Epstein’s longtime accountant testifies on his client’s wealth, business tiesVideo
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world’s wealthiest men. Richard Kahn, who worked closely with Epstein for years and now serves as an executor of...
U.S. at fault in strike on school in Iran, preliminary inquiry says
WASHINGTON — An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings. The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result...
Republicans concede they need a pivot on immigration ahead of midterms
DORAL, Fla. — House Republicans sought to use their annual policy retreat near Miami this week to articulate a legislative agenda that could broadly appeal to voters ahead of midterm elections the lawmakers are at risk of losing, and to present an optimistic front as they fight to keep control...
Tracing the U.S. military’s learning curve on fighting Iran’s drones: What to know
WASHINGTON — The Iran war quickly tested America’s ability to combat the swarms of cheap drones that have become a staple of the modern battlefield after Ukraine and Russia demonstrated how effective they could be. The Islamic Republic launched so many drones across the region at once that some slipped...
IEA agrees to record release of emergency oil reserves in an effort to calm surging prices
PARIS — The International Energy Agency agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East. The Paris-based organization said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available...
Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma
GOMA, Congo — A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo, according to the M23 rebel group and local residents. The drone strikes hit Lake Kivu and a private residence...
Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
LONDON — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 11, 2026
Every photograph tells a story. From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, TribLive’s gallery brings those stories to life — moments of connection, place and the quiet beauty of everyday life. It’s more than a look at Western Pennsylvania. It’s a view of the...
Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil chokepoint. Reopening it is a big challenge
PARIS — The rising prices causing winces of pain at gasoline pumps are due, in large part, to the impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf. The narrow waterway off Iran’s coast, now effectively closed by...
Trump keeps telling America he’s winning in Iran. He’s less clear in explaining how the war ends
WASHINGTON — Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another. Shifting comments from the Republican president and his...
South Africa deploys troops in Johannesburg to tackle organized crime
JOHANNESBURG — Soldiers were deployed on the streets of South Africa’s biggest city on Wednesday after the president announced plans to use the army in several provinces in Africa’s leading economy to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. Soldiers were seen in the Johannesburg suburb of Riverlea in...
Iran targets ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as economic concerns mount
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on commercial ships Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic. Iran’s response to the surprise Israeli and U.S. bombardment that...
Tornadoes kill 2 in northwestern Indiana and raze buildings in Kankakee, Illinois
Major storms whipped up tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, authorities said Wednesday, as another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region. Several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on...
Cher’s son is expected in court on charges he broke into a New Hampshire home
Cher’s son is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday after being accused of breaking into a New Hampshire home this month. Elijah Allman’s arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days. Allman, the 49-year-old son of the iconic singer and actress, was also...
Canadian police investigate gunfire at U.S. consulate in Toronto
TORONTO — Canadian police are investigating after the United States consulate in downtown Toronto was hit by gunfire early on Tuesday morning. Nobody was injured. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent Chris Leather called it a national security incident and said the national police force is working with Toronto police...
Smartmatic says Trump’s ‘campaign of retribution’ is driving criminal prosecution
MIAMI — Voting technology firm Smartmatic is seeking to dismiss a criminal indictment for money laundering, blaming President Donald Trump and his allies for seeking its prosecution as part of a “campaign of retribution” against those they blame for his 2020 election loss. Smartmatic’s parent company, UK-based SGO Corporation, was...
Trump-backed Fuller, Democrat Harris move to Georgia runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene
ROME, Ga. — Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to an April 7 runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in a special election on Tuesday. President Donald Trump in February endorsed Fuller, a district attorney who prosecutes...
Pa. candidate Janelle Stelson proposes mandatory retirement at 80 for members of Congress
Janelle Stelson unveiled a package of Congressional reforms Tuesday to push for if elected from Pennsylvania’s 10th House District. To get there, Stelson must first win a contested Democratic primary against Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas, and then prevail against Republican incumbent Scott Perry in the general election. The former...
U.S. reaches tentative deal ending prosecution of Turkish bank
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has reached a tentative deal to drop criminal charges against a Turkish bank over whether it had done business with Iranian entities, saying it deserved leniency because of Turkey’s help in negotiating the release of hostages from the Hamas attack in Israel in October 2023....
Pete Hegseth threatens ‘most intense day of strikes’ as Iran war injures about 140 AmericansVideo
WASHINGTON — Some 140 American service members have been wounded since start of the Iran war, with eight of them “severely injured” and receiving medical care, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty,” Pentagon spokesperson...
The Lindsay Theater to honor Rob Reiner with movie screenings
The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center in Sewickley will begin honoring the late director Rob Reiner on Friday by screening a slate of some of his beloved films. “Since the tragic death of this Hollywood icon, we’ve been receiving requests to bring back some of his most recognized works to...
Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind
WASHINGTON — When covid-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years have shaped their education, even though many had yet to set foot in a...
Justice Department official Ed Martin accused of ethics violations for letter to Georgetown dean
WASHINGTON — The office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation’s capital has accused Justice Department official Ed Martin of professional misconduct for a threatening letter that he sent to Georgetown Law School’s dean last year, when Martin was the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C. Martin was...
Alabama governor commutes death sentence of inmate whose accomplice fired fatal shot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed. Ivey reduced Charles “Sonny” Burton’s sentence to life in prison without possibility...
‘Ship of Gold’ treasure hunter released from prison, but 500 gold coins remain unaccounted for
A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its missing gold coins is now free, federal records show. Tommy Thompson, who in 1988 located what was...
