1.2M immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
It’s tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California’s Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration Control and Enforcement could upend her life more than 23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a teenager. “The worry is they’ll pull you over when...
11-year-old boy fatally shot in Houston after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell-ringing prank, police say
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday evening, the Houston Police Department said in a statement. Commonly referred to as...
Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with...
PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts
NEW YORK — Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — lived in Canada, and they were withdrawing support out of anger at President Donald Trump’s desire...
Powerball jackpot grows to $1.1 billion after drawing on Saturday ends without a winner
DES MOINES, Iowa — Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion, after no one won the big prize Saturday night. No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.1 billion, which would be the...
Trump’s D.C. takeover yields more arrests on routine charges
The man in the red shirt lifted the gun high enough for everyone in the Exxon parking lot to see. It was late on a Thursday in August, the neon lights of Georgia Avenue in Washington reflecting off car hoods and gas pumps, when prosecutors say a 58-year-old man shoved...
CBS News’ Mark Knoller, veteran White House correspondent, dies at 73
Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died, according to the network. He was 73. A cause of death was was not disclosed, but he had reportedly suffered from diabetes and was in poor health. “Mark Knoller was the hardest-working and most prolific White House correspondent...
Israel kills Hamas spokesperson as security cabinet meets to discuss expanding offensive in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military announced Sunday that it killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing, as the country’s security cabinet met to discuss the expanding offensive in some of Gaza ‘s most populated areas. There were no plans to discuss negotiations for a ceasefire at...
Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says
Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday. Giuliani was being driven in a rented Ford Bronco by his spokesperson Ted Goodman when...
Ex-CDC official warns of ‘undoing of vaccination’ under Kennedy policiesVideo
A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Sunday that he can “only see harm coming” under the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis resigned last Wednesday in the wake of the White House’s firing of the agency’s director, Susan...
Lost boy wandering elevated monorail line in Hersheypark is saved by another parkgoerVideo
HERSHEY — A lost boy wandering a monorail line high above the crowd at Hersheypark was rescued by a park visitor who climbed onto a building and jumped onto the rails. The child was reported missing at about 5:05 p.m. Saturday after he became separated from his parents, according to...
Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities
Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn’t been spared from soaring housing costs. A family gift in 2021 of a small plot of land offered a shot at homeownership, but...
DHS Secretary Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago, confirming plans for a stepped up presence of federal agents in the nation’s third-largest city as President Donald Trump continues to lash out at Illinois’ Democratic leadership....
As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the U.S., for now
HARLINGEN, Texas — With migrant children waiting on tarmacs to be sent to their native Guatemala, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the flights, siding with attorneys for the children who said the government was breaking laws and sending their clients to potential peril. The extraordinary drama played out...
Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children’s agencies in Yemen, detain employee
CAIRO — The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining at least one U.N. employee, officials said, as the rebels tighten security across Sanaa following the Israeli killing of their prime minister and several Cabinet members. Abeer Etefa, a...
Penn Township moves forward amended rezoning proposal
Commissioners moved forward a rezoning plan Penn Township has eyed in recent years to diversify the municipality’s tax base. The areas for the proposed changes were identified in a 2023 economic development study. The first phase of the rezoning, which the township has worked through in recent months, is in...
Hempfield Area student recognized for saving boy at drive-in theater
Hempfield Area junior Jacob Shepler didn’t have much time to react when he saw a vehicle poised to run over his sister’s friend at the Evergreen Drive-In. The 17-year-old went with his gut reaction. “I just jumped in front of it,” the Hempfield resident said, “and I started waving my...
Greensburg, Hempfield area welcome mental health nonprofit, Fla. restaurant franchise, coffee shop
Former mental health counselor Stephen Kuniak is no stranger to parents who are concerned that their child plays too many hours of video games. Much to the surprise of most parents, Kuniak, a professor and Greensburg resident, believes video games can actually foster positive mental health among children — if...
Palestinian president’s office urges U.S. to reinstate his visa ahead of key UN meetings
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president’s office on Saturday urged the U.S. government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the U.N.’s main annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state. The 27-nation European Union asked...
Taking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along U.S. coastline
OGUNQUIT, Maine — Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination. Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to...
A walk through a Smithsonian museum reveals American genius and cruelty as Trump presses for change
WASHINGTON — In an afternoon’s walk through ground zero of Americana — the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History — objects around every corner invite one question: What could possibly be more American than this? There’s the enormous Star-Spangled Banner in all its timeworn glory, Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The...
Federal judge issues order blocking Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States. The move is a setback for the President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand the use of the federal expedited removal statute to quickly...
Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer
Thoughts and prayers. The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable. As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn’t cause enough for grief, American opinion makers were convulsed once again this week in a debate...
Trump is cutting 500-plus jobs at Voice of America and its parent agency despite legal challenges
WASHINGTON — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a monthslong legal challenge over the news outlets’ fate. Kari Lake, acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for...
Hempfield resident’s donation to WCCC will support students in skilled trades, allied health
After a 43-year career in highway construction, Hempfield resident Bob Miner Jr. wants to give back to the skilled trades industry and his lifelong home, Westmoreland County. Miner, 70, started the Robert Miner Family Foundation in 2023 alongside his wife and daughter after selling his company, Donegal Construction. The foundation...
