade and found a trail of violence, overdose and...

Needed training upgrade or ‘cop city’? Here’s why Pittsburgh put an $84M plan on pause.

Pittsburgh police officers walk toward protesters as they block access to Carnegie Mellon University from Forbes Avenue in Oakland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Protesters...

ICE activity is rising in Pittsburgh. Know what to do.

Federal agents from ICE and the FBI lead arrested workers from Tepache Mexican Restaurant into an unmarked white van during an immigration raid in...

On the ground with the volunteers tracking ICE across the Pittsburgh region

Jaime Martinez, community defense organizer at Casa San José, coordinates with Rapid Response Network volunteers outside Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant in Gibsonia on June 17,...

PPS, Winchester Thurston students build tech tools to support people with disabilities

Jasmine Black presents her group's product, EZ Pics, which allows wheelchair users to more easily take photos, to the audience at the Access:Innovation student...

Pittsburgh officials look to generators to keep public safety station power on in storms

In this image provided by Pittsburgh Public Safety, a Pittsburgh-area water rescue team rescued a woman trapped in a car sinking in rising waters...

Penn Plaza eviction notices, 10 years ago, energized Pittsburgh’s affordable housing debate

Volunteers help to pack boxes and load trucks outside the Penn Plaza apartment complex, in East Liberty, on February 19, 2017. Tenants there received...

For me, learning to be a person involved a diagnosis, self-advocacy and starting my own business

Shannon Parris in her home office on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Ross Township. (Photo by Caleb Kaufman/Pittsburgh's Public Source) While neurodivergent people — including...

Pittsburgh’s police review board head says Gainey administration ‘has not been transparent’

Pittsburgh police in Oakland during protests ahead of President Donald Trump's visit July 15. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source) Contemplating a probe into a...

Rape crisis centers in Pa. say flat funding threatens survivor support

Clockwise from far left, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape advocates Amelia Erlandson, Haley Kerr, Katie Van Ness; Advocacy Manager Vivian Sentmier; Megan Schroeder, director of...

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