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June 28, 2025 10:16 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health workers in Gaza say Israeli strikes killed at least 62 people across Gaza overnight and into Saturday. Relatives say the dead include a family with three children hit while sleeping in a tent city for the territory’s many displaced people. Meanwhile, ceasefire prospects are said to be improving. U.S. President Donald Trump says there could be an agreement within the next week. An official with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Israel’s minister for strategic affairs will arrive in Washington next week for talks on a ceasefire and other subjects.
June 28, 2025 9:24 am
BLUE BELL, Pa. (AP) — The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals, and traveled the world. He became friends with an opera superstar and with a saint. Kelly is the longest-serving priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of his ordination and his 100th birthday. He’s grateful and tries to make each day count. He listens to opera. He bakes pies. And he still wakes up at dawn every day to say Catholic Mass at the retired living community that he calls home.
June 28, 2025 5:52 am
The Washington County Coroner has identified 28-year-old Michael Brent Miller of Burgettstown as the victim of a fatal one-car crash in Hanover Township. Miller was the operator and sole occupant of the car that was traveling westbound on State Route 22 when it left the roadway and collided with a tree between mile markers 3 and 4. A passing motorist called Washington County 911 to report the accident around 9:24 last night. First responders, including Fort Cherry EMS, Weirton Fire Department, Hanover Volunteer Fire Department, Hancock Fire Company and Hanover Beaver County Fire Department responded to the scene. The Washington County Coroner’s office reports that Miller was not wearing a seat belt. The cause and manner of death are pending investigation.
June 28, 2025 5:36 am
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The demonstration Saturday in Bangkok is part of brewing political turmoil set off by a leaked phone call between Paetongtarn and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Paetongtarn is facing growing dissatisfaction over her handling of a recent border dispute with Cambodia, which killed a Cambodian solider and prompted the call with Hun Sen. The call has set off a string of investigations that could lead to Paetongtarn’s removal. Many protesters were part of a royalist, conservative group that has been a longtime foe of Paetongtarn’s father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
June 28, 2025 5:27 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the funeral of top Iranian commanders and scientists killed in a 12-day war with Israel. The caskets of Revolutionary Guard chief Gen. Hossein Salami and missile program head Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh were paraded Saturday through the city. Israel targeted Iranian military leaders, scientists, and nuclear sites, claiming to have killed 30 commanders and 11 scientists. Iran fired over 550 missiles at Israel, most were intercepted. The conflict caused over 1,000 deaths, at least 417 civilians, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Activists group. Saturday marked the first public funerals since the ceasefire.
June 28, 2025 5:13 am
In an article published on June 26, 2025, on wjpa.com, it was stated that Leo McIntyre, who was charged with multiple counts of child sexual assault, was employed by the Goldfish Swim School in Peters Township at the time the charges were filed – in December of 2022. That statement is inaccurate; McIntyre had been fired by the school in June of 2022, on unrelated issues and none of the victims had attended the school. WJPA apologizes for the inaccurate statement and regrets our error.
June 28, 2025 5:13 am
(Pittsburgh) Five Pittsburgh area teenagers are in the Allegheny County Jail following an alleged carjacking. The victim told our news partners at Channel 11 that the juveniles pointed what appeared to be an “assault style rifle” and a handgun at her in the Sheraden neighborhood within the city of Pittsburgh. The suspects allegedly stole her phone, keys and car. Police then spotted the car nearby on the North Side. The 90-mile an hour pursuit took the car back over the West End Bridge, where it crashed. The suspects are Damien Lamont Hill, Angelo Saxton, Jaron Crew, Aaron Reddix and Jeremiah Venson. All range in ages from 15 to 17-years-old. They remain in the Allegheny County Jail without bond and they will be tried as adults.
June 27, 2025 1:49 pm
(WPXI) – The body of a missing fisherman has been found in Fayette County. Connellsville Police Sgt. Bryan Kendi confirms that Jerry Grimm’s body was located in Dawson Friday morning. Kendi says Grimm’s body was in the Youghiogheny River under the Dawson Bridge. A passerby saw it in the water and called 911. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office says Grimm, 52, of Connellsville, was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy will be done to determine the cause and manner of death. The search for Grimm has been extensive, involving numerous personnel and boats. Grimm was last seen around 9 p.m. Tuesday fishing in the water of the Youghiogheny River, about a quarter-mile upstream from Yough River Park. Officials initially supposed he had been swept away while fishing in the river. The coroner’s office says Grimm’s family was notified of his death, and it asks members of the public to keep the family in their thoughts and prayers at this time.
