Trump’s win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgiveness
Savannah Britt owes about $27,000 on loans she took out to attend college at Rutgers University, a debt she was hoping to see reduced by President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness efforts. Her payments are currently on hold while courts untangle challenges to the loan forgiveness program. But as the...
The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As he bid farewell to Washington in January 2021, deeply unpopular and diminished, Donald Trump was already hinting at a comeback. “Goodbye. We love you. We will be back in some form,” Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews, where he’d arranged a 21-gun salute...
Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren...
Amsterdam police say 5 hospitalized and 62 detained after attacks on Israeli soccer fans
AMSTERDAM — Israeli fans and protesters clashed overnight after a soccer match in Amsterdam, leaving five people hospitalized and 62 arrested, police said Friday. Dutch authorities said attackers systematically targeted Israeli fans. It was not clear how the violence began. Dutch and Israeli leaders denounced the violence as antisemitic. Video...
Prince William describes family’s ‘brutal’ year as wife and father faced cancer treatment
LONDON —Britain’s Prince William has described the past year as “brutal” following cancer diagnoses for his wife and father. “Honestly, it’s been dreadful,” he said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday as he closed out a four-day trip to South Africa, the Prince of Wales described 2024 as being probably “the...
Penn State greenlights $96M classroom project as 1st-year students set to spike
Penn State University trustees Friday approved a $96 million classroom development at University Park to accommodate expected first-year enrollment growth approaching 1,000 students over the next several years. The project is the largest of the planned work totaling almost $325 million on the main campus and at Penn State Harrisburg...
Greensburg support group for international women serves as cultural hub
The average passerby would likely not expect a 1900s mansion on Greensburg’s Main Street to be a cultural hub. But for more than 30 years, nonprofit YWCA Westmoreland County has dedicated itself to welcoming women who move to the area from another country — helping with the transition to life...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency
SACRAMENTO — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session ahead of another Trump presidency to safeguard the state’s progressive policies. Meanwhile, attorneys general in blue states across the country announced they were also gearing...
Nearly 237K people moved to Pennsylvania in 2023. Which states are they coming from?
Pennsylvania is home to nearly 13 million people, but its population is still on the rise thanks to migrants from other states, new U.S. Census data shows. Overall, Pennsylvania gained an estimated 237,526 people from other states in 2023, year-over-year, according to recently published Census data. But where are the...
Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power gridVideo
HAVANA — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, destroying hundreds of homes, knocking out the country’s power grid and damaging other infrastructure. No fatalities were immediately reported in Cuba, and Hurricane Rafael had weakened to a Category 2 storm as it...
California wildfire burns out of control but firefighters could get a break when wind diminishesVideo
CAMARILLO, Calif. — A wildfire northwest of Los Angeles burned out of control for a second day Thursday after destroying dozens of homes, but officials said firefighters could get a break with fierce winds expected to subside by evening. More than 10,000 residents remained under evacuation orders as the Mountain...
Man who smashed door moments before officer killed Capitol rioter gets 8 years in prison
WASHINGTON — A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol and smashed glass panels on a door — moments before a police officer fatally shot another rioter climbing through the opening — was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison. Zachary Alam was one of the first rioters sentenced since...
Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
WASHINGTON — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio,...
President-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, 1st woman in the post
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and...
43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious dangerVideo
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning....
GOP flips 2 U.S. House seats in Pennsylvania, as Republican Scott Perry wins again
HARRISBURG — Republicans knocked off Democrats in two perennially contested U.S. House seats in eastern Pennsylvania while U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, one of the hardest right members of the chamber, survived a challenge in a southern Pennsylvania district with more moderate politics. The defeats of sixth-term Rep. Matt Cartwright and...
White evangelical voters show steadfast support for Donald Trump’s presidency
After former President Donald Trump gave his victory speech early Wednesday, at the Palm Beach Convention Center, dozens of his supporters gathered in a lobby to sing “How Great Thou Art,” reciting from memory the words and harmonies of a classic hymn, popular among evangelical Christians. It was a fitting...
Defiant Giuliani says he’s a victim of ‘political persecution’ as he’s told again to give up assets
NEW YORK — A defiant Rudy Giuliani was ordered Thursday to quickly turn over prized assets including a car and a watch given to him by his grandfather as part of a $148 million defamation judgment, leading the former New York City mayor to emerge from court saying he expects...
Republican Jeff Hurd wins Colorado U.S. House seat in Lauren Boebert’s old district
Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert left, fulfilling the congresswoman’s hope that her mid-election departure from the race would make it easier for a different Republican to retain the seat that she nearly lost in 2022. Hurd, more mild-mannered than...
Michigan official at the center of 2020 election controversy loses write-in campaign
BELLAIRE, Mich. — An election official in a small Michigan county that was a cradle for unfounded election conspiracy theories in 2020 lost a write-in campaign to keep her job. Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy had said she wouldn’t seek reelection, but got in the race after the Republican primary...
An 8-hour Russian drone barrage keeps Kyiv on edge as the war in Ukraine nears 1,000 days
KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an eight-hour nighttime attack, authorities said Thursday as Russia kept up its relentless pounding of Ukraine after almost 1,000 days of war. Lone Russian drones and also swarms of drones entered Ukrainian airspace from various directions and...
Gallery: Photos from Nov. 7, 2024
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region — and the world — with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Germany’s coalition collapses dramatically. Scholz plans to lead with a minority government
BERLIN — After Germany’s government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats, Scholz said he would lead the country with a minority government, despite calls from opposition leaders on Thursday for early elections. The chancellor said the...
European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said...
4 years make a big difference for Donald Trump — and for Fox News
Four years ago, Fox News precipitated an internal crisis with a bold election night call that President Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the crucial state of Arizona. This year illustrated the difference that four years can make. Fox News wasn’t the first network early on Wednesday to declare...
