October 25, 2025 2:51 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing his wife in Uniontown. Arthur Guty, 57, was arrested at a Las Vegas resort in January 2024 after his wife, Franyerlys Nicole Zambrano Briceno, 26, was found dead from a single gunshot wound in a house on Brier Avenue on New Year’s Day. Guty was convicted and immediately sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele prosecuted the case and said “we grieve with the numerous friends and family members of Nicole, many of whom traveled from Venezuela and across the United States to participate in this trial and secure justice for her; may her memory be eternal,”. Back in 2019, Guty’s ex-wife, Roxanne Guty, tried to hire someone to kill him in exchange for half of his life insurance policy. She was sentenced to lesser charges.
October 25, 2025 2:45 am
A federal food aid program that helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown. Officials in Louisiana, Vermont and Virginia say they’ll keep the programs alive, though how they’ll do it isn’t clear. Even some states that want to step in to fill the gap have found they can’t. Recipients of the food aid, food banks, states and advocates are bracing for a pause to payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at the end of next week. Some states have looked into funding food assistance themselves but they’re finding that federal control of some key details of the program is a major obstacle.
October 25, 2025 2:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Associated Press photos show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves ahead with building a ballroom. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including a walkway to the White House, has been turned into rubble. The wing was demolished as part of the Republican president’s plan to build a ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House itself that he now says will cost $300 million. Trump said Wednesday that keeping the East Wing would have “hurt a very, very expensive, beautiful building,” referring to the ballroom that he said presidents have wanted for years.
October 25, 2025 2:02 am
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is set to make her first court appearance in a mortgage fraud case. She will be the third adversary of President Donald Trump to face a judge on federal charges in recent weeks. James was indicted earlier this month on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a 2020 home purchase in Norfolk, Virginia. James has denied any wrongdoing and decried the indictment as “nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.” The indictment stems from James’ purchase of a modest house in Norfolk, where she has family.
October 25, 2025 2:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says on social media that he is ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of recent television ads protesting U.S. tariffs, which he calles “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions. The post late Thursday comes after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country’s exports to countries outside the U.S. because of the threat posed by Trump’s tariffs. Trump’s call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further inflame trade tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for months.
October 24, 2025 2:52 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says his office has concluded its investigation into a shooting earlier this month, after the McDonald police chief reportedly shot the man right outside of Michael’s Tavern in McDonald. 37-year-old Jeremy Washington was wanted for threatening a person with a gun. Police say Washington was being sought after the McDonald man reportedly threatened a person at the McDonald Plaza with a gun. Less than 30 minutes later, Chief Timothy Motte spotted Washington on East Lincoln Avenue. Washington started to run when the chief walked up to him and then a witness saw Washington point a gun at the chief. That’s when the chief fired one round, hitting Washington. Washington was taken to a hospital where he was listed in stable condition. He’s facing multiple charges.
October 23, 2025 5:38 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week. Republicans objected as Democrats proposed a voice vote on their legislation to pay all federal workers and prevent President Donald Trump’s administration from mass firings. Democrats then voted down a Republican bill to pay employees who are working and not furloughed. The back and forth on day 23 of the government shutdown comes as the two parties are at a protracted impasse.
October 23, 2025 10:30 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat have been arrested along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families. Portland coach Chauncey Billups was charged Thursday with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa Nostra organized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million. Heat guard Terry Rozier was accused in a separate scheme of exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
October 23, 2025 5:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. The pardon announced Thursday caps a monthslong effort by Zhao, a billionaire commonly known as CZ in the crypto world. He and Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises. Zhao said in a social media post that he was “deeply grateful” to Trump. The president said he didn’t believe he’d ever met Zhao, but that “a lot of people say that he wasn’t guilty of anything.”
October 23, 2025 5:04 am
CHICAGO (AP) – National Guard troops won’t be deploying in the Chicago area anytime soon unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes. A judge in the case extended her temporary restraining order indefinitely. In Portland, Oregon, it will be at least days. And federal appeals judges are weighing whether hundreds of California National Guard members should remain under federal control. President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into Democratic-run cities – despite fierce resistance from mayors and governors – has unleashed a whirlwind of lawsuits and overlapping court rulings.
