Since 1959, the hotel perched so prominently at the entrance to the Golden Triangle has been a Hilton. Not anymore. The troubled Downtown hotel, beset by financial problems, suffered yet another blow Thursday when Hilton Hotels & Resorts terminated its franchise license agreement with Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh LLC, the hotel owner. (Today)

After venting for days about violence and other problems in the South Side's nightclub district, Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus said he was heartened Thursday by offers of help from police department brass. (Today)

When a ghost-busting crew spent the night in the Homestead police station two years ago, the news conference afterward was about unexplained footsteps, drifting shadows, slamming doors and spooked employees. (Today)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will expand its primary and urgent care offerings to Braddock residents for at least three years under an agreement that settles a federal civil rights complaint brought by the Braddock Borough Council President Jesse Brown. (Today)

A former senior director of student financial services at Point Park University alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was terminated after alerting superiors to fraud in the school's disbursement of federal student aid. (Today)