November 11, 2025 2:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices on Monday turned away an appeal from a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling. Clerk Kim Davis had been trying to get the justices to overturn a lower-court order that she pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. Justice Clarence Thomas has urged his colleagues to overturn the Supreme Court’s marriage decision, much as they did in 2022 when the high court overturned the right to abortion.
November 10, 2025 3:19 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will remove a long-standing warning from hormone-based drugs used to treat menopause symptoms in women. The change announced Monday is a break from more than 20 years of FDA policy, in which the drugs carried the agency’s most severe warning label. But FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and some other doctors have long criticized the current warning label as outdated and unnecessary. They say it discourages some women from seeking treatment that can help with hot flashes, vaginal dryness and other uncomfortable symptoms. Other experts have said the warning carries important information about risks of stroke, heart attack and breast cancer.
November 10, 2025 6:44 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Government pardon attorney Ed Martin posted on social media a signed proclamation of the pardons. Others granted a “full, complete and unconditional pardon” include conservative attorneys Sidney Powell and John Eastman. The proclamation explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Trump. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies was charged in a federal case.
November 10, 2025 5:19 am
California health officials say tests show that ByHeart baby formula linked to a botulism outbreak contained the type of bacteria that produces the toxin that has sickened at least 13 infants in 10 states. No deaths have been reported. The most recent cases were confirmed in November. Consumers should stop using ByHeart powdered infant formula immediately. ByHeart officials this weekend recalled two lots of the company’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. Botulism is a rare but serious disease that can cause paralysis and death. Symptoms can take weeks to develop.
November 10, 2025 5:18 am
LONDON (AP) — The head of the BBC has resigned after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday. Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Critics said the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut out a section where Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
November 10, 2025 5:16 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Airports across the U.S. are experiencing significant disruptions due to the ongoing government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights as some air traffic controllers who have gone without pay for weeks have stopped showing up for work. The Senate took a first step toward ending the shutdown Sunday, but final passage could still be several days away and experts have said it will take time for flights to go back to normal even after the government reopens. Over the weekend, airlines canceled thousands of flights, with more cancellations expected, including at major airports like Newark and Atlanta.
November 10, 2025 5:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies. This angered many Democrats who say Americans want them to continue the fight. In a test vote that is the first in a series of procedural maneuvers, the Senate voted late Sunday to move toward passing compromise legislation to fund the government and hold a vote by mid-December on extending expiring health care tax credits. Final passage could be several days away if Democrats object and delay the process. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York voted “no.”
November 10, 2025 5:11 am
Grab the coat. It will be breezy with chilly rain showers, and even some small hail is possible early this evening. Colder air will wrap up tonight. Rain showers will change to snow showers as temperatures drop around the freezing mark overnight. Lake effect snow showers are expected at times from tonight through Tuesday. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the ridges of Westmoreland and Fayette counties, along with western Monongalia and Tucker counties through Tuesday.
November 10, 2025 5:07 am
The Senate voted to move toward passing a stopgap funding bill Sunday night. A tentative deal seeks to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history. One of the top concerns in the shutdown fight has been Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which have seen a back-and-forth in the courts over payments during the last few days. The U.S. Department of Agriculture overnight released new guidance to states that have already processed full SNAP payments to millions of people. The Trump administration is directing states to stop issuing full SNAP benefits and take steps to undo the action to make payments for November. The USDA said existing payments were “unauthorized,” adding that states that fail to comply could suffer serious consequences, including the cancellation of future federal money. The USDA did not explicitly say how states should take back the money already distributed to millions of people. On Friday, a judge’s ruling opened the door for Gov. Josh Shapiro to rush out SNAP benefits to people who get them during the first seven days of the month. “They immediately processed the batches of Pennsylvanians who were owed money on SNAP through our vendor that sends those federal dollars out and started to get that money flowing again,” Shapiro said. But just a day later, a Shapiro spokesperson told CNN the state had since paused issuing full allocations to additional people, presumably, those who get their benefits after the seventh of the month. That spokesperson also tells CNN that Pennsylvanians who received their benefits are still able to spend them. The governor on Friday said he and his legal team plan to push back against any attempt to stop the flow of snap benefits. “My appeal to the Trump administration is, just do the right thing. Give up. You’re gonna lose again in court,” Shapiro said.
November 9, 2025 8:11 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters. Nonprofits say it is common for owners to supplement their pet’s diet with human food purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits. For other owners, SNAP frees up money to buy pet food. The situation is so dire that one Louisiana shelter is considering diverting money normally used on veterinary care to buy more pet food. Another Illinois nonprofit is pairing SNAP recipients with volunteers so they can shop together for human and pet food.
