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FREEPORT TOWNSHIP, Pa.- A woman is dead and her husband wounded after state police said their son shot them inside their Greene County home Friday afternoon. According to the Observer-Reporter, the shooting took place at their Garrison Ridge Road home in Freeport Township shortly before 2 p.m. where two victims who suffered gunshots were found in the residence. Both were taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown,  where the woman died from her injuries, police said. The man, who was not immediately identified, suffered a gunshot wound and is listed as stable, police said. Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the deceased woman as Mary Noll. State police identified the gunman as the couple’s son, 18-year-old Jarrod Noll of New Freeport, and said he left the scene following the shooting. Troopers searched the area, but were unable to find Noll. Investigators did not release a motive or details about what happened that caused the shooting. Police charged Noll with criminal homicide and attempted homicide this morning, according to online court records, and released photographs from video surveillance showing him entering an unidentified store. Anyone with information should call police. (Photo: Greene Co. Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page)

An accident along Interstate 79 occurred Saturday morning leading to an unresponsive female patient. According to Washington County 911, the vehicle ran off the road into a ditch just after 8 a.m. on the northbound ramp at the Marianna exit in Amwell Township.  No word on the woman’s identity or cause of that incident.

Washington County Fire Crews were on scene of a house fire along the 400 block of Falcon Drive in Cecil Township early Saturday morning. According to Washington County 911, the call came in just after 3 a.m. for a carbon monoxide detector.  When crews arrived, they discovered smoke in the structure which led to fire damage.  Dispatchers confirmed that HAZ-MAT was also on scene, as ion batteries were found to be the possible cause of that fire.  No injures were reported.

BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia says that Thailand hit a site in the country’s northwest with an airstrike on Saturday even as the two sides pursue talks to end clashes. Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said that Thailand deployed fighter jets to bomb targets in its Banteay Meanchey province on Friday and Saturday. Thailand confirmed the Friday attack and cited defense needs. Each country blames the other for breaching a ceasefire that ended a previous round of fighting in July. The two sides are holding talks this week that defense ministers were expected to join on Saturday to possibly formalize an end to the fighting. The combat has caused numerous casualties and mass displacements.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance. Redd withdrew days after the White House announced President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the venue. On Friday, the center’s president, Richard Grenell, called the decision “classic intolerance” and threatened to seek $1 million in damages. Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player, has led holiday “Jazz Jams” at the center since 2006. The renaming, approved by Trump’s board, reportedly violates a law prohibiting changes to the center’s dedication to President John F. Kennedy.

JABO, Nigeria (AP) — A U.S. airstrike that targeted an alleged camp of the Islamic State group in Nigeria has caused panic in the village of Jabo, close to where the strike hit. The residents witnessed the sky glowing red from the attack late on Thursday night. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the strike. The Nigerian government has since confirmed that it cooperated with the U.S government in its strike but didn’t disclose details about the militants targeted. Jabo’s residents say the village had never been attacked by armed gangs as part of the violence the U.S. says is widespread, though such attacks regularly occur in neighboring villages. Locals remain anxious, fearing further attacks and uncertainty.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing iconic rapper Tupac Shakur are pushing to suppress evidence that was collected in what they say was an unlawful nighttime search. The attorneys claim the affidavit seeking to search Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ home in 2023 mischaracterized Davis as a dangerous armed drug dealer in order to get the rare nighttime search approved, when in reality he was a retired cancer survivor living with his wife outside of Las Vegas. Davis was arrested for the 1996 murder of Shakur in 2023, a major development in one of the country’s most well-known unsolved murder cases. He has pleaded not guilty.

TOKYO (AP) — A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with a chemical believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan. The attack happened Friday at the Yokohama Rubber Co. in Mishima, Shizuoka prefecture. Eight people were taken to hospitals with stab wounds, and five are in serious condition. The Fujisan Nanto Fire Department provided these details but did not have further information. The attacker’s identity and motive remain unknown. Seven additional people were injured by a substance believed to be bleach thrown during the attack. Police arrested the suspect at the factory.

NEW YORK (AP) — British socialite and onetime Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is back in the spotlight with the public release of investigative records that led to her 2021 sex trafficking conviction. Among items unsealed are the grand jury transcripts of testimony that led to her indictment. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence. She was moved to a minimum-security camp in Texas earlier this year soon after she submitted to two days of questioning by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Two weeks ago, she asked a federal judge to free her, claiming she was unjustly convicted. The public release of investigative materials brings fresh light to the evidence against her.