Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has banned touchdown flipping and ping pong, so Dan Rubenstein holds a mini funeral for the small amount of fun left in professional football. Photo Credits: Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports

Steel helped transform Pittsburgh into a powerhouse in the 20th century, but once the industry collapsed, it left behind a city forever changed. The dense soot cloud that hovered overhead for decades is finally breaking up, but some of the nation’s worst levels of air pollution still remain. Read the …

Welcome to the first in a series of new Eater videos that take readers inside the kitchens of some of the city’s most interesting ethnic eateries. Featured today is Eldridge Street’s Super Taste, where Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles were introduced to the city eight years ago. Noodle master Steven Yan was …

“A small Missouri town has hunkered down amid a campaign by hackers and activists who accuse it of shielding high school football players from rape and sexual exploitation charges. Officials in Maryville declined interview requests on Tuesday as the story of two girls who were assaulted, ostracised and harassed went …

“It is feared a deadly drug known as ‘cannibal heroin’ which eats flesh from the inside out is about to hit the UK. Krokodil, which is like heroin and originated in Russia 10 years ago, turns users into zombies as their bodies begin to rot leaving addicts with reptilian skin. …

“A document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden alleges the National Security Agency collects up to 250 million online address books each year. The collection of contact lists from both foreign and US email and instant message accounts is outlined in a document leaked to the Washington Post. Scrutinising such lists …

“Senate leaders neared the completion Monday night of a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown while the rest of the world braced for the possibility of an American default that could set off a global financial disaster. Negotiators talked into the evening as senators …

“A Spirit Lake City Council member was arrested after he exposed his penis during a confrontation at a bar. James “Jimmy” Brown has now been charged with Indecent Exposure and Battery, and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office are now investigating the reported incident. The ordeal took place between Brown and …

Why did Ted Cruz have a secret meeting with some House Republicans? Has he backed himself into a corner where backlash for a debt ceiling default would land fully on his shoulders? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more about this story here from Matt Fuller …

“Even Pat Robertson thinks it’s time for Republicans to surrender. Now that the Affordable Care Act has been implemented and the country is on the precipice of default, Robertson delivered a plea to the GOP during his 700 Club television show to “wave the white flag” and agree to reopen …