June 27, 2025 5:10 am
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should only be given shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. The seven-member panel, which includes vaccine skeptics, replaced the previous 17-member group earlier this month. Public health officials are worried that ideological decisions could make vaccines less accessible and more expensive for millions of Americans.
June 27, 2025 5:06 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit a street in central Gaza, killing 18 people. Witnesses say the strike targeted a crowd receiving flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated goods from looters. The unit, part of Gaza’s Hamas-led Interior Ministry, was distributing aid when the attack occurred. Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid, while Gaza faces ongoing turmoil over food distribution. Armed gangs and desperate crowds have disrupted aid efforts, with tribes now stepping in to guard convoys. Meanwhile, limited aid continues to trickle into Gaza, where millions struggle with hunger and violence.
June 27, 2025 5:02 am
A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center. The lawsuit filed Tuesday is challenging the Trump administration’s policy on immigrant arrests at courthouses. It’s believed to be the first lawsuit involving children. It argues that the family’s arrests after entering the U.S. legally using a Biden-era online appointment app violate the family’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. The mother, her 6-year-old son and her 9-year-old daughter have been held for a month after fleeing Honduras. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
June 27, 2025 4:59 am
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has signed an agreement with China on trade and expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week, but he gave no details. China’s confirmation of a deal was also vague. Lutnick said Trump is “the dealmaker” and wanted to “close these deals himself.” China has not announced any agreements, but it has said it was speeding up approvals of exports of rare earths, materials used in high-tech products such as electric vehicles. The deal mentioned by Trump followed meetings in London where officials said they had set a framework for resolving trade disputes.
June 27, 2025 4:56 am
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – More than a dozen people were arrested by federal law enforcement at a Pittsburgh-area Mexican restaurant Wednesday, officials say. An ICE spokesperson confirmed Thursday morning that agents led an enforcement investigation at Tepache Mexican Kitchen & Bar, located on Sheraton Drive in Mars. During the operation, 14 undocumented individuals were arrested for immigration violations, the spokesperson says. They were then detained pending removal proceedings. On their social media pages Wednesday, Tepache posted the following message: “ICE is currently raiding our Cranberry location. If you are in the area and would like to support our people, please stop by to stand outside and witness. Gracias.” The FBI in Pittsburgh confirmed in a statement that agents assisted in the operation, and the agency continues to support the Department of Homeland Security in its immigration operations as directed by the Attorney General.
June 27, 2025 2:30 am
A Chartiers Township man pleaded guilty to a drug possession with intent to deliver charge and avoided a drug delivery resulting in death charge. Matthew Rozanc, 21 of Chartiers Township was accused of supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to Josh Kisner, also of Chartiers Township in April of 2024. Kisner believed that Rozanc was selling him counterfeit oxycodone. Rozanc was sentenced to one year minus one day to two years minus two days in jail. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $6500 to the Victim Compensation Fund and an additional $2783 to the victim’s sister. Rozanc apologized to Kisner’s family stating that he struggles with addiction and he never meant to hurt Josh. His attorney said that his family will be intricately involved in making sure Rozanc adheres to his addiction recovery plan. During his preliminary hearing, his attorney pointed out that on the day that Kisner was in contact with Rozanc about the pills, Rozanc never acknowledged the pills and only discussed smoking marijuana. She pointed out deficiencies in the search of Kisner’s home where later, other drugs were found. She also pointed to other substances found in Kisner’s body from an autopsy. She asked that the drug delivery resulting in death charge be dropped. The magistrate felt that the evidence was compelling, but better handled at the common pleas court level.
June 26, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — One key issue stalling progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill in Congress is particularly daunting. Republicans are struggling to figure out how to cut billions from health care without harming Americans who rely on the programs or the hospitals that provide care. Already, estimates say 10.9 million more people would be without health coverage under the House-passed version of the bill. GOP senators have proposed steeper reductions, which some say go too far. Senators have been meeting behind closed doors as they rush to find a solution. One proposal would create a rural hospital fund to help those providers.
June 26, 2025 5:02 am
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should only be given shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. The seven-member panel, which includes vaccine skeptics, replaced the previous 17-member group earlier this month. Public health officials are worried that ideological decisions could make vaccines less accessible and more expensive for millions of Americans.
June 26, 2025 5:00 am
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to address key global and regional issues. They will discuss Thursday tougher sanctions on Russia, U.S. trade tariffs, and the Middle East conflicts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join via videoconference as the EU debates further sanctions and a Russian oil price cap. Defense and security dominate the agenda following a NATO summit where leaders pledged increased defense spending. Internal divisions persist, including disagreements over Israel’s conduct in Gaza and climate policies. The summit’s conclusions will set the agenda for the bloc for the next four months.
June 26, 2025 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders have laid out new details about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that U.S. attacks had destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities. But at a Pentagon briefing Thursday, little more emerged on how far back the bombing had set Tehran’s atomic program. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine tried to shift the debate from whether the nuclear targets were “obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said. Hegseth was asked whether Iran’s highly enriched uranium was moved before the weekend strikes. He said the Pentagon is looking at the intelligence to ensure “we have a sense of what was where.”
