August 24, 2025 8:02 am
ECONOMY BOROUGH, Pa. (WPXI) – At least 21 people were taken to hospitals Saturday after a school bus crash in Beaver County. Police, fire and EMS were called to Shaffer Road in Economy Borough around 10 a.m. Members of the Aliquippa Junior High football team were on the bus, which was headed to Pine-Richland for a game. There were 25 students on the bus along with two coaches and a bus driver. Multiple injuries were reported and patients were taken to local hospitals. According to the Aliquippa Fire Department, 21 people were taken to hospitals or trauma centers. UPMC officials said that 20 students were taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for treatment. A spokesperson says all but one, who required surgery, have been discharged. The crash’s cause is under investigation. In a release, Aliquippa School District Superintendent Phillip Woods said the bus did not flip over but came to rest against a hillside. “We are grateful to share that there were no fatalities, and no other vehicles were involved,” Woods said. The district is working with ABC Transit to obtain the bus video and recover students’ belongings, Woods said. A parent meeting will be held Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Black Box to answer questions.
August 24, 2025 7:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump. That’s according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financer. The Trump administration issued hundreds of pages of transcripts from interviews Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell last month. The administration has scrambled to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose records from the sex-trafficking case. The transcripts show Maxwell repeatedly praising Trump and denying she had observed him engaged in any form of sexual behavior.
August 24, 2025 7:00 am
Protesters gathered in downtown Washington Friday afternoon for a “Where’s Guy” Rally in front of the office of Republican U.S. Representative Guy Reschenthaler, who represents Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District. Organizer of the event, Sharon Laffey says she wants Reschenthaler to hold a Town Hall Meeting. Laffey says she has been trying for the past six years to get him in front of his constituents but he has never held one. Reschenthaler is a staunch supporter of President Trump and has touted Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” as being great for Pennsylvania. Laffey says that is not true, but if it is true, then she asks, why won’t he hold a Town Hall and let people ask questions. Reschenthaler has an office in downtown Washington on Main Street, right across from the Washington County Courthouse.
August 23, 2025 8:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House’s demands. For months, Powell has largely ignored President Donald Trump’s relentless hectoring that he reduce borrowing costs. Yet on Friday, in a highly-anticipated speech, Powell suggested that the Fed could take such a step as soon as its next meeting in September. It will be a fraught decision for the Fed, which must weigh it against persistent inflation that remains a problem and an economy that could also improve in the second half of this year. Both trends, if they occur, could make a cut look premature.
August 23, 2025 4:09 am
HOUSTON (AP) — The push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is shifting the dynamics of the state’s 2026 Senate campaign. It is renewing hope for Democrats as they gain attention for pushing back against the GOP redistricting efforts led by President Donald Trump. Republican rivals are using the moment to burnish their leadership credentials. Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout aimed at stopping a Republican effort to redraw districts before the 10-year timeline in order to secure Trump more allies in the U.S. House during the 2026 midterms.
August 23, 2025 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump. That’s according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. They said Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. Another U.S. official says Hegseth also fired Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, who is chief of the Navy Reserve, as well as Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command. The ousters have ramped up the Trump administration’s targeting of both military leadership and the intelligence community.
August 23, 2025 3:53 am
A person was shot in Independence Township and transported to a Pittsburgh hospital, according to a 911 dispatcher. A portion of Route 50 in the area was closed briefly to allow for the medical helicopter to land. State police responded to the incident in the 1900 block of Avella Road.
August 22, 2025 3:42 pm
PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls has crashed on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people. The accident happened Friday near Pembroke, about 25 miles east of Buffalo. Police say the bus lost control, leading to shattered windows and passengers being ejected. The driver survived. Several ambulances and medical helicopters transported patients to area hospitals. The New York State Thruway Authority has shut down a lengthy stretch of the roadway, urging drivers to avoid the area.
August 22, 2025 3:28 pm
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades. The judge on Thursday also ordered the facility to wind down operations within two months. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams stated that Florida officials never adequately explained the need for the facility in the middle of the sensitive wetlands. She also noted that state and federal defendants failed to conduct an environmental review before building the detention center. Federal and Florida officials had hailed the facility as a model for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
August 22, 2025 7:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter Friday. The person was not authorized to discuss the investigation by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The person says Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes. FBI Director Kash Patel says cryptically online, “NO ONE is above the law.” Messages left with a spokesperson for Bolton haven’t been returned. Bolton served as President Donald Trump’s third national security adviser for 17 months and clashed with him over Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea.
