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Weylin Gomez was working as an IT manager when he received a call from his elderly relatives: They had lost $10,000 in a cryptocurrency scam.

“The first thing they asked me was ‘Can we get the money back?’ I didn’t really know what to tell them. I didn’t understand the full scope, but I knew enough to say ‘probably not,’” said Gomez, a 30-year-old resident of Washi...

Routine property reassessments may soon become the norm in Allegheny County.

The county’s Government Review Commission on Wednesday released a draft report section on property assessment and taxation, recommending routine assessments every four years in line with the county executive election cycle. 

The current absence of a timeline for statewide or cou...

A federal safety agency recommended the development of written policies and procedures for flushing gas valves a year after a blast at a U.S. Steel plant killed two workers.

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued a final report into the August 2025 blast at

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