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U.S. House returns to Washington for vote to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday, after a 53-day break, braving the congestion at the nation’s tangled airports for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close. With nearly 1,200 flights canceled on Tuesday due...
Fetterman talks ending government shutdown, new memoir on ‘The View’
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, appeared on “The View” on Tuesday, where he discussed the recent deal that Senate Democrats made with Republicans to end an extended federal government shutdown. Fetterman, who was elected to the Senate in 2022, was one of eight Democrats who voted “yes” on a deal...
Veterans Day deals 2025 include free meals, discounts at restaurants
As a tribute to veterans and active-duty military personnel, many restaurants across the U.S. have food specials on Tuesday, Nov. 11 for Veterans Day. Veterans Day arose out of Armistice Day, a holiday held annually on Nov. 11 to mark the end of World War I. The Allies and Germany...
Jason Anthony: Google search ruling a win for small businesses in Pa., across country
This fall, after a years-long antitrust battle, a federal judge rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request that he force Google to break apart its integrated search tools. Many high-profile commentators called the decision a disappointment, but I saw it as a major win for small businesses. Let me explain....
Senators subpoenaed in election interference probe can sue under shutdown bill
WASHINGTON − The compromise legislation to reopen the government includes a provision allowing senators whose phone records were subpoenaed during the Justice Department investigation of alleged election interference to each sue the government for up to $500,000. Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed the phone records of GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham...
The Stroller, Nov. 11, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Pumpkins and gourd collection...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 10, 2025
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Villa Maria (22-2) vs. Emmaus (26-1) at Exeter Township, 6:30 p.m.; Penn Manor (21-4-1) vs. Central Bucs West (19-4-1) at Downingtown West, 6 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Unionville (16-7-1) vs. Warwick (22-5) at Twin Valley, 6:30 p.m.;...
High school roundup for Nov. 10, 2025: Pine-Richland slips past Franklin Regional in OT
Carson Verszyla had three goals and an assist and Cullen Campbell scored the overtime winner to lead Pine-Richland to a 5-4 win over Franklin Regional in PIHL Class 3A hockey Monday night. Michael Desjardins also scored for Pine-Richland (3-3-1). Joey Casella scored twice and Grant Williams and Jacob Keefe each...
Fox Chapel area student achievements for the week of Nov. 11, 2025
Fourteen Fox Chapel Area High School students participated in the third annual Allegheny County Chorus Festival: seniors Daniel DeMotte, Maggie Jones, Benjamin Shuttleworth and Robert Svenson; juniors Cascie Banachoski, Aubrielle Cheatham, Evangeline Sereno and Emma Smith; and sophomores Anita Fava, Sophia Geraci, Kassidy Joyce, Abigail Ornelas Barajas, Addison Smith and...
Is Veterans Day a federal holiday? What to know about Nov. 11
Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day, is observed annually on Nov. 11. The day is dedicated to thanking and honoring all individuals who served honorably in the military, in wartime or peacetime, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A federal holiday since 1954, Veterans Day was created...
Paramount Skydance to invest over $1.5 billion in programming next year; shares jump
LOS ANGELES — Paramount Skydance said it will make incremental programming investments of more than $1.5 billion next year to grow its streaming video business and revitalize its film studio, as it delivered its first quarterly results since the completion of the $8.4 billion merger. The company projected total revenue...
FDA removes the black box warning on hormone therapy for menopause
For the past decade, Dr. Heather Hirsch has tried to convince women that hormone therapy drugs are the best way to treat symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. But warning labels on estrogen have scared many women away from getting the care they need. Now the Food and Drug Administration is...
Trump rips Marjorie Taylor Greene, says MAGA loyalist has ‘lost her way’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, long one of his strongest MAGA allies, has “lost her way” after the Georgia Republican congresswoman criticized the president for focusing too much on foreign policy. “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie,” Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval...
Target has a new ’10-4 policy.’ Here’s what that means
Target customers will soon see more smiles and maybe even exchange more pleasantries with employees, thanks to a new staff policy the retailer has implemented, the company said. The new policy requires employees who are within 10 feet of customers to smile, make eye contact, wave, and use friendly, approachable,...
Is Trump sending out money for tariff revenue? What to know about $2,000 payment floated
President Donald Trump is again teasing a check to the American people, but it is unlikely to happen. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”...
Progressive group calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign over shutdown vote
The leader of one of the nation’s largest progressive political organizing groups called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s resignation following Sunday’s vote to reopen the federal government without any guarantee that Republicans will extend expiring federal health insurance subsidies. Schumer of New York was not among the eight members...
Man dies after slipping, falling 130 feet at Grand Canyon West
Authorities in Arizona confirmed that a man died after slipping and falling over the edge at a popular tourist area at Grand Canyon West last week. Deputies with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office responded to a search and rescue at Guano Point on Thursday around 2 p.m. local time, per...
32 things we learned in NFL Week 10: The meek inheriting the league?
The 32 things we learned from Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season: 1. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” If you didn’t think you’d be learning (or getting a refresher on) Biblical quotes in this week’s installment, that one is from the fifth verse of...
Danny Tyree: Can we talk sensibly about Veterans Day
“Write something sensible.” I’m finishing this column on the first anniversary of my mother’s passing, and I can still hear her cajoling me to cater to her down-to-earth tastes. Her funny bone was unpretentious. She could laugh at pratfalls on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” or a tyke’s witticisms on “Kids...
Coach Terry Smith touts Ethan Grunkemeyer as Penn State’s ‘quarterback for the future’
Navigating through a three-game stretch against Iowa (road), No. 1 Ohio State (road) and No. 2 Indiana (home) would be difficult for an established quarterback. Attempting to do it in your first three career starts? Three words sum up that task: baptism by fire. Penn State redshirt freshman quarterback Ethan...
Lebanon releases son of Libya’s Gaddafi after almost decade in detention
TRIPOLI — Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by militants in Syria, where he...
Pope Leo to host Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Lights, camera, action, pope? About three dozen Hollywood stars will meet Pope Leo this weekend, including actors Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and Adam Scott, the Vatican said on Monday. Also joining a special audience at the Vatican with Leo, the first pope from the United States, will...
Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to HouseVideo
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and snarled air traffic. The 60-40 vote passed with the support of...
SNAP benefits for 42 million hang on legal battles, shutdown
BOSTON - The availability of food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month remained in question on Monday as legal wrangling over the benefits continued even as lawmakers take steps toward ending the record-long federal government shutdown. A series of legal victories and setbacks for nonprofits and Democratic-led states...
Mark Z. Barabak: Nancy Pelosi prided herself on cold calculation. She knew it was time.
When Nancy Pelosi first ran for Congress, she was one of 14 candidates, the front-runner and a target. At the time, Pelosi was little known to San Francisco voters. But she was already a fixture in national politics. She was a major Democratic fundraiser who helped lure the party’s 1984...
