Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols (Today)

Former state treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer this morning announced she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha (Today)

In a sure harbinger of spring, PennDOT announced today that it has begun using hot mix asphalt to patch potholes (Today)

Emmanuel I. Osagie, who had been chancellor of Penn State Fayette since February 2007, died unexpectedly Tuesday of complications from an illness. (Today)

An attorney for Ben Roethlisberger said Tuesday his firm has assembled a team of investigators to gather information about sexual assault allegations that have been raised by a 20-year-old college student. (Today)