Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in U.S. illegally
A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program. Head Start associations in several states filed suit against the policy change by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Lisa Cook from Fed board
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest rates. The request represents an extraordinary effort by the White House to shape the board before the Fed’s interest...
Hundreds of Pennsylvania educators call for cyber charter funding reform in state budget
Hundreds of Pennsylvania school district administrators are calling for cyber charter funding reform to be included in the state’s 2025-26 budget. A letter featuring signatures from administrators at 215 schools was sent to state legislators Thursday — calling for a cyber charter funding formula that reflects the true cost of...
Utah, where Charlie Kirk was killed, has strong pro-gun laws
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in a state that has permissive gun laws and allows firearms to be concealed or openly carried without a permit in most instances, experts said. Investigators said a high-powered, bolt-action rifle that might have been used in the attack was found hidden in...
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
DENVER — A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified “extremist network” fired a revolver multiple times during an attack at a suburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities said Thursday. Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School in...
Charlie Kirk’s shooting death exposes security gaps at political events
The assassination of Charlie Kirk offers the latest example of how ordinary security measures can be defeated in an era of escalating political violence, when anyone associated with the political process is a potential target, including influencers. Kirk was in a familiar setting Wednesday before a large crowd at a...
Gallery: Photos from Sept. 11, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Trial starts for a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Prosecutors, other attorneys and observers assembled in a federal courtroom Thursday for the start of opening statements in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a...
Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market puts the Fed and Americans in a difficult spot
WASHINGTON — Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped while new data showed applications for unemployment aid soared, putting the Federal Reserve in an increasingly tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pressures. Consumer prices...
States’ struggles to comply with new SNAP law will lead to benefit cuts, Dems predict
Democrats on a U.S. House subcommittee on food and nutrition policy warned Tuesday that big changes to the major federal nutrition assistance program in Republicans’ spending and tax cuts law this year will lead some states to cut benefits. The law that President Donald Trump championed and that Congress passed...
Belarus frees 52 prisoners, Lithuanian president says
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarus has freed 52 prisoners, and they have crossed into Lithuania, the Lithuanian president said Thursday. As the release became public, Belarusian state media posted a video of a U.S. envoy announcing that Washington had lifted sanctions on Belarus national air carrier, Belavia. Among those released were...
Qatar official says Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ of hostage release with its strike in Doha on Hamas
DOHA, Qatar — Qatar’s prime minister said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “killed any hope” of releasing hostages still held in the Gaza Strip after Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha. The comments from Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, ahead of appearing at the United Nations on Thursday, underscored...
Income inequality dipped and fewer people moved, according to largest survey of U.S. life
Income inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in the United States last year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. These year-to-year changes, big and small, from 2023 to 2024...
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk’s killing on a Utah university campusVideo
AP-US-Charlie-Kirk-Shot, 40th Ld-Writethru OREM, Utah — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public’s help by releasing photos of the person they believe is...
Americans mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with emotional ceremoniesVideo
NEW YORK — Nearly a quarter century has passed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but for many, the emotions of the day remain raw as ever. On Thursday, America marked the 24th anniversary of the deadly attacks with solemn ceremonies at commemorations in New York, at the Pentagon and...
Gov. Shapiro orders U.S., Pa. flags to fly at half-staff through Sunday to honor Charlie Kirk
Gov. Josh Shapiro has ordered United States and Commonwealth flags on all facilities, public buildings, and grounds across Pennsylvania to fly at half-staff as a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was shot dead at a university in Utah on Wednesday. The flags...
Greensburg Salem creates girls wrestling club
The girls competing on Greensburg Salem’s boys wrestling team will be able to compete on a roster of their own this year following a vote by the school board Wednesday. The school board voted unanimously to create a girls wrestling club, with the hope that the program will grow into...
South Korea says charter plane carrying South Korean workers will leave Atlanta on Thursday
FOLKSTON, Ga. — A South Korean charter plane arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday to take home Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia last week. Its planned return the same day was canceled, and South Korea’s Foreign Ministry later said the flight would take place at noon Thursday,...
Trump’s emergency order for D.C. set to expire, but House moves to place new limits on the city
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s emergency order over the nation’s capital, which federalized its police force and launched a surge of law enforcement into the city, is set to expire overnight Wednesday after Congress failed to extend it. But the clash between Republicans and the heavily Democratic district over its...
3 fired FBI officials sue Kash Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration’s ‘campaign of retribution’
WASHINGTON — Three high-ranking FBI officials were fired last month in a “campaign of retribution” carried out by a director who knew better but caved to political pressure from the Trump administration, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that describes the White House as directly meddling in the bureau’s...
Senate Republicans barely defeat effort by Democrats to force release of Epstein files
WASHINGTON — In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the...
Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students, saying they amount to illegal discrimination by tying federal money to racial quotas. In a shift upending decades of precedent, the Education Department said Wednesday it now believes it’s unconstitutional...
Judge seeking to have Luigi Mangione brought to Blair County for hearing in November
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge is asking a U.S. Attorney in New York to release Luigi Mangione to U.S. Marshals for a Blair County hearing on forgery and weapon charges. It comes as the U.S. Department of Justice has indicated that it will not release Mangione from the New...
Authorities say a student is dead after shooting 2 peers and then himself at Colorado high school
DENVER — A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said. The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills....
High school seniors’ math, reading scores declining, national report says
High school seniors’ math and reading comprehension are on the decline, according to a national report. The National Center for Education Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Education, administered the National Assessment of Educational Progress to a sample of students from 1,500 schools throughout the country from January to...
