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A Port Authority bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday is visible in Pittsburgh’s East End. The collapse of the two-lane bridge prompted rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet into the ravine while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from the bus.

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Bridge collapses, leaves bus dangling over Pittsburgh ravine

by Gene Puskar Associated Press, and Mark Scolforo Associated PressJanuary 28, 2022

PITTSBURGH — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.The collapse came hours before…

Shown is a Pennsylvania Historical Marker for Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne in Paoli, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. A recent review of all 2,500 markers the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission had been installing for more than a century, faced a fresh round of questions about just whose stories were being told on the state's roadsides, and the language used to tell them. The increased scrutiny that has focused on factual errors, inadequate historical context and...

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Racial reckoning turns focus to historical markers

by Mark Scolforo Associated PressDecember 28, 2021

This photo provided by Bristol Virginia Professional FireFighters Association shows damage from severe weather on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 in Hurley, Va. About 20 homes were moved from their foundations and several trailers washed away amid flooding in western Virginia from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, local officials said. (Bristol Virginia Professional FireFighters Association via AP)

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Ida moving north, causing trouble

by Mark Scolforo Associated PressSeptember 1, 2021

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump’s behalf

by Marc Levy Associated Press, and Mark Scolforo Associated PressNovember 18, 2020

FILE -This Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, shows Beaver Stadium before an NCAA college football game between Penn State and Buffalo in State College, Pa. A football player who transferred from Penn State claims in a lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, against the university, and head coach James Franklin, that other Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates, including allegations they imitated sexual acts in the shower and invoked Jerry Sandusky's name (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Ex-player sues Penn State over football hazing allegations

by Mark Scolforo Associated PressJanuary 14, 2020

Emergency crews respond to a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mount Pleasant Township early Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 2020. Multiple people were killed early Sunday in a crash involving a passenger bus, two tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles in Pennsylvania, officials said. (WPXI TV via AP)

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Five dead, 60 injured in Pennsylvania Turnpike crash

by Mark Scolforo The Associated Press, and Claire Galofaro The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2020

In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, speaks to me media in Philadelphia. The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on school lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected Carmichael's offer to cover the cost, but the head of the district's nonprofit foundation says it will accept the donation so that they can settle the debt. ( AP...

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Pa. school board backs off hard-line stance on lunch debt

by Mark Scolforo Associated PressJuly 24, 2019

Fossilized dinosaur footprints are shown on a paving stone at the Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pa.

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Dinosaur tracks make fresh impression at Valley Forge park

by Mark Scolforo Associated PressMarch 6, 2019

This courtroom sketch depicts Robert Gregory Bowers, who was wounded in a gun battle with police as he appeared in a wheelchair at federal court on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Pittsburgh. Bowers, accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, appeared briefly in federal court in a wheelchair and handcuffs Monday to face charges he killed 11 people. (Dave Klug via AP)

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Trump visit to Pittsburgh doesn’t sit well with some

by Allen G. Breed Associated Press, Mark Scolforo Associated Press, and Maryclaire Dale Associated PressOctober 30, 2018

Judy Deaven who says her son was a victim of sexual abuse by a priest as a boy reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints

by Marc Levy Associated Press, and Mark Scolforo Associated PressAugust 15, 2018