Minneapolis OKs police reform deal in wake of George Floyd’s murder
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision. The agreement, known as a consent decree, has been under negotiation since the Department...
Louisiana person is 1st U.S. bird flu death, health officials say
NEW YORK — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday. Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been...
A small group of donors dominated these high-profile Pa. races during the 2024 election
HARRISBURG — A handful of groups were responsible for the vast majority of donations and independent spending in high-profile Pennsylvania elections for positions that make critical decisions about public education funding, investing state savings and more. A Spotlight PA analysis of eight races — three for consequential row offices and...
Capture of escaped monkey in tutu called ‘bananas’
A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state. “Bananas” is how the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post. The spider monkey was spotted Friday afternoon at the...
Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers. Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a...
Gallery: Photos from Jan. 6, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Polar vortex keeps a huge swath of the U.S. in its icy grip
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip, making many roads treacherous, forcing school closures, and causing...
Trump’s sentencing still on for Friday after judge rebuffs push for delay
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied his request to halt proceedings while he appeals a ruling that upheld the historic verdict. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered sentencing to proceed as...
Canada’s Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government. Trudeau said it had become clear to him that he cannot “be the leader during the next...
Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to meet Biden at White House
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House, a senior administration official confirmed to The Associated Press. The meeting comes as Edmundo González, a retired...
Biden says Americans shouldn’t forget Capitol attack — but that there won’t be a repeat this time
President Joe Biden is decrying what he calls an “unrelenting effort” to downplay a mob of Donald Trump supporters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 election — seeking to contrast that day’s chaos with what he promises will be an orderly transition returning...
Residents and officials say rebels have seized 2 key towns in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo — Rebels with the M23 group have seized two key towns in eastern Congo as they advance in the volatile region, civil society and a local politician said Monday, as the security and humanitarian crisis deepened. The rebels over the past week took Katale and Masisi towns, the...
Nippon, U.S. Steel file 2 suits after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal
U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel are suing to challenge the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed deal for the Japanese company to acquire the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker for nearly $15 billion. At the same time, the companies also filed suit Monday in Pittsburgh against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the company’s CEO and...
Biden, in 11th hour action, bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the...
Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of 4 years agoVideo
WASHINGTON — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a winter snowstorm to meet...
A small group of donors dominated these high-profile Pa. races during the 2024 election
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — A handful of groups were responsible for the vast majority of donations and independent spending in high-profile Pennsylvania elections for positions that make...
‘I just like the nature of it’: Bushy Run volunteer of the year says of site
Melissa Fligger looks fondly on her childhood days spent walking Bushy Run Battlefield’s 218 acres of woods, trails and open fields. She and her father often took the two-minute walk from their Penn Township home to the state historical site of the 1763 clash between the British and Native Americans...
FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors sayVideo
NORFOLK, Va. — Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when...
Trump weighs Jan. 6 clemency with Congress set to ratify his win
Four years after a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol to support Donald Trump’s last-gasp effort to overturn his election loss, the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have evolved into a political and cultural flashpoint — with little lasting damage to the president-elect. The attack faced bipartisan condemnation in the immediate...
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for his ouster and arrest, as authorities prepared to renew their efforts to detain him over his short-lived martial law decree....
Ukraine presses attacks in Russia’s Kursk region
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region. Russian shelling, meanwhile, killed at least one person and wounded another in Ukraine’s...
No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now
This Jan. 6 won’t be the same. Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump urged supporters to head to the Capitol to protest Congress’ certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. “Will be wild!” Trump promised on Twitter a few weeks before Jan. 6, 2021. And it was....
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs. Advocates say the Social Security...
Driving into Manhattan? That’ll cost you, as new congestion toll starts Sunday
NEW YORK — New York’s new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan debuted Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the busiest part of the Big Apple during peak hours. The toll, known as congestion pricing, is meant to reduce traffic gridlock in the densely packed...
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93
TOKYO — Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 3, the Urakami Catholic Church, where he prayed almost...
