It takes a lot to knock football out of the headlines in Pittsburgh. But reports of measles cases, exposure alerts and calls for residents to double-check their vaccination status have dominated local news since August 2026.

My office at Allegheny College, where I am an epidemiologist, is within a few steps of a classroom dedicated to...Read more

Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist. That, apparently, is true in an Irish sense, too – even if those terms have very different meanings across the Atlantic.

On Sept. 12, 2026, while seated next to taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister, Micheál Martin, the U.S. president stated that he would “love to ...Read more

MIAMI — Alex Saab, the longtime business partner and alleged financial front man for Nicolás Maduro, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal money-laundering conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities, potentially giving prosecutors a powerful witness with intimate knowledge of the former Venezuelan ruler’s financial operations.

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The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to immediately close the performing arts venue’s main building, a few hours after a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s name could not be restored to its facade, according to sources familiar with the situation. It remains unclear when the venue might actually close since U.S. ...Read more

Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in the murder trial of Nick Reiner.

The 33-year-old son of Emmy Award winning performer Nick Reiner and his photographer wife, Michele Singer Reiner, is charged with fatally stabbing the show business royals in the couple’s Los Angeles home on Dec. 14. He pleaded not guilty and has a pretrial hearing...Read more

DETROIT — A Dearborn teenager has emerged in federal court records and courtroom testimony as the ringleader of a terrorist plot to attack an LGBTQ+ dance club in Ferndale who first appeared on the FBI's radar in 2024 when prosecutors say he participated in a pro-ISIS chat room focused on attacking the Chicago Pride Parade with a backpack bomb...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Democrats are planning to spend about $700,000 in an effort to unseat GOP House Speaker Matt Hall.

Buoyed by recent internal polling, the Michigan House Democratic Fund, the caucus' campaign arm, believes it has a chance of unseating the four-term Kalamazoo County Republican in the 42nd House District.

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WASHINGTON — Members of House Democrats’ Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition and its affiliated nonprofit released a set of policies on Tuesday to serve as a template to address both economic and climate concerns in the next Congress should their party make big midterm gains.

The SEEC Institute’s Thriving Economy Project is ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin continues to push through a rebuild of its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after suffering catastrophic damage in a rocket explosion earlier this year.

CEO Dave Limp posted side-by-side drone images of Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 showing the extensive damage seen May 29 the day after a hot fire...Read more

DENVER — State wildlife officers reported two more bear attacks over the weekend in southern Colorado, bringing the state’s total reported attacks for the year to a record, double-digit high.

A black bear bit a woman camping in the Rio Grande National Forest near South Fork at about 5:30 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Flash and river flooding are possible as showers and thunderstorms spread across the Kansas City area Tuesday, bringing heavy downpours at times, according to the National Weather Service.

The heaviest rainfall is expected in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, where the ground is already saturated after heavy rain ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner won’t face the death penalty when he stands trial for killing his parents, beloved Hollywood icons Rob and Michele Reiner, Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor said Tuesday morning.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the decision followed a “rigorous review” that included discussions with the Reiner family ...Read more

NATO jets shot down an unidentified drone that flew into Lithuanian airspace from neighboring Belarus, the latest incursion on the alliance’s eastern flank amid rising concerns of Russia’s war on Ukraine spilling over into Europe.

“Even though the war seems to be taking place a thousand kilometers away from Lithuania, its scale is still ...Read more

Sweden’s final election result is now expected on Thursday, a day later than previously anticipated, in one of the tightest parliamentary votes in the Nordic nation’s history.

The count of close to 300,000 advance and overseas votes will begin Wednesday, according to a statement from the Election Authority.

The delay prolongs uncertainty ...Read more

In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%.

That label can sound like a diagnosis, but population aging is not inherently a problem. In part, it reflects ...Read more

The Tampa Bay Times reported the death of an elderly woman on Sept. 8, 2026. Her family says local doctors attributed her death to dengue fever, although the Florida Department of Health has not yet confirmed that.

This death was likely part of a larger dengue outbreak in Hillsborough County, where there have been 95 documented cases ...Read more

Ukraine said it hit the Syzran refinery in Russia’s Volga region overnight, underlining that the two nations have not signed up to the energy truce claimed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Both Moscow and Kyiv welcomed a potential energy truce, but made it clear that there’s no agreement to stop attacks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ...Read more

Sweden’s final election result is now expected on Thursday, a day later than previously anticipated, in one of the tightest parliamentary votes in Swedish history.

The count of close to 300,000 advance and overseas votes will begin Wednesday, according to a statement from the Election Authority.

The delay prolongs uncertainty after Sunday’...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said a system brewing in the Atlantic could become a tropical depression later this week.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a trough of low pressure located well east-southeast of Bermuda was continuing to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“Environmental ...Read more