Health official calls for separating measles combination shots, pulls broad covid vaccine support
A top U.S. health official on Monday called for the combined measles-mumps-rubella shot to be broken up, drawing a quick rebuke from vaccine maker Merck, which said there is no scientific evidence that shows any benefit to doing so. The U.S. CDC earlier on Monday pulled broad support for covid-19...
3 hospitalized in fire at home of South Carolina judge Diane GoodsteinVideo
Three people were injured in a massive fire at the waterfront home of a South Carolina judge over the weekend, officials said. A home on Edisto Island owned by circuit court Judge Diane Goodstein was engulfed in a blaze on Saturday, Oct. 4, the South Carolina Judicial Branch confirmed to...
‘Russ Vought is the reaper’ as Trump throws shade at Dems
Meet President Donald Trump’s reaper. His name is Russell Thurlow Vought (pronounced “vote”) and he’s in his second stint as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The job allows him to exert executive branch control over the nation’s purse strings. Trump is touting Vought’s role as...
Pa. election 2025: How to serve as a poll worker on Nov. 4
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — When Pennsylvania holds its 2025 municipal election on Nov. 4, thousands of poll workers will ensure that...
Pittsburgh forecast: Sunshine Monday, rain and frost ahead
If you’re planning to get outside this week, Monday might be the best day to do it. Pittsburgh is in for a taste of summer sunshine even as rain and cooler temperatures loom in the forecast the next few days. Temperatures are expected to reach into the mid-80s Monday —...
Gallery: Photos from Oct. 6, 2025
Take a trip through Western Pennsylvania — and beyond! Join TribLive’s Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, photo adventure, where every snapshot tells a story. From the rolling hills and rustic charm of Western Pa. to far-flung corners of the world, this collection captures the little sparks of humanity that connect us...
Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News under Free Press-Paramount deal
LOS ANGELES - Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press. The companies did not disclose the deal value in Monday’s announcement. A source familiar with the matter said...
Though wary of covid shots, these Trump voters balk at restricting traditional vaccines
Chad Hill thinks some questions need to be asked about vaccines. Hill has harbored doubts about the covid-19 vaccine since it was introduced, due to how quickly it was developed and released. He suspects that medical experts who pushed the vaccine were compromised by ties to drugmakers. And he supported...
Health Secretary Kennedy speeds autism drug with GSK help
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. could deliver a policy win for the Trump administration in just a few months after the Food and Drug Administration enlisted GSK to help it fast-track approval of a decades-old drug to treat an autism-related disorder. The FDA’s unusual move will allow it to...
After Gaza captivity, freed Israeli hostage sees no peace ‘in our generation’
JERUSALEM — When Tal Shoham walks through Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel where he and his family were abducted by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, he says it feels like a graveyard filled with the horrors of the attack. While remembering the calmer days before the assault, he has...
Negotiators gather for Gaza talks under Trump plan; swift deal unlikely
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday for talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to the war in Gaza and a release of hostages despite contentious issues like disarmament of the Palestinian militant group under President Donald Trump’s plan. Talks were...
Supreme Court opens new term, with major Trump cases in store
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new nine-month term on Monday with major cases in store concerning presidential powers as Donald Trump probes the limits of his authority under the U.S. Constitution and federal law. The nine justices are scheduled to hear arguments in two cases on...
France in crisis as government quits just hours after being appointed
PARIS — France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, in a major deepening of France’s political crisis that drove stocks and the euro sharply lower. The swift, unexpected resignation came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple...
Indiana County woman charged in fatal stabbing
An Indiana County woman who state police said is responsible for a fatal stabbing was charged Sunday with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. Jessica Lynn Morelli, 36, of Burrell Township is accused of stabbing a 66-year-old man, who Morelli lived with, multiple times Sunday, according to state police. Troopers and...
Federal shutdown enters 6th day as threat of layoffs looms
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with President Donald Trump’s Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up pressure by ordering mass layoffs of federal workers. The Republican-led Senate was slated to vote again on dueling...
Democrats want to reach young male voters. How to get them is up for debate
NEW YORK -The Democratic Party has made no secret of the need to reconnect with young male voters, a demographic that drifted toward Republican Donald Trump in the last presidential election and will be key in the 2026 midterms. But a year before the elections that will determine who controls...
Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win Nobel medicine prize for immune discoveries
STOCKHOLM — American scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries in peripheral immune tolerance, creating openings for possible new autoimmune disease and cancer treatments. This year’s prize “relates to how we keep our...
Trump says U.S. hit another boat off Venezuela coastVideo
NORFOLK, Va. — U.S. forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, adding that the U.S. would also start looking at drug trafficking occurring on land. Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval...
Trump warns of ‘complete obliteration’ if Hamas remains in power in GazaVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned of “complete obliteration” if Hamas insists on staying in power in Gaza, as negotiations to end the bloody war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group are set for this week. Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive...
Shootings at South Carolina State University leave 1 dead, another injured
A pair of shootings on the campus of South Carolina State University left one person dead and another wounded as the institution was hosting homecoming celebrations over the weekend, according to state officials. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said both shootings occurred on Saturday evening, triggering a campus-wide...
Gov. Newsom says he’ll sue Trump for deploying 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon
WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s suing President Donald Trump, claiming the commander in chief deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon. “After a federal court blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Donald Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Oregon. They...
Shooting in Montgomery, Alabama, leaves 2 dead, 12 injured, police say
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Multiple gunmen opened fire in a large crowd in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, leaving at two people dead, including a teenage boy, and wounding a dozen others, authorities said. Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys said gunfire erupted around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the city’s nightlife district. Police believe...
Pentagon reassigning 200 California National Guard members to Portland
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has reassigned about 200 members of the California National Guard from Los Angeles to Portland, Ore., in an effort to fulfill President Donald Trump’s plan. “At the direction of the President, approximately 200 federalized members of the California National Guard are being reassigned from duty...
White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks ‘going nowhere’Video
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are “absolutely going nowhere,” a senior White House official said on Sunday. As the shutdown entered its fifth day, White House National Economic...
An inside look at Pittsburgh’s tunnels and team that keeps them runningVideo
Todd Caddy is the man behind the mirrored glass at Pittsburgh’s front door. His job: tunnel manager for PennDOT. From his office on a recent weekday morning on the south face of Mt. Washington, Caddy watched as two lanes of cars and trucks approached, slowing as they descended Green Tree...
