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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

As Trump announces ‘Fake News Awards,’ GOP senators assail his attacks on the press as anti-democratic

On a day President Donald Trump promised to deliver "Fake News Awards," two Republican senators as well as several Democrats warned Wednesday that his unceasing attacks on a free press are undermining...

Kansas lawmaker apologizes for racist comments on African-Americans, marijuana

A Kansas state lawmaker made racist comments about blacks and marijuana, saying that because of their "character makeup, their genetics" African-Americans had the worst response to the drug. He apologized...

Behind Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis

By Shashank Bengali | Los Angeles Times January 8, 2018

MANDALAY, Myanmar —  Myawady Sayadaw, a crimson-robed monk whose eyes dance behind round spectacles, casts himself as a genial warrior in Myanmar's long struggle against military rule. Inside his...

Alabama, Georgia brace for bruising national-title battle

By David Wharton | Los Angeles Times January 8, 2018

This is the type of football game that Alabama wants. "Grimy, hard," linebacker Rashaan Evans says. "Physical, violent." This is the type of football game the Crimson Tide defense feels it was built...

No. 15 Miami hold off No. 24 Florida State in basketball

By Michelle Kaufman | Miami Herald January 8, 2018

While most of the nation braced for record-breaking cold weather and ice storms on Sunday, South Florida warmed up significantly, as did the 15th-ranked University of Miami men's basketball team. Playing...

North Korea accepts proposal for talks next week on Olympics

By Kanga Kong | Bloomberg News January 8, 2018

SEOUL, South Korea _ North Korea accepted a proposal to hold talks with South Korea on Tuesday aimed at reducing tensions ahead of the Winter Olympics next month. The agenda would include North Korea's...

Bannon apologizes over damning portrait in book as White House presses defense of Trump

With President Donald Trump cheering from the sidelines, the White House Sunday pressed its defense of the president's fitness to govern, as fired former aide Steve Bannon reversed course and apologized...

Bannon apologizes over damning portrait in book as White House presses defense of Trump

With President Donald Trump cheering from the sidelines, the White House Sunday pressed its defense of the president's fitness to govern, as fired former aide Steve Bannon reversed course and apologized...

Grand jury report: Penn State failed to properly monitor fraternities, hazing

Pennsylvania State University failed to properly monitor and discipline its fraternities for years, leading to life-threatening conditions and widespread violations of policies involving alcohol, according...

Assault rifle, open-carry appeals rejected by Supreme Court

By Greg Stohr | Bloomberg News (TNS) November 28, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court steered clear of the intensifying gun debate after the mass shootings in Nevada and Texas, turning away two appeals from firearms advocates, including one that sought a constitutional...

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