October 7, 2025 4:53 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is facing a felony battery charge for what authorities say was a fight over parking. Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the upgraded charge Monday, saying it carries a potential sentence of one to six years in prison. The incident happened early Saturday in Indianapolis. A police affidavit alleges the 38-year-old Sanchez, smelling of alcohol, confronted a 69-year-old truck driver. The driver pulled a knife to defend himself. The former New York Jet was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times. He remains hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing, and additional charges are possible.
October 7, 2025 4:52 am
American distillers have gotten a costly cold shoulder from Canada. A spirits industry group says spirits exports to Canada plunged 85% earlier this year. That led broad declines in key international markets amid global trade tensions. The report was released Monday by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. The industry worries even a thaw in trade relations may not shake this hangover right away. Kentucky craft distiller Tom Bard says even though things have eased up, his products still aren’t back on Canadian shelves. The worry is that consumer reaction to trade conflicts could curb the international thirst for American spirits in key markets.
October 7, 2025 4:48 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump moved to deploy National Guard troops from another city on Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago. Trump has long threatened to send troops to Chicago, but it was not immediately clear when or exactly where they would be deployed. The lawsuit was filed Monday, just as troops prepared to deploy and just hours after a federal judge blocked their deployment to Portland, Oregon.
October 7, 2025 4:46 am
REIM, Israel (AP) — Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war. Tuesday’s commemorations come as Israel and Hamas hold indirect negotiations in Egypt. The main memorial ceremony is being organized by bereaved families. The government-organized memorial will be held according to the Jewish calendar next week. The rift reflects deep divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, which many blame for the failure to secure a ceasefire that would free the hostages. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed tens of thousands and razed entire towns and cities in the Gaza Strip.
October 7, 2025 2:38 am
The second day of testimony in the trial of Joshua George, accused of violently shaking his infant son and delivering him to his grandparents for baby sitting has concluded. Morning testimony was a continuation of cross examination of the infant’s grandmother Cheska Rotellini, supplemented by video of her interviews with police. Defense attorneys tried to show Rotellini’s qualities as a baby sitter as deficient and unqualified to care for a child. They pointed to several instances of bruising and a battered lip on the infant that was in her care in the month leading up to his death. Afternoon testimony featured expert witness testimony from independent forensic pathologist Dr. Jennifer Hammers. She described her report provided to prosecutors on the cause and manner of death of the infant. She classified the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. The manner was homicide. Defense attorneys concentrated on timelines of when someone several months old could develop bruising and brain swelling associated with a skull fracture. Hammers testimony said that especially in the case of infants, those symptoms can be immediate or delayed by several hours. She did say the force needed to fracture the infant’s skull would have needed to be significant.
October 7, 2025 2:15 am
Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred sometime between nine o’clock Sunday night and eight-thirty Monday morning in Cecil Township. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says 32-year-old Alexander Adams of Lawrence was operating a motorcycle, west, on Baker Road, when he went over an embankment and landed in the yard of a home at 960 Baker Road. Warco says his family had been searching for him, when they discovered the wreck. Warco says he was not wearing a helmet.
October 7, 2025 2:04 am
A McDonald man was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday evening. The Washington County Coroner’s office says 67 year old John Dinsmore was traveling east on Millers Run Road in Cecil Township just before 6 p.m. A witness says an SUV crossed the center line and collided with the bike in the 38-hundred block. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A cause and manner of death are pending. Cecil Township Police continue to investigate.
October 7, 2025 1:19 am
The fate of West Alexander – and whether it will become a borough again – won’t be known for at least another 30 days. A Washington County judge on Tuesday delayed a hearing until Nov. 7 to determine whether the West Alexander community can separate from Donegal Township. Dennis Makel, a lawyer for residents leading the charge, met with lawyers for the township for about 45 minutes in Judge Brandon Neuman’s chambers before returning to the courtroom and announcing the delay. He told Dr. Kathleen Miller, coordinator of the West Alexander Borough Project, and about 15 supporters in attendance that the township agreed to drop challenges related to the map and population of the proposed borough but is questioning the legality of some of the signatures the residents were required to gather to petition for the change. Miller said the residents submitted signatures from 2,042 of the 4,056 landowners within the proposed borough, 14 more than the required 50 percent.
October 6, 2025 4:43 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. The justices Monday declined to take up a case that would’ve renewed attention on the Epstein sexual-abuse saga after President Donald Trump’s administration sought to tamp down criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files. Trump’s Republican administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case. Lawyers for Maxwell argued she never should’ve been tried or convicted for a role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein. Maxwell is serving 20 years and recently was transferred from a Florida prison to a Texas prison camp. (Photo: AP)
October 6, 2025 4:40 pm
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the body ensures immune cells attack intruders but not our own tissues. Their findings advanced the search for autoimmune disease treatments, as well as work in cancer and organ transplants. The Nobel Assembly announced the award Monday. Sakaguchi first discovered regulatory T cells in 1995. In 2001, Brunkow and Ramsdell identified a gene mutation involved in autoimmune diseases. Sakaguchi later connected these findings to explain a previously unknown way the body keeps the immune system in check. The trio will share nearly $1.2 million in prize money.
