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Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (1489+ words) In 2025, as immigrant arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement soared, so did the demand for health care providers to staff hastily constructed detention centers. One group tapped to meet the need is the U.S. Public Health Service, or USPHS: In the…...
Shapiro wants to 'go big' on housing, plans include $1B infrastructure fund
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (814+ words) While proposing his $53.2 billion budget on Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro said "bold new steps" were necessary to bring down housing costs in Pennsylvania. The Democrat pitched several policies, and the creation of a $1 billion "critical infrastructure fund," as remedies to…...
How the new dietary guidelines could impact school meals
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (786+ words) Putting together a school meal isn't easy. "It is a puzzle essentially," said Lori Nelson of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes scratch cooking in schools. "When you think about the guidelines, there's so many different pieces that…...
Long-awaited roadway and pedestrian improvements coming to Smithfield Street
15+ hour, 21+ min ago (282+ words) Smithfield Street in Downtown Pittsburgh is set for a facelift more than a decade in the making. Contractors can start bidding on the first phase of the Smithfield Street Reconstruction Project " a section between Forbes and Sixth Avenues " in the…...
Can you forest bathe indoors? The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy says: Yes.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (435+ words) You would think you'd need to be in a forest to be immersed with the trees, and that is certainly one way of experiencing nature," Hunninen said. But we really believe that you can connect to nature even in the…...
Minnesota Olympians, other athletes speak up about federal agents in Minneapolis
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (345+ words) MILAN " The Winter Olympics are set to open this Friday in Italy, some 4,600 miles away from Minneapolis, the epicenter of the uproar over the Trump administration's hardline immigration enforcement tactics. As American athletes turn their attention to the Games here,…...
Car rams into Chabad headquarters in New York City, damaging doors
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (411+ words) A man was arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City on Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer at the deeply revered Hasidic Jewish site. No one was injured when…...
Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1153+ words) Caring for the elderly in America is costly " too costly for many people to afford. Now, the Trump administration is attempting to tackle that problem by rolling back wage protections for more than 3 million workers who care for seniors and…...
Fetterman criticizes immigration agents after Minneapolis shooting, but won't oppose funding
1+ week, 2+ day ago (758+ words) Following the second death of a citizen at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has joined other Democrats in criticizing the Trump administration's tactics there. But he appears poised to approve more funding for immigration…...
Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. One year later, has he delivered?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1136+ words) On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to cut Americans' energy bills in half " cheaper gasoline, cheaper electricity. He also said he'd "unleash" American energy production, often repeating the catchphrase "Drill, baby, drill." One year in, the price of gasoline…...