October 27, 2025 5:06 am
Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun has called a special session and directed state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts. The move announced Monday follows weeks of pressure from the White House to back President Donald Trump’s bid to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House. Braun scheduled the session to start Nov. 3. Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly also is meeting in a special session as a first step toward congressional redistricting. Pressure for redistricting is also mounting in both Republican-led Kansas and Democratic-led Illinois. Redistricting already has been taken up by legislatures in Republican-led Texas, Missouri and North Carolina, as well as Democratic-led California.
October 27, 2025 5:05 am
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump has met with Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, during his trip to Asia. Trump also took Takaichi with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier on Tuesday. Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, aims to solidify ties with Trump while protecting Japan’s economic interests. Trump seeks $550 billion in Japanese investment as part of a trade agreement. The leaders signed agreements to strengthen their alliance and secure critical minerals. Trump praised Takaichi and emphasized the U.S. commitment to Japan. They also discussed the war in Ukraine and North Korea. Trump is set to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea later this week.
October 27, 2025 5:05 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. The intensification happened Monday. At that strength, the system would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851. Melissa has been blamed for six deaths in the northern Caribbean as it heads toward the island. It was on track to make landfall Tuesday in Jamaica before coming ashore in Cuba later in the day and then heading toward the Bahamas. It was not expected to affect the United States.
October 27, 2025 5:04 am
PITTSBURGH — A worker was critically injured after falling from the main scoreboard at Acrisure Stadium Saturday night. Officials say medics, fire and police responded to the stadium. First responders learned from other stadium personnel that a man had fallen around 50 feet from the main scoreboard to a mid-level catwalk area. In a statement, Acrisure Stadium officials say the man was installing production equipment in preparation for the Steelers’ Sunday Night Football game when he fell. Once medics and firefighters got to the man, they stabilized him and loaded him into a Stokes basket, then lowered him to an ambulance waiting below using a ropes system. The public safety official says the man suffered severe injuries, mainly to his lower extremities.
October 26, 2025 7:21 am
(WPXI) St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills will be the only remaining St. Joseph of the Worker Parish if the Bishop says it’s OK. The other seven Catholic churches are slated to close their doors due to significant financial constraints. Talk about closing St. Joseph the Worker Parish facilities started last October. Now, St. John Fisher Church in Churchill is set to close along with Sacred Heart, Saint Anselm, Madonna Del Castello, Good Shepherd, St. Jude the Apostle and St. Colman. Thursday, parishioners found out that St. Joseph the Worker Parish would recommend to Bishop Mark Eckman to close seven of its eight church buildings, leaving only St. Maurice in Forest Hills. The bishop is expected to make his decision in December. The closures would not begin until January of 2026.
October 26, 2025 7:19 am
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — An investigation is underway after Pittsburgh Police say an infant’s body was found in the trunk of a vehicle on Friday night. A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson says this investigation began after a woman from Ohio Township showed up at a Pittsburgh hospital after giving birth, but without a baby in her possession. When later questioned about the infant’s whereabouts, Ohio Township officers were led to a vehicle on Federal Street. That’s where they found the infant’s body, wrapped in clothing and placed in a plastic bag. The public safety spokesperson said at this point, the Pittsburgh Police Mobile Crime and Violent Crime Unit responded to Federal Street and a residence on the 100 block of Marshall Avenue. They say the woman is known to spend time at the Marshall Avenue residence, and detectives found evidence that a baby had likely been recently born there. The woman is currently being treated at the hospital and will be taken to police headquarters for questioning once medically cleared. The investigation is ongoing.
October 26, 2025 7:17 am
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Trade tensions between the United States and China appeared to cool ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Chinese government suggested Sunday that a mutual understanding had been reached between the world’s two largest economies and Trump indicated that both sides wanted to reach a deal. This came at the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur. Thailand and Cambodia signed during the summit an expanded ceasefire agreement during a ceremony attended by Trump. This agreement follows Trump’s threats of economic pressure, which helped stop skirmishes along their disputed border earlier this year.
October 26, 2025 7:16 am
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering Trump who said he would end trade talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would pull the ad after the weekend, and it ran during the first game of the World Series. Trump said on Saturday he should have pulled it sooner. Trump posted the news on his Truth Social platform as he flew aboard Air Force One to Malaysia.
October 26, 2025 7:15 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday and then intensified rapidly into a major storm. U.S. forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica and say Melissa could further strengthen into a Category 4 storm. Melissa was centered about 125 miles (200 kilometers) south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica late Saturday night, and about 280 miles (455 kilometers) west-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph), the hurricane center said.
October 26, 2025 5:14 am
The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports on Sunday morning soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown. The hold on planes taking off for LAX lasted an hour and 45 minutes and didn’t appear to cause continued problems. The FAA said staffing shortages also delayed planes headed to Washington, Chicago and Newark, New Jersey on Sunday.
