By SAM McNEIL, DAVID McHUGH and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ...

James Dobson, who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential ...

A group representing local governments across Michigan is calling on state lawmakers to set aside $800 million over the next five years to help spur affordable housing projects, predicting the cash ...

Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s ...

PITTSBURGH — Johan Oviedo earned his first major league win since 2023 and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday to take the three-game series. In his second start since ...

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, joining two other judges in denying the public ...

Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Finland marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be named the Polar Max and aimed at bolstering Arctic defense. The event marked ...

State Rep. Allison Russo, the former Ohio House Democratic leader, said she will run next year for secretary of state in an effort “to restore transparency, integrity and trust back into the office ...

Myles Garrett was expected to become a more vocal leader for the Cleveland Browns after signing a four-year contract extension worth $204.8 million in March. However, Garrett was quiet in his first ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have decided to promote 22-year-old right-hander Bubba Chandler — baseball’s top pitching prospect — ahead of their game Friday against the Colorado Rockies. Pirates manager Don ...

Coaching debuts, backyard rivalries and stadium upgrades take center stage this weekend with the kickoff of the 2025 high school football season. Locally, the season begins tonight with five games ...

A Youngstown man made an appearance in Girard Municipal Court after being arrested by Liberty police at a nearby funeral home. Kenneth Vaughn, 25, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of ...