In a windowless room Downtown, about 25 people huddled around a table to plan their responses to the worst natural disaster in Pittsburgh in a century. Forecasts called for the biggest flood in Downtown in more than 80 years, threatening hundreds of businesses on the North Side and Downtown. It was a fictional scenario. But it's one that feels increasingly possible in Western Pennsylvania on the heels of Hurricane Helene's cataclysmic inland flooding in southern Appalachia last fall. Read more a

A massive winter storm swept through Pittsburgh on Sunday, expecting to dump at least of foot of snow across most of the region. A winter storm warning is in effect for Western Pennsylvania until noon Monday, with upward of 15 inches possible in some areas. By 9:25 a.m., a record 5.3 inches of snow had fallen at the region’s official climate site at Pittsburgh International Airport, setting a new record for Jan. 25. Mayor Corey O’Connor said dozens of plow and salt trucks were deployed on city s

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, who helped lead an effort last year to unearth investigative records into Jeffrey Epstein, on Wednesday voted alongside Republicans and just a few other Democrats to find Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for their failure to follow a congressional subpoena. Ms. Lee was among only three of the 21 Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to approve both measures — one for the former president and another for the former secretary of state. If approved by the