Israeli parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the...
FBI says man who crashed his pickup into Michigan synagogue was inspired by Hezbollah
DETROIT — A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, the FBI said Monday. Ayman Ghazali made a video before the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, saying he wanted...
Ligonier Valley High School students to compete for $6K prize in statewide PennDOT challenge
Ligonier Valley juniors Matthew Sutton and Callen McPherson will compete for a $6,000 prize against high schoolers statewide through PennDOT’s annual innovation challenge. The challenge, held for the past nine years, invites high school students to address a current transportation issue. Participants present potential solutions to the problem before a...
U.S. reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro
WASHINGTON — The United States has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country following the Trump administration’s ouster of then-President Nicolas Maduro in early January. The State Department announced Monday that it had resumed normal operations at the...
25-year-old Noelia Castillo dies by legal euthanasia in case that drew national spotlight in Spain
MADRID — Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her family over her right to do so, received life-ending medicine on Thursday in Barcelona. She was 25. EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know...
Airport bottlenecks ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues
Frustrating security lines dwindled at U.S. airports Monday, clearing the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for working during the government shutdown. Checkpoint lines that at times stretched to four hours at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport shrank to waits of 10 minutes or less on...
Could a Democrat really replace Marjorie Taylor Greene? This retired Army general is trying
ROME, Ga. — During almost three decades of living in Georgia’s conservative northwest corner, Kimberly Seals got used to keeping her liberal opinions to herself. She suspected there were others who felt the same way, but she had no way to know for sure. So on a recent Saturday afternoon,...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 30, 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’s Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risks
Iran’s Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil, has emerged as a focus of the month-old war launched by the United States and Israel. Strikes on oil infrastructure on Kharg — or a ground invasion — would severely curb Iran’s oil exports,...
France probes possible Iran link after bomb attack foiled outside Bank of America
PARIS — French authorities are investigating a suspected link to Iran after thwarting a bomb attack outside a Bank of American building in Paris on the weekend, the interior minister said Monday. The authorities suspect there could be a link to Iran due to similarities to other recent attempted attacks...
The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother
WASHINGTON — One of the first things an Argentine emigre did after her son was born in Florida last year was get him a U.S. passport. She saw the passport as tangible evidence that he’s an American. But now people like her are in a legal fight over President Donald...
Unknown gunmen kill more than 70 in South Sudan after a dispute at a gold mine
JUBA, South Sudan — Gunmen killed more than 70 people in South Sudan over a gold mining row on the outskirts of the capital over the weekend, a police spokesperson confirmed on Monday. A video of dozens of bodies lying on open ground was shared online, and a local journalist...
Trump again threatens widespread destruction in Iran if a deal is not reached ‘shortly’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not reached “shortly.” Iran, meanwhile, struck a key water and electrical plant in...
Spain says it has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war
MADRID — Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday. Spain had already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in the country for operations related to the conflict. “This was made perfectly clear to the...
Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations
MOSCOW — Russia on Monday expelled a British diplomat over accusations of spying that were rejected as “complete nonsense” by the U.K., a second such move this year that comes as tensions spiral between Moscow and the West. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the country’s top domestic security and counterintelligence...
Trump says he has ‘no problem’ with Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba despite blockade
ABOARD AIRFORCE ONE — President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. “We have a tanker out there. We don’t...
More Pa. Democrats consider challenging Fetterman in 2028 primary
A former Democratic congresswoman is the latest name being touted as a possible primary challenger to Sen. John Fetterman. The news site Semafor reported recently that former Lehigh Valley Rep. Susan Wild is pondering entering the 2028 Senate primary as Democrats become increasingly frustrated and angry over Fetterman’s continued support...
Why is NASA spending $100 billion to return to the moon? Depends on who you ask
NASA pulled off the moon landing in 1969 with a clear goal from the outset — to be the first nation to put people on the lunar surface. The U.S. was locked in a space race with the Soviet Union, and the Apollo 11 landing helped cement America’s lead in...
Dozens arrested for failing to disperse after ‘No Kings’ rally in Los Angeles
Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following one of thousands of “No Kings” rallies held this weekend across the United States and in Europe to protest President Donald Trump’s actions and the war in Iran. Los Angeles police said...
As U.S. threatens, Cubans look ahead, with hope and trepidation
HAVANA — Yenisey Taboada’s small apartment on the outskirts of Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son. Duannis was 22 and watching soccer at a cafe when he spontaneously joined Cuba’s biggest antigovernment street protest in decades. He was beaten by security forces, arrested and sentenced to 14...
Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states are looking at it
Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. In January, California became the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to...
Flight 93 memorial added to state’s new Highway of Heroes trail
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Flight 93 National Memorial is one of six locations along the U.S. Route 30 corridor now included in Pennsylvania’s new Highway of Heroes trail. “Together, the sites present Pennsylvania’s historic places as part of a broader, connected story and illustrate the commonwealth’s enduring role in American history,...
TSA agents will soon be paid but it may not mean immediate relief at airport security lines
With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers aimed at alleviating long security lines. Trump’s executive order on Friday instructed the Department of Homeland Security to pay...
Drinking raw milk is risky. Should people be able to buy it anyway?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, once declared that he drinks only raw milk. Earlier this year, at a state legislative hearing in Michigan, state Rep. Matt Maddock, a Republican, theatrically sipped from a glass of raw milk and declared, “There’s few things in the world that are better...
Hacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfare
WASHINGTON — As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But instead of a helpful app, the link downloaded spyware giving hackers access to the device’s camera, location and all its data. The operation,...
