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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

Protesters disrupt talk by pro-police author at California college

LOS ANGELES — Administrators expressed disappointment and threatened discipline in the wake of a demonstration that disrupted a planned public event last week featuring conservative commentator and author...

US launches missile strikes at Syrian airfield, the spearhead of chemical attack

The Pentagon ordered dozens of cruise missiles against an airfield in central Syria late Thursday in retaliation for a gruesome poison gas attack this week that U.S. officials said was carried out by President...

Hillary Clinton says she won’t run for public office again

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton said she doesn’t intend to run for elected office again, but vowed to remain involved in public service and to help Democrats regain control of Congress in the 2018 election. In...

Bannon out, Rick Perry in as Trump reshuffles National Security Council

Rick Perry was named to the National Security Council in a memo released on Wednesday, putting the secretary of energy and longtime Texas governor into Donald Trump's inner circle for national security...

Kansas student journalists proud of story that led to new principal’s resignation

Just hours before publishing their story last week, four co-editors and two reporters on the Pittsburg High School newspaper, sitting at home in their bedrooms, powered on their laptops and engaged in...

Private planes may not be taxed under Trump’s plan to update US airspace

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said Tuesday that the administration’s proposal to modernize U.S. air traffic control “probably” would not include a tax on general...

North Korea fires ballistic missile into East Sea

By Kanga Kong | Bloomberg News (TNS) April 5, 2017

North Korea conducted another ballistic missile test, the latest provocation from Kim Jong Un's regime as he seeks to build a nuclear arsenal. The projectile was fired into the East Sea early Wednesday...

Judge temporarily blocks Seattle law allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law that attempts to allow Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers to unionize. The law, passed in 2015, had been scheduled...

Trump signs web privacy rollback Democrats say is anti-consumer

By Todd Shields / Bloomberg News April 3, 2017

President Donald Trump rescinded a rule requiring internet service providers to seek subscribers' permission before using their web browsing history for marketing, handing broadband providers a victory...

UNC celebrates its sixth NCAA championship with 71-65 win over Gonzaga

By Andrew Carter | The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (TNS) April 3, 2017

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Back on the East Coast it was near midnight, near the one-year anniversary, to the day, of North Carolina’s greatest heartbreak — one that united this team on a long-sought mission...

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