June 18, 2025 4:53 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is lifting a curfew in downtown Los Angeles. Her announcement Tuesday comes after she first imposed the curfew June 10 in response to clashes with police, looting and vandalism amid protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city. Bass, a Democrat, says she is lifting the curfew following “successful crime prevention and suppression efforts.” On Monday she trimmed back the hours after a drop in arrests during evening demonstrations. She says the curfew protected stores, restaurants, businesses and residents from people engaging in vandalism and looting.
June 18, 2025 4:51 am
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Iran conflict but failed to reach major agreements on those and many other top issues — wrapping up a summit that was forced to try and show how the wealthy nations’ club might still shape global policy despite the early departure of U.S. President Donald Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his counterparts from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Japan were joined during Tuesday’s final sessions by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO chief Mark Rutte. But the gathered leaders adjourned without offering a joint statement on Ukraine and only released a modest one on Iran-Israel.
June 17, 2025 8:50 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales fell sharply in May as consumers pulled back after a sharp increase in spending in March to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports. Sales at retail stores and restaurants dropped 0.9% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, after a decline of 0.1% in April. The figure was pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales, after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March to get ahead of Trump’s 25% duty on imported cars and car parts. Excluding autos, sales fell 0.3%. The sales drop comes after sharp declines in consumer confidence this year.
June 17, 2025 4:56 am
A Washington man was pronounced dead in the emergency department at UPMC Washington Hospital following a motorcycle crash in South Strabane. The Washington County Coroners office says 21 year old Nathan Boyd was the sole rider on a motorcycle that went out of control on Interstate 79 southbound near the Meadow Lands exit around 8:15 p.m. A cause and manner of death are pending. State Police are investigating.
June 17, 2025 2:51 am
Following torrential rains Saturday evening, officials in both North Franklin and South Strabane Townships have declared a state of emergency. Bob Sabot, Supervisor Chairman, and Emergency Management Coordinator for North Franklin made the declaration Monday afternoon after touring the township and consulting with the township road foreman Todd Lanch, Township staff have been fielding various complaints from residents who were seriously affected by the flooding Saturday night. North Franklin Volunteer Fire Company and road department employees were out from 9:00 p.m. until well after midnight helping clear roads and assisting on pumping out basements and various other flood-related problems. The township has since hired a third party to do street sweeping and the road crew is hoping to catch up on most of the road work by Wednesday afternoon. The state of emergency will be in effect and will need to be ratified before the whole Board of Supervisors at their next meeting scheduled for Wednesday June 25th at 5:00 p.m. Meanwhile, South Strabane Township has taken similar action. Authorizing township officials to act as necessary to respond to the damage that resulted. The declaration directs the local Emergency Management Coordinator to lead activities of the response and take all appropriate action needed to alleviate the effects of this disaster. Crews continue work along Oak Spring road where flooding left a huge sink hole at the entrance to the Oak Spring Plaza. A nearby Eat’n Park has been closed but one lane is open to allow vehicles in and out of the plaza. The parking lot of the South Strabane Fire Department station just down the road was also damaged. The declaration allows residents to seek reimbursement for some of the damages through the state emergency management fund or even from the federal government.
June 17, 2025 2:23 am
Flash floods are still causing problems for motorists around the county. In South Strabane Township, Berry road, from Manifold Road to Old Mill Boulevard will be closed till further notice due to a collapsing pipe. In addition, Willow/Eberle Road in Mt. Pleasant Township between Lynn Portal and Martin Road is closed due to downed trees and wires, and in Independence and Hopewell Townships, Route 331 is down to a single lane because of a landslide.
June 17, 2025 4:48 am
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia has risen to seven. Authorities in Ohio County say search and recovery teams resumed their efforts early Tuesday morning and Swift Water Rescue crews will continue removing vehicles from Little and Big Wheeling Creeks. Emergency officials say the discovery of another victim, 71-year-old Connie Veronis of Moundsville has brought the death toll to seven. As much as 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County within 40 minutes on Saturday and more rain is expected through Thursday. Among the six dead was a 3-year-old child. To the southeast, heavy rains tore through the community of Fairmont on Sunday, ripping off the outer wall of an apartment building. Morrisey says at least 60 homes, 25 businesses and an estimated 30 roads were impacted by the floods.
June 17, 2025 4:50 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat’s spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsylvania the 25th state to legalize marijuana for adult use, raise the minimum wage and slap taxes on slot machine-like “skill” games that are popping up everywhere. Pennsylvania’s politically divided government has two weeks left to pass a new spending plan before the state loses some spending authority when the new fiscal year starts July 1. Lawmakers describe closed-door talks at a crawl, and many are watching Congress to see if the federal government will cut aid.
June 16, 2025 5:15 am
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — President Donald Trump is abruptly leaving the Group of Seven summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.” World leaders had gathered Monday in Canada with the specific goal of helping to defuse a series of global pressure points, only to be disrupted by a showdown over Iran’s nuclear program that could escalate in dangerous and uncontrollable ways. Israel launched an aerial bombardment campaign against Iran four days ago. At the summit, Trump warned that Tehran needs to curb its nuclear program before it’s “too late.”
June 17, 2025 5:13 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s air campaign on Iran’s capital appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an intensifying conflict as U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the city to evacuate. Earlier, the Israeli military called for the some 330,000 residents of a neighborhood in the city center to evacuate. Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, uranium enrichment sites and nuclear scientists, is necessary to prevent its longtime adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon. The strikes have killed at least 224 people since Friday. Iran has retaliated by launching more than 370 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel. So far, 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 500 injured.
