July 9, 2025 5:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office. Dr. Kevin O’Connor invoked his rights under the Fifth Amendment during a closed-door interview Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee. Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer of Kentucky says O’Connor’s refusal to testify makes it “clear there was a conspiracy.” Republicans are probing Biden’s actions in office and questioning whether the Democrat’s use of an autopen may have been invalid. Biden has called the claims “ridiculous and false.” The Oversight committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, calls the Republican investigation a waste of time.
July 9, 2025 4:56 am
The Mercer County Coroner’s Office has announced that a Washington man was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in the 1700 block of U.S Highway 19 in Fairview Township. 92 year old Edward Wiszczor was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday evening around 7 p.m. He died of multiple blunt force trauma and his death has been ruled accidental. Officials say Wiszczor was approaching the highway from the west berm and failed to observe a vehicle traveling south and entered onto the highway where he was struck by the oncoming vehicle.
July 9, 2025 2:55 am
State police say they have filed an arrest warrant for a West Virginia man accused of breaking into a Washington County home, fatally shooting a woman and injuring her son. Troopers say 37-year-old Michael Pyles of New Martinsville, is charged with homicide and attempted homicide, stemming from an overnight home invasion on June 16th in Smith Township. State police said that several men dressed in all black clothing and wearing masks entered the home around 1:15 a.m. on Eleanor Street. During an argument, troopers said one of the suspects shot 37-year-old Renee Gill, and her son, Ronald Brown. Gill was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his hand. Police say another male, a juvenile, was in the home at the time. He told officers that the men took his cell phone. The suspects fled the scene before troopers arrived. State police said, at the time, the suspects most likely knew Gill, and they were correct. State Police say Gill reportedly dealt drugs out of her home. State Police said another male, identified as Walter Winland, was taken into custody.
July 8, 2025 5:50 pm
HUNT, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 160 people are believed to be still missing days after the flash floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas. Abbott says many of those who are not accounted for were staying in state’s Hill Country but did not register at a camp or hotel. The big jump in the number of missing came after authorities set up a hotline for families to call. Abbott says search crews will not stop working until everyone is located. He says the 161 missing were believed to be in Kerr County, where most of the victims have recovered.
July 8, 2025 3:54 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — At 2025’s midpoint, the year is shaping up as the lowest in more than a decade for bank branch closures in the Pittsburgh metro. There were just six, compared with 11 cuts during the first six months of 2024, according to regulatory filings that were confirmed by the respective banks. And that was down from 26 during the comparable period in 2023. Citizens cut three branches in January — 712 Washington Rd., Mount Lebanon; 4570 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh; and 200 Tarentum Bridge Rd., New Kensington. Huntington shuttered a remote drive-thru in New Castle, north of the city, also in January. PNC closed its branch at Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.’s headquarters in April, and F.N.B. in March relocated its Hampton Township branch to a new facility in a former Burger King location at 4885 State Highway 8 in Allison Park. Last month, its branch at 600 Walmart Dr. in Gibsonia closed with customers being served by the Allison Park location.
July 8, 2025 3:44 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — The license for a bar on Pittsburgh’s South Side is under review a week after a violent weekend inside and outside the club. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office says the license for Capo’s Bar is being reviewed by the Nuisance Bar Task Force. Channel 11 reported last week that the popular nightclub on East Carson Street had been designated a disruptive property after a chaotic weekend where there were fights inside the bar and shots fired outside.
July 8, 2025 10:37 am
For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers may no longer have to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration is looking to abandon the requirement, according to media reports. If implemented, it would put an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago, several years after “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s attempt to take down a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001. Travel newsletter Gate Access was first to report that the security screening change is coming, with ABC News citing an internal memo sent to TSA officers last week that states the new policy lets travelers keep their shoes on during screenings at many U.S. airports beginning on Sunday.
July 8, 2025 6:47 am
An unidentified man has been transported by ambulance to a Pittsburgh hospital after he was struck by a vehicle along State Route 50 near Coleman Road in Cecil Township. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers say the original call came in just after 5 a.m Tuesday. Police believe the man may have initially been involved in an accident. His vehicle was found with a smashed out read window. A Dispatcher says the man began to walk down the roadway and a short time later was struck by a Jeep. The driver of that vehicle told police they did not see the man. He suffered a head injury and was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. No other details are currently available.
July 8, 2025 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration with Pentagon officials for announcing a pause last week in the delivery of some critical weapons to Ukraine. It was a move that Trump felt wasn’t properly coordinated with the White House. That’s according to three people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss the private deliberations. The Pentagon announced that it would hold back delivering to Ukraine some weapons because of what U.S. officials said were concerns that stockpiles were in short supply. Trump later effectively reversed the move. One of the people described Trump as being caught “flat footed” by the announcement.
July 8, 2025 5:07 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. It was unclear if any arrests were made Monday before the National Guard soldiers and federal immigration agents left but their appearance baffled local officials and shook up an area dubbed the “Ellis Island of the West Coast.” The park is a community hub in a largely immigrant neighborhood. Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a political stunt and spectacle meant to intimidate the city’s immigrant communities. The Department of Homeland Security says it does not discuss its operations and declined to comment.
