A relative of "genocide" term creator Raphael Lemkin wants a Pennsylvania nonprofit to drop the family name over its accusations against Israel. The institute defends its mission and name.
A fictional British author in Paris sets out to explore Stein through the lens of her own friendships, in this inventive, perfectly paced portrait It is late 2024, and an unnamed British author living in Paris is trying to write an essay on Gertrude Stein, the modernist writer and art collector. The author has been distracted by her friend Eva’s cat, who is lost and whose name is “it” in lower case, which inevitably leads to confusion – has Eva lost her cat or her mind? (Her other friend, Fanny, has rechristened the cat Bob, to make talking about him easier.) The Pennsylvania-born Stein was painted by Picasso, hung out with Hemingway and wrote strange, stream-of-consciousness prose long before James Joyce embarked on his masterwork Ulysses. Commercial success didn’t come until she was in her 60s with The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, a biography of her partner and one of her more accessible books. Our narrator is an admirer of Stein’s work, yet she can be exasperated by it. “Sometimes, when I read her baffling and beguiling writing I want to smack it in the chops. [Stein] longed for her readers to find her, yet there was a part of her that could not bear to be found.” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Fiona Sturges17 SeptThe Pennsylvania health department said it was requesting emergency support from the US CDC as it grapples with one of the country's largest and most deadly measles... Reuters Health Information
Medscape17 Sept
As the country’s top public health official spends his time in office undermining science, doctors and advocates mount an urgent campaign for childhood vaccines On an early September morning, dozens of families stood in line outside a clinic in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. It was “exclusion day”, the deadline by which students without complete immunizations are barred from returning to class. Instead of turning families away, school district leaders partnered with the county health department to vaccinate kids nearby so they could go back to their desks. That day, 42 middle and high school students were vaccinated to protect against tetanus, pertussis and meningitis, among other diseases. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Fabiola Cineas17 Sept
The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh Scientific funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration may force researchers to close a study on Alzheimer’s disease risk among 600 aging people without sharing the results of cognitive tests with participants – even though researchers have all the data to do so. The Trump administration canceled a federal research grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August. Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned. Now, they lack the time and money to assess data collected from trial participants. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Jessica Glenza17 Sept
Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration US politics live – latest updates Senator Bill Cassidy, the Republican chairman of the US Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration ’s vaccine-skeptical approach for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and challenged Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general to directly state that vaccines do not cause autism on Wednesday. Cassidy, a Louisiana physician who chairs the panel, said three people in Pennsylvania had died of measles, with a fourth death under review, because of misinformation and misguided policies. His remarks come as the US grapples with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Marina Dunbar and Shrai Popat16 Sept
A commercial vehicle inspection in Pennsylvania resulted in the arrest of a truck driver who authorities said had an outstanding warrant for wire fraud and conspiracy.
FreightWaves•Noi Mahoney16 Sept
In small-city Pennsylvania, music brings people together from across the political divide
Doctors working in measles-hit areas of Pennsylvania discuss with ABC News how they are responding as the state battles an outbreak.
ABC News16 Sept
Nether Providence Township police issued felony arrest warrants for five people accused of draining $58,600 from a senior citizen's TD Bank account through cash withdrawals and a wire transfer in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.
The Daily Hodl•Daily Hodl Agent16 Sept
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has been known to buck his party, went to a retreat featuring key figures at Fox News in Montana, according to a new report. According to a Tuesday report from the Washington Examiner, the Pennsylvania senator went to a retreat alongside Fox News executives in Montana two months ago, being…
The Hill•Tara Suter15 Sept
Pennsylvania officials on Tuesday reported two additional measles-related deaths, bringing the total for the year to four. This is a record-setting year for measles in the U.S. The number of cases is at a 35-year high and there are more deaths than any year since 1992. The newest death according to state health officials was…
The Hill•Nathaniel Weixel15 Sept
Federal authorities arrested Jonathan Hunter Kramer in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, on September 12 after he allegedly acquired a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition while preparing to conduct an attack inspired by the Islamic State.
This year has become the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000.
The New York Times•Dani Blum15 Sept
FMCSA's emergency-removal action reached training providers in 20 states, led by Texas, Pennsylvania, California, Florida and Utah.
FreightWaves•Noi Mahoney15 Sept
A group of former campaign and Senate staffers for John Fetterman say they will soon begin dropping damaging stories about the Pennsylvania Democrat. Many of his constituents are already fed up.
NPR•Barbara Sprunt15 Sept
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are demanding answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the agency’s refusal to accept Pennsylvania’s reporting of two measles deaths, the first in 35 years. The committee’s ranking member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent a letter to new agency director Erica Schwartz, calling for…
The Hill•Nathaniel Weixel15 Sept
Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death within the past month, the latest in an unvaccinated 18-year-old.
STAT•Associated Press15 Sept
All deaths occurred in Pennsylvania, in worst year since 1992 for one of the most contagious diseases Pennsylvania health officials said a fourth person had died of measles-associated illness in the worst year for the disease since 1992 . All four US deaths have occurred in the state. Due to the Trump administration changing how it reports measles deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not count any of the deaths in its national tally. Three people died in 2025. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Jessica Glenza15 Sept
FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspect was plotting “a violent attack in support of ISIS."
ABC News15 Sept