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1 week ago | 
post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Jacob Comer
Rattled flyers are deciding that trips through Newark just aren’t worth it. For days, red cancellation signs have flashed across the airport’s boards and flights have been delayed, leaving travelers stranded. And then there was the revelation about an unsettling lapse: a 90-second breakdown in radio contact for air traffic controllers, which passed safely but had the potential for catastrophe.
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1 week ago | 
post-gazette.com | Ford Turner |Rebecca Santana |Olga Rodriguez |Adam Babetski
SAN FRANCISCO — REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays. Many airports reported wait times of a few minutes at security checkpoints on their websites on Wednesday morning, although some had longer waits. LaGuardia Airport reported no wait at one TSA Precheck checkpoint and wait times ranging from 2 to 11 minutes in the general lines.
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1 week ago | 
post-gazette.com | Keith Barnes |Adam Babetski
When runners needed it most, they found their energy from the spectator-lined streets of Pittsburgh. For Madelyn Gregory and a group of her friends — all rising juniors at the University of Pittsburgh — that meant shouting from Forbes Avenue in Oakland to encourage their friend Antonio, who was one of more than 20,000 participants in the 2025 Pittsburgh Marathon on Sunday. “It’s just really rewarding,” Ms. Gregory said of her and her friends supporting runners as they raced past.
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1 week ago | 
post-gazette.com | Sono Motoyama |Stephana Ocneanu |Adam Babetski
A week’s worth of wet weather — including much of Saturday — has given way to relatively dry conditions as the 2025 Pittsburgh Marathon prepares to kick off at 7 a.m. Sunday. More than 45,000 people were expected to participate in marathon festivities Saturday and Sunday, with runners hailing from 19 countries — and their ages ranging from 5 months to 87 years. It’s the 17th Pittsburgh Marathon since it restarted in 2009 following years off the map because of financial issues.
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2 weeks ago | 
post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Ford Turner
There were nurses and students; residents from the South Hills who rely on bus and light rail service to get to medical appointments and run errands; and people with disabilities who depend on paratransit to get around. There were dozens of them, and they all had the same message — potential cuts to Pittsburgh Regional Transit would be devastating. “I’m worried about the 600 kids we educate every day,” said Angela Welch, an assistant principal at City Charter High School.
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4 weeks ago | 
post-gazette.com | Jason Mackey |Adam Babetski
Pirates president Travis Williams apologized Wednesday for the team’s handling of the Bucco Bricks, the fan-funded tributes with personalized messages and names that once sat on display in front of PNC Park’s home plate entrance.
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Steve Bohnel |Adam Babetski |Ford Turner |Benjamin Kail
President Donald Trump’s tariff exclusions for smartphones and other tech products have added to a growing set of confusing signals for companies and trading partners digesting how to engage a White House still promising to negotiate dozens of new deals in America’s favor. The dizzying weekend saw Trump exclude popular consumer electronics from 125% tariffs on China and a 10% baseline global tariff.
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Josh Boak |Matthew Brown |Alexandra Stevenson
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Ford Turner |Alexandra Stevenson |Christopher Rugaber
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible. But Democrats are also stressing that they are not inherently anti-tariff. What Trump's political opponents say they really dislike is the “chaos” he has unleashed. “Tariffs are an important tool in our economic toolbox,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “Trump is creating chaos, and that chaos undercuts our economy and our families, both in the short term and the long term. ...
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Jason Mackey |Noah Hiles
Post-Gazette Pirates insider Noah Hiles streams LIVE around 2:30 p.m. EST today ahead of the club's weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds. Can Bailey Falter keep the rotation's momentum going? After Carmen Mlodzinski and Mitch Keller turned in winning performances in the series victory against the St. Louis Cardinals? What difference will the return of Kyle Nicolas make in the bullpen?
