The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
An historic Atlanta church was vandalized on MLK Day with "666" and "pay back" spray painted on the building.

Historic southwest Atlanta church vandalized on MLK Day

By Chelsea Prince, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • January 22, 2019

A historic church in southwest Atlanta was found vandalized Monday while its members were celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Isaiah Waddy, the pastor of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church,...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Defense Department can enforce President Donald Trump's policy banning transgender people from serving in the military.

Supreme Court rules for Trump’s ban on transgender troops in the military

By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times • January 22, 2019

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside nationwide orders from three federal judges and ruled the Defense Department could now enforce President Donald Trump's policy that effectively bans transgender people...

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross participates in a signing event for an executive order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council on December 12, 2018, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Trump citizenship question on 2020 census blocked by court

By Bob Van Voris and Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg News • January 15, 2019

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census, which will help determine U.S. elections, congressional seats and federal funding decisions...

U.S. President Donald Trump, on board Marine One, lands on the South Lawn as he returns to the White House on Jan. 14, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Dug-in Trump to Dems: ‘Only a wall will work’ as shutdown enters 25th day

By John T. Bennett, CQ-Roll Call • January 15, 2019

A day after appearing to downplay the stature of his proposed southern border wall, President Donald Trump sent a message to congressional Democratic leaders: "Only a wall will work" as a partial government...

William Barr, nominee to be US Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Trump attorney general pick William Barr says Mueller is not on a ‘witch hunt’

By Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times • January 15, 2019

William P. Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, told a Senate panel Tuesday that he did not believe special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was on a "witch hunt" and said he would...

Former Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with supporters after speaking at a political rally at Cal State Fullerton on October 4, 2018, in Fullerton, Calif.

If Democrats are looking for fresh, new faces, why are these septuagenarian white guys so popular?

By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times • January 10, 2019

After congressional elections in which Democrats in record numbers chose to elevate women, minority and gay candidates, casting ballots for diversity and youth in district after district, the list of presidential...

King tide brought high waters that flooded several low-lying streets on Normandy Isle in North Beach on Oct. 5, 2017. New research shows that lower elevation single-family homes, which are more vulnerable to sea level rise, gain value slower than their higher elevation peers.

A $3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise

By Alex Harris, Miami Herald • January 10, 2019

Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning _ the smelly and unhealthy evidence of which often ends up in people's yards and homes. It's a...

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the press before departing the White House to visit the Texas border as the federal government shutdown continues on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Trump is traveling to the southern border Thursday to make his case for building a barrier along the southern border.

Cybersecurity may suffer as shutdown persists

By Gopal Ratnam, CQ-Roll Call • January 10, 2019

The partial government shutdown may be making some key federal departments and agencies running with skeletal staffs more vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches, experts said. Meanwhile, the House Homeland...

U.S.-China trade talks end on an optimistic note, but differences remain

U.S.-China trade talks end on an optimistic note, but differences remain

By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times • January 9, 2019

As trade talks closed on Wednesday afternoon, after continuing into an unscheduled third day, optimism boosted global stocks amid hopes that an all-out trade war might be avoided before a March 1 deadline...

Businessman Tom Steyer listens during an E-Cigarette Education Awareness Forum at McClatchy High School in Sacramento, Calif., on January 20, 2016.

Steyer sidesteps Warren’s criticism of billionaire campaigns

By John McCormick, Bloomberg News • January 9, 2019

Billionaire Tom Steyer refused to say whether he would use his own fortune to fund a potential 2020 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of a scheduled announcement about his political...

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