The 25-8 vote by the trustees came after a nearly two-hour public meeting that was streamed live online, and after hours of closed-door debate between the trustees.
League owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the polarizing short-yardage strategy at their spring meetings, keeping the rulebook as is — and pleasing the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30.
In the primaries on Tuesday, Democrat Corey O'Connor defeated incumbent Ed Gainey to run for Pittsburgh mayor in November. In Philadelphia, incumbent Democrat Larry Krasner will continue his run for District Attorney, and races for two statewide court seats are also set.
Researchers described the case in a new study, saying the baby is among the first to be successfully treated with a custom therapy that seeks to fix a tiny but critical error in his genetic code that kills half of affected infants.
The election is a prelude to November, when voters could scramble partisan control of the state Supreme Court. The primaries in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will have added significance because the eventual Democratic nominees will be heavily favored in the general election.
Former President Joe Biden was seen by doctors last week after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule were found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.
The wide-ranging bill, which faces long odds in the Republican-majority Senate, addresses an array of election-related matters, including rules for ballot drop boxes, electronic lists of registered voters for election workers to consult, in-person early voting and voter registration.
Don Kelly grew up rooting for the Pirates. Now, as the team’s manager, he’s tasked with leading them out of the wilderness.
The forum, coordinated by the Allegheny Youth Vote Coalition working with Pittsburgh Public Schools, was the eighth held at a public high school in the city, all designed to get the youngest and future voters involved in elections.
