Brown University police chief placed on leave after fatal shooting, feds launch investigation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University’s president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others earlier this month. Questions surrounding Brown’s security policies have only intensified since the Dec. 13 shooting...
Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses
DENVER — A judge has accepted guilty pleas for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, many of which languished in a room-temperature building for years. Authorities say Carie and Jon Hallford, who operated a Colorado Springs funeral home, maintained a lavish lifestyle and...
U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval handed drugmaker Novo Nordisk an edge over rival Eli Lilly in the race to market an obesity...
Heritage Foundation suffers defections as MAGA tensions grow
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen staffers departed the Heritage Foundation during the weekend to join a rival organization, the latest sign of ideological tumult at the think tank once considered the central node in Washington’s conservative ecosystem and an intellectual bastion for President Donald Trump. The departures included the...
Teen drug use remains low, but survey finds small rise in heroin, cocaine use
NEW YORK — Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released last week. They consume a lot of energy drinks, though. And there are slight, but concerning, increases in heroin and cocaine use. But overall, the findings indicate teens are drinking,...
Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’ as part of a ‘Golden Fleet’Video
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.” “They’ll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than...
Ex-CIA director John Brennan wants ‘favored’ Trump judge kept away from Justice Department inquiry
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of him and other former government officials to a “favored” judge in Florida who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump. The request Monday is addressed to U.S....
The Trump administration sues the District of Columbia over its gun laws
The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, D.C., over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights. The U.S. Department of Justice filed its lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, naming Washington’s Metropolitan Police...
Top 25 TribLive photos in 2025
From Marc Fogel to the U.S. Open, 2025 marked a year when local stories carried national and global significance. The eyes of the world were on Western Pennsylvania, as Fogel, a teacher from Oakmont, was released from a Russian prison after being wrongfully detained for three years. The sports world...
Judge allows Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free while she considers immigration issuesVideo
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday questioned whether government officials could be trusted to follow orders barring them from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody or deporting him. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis noted that Abrego Garcia was already deported without legal authority once and said she...
Judge chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said exhibits included with Maxwell’s habeas petition...
Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say
MELBOURNE, Australia — A man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach conducted firearms training in an area of New South Wales state outside of Sydney with his father, according to Australian police documents released on Monday. The documents, made public following Naveed Akram’s video court appearance from...
Gallery: Photos from Dec. 22, 2025
From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to distant corners of the globe, TribLive’s Photo Adventure captures the world in motion — one frame at a time. Through the lenses of photographers near and far, these images tell stories of place, connection, and the beauty found in everyday life. It’s...
Trump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concerns
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday suspended leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon. The suspension, effective immediately, is the latest step by the administration to hobble offshore wind in...
Trump’s appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the United States won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory. Trump’s announcement on Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would be the...
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow
MOSCOW — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from...
Cyberattack disrupts France’s postal service and banking during Christmas rush
PARIS — A suspected cyberattack knocked France’s national postal service and its banking arm offline Monday, blocking and delaying package deliveries and online payments at the height of the busy Christmas season. The postal service, called La Poste, said in a statement that a distributed denial of service incident, or...
Suspect in deadly Taiwan knife attack planned it for over a year
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The suspect in a deadly knife and grenade attack that left three dead and 11 wounded in Taiwan’s capital meticulously planned the assault for more than a year, police said Monday. The attacker, identified as 27-year-old Chang Wen, indiscriminately stabbed passers-by and launched smoke grenades on Friday...
Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona event
Rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing late activist Charlie Kirk, and used her time on stage to praise President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, calling them “role models” for young men. The rap star was...
Power restored to most in San Francisco after massive outage
Power was restored Sunday to the bulk of the 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco impacted by a massive outage a day earlier that caused major disruptions in the city. About 17,000 customers remained without power as of noon Sunday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said. PG&E said earlier...
Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities. The chiefs of mission in at least 29 countries were...
Doctor’s orders? ‘Belly laugh at least 2 to 5 days a week’
Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”— soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet. She’s practicing what she calls Laughasté, a hilarious...
Coast Guard pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, U.S. official saysVideo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government. The pursuit of the tanker, which was confirmed by a U.S....
Nick Reiner was prescribed schizophrenia medication before killings of Rob, Michele Reiner, sources say
Nick Reiner had been prescribed medication for schizophrenia at some point before he allegedly killed his parents, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Reiner, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. It is unclear the name of the drug and how long he had been prescribed it....
Top Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files as Democrats cry foulVideo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced financier. Blanche pledged that the Trump administration...
