I have spent a great deal of time during the past several months staring sadly outside my window as light, white flakes fell with a vengeance upon Pittsburgh. Yet, no moment was as tragic as those in which...

For primary schools with a chronic truancy problem, getting to the root of the problem is the first step toward improvement.Public school districts, both with and without a truancy problem, should put...

Need for speedPolice in Wilmington Township, Pa., are searching for an Amish buggy that was involved in a hit-and-run accident with an SUV. Reports state that the buggy struck the SUV twice on the driver’s...

What could be more exemplary of a culture’s contradictory beliefs than its condemnation and legal punishment of dog abusers, despite one of its culinary staples being the meat of cows that have been...

The agriculture industry in Pennsylvania will soon see another benefit — albeit in the long term — that will assist it in securing a prominent role in the nation’s agricultural output.Gov. Tom Corbett...

During Pitt’s American Experience Distinguished Lecture on Monday, Chancellor Nordenberg continued to warn the public of the adverse effects state funding cuts on higher education have on Pitt and the...

Unfortunately for Nigerian princes, there has recently been a different type of chain email circulating the nation’s AOL accounts: a message claiming that President Barack Obama has, to date, signed...

Mattel Inc.’s lucrative Barbie doll creation has a new competitor — what has been called the anti-Barbie, invented by Pitt graduate Nickolay Lamm.“Lammily,” as Lamm brands it, is intended to adequately...