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PITTSBURGH — There is the potential for significant snowfall this weekend as a storm system moves in. Periods of snow will develop late Saturday night. On Sunday, there is potential for heavy snow of at least six inches, especially east and south of Pittsburgh. Some areas could get even more than that, particularly by Sunday evening. There is plenty of uncertainty on exactly how the storm will track. Tune to WJPA 95.3FM/1450AM for the very latest from the National Weather Service.

The driver of a tractor trailer was injured in a crash early Thursday morning along Interstate 70 westbound in Fallowfield Township.  Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just after 1:30 a.m. near mile-marker 35.5.  Dispatchers say the truck went over an embankment. The driver was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.  There is no word on his identity or condition.  Officials say the plan to remove the truck later today.

MONONGAHELA, Pa. — HAZMAT crews were called to the Monongahela Sewage Plant on Wednesday. The Monongahela Fire Department said crews were called to the plant at 1:30 p.m. for a chlorine tank leak. Washington County HAZMAT units followed to take care of that leak. Firefighters said there were no evacuation or shelter-in-place orders given at any point. The situation was wrapped up and the plant returned to normal operations at around 5 p.m.

A modified lockdown was initiated at all buildings in the Bentworth School District Wednesday. Superintendent Scott Martin says a phone call was “perceived as a threat to a staff member”. Operations inside the schools continued as normal but visitors were not permitted in and students were not allowed to go outside. Police were called to the scene to investigate. According to the Observer-Reporter, Martin says the investigation determined that the matter will not be pursued any further. The district returned to normal operations about 2:30 p.m.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister is saying after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he agreed a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty and she has been “informed that this has not been the case.” Trump on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the tariffs he had threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. Trump offered few details, saying they were still being worked out. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Thursday that she had spoken with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte “on an ongoing basis,” including before and after he met Trump in Davos.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job. The justices are casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank. They heard arguments Wednesday over Trump’s effort to fire Cook based on allegations she committed mortgage fraud. She denies any wrongdoing. No president has ever fired a sitting governor. Trump’s critics say his true motivation for trying to oust Cook is the Republican president’s desire to exert control over interest rate policy. The case presented the court with one of the more extraordinary efforts by Trump to expand presidential power. A decision is expected by early summer.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Maine has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement wave. The Department of Homeland Security named the enforcement operation Catch of the Day, an apparent play on the state’s seafood industry. Maine has relatively few residents who are in the United States illegally but has a notable presence of refugees in its largest cities. An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The government persuaded the court to freeze a judge’s ruling while it pursues an appeal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that anxiety about costs and affordability is particularly high among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians. That’s true even at a moment when economic stress is widespread. The survey found that about half of Asian American and Pacific Islander adults said they wanted the government to prioritize addressing the high cost of living and inflation in 2026, compared to about one-third of U.S. adults overall in a separate AP-NORC survey. The findings indicate that this small but fast-growing subgroup is not convinced by President Donald Trump’s attempts to tamp down worries about inflation and defend his tariffs. Like Americans overall, AAPI adults have also become more focused on health care issues over the past year.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former Uvalde schools police officer who was among the first to respond to the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school has been acquitted of criminal charges that he failed his duty to confront the gunman. Adrian Gonzales had faced 29 charges of child abandonment and endangerment and up to two years in prison. A jury acquitted him Wednesday. Prosecutors had alleged at trial that Gonzales abandoned his training and could have stopped the gunman outside Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022. Gonzales’ lawyers insisted he never saw the gunman before he entered the school. The trial was a rare prosecution of an officer for allegedly failing to act to stop a crime and protect lives.