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Black History…John H. Sengstacke kept dreams alive at the Pittsburgh Courier

Site Editor - February 22, 2015

“When I came to work and the padlocks were on the doors, it was one of the worst days of my life. No one...

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Veteran Holt in unique position at NBC

Courier Newsroom - February 18, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Lester Holt's first report card as NBC's choice to fill in for suspended anchor Brian Williams as "Nightly News" anchor...

Opinion/Forum

Did NBC’s Brian Williams also lie about Hurricane Katrina?

Courier Newsroom - February 15, 2015

“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has finally admitted that he had incorrectly asserted that a helicopter he traveled aboard in 2002 while reporting...

Entertainment

2 big TV stars with opposite fates departing their shows

Courier Newsroom - February 12, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart and Brian Williams were mirror images of each other in an era when the nature of TV news,...

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Will NBC's Williams get promised second chance?

Courier Newsroom - February 12, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — In handing Brian Williams a six-month suspension for misleading viewers, NBC Universal chief Steve Burke says his chief anchor deserves...

Entertainment

Grammy ratings slip on Sam Smith's big night

Courier Newsroom - February 10, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — After a very strong five-year run as a winter music attraction, viewership for the Grammy Awards dipped to 24.8 million...

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Brian Williams taking himself off air temporarily

Courier Newsroom - February 8, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brian Williams said he is temporarily stepping away from the "NBC Nightly News" amid questions about his memories of war...

National News

Journalist, activist detained by US Border Patrol

Courier Newsroom - July 15, 2014

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. without legal...

Pittsburgh News/Metro

Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife dies at 82

Courier Newsroom - July 4, 2014

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and...

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