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Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers are reporting that several overnight accidents occurred. The first was at approximately 11:00 pm in Buffalo Township. Emergency crews arrived on Route 40 to find a vehicle on its side. The driver was transported to an area hospital. A second accident happened in East Finley Township. County 9-1-1 reports that a two vehicle head on collision occurred at the intersection of Route 231 and Knox Road. Officials were unable to confirm any injuries. State Police are investigating this crash.

A rollover crash on Interstate 70 saw one victim flown to a hospital. The accident occurred just after 12:00 pm on Interstate 70 westbound at mile marker 8.3. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers state that the interstate was closed to allow a helicopter to land. The lanes were reopened about an hour later. No other injuries were reported. It is not known how the accident occurred.

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has launched the “Pennsylvania 250; The Keystone of American History” showcase to commemorate Pennsylvania’s role in the nation’s founding, growth and democratic evolution. At the center of the initiative is an exhibition called “Revolutionary Things: Objects from the Collection”. It is a 3000 square foot exhibition at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. It features more than 140 artifacts that span three centuries of Pennsylvania and American history. Additionally, several other events are planned statewide. Among them are the “Patriots and Prisoners: The Pennsylvania Experience” that examines prisoners of war. That will take place during the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Locally, Old Economy Village in Ambridge will explore craftsmanship as a civic tradition. That will culminate in a Civil War Weekend on May 2, 2026. More information about other statewide events may be found at phmc.pa.gov.

SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) — Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly being voted down. Communities across the United States are learning from each other’s battles as data center developers branch out in search of faster connections to power sources. Once-sleepy municipal board meetings in farming towns and growing suburbs now feature crowded rooms of angry residents pressuring local officials to reject the requests. One commercial real estate consultant says “it’s becoming a huge problem” and it’s raising alarms among Big Tech firms, electricity providers, labor unions and other AI stakeholders.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges. He was captured in an audacious military operation that President Donald Trump said would set the U.S. up to “run” the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife from their home in a military base in the capital, Caracas. The couple will face prosecution in connection with a Justice Department indictment accusing them of participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country. Trump on Saturday also described plans to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on the South American nation and its autocratic leader and months of secret planning. It resulted in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Legal experts immediately raised questions about whether the operation was lawful.

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded two others, including a 4-year-old child, in Russia’s Belgorod region on Sunday, officials said, ahead of peace talks in Paris this week. In Ukraine, three people were wounded in overnight drone strikes in the Kharkiv region, while the death toll from Friday’s missile attack on Kharkiv rose to four. The attacks came after European national security advisers met in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss security guarantees and economic support. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said meetings of military officials and European leaders in Paris on Monday and Tuesday could finalize security guarantee documents.

Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor. The letter was sent Saturday. Republicans had been making plans to impeach her ever since her Dec. 19 conviction. Last April, federal prosecutors accused Dugan of distracting federal officers trying to arrest a Mexican immigrant outside her courtroom and leading the man out through a private door. A federal jury convicted her of felony obstruction. The case against Dugan was highlighted by President Donald Trump as he pressed ahead with his sweeping immigration crackdown.