Ally Crowley-Duncan, who performs as Ally the Piper, a viral bagpiper who modernizes the Great Highland bagpipe by combining heavy metal and classic rock with Celtic influences, performs at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival. On assignment for @wsj.
From my 2013 project: “Habemus Papam” - The Conclave of Pope Francis As white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells ring out, people fill St. Peter’s Square to await their new pope. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick, sit down together at Fetterman’s home across the street from U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pa., in February. Pennsylvania is one of only two states with
Vice President J.D. Vance hosts a 10-year sobriety celebration for his mother, Beverly Aikins, alongside family and friends on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Vance wrote about his relationship with his mother as she str
“If U.S. Steel unravels, a couple things will happen,” said Bill Polacek, standing on the floor of JWF Industries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he serves as CEO. “Number one, steel’s [cost is] going to go up dramatically a
Steam rises above U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works on an early morning in Braddock, Pa. Days after ordering a national security review of Nippon Steel’s $14 billion bid for U.S. Steel and renewing speculation that the deal could be revi
Steel moves through the country’s oldest hot mill as it has at the U.S. Steel Irvin Works plant for nearly 90 years. On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered a new national security review of Japanese company Nippon Steel’s proposed bid
On the second anniversary of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Vice President J.D. Vance visits the community he once represented as a senator from Ohio, promising they would “not be forgotten.” On Feb. 3, 2023, an overheati
Former President Donald Trump holds his final campaign rally in Pennsylvania on the eve of the presidential election at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Early Wednesday, Trump was declared the winner of the key battleground state of Pe
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, holds a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on October 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are campaigning
The future of the steel industry in Pennsylvania is a hotly contested issue in the upcoming Presidential election. Last December U.S. Steel announced that it had accepted a nearly $15 billion takeover from Japanese-owned, Nippon Steel.  In Sept
Lance Wallnau, a self-described Christian Nationalist prophet, and a prominent figure in the pro-Trump evangelical movement, believes that Democrats represent the ‘powers of darkness’ and sees Donald Trump as an anointed figure. According