March 3, 2026 4:15 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hit the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone strike as it keeps striking targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pound Iran with airstrikes. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested this is just the start of a relentless campaign that could last more than a month. The intensity of the attacks, the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, and the lack of any apparent exit plan indicate the conflict would not end anytime soon.
March 3, 2026 4:14 am
President Donald Trump says the United States can keep its military campaign against Iran going longer than the planned four-to-five-week time frame he gave earlier. Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early morning hours Tuesday. The U.S. and Israel continue to pound Iran after killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Iran and its allies are striking back at Israel, Gulf states in the region and targets tied to oil and gas production.
March 3, 2026 4:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats stay mostly united against President Donald Trump, but the strikes on Iran are starting to reveal some splits in the party. Democrats condemn Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while also pushing a war powers vote to limit Trump. Some pro-Israel Democrats say they will not support that measure. Trump says the operation could last weeks and warns casualties could rise. Democrats point to gas prices and economic swings. The fight also revives tensions over Israel and AIPAC in key primaries.
March 3, 2026 4:20 am
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her sister returned to their mother’s home outside Tucson in their first sighting at the house since Nancy Guthrie went missing a month ago. The NBC anchor, her sister Annie Guthrie and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni walked arm-in-arm down the driveway and laid yellow flowers in a makeshift tribute to the 84-year-old at the edge of the street. Nancy Guthrie’s children had previously appeared in videos in which they pleaded for their mother’s return. She was last seen at her home Jan. 31. Authorities believe she was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.
March 3, 2026 4:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein labored for six months to question former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But once they finally had a chance to sit down with some of the highest-ranked officials to ever be deposed by Congress, the sessions veered off track with a leaked photo, talk of the pizzagate conspiracy theory and questions about disclosing government information on UFOs. Videos released by the House Oversight Committee of depositions for both Bill and Hillary Clinton from last week showed how overall the former Democratic president distanced himself from Epstein. Hillary Clinton repeatedly told the committee she never even recalled meeting Epstein.
March 3, 2026 4:11 am
A SWAT team was called to a Peters Township man’s home Saturday night. According to court paperwork, 68 year old Gregory Morris is accused of threatening his neighbor with a shotgun. The criminal complaint states that Morris’ neighbor knocked on his Timber Oak Court door just after 10:00 pm. concerning a parking issue. Morris answered the door wielding the loaded shotgun and threatened to shoot the unidentified neighbor. When police arrived, Morris refused to leave his house. Morris is charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanors of terroristic threats, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Morris was sent to the Washington County jail on $25,000 bond.
March 3, 2026 3:59 am
Additional parents are facing charges for living with several children in deplorable conditions at a Charleroi building that was condemned last week. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatched police last week, to a building along McKean Avenue from a phone call from a girl believing her father had died. At that time, police said they found no running water, a broken toilet and garbage in the home. Following this investigation, the child’s parents, Jackson Alexis and Roldy Noel were arrested and the building condemned. According to new court documents, another family was still living in the same deplorable conditions when investigators returned to the building on Feb. 26. Investigators found that two adults and four children were still staying in the building, sharing the same kitchen and bathroom as the family in the previous incident. The children living in the apartment were between the ages of 4 and 14. The parents, identified as Navilia Norazier and Lucner Joseph, were both charged with four counts of felony child endangerment. Court documents show both parents are being held in the Washington County Jail unable to post bond. It is not clear who is tending to the children.
March 3, 2026 3:58 am
AAA is reporting that gasoline prices dropped last week in western Pennsylvania, but the national average increased by 6 cents. The national average sits at $2.99 per gallon. In western Pennsylvania, prices were five cents lower at $3.23 per gallon. In Washington County gas prices were at the same $3.23 per gallon. But, AAA cautions that events in Iran could cause and actually have caused prices to begin to rise. Prices will also begin to rise as refineries begin to process summer blend gasoline that contains pricier additives. For those that drive electric cars, the national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station remained at 39 cents.
March 2, 2026 5:00 am
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The war in the Mideast is sending shudders through global energy markets. Oil prices are up more than 6%, and European natural gas futures are spiking more than 40% in the wake of the shutdown of a major supplier of ship-borne gas due to the fighting. The jump came after QatarEnergy said Monday it would stop its production of liquefied natural gas as the Mideast war rages. Europe relies on shipments of liquefied gas, or LNG, to replace supplies of Russian pipeline gas lost due to the invasion of Ukraine. Shipping has been disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil and LNG tankers coming from the Persian Gulf.
March 2, 2026 5:44 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out. In a court filing Friday, Trump’s Justice Department had urged the Federal Circuit to proceed cautiously and hold off for 90 days. But the judges refused.
