Russia tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general sayVideo
MOSCOW — Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday. The announcement, which followed years of tests of the Burevestnik missile, comes as part of nuclear messaging...
Gavin Newsom for president? California governor says he’s considering runningVideo
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will consider making a run for the White House after next year’s midterm elections, following months of speculation the Democratic figure is preparing for a 2028 presidential bid. In a taped interview with “CBS News Sunday Morning” that aired on Sunday, Newsom said he...
Transportation secretary says he’ll pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he’s about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” Duffy said California Gov....
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, HaitiVideo
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The weather agency...
1 dead, 6 injured in shooting at HBCU Lincoln University’s homecomingVideo
At least one person was killed and six others were injured Oct. 25 when gunfire erupted during late-night homecoming festivities at Lincoln University, a historically Black college in Pennsylvania. The shooting occurred just before 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the university’s International Cultural Center, where students and alumni...
U.S. government shutdown threatens the spending power of Congress
WASHINGTON - As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump. The White House during the shutdown has frozen billions of dollars in funds meant...
U.S., China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider
KUALA LUMPUR - Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to decide on later this week that would pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, U.S. officials said. Treasury...
Air traffic controller shortages emerge, U.S. transportation secretary says
By Idrees Ali and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airports reported more than 20 incidents of air traffic controller shortages on Saturday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, in the latest sign of the government shutdown’s impact. Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work...
Toddler in ‘serious but stable condition’ after being struck by vehicle in Homewood North
A toddler was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Saturday night, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Pittsburgh Police, EMS and fire crews were dispatched around 9 p.m. to the 7400 block of Monticello Street. EMS took the toddler to a local hospital in serious...
Acrisure Stadium worker severely injured in 50-foot fall from scoreboard
A worker at Acrisure Stadium was hospitalized with severe injuries Saturday night after falling about 50 feet from the main scoreboard, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Pittsburgh Police, EMS and fire crews were dispatched to the North Shore stadium around 10 p.m. for calls of a male worker who fell...
Suspects in Louvre jewel heist arrested near Paris, prosecutor says
PARIS - Suspects have been arrested over the brazen jewelery heist at the Louvre, just as one of them was about to fly out of France, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. Two men in their 30s and originally from the capital’s Seine-Saint-Denis suburb - which includes some of the...
Pitt-Greensburg cybersecurity program receives national recognition
Michael Pry is finally seeing the outcome of a goal he has worked toward for four years. The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg information technology instructor said the Hempfield campus cybersecurity program has been recognized by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. Pitt-Greensburg joins at least 494...
Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. The shutdown was in its 25th day Saturday, with Republicans and Democrats in Congress remaining at an...
Economist: Larger tax refunds in 2026 expected, thanks to Trump tax law and IRS delay
Americans, particularly the affluent, are set to receive larger tax refunds or smaller tax bills when they file in 2026, because of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending package passed in July, an economist said. Total taxpayer savings could amount to an additional $50 billion because the IRS has yet...
‘There is a plan’ for Trump to seek third term in 2028, Steve Bannon says
WASHINGTON – MAGA podcaster and former West Wing aide Steve Bannon suggested in a recent interview that a plan exists for President Donald Trump to attempt to defy the Constitution and seek a third term in office in 2028. “Trump is going to be president in ’28, and people just...
A ghost in the Oval Office: How Reagan looms over Trump presidency
WASHINGTON — Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the Oval Office, watching Donald Trump each time he settles behind the Resolute Desk long used by U.S. presidents. The painting - provided by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and prominently installed by Trump...
D.C. lawyer on furlough lives out dream of running a hot dog cart
Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building. Since the federal government shut down early this month, his typical day could not be more different. Stein now spends afternoons on the...
Food banks brace for surge as shutdown threatens benefits
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO — Cynthia Kirkhart, the CEO of Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington, West Virginia, has already had to explain to customers this year why the organization is rationing bags of potatoes. The food bank, which also serves households in Kentucky and Ohio, has had to shrink its allotments as higher...
Analysis: Bulldozer and ballroom: Trump puts permanent stamp on the White House
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump met with donors for his new ballroom at the White House earlier this month, he relayed a story that thrilled his real estate mogul heart. “I said, ‘How long will it take me?’ ‘Sir, you can start tonight, you have no approvals,’” Trump said...
U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.
FREDERICKSBURG, Iowa — Kyle Wendland stepped away from his engineering degree two decades ago to follow his father - not just into farming corn, but into a world of debt, grit, and stubborn faith he could wrest a living from Iowa’s soil. He calls his place Comeback Farms, after his...
Social Security checks to rise 2.8% in 2026
More than 75 million Americans receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits will see their monthly payments rise 2.8% in 2026, accelerating from the prior year’s increase for the first time in three years. The Social Security Administration announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment to benefits on Friday, less than...
Pentagon accepts anonymous $130 million donation from Trump ‘friend’ to pay military
WASHINGTON ‒ The Pentagon said it has accepted an anonymous $130 million donation from an ally of President Donald Trump that it plans to use to pay military members during the government shutdown. The move marks a dramatic break from the government’s process to fund the military, which relies on...
Ontario to pull tariff ad that angered Trump ‒ but it will stay up for World Series games
WASHINGTON ‒ The Ontario, Canada, provincial government will continue airing an ad critical of tariffs on American TV through the weekend ‒ and then pause the commercial ‒ after President Donald Trump halted United States trade negotiations with Canada over his objections to the ad. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in...
Putin envoy says U.S., Ukraine, Russia close to ‘diplomatic solution’ on war
Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with U.S. officials, Dmitriev said...
The White House has a haunted past
The White House might be home to the seat of executive power in the U.S., but if some who have walked its halls are to be believed, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. also plays host to spirits that long ago graced the mansion. Ghost stories and spiritual abnormalities have surrounded the White...
