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Robert Stiffler, former Shady Side Academy teacher and athletic director, dies at 91

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Obituaries) 7/4 10:00P Samuel Long / Pittsburgh Post-Ga

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Pittsburgh high schoolers are using STEM to help people with disabilities

WESA 7/14 11:30P Eliyahu Gasson

Public and private schools are teaming up with local nonprofits to cultivate human-centered STEM innovations driven by a social justice mission.

CMU community pushes back on AI summit with paint, petitions, and protests

WESA 7/13 11:32P Riona Duncan

Students and community members at Carnegie Mellon University are pushing back against the National AI and Energy Summit planned at CMU on July 15.

A popular, bipartisan solar program to save Pa. schools on energy costs might soon go dark

WESA 7/13 1:01A Kate Huangpu | Spotlight PA

Trump’s tax and spending bill will end federal support, and state lawmakers are unsure if they’ll renew their portion.

Support for Pittsburgh’s immigrant students, adult learners left in limbo amid federal grant freeze

WESA 7/10 11:33P Jillian Forstadt

The administration is withholding $230 million in federal grants for Pennsylvania after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more.

Trump administration freezes some education funding to states, including $230 million to Pa.

WESA 7/7 11:30P Anne Danahy

The Trump administration is holding up nearly $7 billion in federal education funding that states were slated to get Tuesday, including more than $230 million to...

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Happy National Hot Dog Day

Pittsburgh Magazine 7/16 6:43A Kristy Graver

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUBREW M arching down Main Street in a Fourth of July parade while donning a chili dog costume and dispensing complimentary weenies to my fellow Americans is the most patriotic...

10+ things to do this weekend, from the Tekko anime convention to Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Race...

NEXTpittsburgh 7/16 5:36A Jennifer Baron

What’s going on in Pittsburgh this weekend, July 17-20? Find out here. Know of a cool event? Email us . And for details about this weekend s third annual North Side Music Festival and more live music,...

Compass Point Coffee in Millvale aims to ‘be kind to their fellow traveler’

Pittsburgh Magazine 7/16 5:01A Naomi Girson

ERIC HODOS, CO-OWNER OF THE RELATIVELY NEW COMPASS POINT COFFEE IN MILLVALE | PHOTO BY NAOMI GIRSON C ompass Point Coffee doesn t just have the beans, it has The San Franciscan, a $60,000 commercial...

All Together Now! music festival benefits Pittsburgh’s growing immigrant community

NEXTpittsburgh 7/16 2:00A L.E. McCullough

All Together Now! debuts Aug. 7-10 as Pittsburgh’s newest multi-band, multi-venue music festival, and it came about because Friendship resident Ted Cmarada got mad as heck and wasn’t going to take it...

These puppies form some of their strongest bonds in Somerset state prison

NEXTpittsburgh 7/16 1:00A Grant Segall

There’s a puppy in the gym at State Correctional Institution Somerset. Vega holds his leash. “Brace!” says Vega, who is incarcerated at the state prison, which doesn t reveal inmates’ surnames. The...

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The biggest summer trades of the past for the Penguins

PensBurgh 7/16 1:00A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Looking back at some big deals As we sit around waiting for potentially another big Pittsburgh Penguin summer trade to unfold, why not go back through the...

Sidney Crosby and Paul Skenes describe meeting each other for the first time

PensBurgh 7/16 12:00A Garrett Behanna

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Two former No. 1 overall picks. Both Pittsburgh superstars. At the time of writing, Pittsburgh Pirates ace pitcher Paul Skenes, 23, is starting in his second...

Penguins set to play three games in September prospects challenge

PensBurgh 7/15 1:00A Julia Stumbaugh

Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images The 2025 Prospects Challenge will take place from September 11-15 in Buffalo. Fans will get another look at some of the Penguins’ top prospects with a three-game event...

Mario Lemieux, ownership group interested in buying back Penguins, report says

PensBurgh 7/15 12:00A Mike Darnay

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Lemieux and Ron Burkle sold the Penguins in 2021 for just shy of $1 billion. An ownership group spearheaded by Mario Lemieux has expressed an interest in...

Penguins will start 2025-26 on the road against Rangers, Mike Sullivan

PensBurgh 7/14 4:17A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Penguins will start the season on the road and Mike Sullivan The NHL announced the first day of the 2025-26 schedule will be Tuesday October 7th. The Penguins...

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