The United States Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary with special stamps featuring a familiar face.

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday.

A man who fell from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night’s game between the ...