Voting booths are set up at a polling place Pennsylvania. This is WESA Politics, a weekly newsletter by our political reporters providing analysis about Pittsburgh and state politics. If you want it ...

This Sept. 27, 2017 file photo shows kratom capsules in Albany, N.Y. Kratom is often marketed as a natural or herbal product, but Pennsylvania doctors and toxicology experts say consumers should ...

The world premiere of the concert documentary "Forever Young: A Bob Dylan Tribute" will take place at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center in Sewickley on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 1 p.m. "Forever Young" ...

As Pennsylvania families prepare for back-to-school season, the state health and education departments have released a detailed look at school vaccination rates. The new online database launches as ...

Most health systems have moved beyond experimenting with artificial intelligence toward an era of relying on the technology to manage tasks like clinical documentation and billing. But a new report ...

A coal refuse pile from the early 20th century in Fredericktown, Pa. The story of coal in Pennsylvania over the past few decades has been one of decline. Over the years, the coal industry has shed ...

People packed the fire hall in Hanover Township for a hearing on a proposed data center on Aug. 5, 2026. Anger and worry over proposed data centers is spreading throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville, June 2025. The U.S. Department of Justice is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that quashed its subpoena issued to UPMC just over a ...

Jason Irwin and his mother, Audrey, in a circa-1976 photo taken at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Lewiston, N.Y. During his childhood, Pittsburgh-based poet Jason Irwin’s mother, Audrey, was his ...

Pediatricians at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia “prescribe” books to young patients and their families to encourage reading. The practice is part of the national Reach Out and Read model, which ...

A new set of studies totaling the impact of the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh claims the event was worth more than $1.5 billion in economic value for the city. The report released Monday by ...

Chantel Perkins speaks at a ribbon cutting-event on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. She is purchasing one of the McKees Rocks houses with assistance from nonprofit LEVEL: Equity Building. “This home is our ...