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SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two people are facing charges after a police chase happened on I-70 back on May 22. According to State Police, Troopers reported a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt failed to yield on I-70 westbound near mile marker 23.7 in South Strabane Township, prompting a pursuit. The chase continued until the vehicle crashed near Exit 21. That’s when, police say, Terrence Boyd, 38, of Washington, took off on foot. Troopers caught up with him and took him into custody. He faces charges of fleeing and eluding, flight to avoid apprehension, evading arrest on foot, DUI and other traffic-related offenses. Nikki Lash, 41, of Bentleyville, was also charged. Police said she gave them a false ID.  Boyd and Lash were taken to the Washington County Jail.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —(WPXI)- Troopers are asking for help after a woman was seriously injured in a UTV crash in Washington County on Saturday night. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, troopers were called to a crash in Kings Creek off of Clydes Road in Hanover Township around 8:30 p.m. The victim, only identified in the report as a 44-year-old woman, was first taken to a West Virginia hospital, then transferred to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She was last listed in critical condition. Information gathered so far leads troopers to think that there were witnesses to this crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact PSP Pittsburgh at 412-299-1607.

Schools across the U.S. are starting to rethink the abundance of digital devices in classrooms. After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, a growing number of schools say it is time to scale back. The Los Angeles public school system announced it will stop giving its youngest students devices, as part of a sweeping new screen policy in the nation’s second-largest school district. Concerned parents are driving the reforms. As one mother says: Her daughter came home from school “with a screen addiction in her backpack.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.” Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations. Earlier, Trump said any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements from Trump’s first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel.

Shares are mixed in Europe and Asia after the U.S. military said it carried out what it called “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines. The attacks came even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations on ending the war were “proceeding nicely.” U.S. futures jumped while oil prices were mixed, with Brent crude trading below $100 a barrel. Markets were closed in the U.S. on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. On Friday, the S&P 500 added 0.4% and the Dow industrials climbed 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%.

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. The election brings to a close a bitter and expensive primary. President Donald Trump endorsed state Attorney General Ken Paxton last week over three-term Sen. John Cornyn. It’s the president’s latest effort to rid the GOP of leaders he views as less devoted to him. Cornyn is backed by Senate GOP leaders. The four-term incumbent and allies have spent roughly $90 million in advertising since last year. Most of it attacked Paxton. Cornyn risks becoming the first Republican senator in Texas history to seek the party’s nod and lose. The winner of Tuesday’s runoff will face Democrat James Talarico in November.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Tuesday’s launches prompted it to bolster a surveillance posture. It was North Korea’s first weapons launch event since April 19. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has focused on expanding his nuclear and missile arsenals since nuclear diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump collapsed in 2019. Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to return to talks with Kim. But Pyongyang has so far ignored the overtures and urged Washington to drop demands for the North’s nuclear disarmament as a precondition for talks.