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Trump’s embattled pick to be Kuwait envoy takes AmeriCorps job instead
WASHINGTON ― Facing opposition from key Republican senators, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Kuwait instead has taken a job with AmeriCorps in Washington. Former Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said he started Monday as senior adviser for strategic partnerships at AmeriCorps, where his role will include working with...
American Academy of Pediatrics releases childhood vaccine schedule that’s at odds with federal recommendations
As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation’s most prominent medical groups and associations. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ vaccine schedule differs from the new federal one in a...
Department of Justice renews push for voter, welfare data amid Minnesota ICE crackdown
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota to share its voter rolls and data on Medicaid and food stamp recipients with the federal government, a move Minnesota’s top elections official criticized as an “apparent ransom” to end the ICE crackdown in the state. In a letter to Gov. Tim...
Lester C. Olson: Communication can help de-escalate our current situation
Armed conflicts and U.S. citizens’ deaths in Minneapolis have riveted attention across the nation. We’ve seen the videos and the photos of graphic violence. We’ve seen the heartbreaking photos of a 5-year-old preschool boy and a 2-year-old girl detained by ICE. We have read the upsetting media accounts of countless...
‘We just kept going’: Westmoreland County road crews battle large snowstorm
Johan Ebbit, 24, of Madison, a tiny Westmoreland County borough southwest of Greensburg, has been on the North Huntingdon road crew for the last 18 months. Starting late Saturday, Ebbitt and 16 other plow operators worked nearly around-the-clock to clear snow in Westmoreland County’s second largest municipality. “We just kept...
Heavy snowfall in Pittsburgh to be followed by extreme cold
Sunday’s monster snowfall was one for the books. Pittsburgh set a daily record for Jan. 25 with 11.2 inches of snow falling, National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Craven said Monday. The prior record for that date, set in 2014, was 5.2 inches. The storm is tied for the 13th highest...
Snow cancels classes, Western Pa. district officials weigh challenges as cold approaches
Many Western Pennsylvania school districts are shifting to remote learning as communities continue to dig out from record-breaking snowfall. As temperatures are expected to remain well below freezing throughout the week, district officials across the region continue to consider how best to handle the weather challenges. On Monday, Pittsburgh Public...
Gene Baur: New food pyramid is a recipe for health disasters
The meat industry’s celebration of the Trump administration’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans should be a clear sign that these new guidelines aren’t for the people. It’s true that “the United States is amid a health emergency,” as Secretaries Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins state. However, in claiming to...
Arizona still unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll ahead of showdown with No. 13 BYU
Arizona remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll ahead of Monday night’s showdown at No. 13 BYU, while fellow unbeaten Nebraska climbed to a program-best fifth ahead of its big week in the Big Ten. The Wildcats, riding their best start since...
Abby McCloskey: Too many kids already know someone who’s been deepfaked
The pre-AI world is gone. Estimates suggest that already, as many as one in eight kids personally knows someone who has been the target of a deepfake photo or video, with numbers rising to one in four who have seen a sexualized deepfake of someone they recognize, either a friend...
Photos of the day: Winter storm leaves neighborhoods coated in snow
Winter weather delivers heavy snowfall, leaving rooftops and streets blanketed as the region adjusts to wintry conditions....
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County in state of emergency as extra snowplows called inVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Monday declared a state of emergency as the city struggled to clear its streets of roughly a foot of snow with dozens of snowplows out of commission. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato followed suit several hours later, issuing her own disaster declaration. The declarations allow...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Renee Good, Jan. 6 rioters
It’s amazing. Anyone who gets shot by the unidentified, masked ICE agents is automatically described as a “member of some Latin American gang” or a “domestic terrorist” (37-year-old U.S. citizen mother Renee Good), and deserves to be shot in the face for not submitting to the screaming orders of unidentified...
In brief: Bridgeville, Carnegie area news and events, week of Jan. 26, 2026 and beyond
Mariano appointed Chartiers Valley board president Darren Mariano was reelected as Chartiers Valley School Board president when the school board reorganized in December. Lisa Trainor was named vice president. Trainor, Mark Fiorilli, Mitch Montani and Megan Sexton were sworn-in to four-year seats on the board. The board retained Matthew Racunas...
Letter to the editor: Our leaders must support clean energy
Erika Strassburger’s op-ed “Clean energy provides jobs, consumer savings” (Jan. 20, TribLive) has some great news about America’s clean energy industry. As Strassburger points out, clean energy companies like Eos Energy invest in communities by building factories, helping people learn new skills and creating jobs for the future. With new...
Editorial: The number of Americans who feel politically homeless is rising. Understandably so
A record 45% of American adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As the ranks of the politically homeless grow, the share of Americans who call themselves Democrat or Republican continues to shrink. That’s hardly surprising....
The Stroller, Jan. 26, 2026: 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. Huston Middle School students...
Letter to the editor: What will it take to disavow Trump?
Will his actions and behavior ever be enough to dissuade those who propelled Donald Trump into office for a second reign? Was it enough when he responded to a heckler with profanity and an obscene gesture? What does one tell an impressionable child when something like this takes place? Is...
In brief: Happenings from across the Fox Chapel area
To have your news or event listed in our briefs section, email editor Marje Horvath at mhorvath@triblive.com. School district seeks input on comprehensive plan The Fox Chapel Area School District is conducting community focus groups to support its ongoing work on a new comprehensive plan. The focus groups will provide...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 26
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 26....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 26
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 26....
Zac Brown Band bringing ‘Love and Fear’ tour to PittsburghVideo
Country rockers Zac Brown Band are hitting the road in support of their latest album, with a summer show planned for Pittsburgh. Zac Brown Band brings their “Love and Fear” tour to PPG Paints Arena on Aug. 13, with Old Crow Medicine Show as support. The tour is named after...
Largest U.S. grid pushes power plants to secure gas through week
The largest U.S. grid operator is pushing power plants to secure natural gas supplies through the week amid expectations that frigid temperatures will drive electricity usage to a winter record. PJM Interconnection LLC is taking a rare step of committing to buy power from generators through 10 a.m. on Jan....
High school sports scores, schedules for Jan. 25, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results PBC Hall of Fame Classic At North Allegheny Keystone Oaks vs. Beaver Falls, ppd. Hampton vs. Quaker Valley, ppd. Bethel Park vs. Allderdice, ppd. North Allegheny vs. Johnstown, ppd. Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Clairton...
Federal judge orders ICE, DHS not to destroy or alter evidence in Minneapolis shooting
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order brought by Attorney General Keith Ellison against the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, preventing them from altering or destroying evidence related to the fatal shooting Saturday of Alex Pretti by DHS agents in Minneapolis. U.S. District Court Judge...
