Extreme downpours — like those that flooded Louisiana, Houston and West Virginia earlier this year — will happen nearly three times as often in the United States by the end of the century, and six times more frequently in parts of the Mississippi Delta, according to a new study.

Damage to a Harmar trucking facility that burned to the ground Friday night could cost more than $1 million. Joe Luera, assistant chief at Allegheny Valley Volunteer Fire Company, said that figure could climb as the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s office and insurance companies continue their investigation at Ideal Trucking.

A Dauphin County jury convicted a man of arson after he set a fire in April 2014. Jamat Manzoor is facing endangering persons, arson of an inhabited building and insurance fraud.

Amtrak agreed Thursday to pay $265 million to victims of a crash in Philadelphia in 2015, which killed eight and injured 200 when a train derailed in a curve at twice the speed limit.

Police are investigating a burglary at Boyds in Center City Philadelphia after the store’s front window was found smashed out. They say it appears the suspects drove a car through the window.

A Hempfield Township family is offering a hefty reward after their costly farming equipment is destroyed in a fire. Tom Logan of Logan Family Farms said his John Deere tractor and combine caught fire around 3 a.m. Sunday at a property he rents for his two sons in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County.

Dana Barnhart’s father was asleep in the basement. The older man was in Milesburg visiting for the night and this subterranean siesta on an air mattress was the closest that he was ever going to get to the honeymoon suite — he did not, however, request the 3 a.m. wake up call.

The fall season in Pennsylvania not only brings with it changing foliage and apple cider, but also the increased chances that drivers are more likely to encounter deer.

"I live my life to cheat insurance companies. My high every day is to cheat insurance companies." So went the mantra of body-shop owner and reputed Philadelphia mob associate Ron Galati.

Julia Calipo has been found guilty on all eight charges for setting her east Erie home on fire in 2015 to collect insurance money. The judge also revoked Calipo’s bond and issued a warrant for her arrest.

When Pittsburgh wakes up on Wednesday morning, some residents will have the choice of going about their day in an Uber that drives itself. The launch of Uber’s self-driving pilot program marks the public unveiling of the company’s secretive work in autonomous vehicles and the first time self-driving cars have been so freely available to the U.S. public.

The former owner of a Darby Borough auto body shop was sentenced to 23 months of intermediate punishment Thursday after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and receiving stolen property.

Thousands of Pittsburghers will be going back to work Tuesday morning following the long Labor Day weekend, but they’ll be coming into city without the benefit of the Liberty Bridge. The span has been closed since a fire last Friday.

A 6-year-old boy died in a crash after his mom says she swerved to miss a deer but hit a tree instead. The accident happened in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, around 8 a.m. Thursday.

A state of emergency has been declared and a nightly curfew instituted in Connellsville, where severe flooding from Sunday night’s storms has caused widespread damage to homes, vehicles and streets.