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Steelers, Herbig agree to four-year extension

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Herbig wants to be a Pittsburgh Steeler for life. The outside linebacker is well on his way after agreeing to a new four-year deal on Tuesday that will keep him in Pittsburgh for the rest of the decade, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated ...

Toriseva to challenge Pushkin for West Virginia Democratic Party chairmanship

WHEELING – Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva announced Monday she wants to be the next chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party. The party’s executive committee hosts its organizational meeting at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Conference Center in Charleston. Del. Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, is the current chair of the party, with Toriseva serving as first vice chair and Sam Petsonk of Oak Hill as second vice chair. Pushkin has been chairman since 2022. Toriseva is proposing a ticket to challenge Pushkin by which she would rise to chair, Petsonk would become first vice chair and former ...

Feeling a little bleak about the world? There’s a film festival for that

Bleak Week, a film festival celebrating "cinema of despair," started as a contrarian response to cries for feel-good movies after the pandemic. Programmers at the American Cinematheque, a nonprofit arts group that curates for several historic theaters in Los Angeles, heard the cries for ...

Pressure Wash

National Park Service workers pressure wash the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday in Washington. (AP Photo)

Kostyuk, Andreeva to meet in French Open semis

PARIS (AP) — Marta Kostyuk, the best player on clay this season and a vocal supporter of Ukraine amid the war with Russia, will play her first major semifinal at the French Open against a Russian. Kostyuk won an intense all-Ukraine quarterfinal against Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on ...